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Don't know why, but every time I have to order something from Amazon I always go ahead and get a few of the newer "prepper" books out there. It's terribly hard for someone who reads 3-4 books a month to make it through some of the prepper drivel being pushed as useful info out there now. Yet for some darn reason I keep adding books to the cart.... Well hopefully YOU as the reader of this will benefit from some of these reviews more than I did.
Max Cooper's book "Realistic Bug out bag" is better than the average new prepper book out there right now. Why?
First and foremost you can tell he DOES STUFF. It's not the same idjits regurgitated list of excessive amounts of crap the average out of shape prepper could not carry much further than the refrigerator door (cause he's tired and hungry after lifting the excessively heavy bag off the living room floor and carrying it 27 1/2 feet to the kitchen, LOL).
He focuses on minimalist type stuff, which is good, to a point. HE understands the need to get out and camp and hike and train this way. I have a feeling (from experience) that your average new prepper does NOT understand that nor are most DOING that even once a year, or EVER.
So the minimalist approach is good, from the standpoint of being able to move fast, not carrying the kitchen sink and misc other unnecessary drivel, etc.
However with the minimalist approach you have a couple considerations-
1. You have to be somewhat "used to" that sort of living. The once a decade car camping trip with an RV is NOT what I'm talking about.
2. You have to have invested time and experience in the SKILLS NECESSARY for that sort of thing.
But overall I agree with him a heckuva lot more than the "lists and lists and lists" concept and the "everything plus the kitchen sink" approach.
He HAS taken into account also that most preppers are out of shape and do not actually practice what they preach, which is a plus.
It's 168 pages, has lot of gear recommendations for the "gear wh... ahhh addicted", but none of them are crazy "go with the $500. pack or die" type deals.
Max Cooper's book "Realistic Bug out bag" is better than the average new prepper book out there right now. Why?
First and foremost you can tell he DOES STUFF. It's not the same idjits regurgitated list of excessive amounts of crap the average out of shape prepper could not carry much further than the refrigerator door (cause he's tired and hungry after lifting the excessively heavy bag off the living room floor and carrying it 27 1/2 feet to the kitchen, LOL).
He focuses on minimalist type stuff, which is good, to a point. HE understands the need to get out and camp and hike and train this way. I have a feeling (from experience) that your average new prepper does NOT understand that nor are most DOING that even once a year, or EVER.
So the minimalist approach is good, from the standpoint of being able to move fast, not carrying the kitchen sink and misc other unnecessary drivel, etc.
However with the minimalist approach you have a couple considerations-
1. You have to be somewhat "used to" that sort of living. The once a decade car camping trip with an RV is NOT what I'm talking about.
2. You have to have invested time and experience in the SKILLS NECESSARY for that sort of thing.
But overall I agree with him a heckuva lot more than the "lists and lists and lists" concept and the "everything plus the kitchen sink" approach.
He HAS taken into account also that most preppers are out of shape and do not actually practice what they preach, which is a plus.
It's 168 pages, has lot of gear recommendations for the "gear wh... ahhh addicted", but none of them are crazy "go with the $500. pack or die" type deals.
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