Book and Product Reviews

Below you’ll find book and product reviews at The Survivalist Blog.net – each review is based on the authors personal experience with the product or book, followed by the authors thoughts and recommendations regarding the quality of the product or book and it’s usefulness (or lack of) in a survival situation.

Blue Hill UL Stove Review

by M.D. Creekmore — September 24, 2012 — 16 comments

This guest post is By  Amaury M and entry in our non-fiction writing contest . The Blue Hill UL Stove is a stainless steel stove top ring that is designed primarily to be attached to the top of a Sterno can and when combined, turns the pairing into a readily available, lightweight and inexpensive cooking kit. It’s very well

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A Short book review of “Lucifer’s Hammer” by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

by Guest Blogger — September 4, 2012 — 45 comments

A Short book review of “Lucifer’s Hammer” by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle C/R 1977 Fawcett-Crest by Ballantine Books reprinted1978,83,85. 640 pages ala Paperback. Fiction. Review written by Thomas T. Tinker Jerry and Larry’s work here is ancient history … Oh yes! This is a cult classic published when most Viet Nam Vets were still in shape.. I

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A SHORT BOOK REVIEW OF “Black Monday” by R. Scott Reiss.

by Guest Blogger — August 16, 2012 — 20 comments

This guest post is by Thomas T. Tinker and entry in our non-fiction writing contest . It is rather common in the ‘Prepper’culture to favor the more apocalyptic style of prose. Now don’t get your Mylar bags in a knot. I am accusing no one in here of being any different than myself. I would rather read

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Gerber Shard Review : A Low-Cost and Effective Addition to Your EDC Kit

by Guest Blogger — August 6, 2012 — 18 comments

This is a guest post by Dan from BladeReviews.com. Preppers, by the very definition of our name, are prepared. We have food stored away, a water plan, firearms and ammunition stockpiled, medical supplies, clothing, independent sources of electricity, and detailed plans with various checks, fail-safes, and contingencies. There are of course many theories, many schools

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Using a Kindle to Light a Fire

by M.D. Creekmore — July 26, 2012 — 43 comments

This guest post is by ZBM and entry in our non-fiction writing contest . More than one survivalist has lectured me on the uselessness of electronic gadgets, when viewed in the light of a long-term grid-down event. I firmly disagree with this outlook where it concerns one such device: an Amazon Kindle (non-Fire). Why? Simply, the

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A Review of the British Berkefeld Water Filtration System

by Guest Blogger — July 25, 2012 — 39 comments

Review By Jason in Virginia I recently purchased and received a British Berkefeld Water FIltration System, and here is a general run down on my thoughts and experiences with it thus far. Pre-Purchase and Purchase I did quite a bit of research on water filtration systems prior to purchase. Water had been a continuous source of concern, a

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Product review : Outback Shower

by M.D. Creekmore — July 25, 2012 — 23 comments

Review by Riverrider Hi all. The recent “test” of our preps led to some interesting findings, some of which you’ve read about already. One neat item that came from backup status to frontline gear was the Outback Shower. This is a handy way of getting a close-to-real shower in grid down situation( and camping). It

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Product review of the O2 Cool : it’s cool!

by M.D. Creekmore — July 25, 2012 — 18 comments

Review by Riverrider During the recent “Derecho” event and subsequent heat wave, it was a constant quest for a way to cool off. There are numerous methods but I found a nifty little product in the camping section. They are available in about any large store. Its called the O2 Cool. Its powered by either two

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Product Review of the Katadyn Vario Water Filter

by M.D. Creekmore — July 18, 2012 — 25 comments
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This guest post is by Dean C and entry in our non-fiction writing contest . A few months back, I had sold a few things of value and used that money to buy a Katadyn Vario water filter. Since water is so important, and the items I sold had no real value to prepping, it was an easy decision.

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Review of the Kimber King Crimson ll

by M.D. Creekmore — June 21, 2012 — 9 comments

This guest post is by R Miller and entry in our non-fiction writing contest . When it comes to the choice of side arms there are many choices to consider, revolver or semi auto pistols are the most popular. Reliability is the most important factors in choosing a firearm and few can argue that a model 1911

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Review of the Remington R15 VTR

by M.D. Creekmore — May 16, 2012 — 46 comments

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Robert With all the choices of AR manufacturers today, a person must decide what their primary use for owning a weapon of this platform is. One of my hobbies is predator hunting. I wanted a reliable long-range accurate .223/5.56 chambered rifle (not

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Don’t buy a Smith & Wesson M&P 40 without reading this review!

by M.D. Creekmore — May 9, 2012 — 40 comments
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This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Cain For those interested in looking up more information about my version of the M&P40 via Smith & Wesson’s website, the SKU # for my handgun is 209300. For those of you completely unfamiliar with firearms, I have provided a side view

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The Versatile Kelly Kettle® a Prepper Essential

by M.D. Creekmore — May 8, 2012 — 22 comments
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This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Col. D. The Kelly Kettle® is an old invention from England used by fisherman to boil water easily with many different types of dry fuel. The kettles are made either out of aluminum or stainless steel depending on personal preference. In this

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Smith & Wesson M&P 1S Knife Review: What You Should Know…

by M.D. Creekmore — May 7, 2012 — 12 comments
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This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by LonghairCountryboy Awhile back, I purchased a S&W .45ACP C as my conceal carry weapon of choice. Then to my joy, I found that Smith & Wesson carries M&P (Military & Police) style of knives as well. Just had to have one of those to

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The .22 Remington NPSS what you should know

by M.D. Creekmore — February 24, 2012 — 42 comments

Some of you may remember my last air gun review, where we talked about the “Benjamin Titan GP .22 caliber air rifle” if you’ve read that article then you know that the Titan GP is a great addition to the survival gun rack. Many preppers think of air rifles as toys, which is an unfortunate mistake because

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Book and DVD round-up

by M.D. Creekmore — January 15, 2012 — 15 comments

Tappan on Survival - Mel Tappan was one of first writers to bring survivalism into the media spotlight with his column in Guns & Ammo magazine in the late 1970′s and early 80′s and “Tappan on Survival” is a compilation of those articles. Mel had some good advice, albeit expensive advice in many areas, his advice

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Review of the Benjamin Titan GP .22 caliber air rifle

by M.D. Creekmore — November 7, 2011 — 37 comments

Some of you may remember reading my last air gun review, in that review, I found the Crosman Titan GP to be lacking in dependable on target accuracy. As stated in my review, the results could have been due to a poor quality rifle from the lot, and not a representation of the rifles themselves. Because of

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Lifestraw water filter system

by M.D. Creekmore — October 18, 2011 — 22 comments

In my bug out bag, I have two Sport Berkey water bottles, these work great and besides filtering out waterborne pathogenic bacteria and heavy metals the bottles do double duty as a canteen of sorts. But, with clean water being second in importance only to oxygen for survival, I’ve been looking to add yet another water filtration system to

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Responsible Use of Lethal Force

by M.D. Creekmore — August 30, 2011 — 117 comments

A few weeks ago, I was talking to a guy, I’d hired to help me do some work around my place when he noticed my No Trespassing sign that was nailed to a nearby post. He turned the Coke to his mouth swallowing the last of its contents before throwing the empty can into the bed of his

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The 5 must-read books for survivors in 2011

by M.D. Creekmore — August 22, 2011 — 40 comments

I’ve read a number of survival related books over the past six months, and these are the titles that really stood out. Reading these will dramatically help you improve your preps and chances of survival. I promise! Just in Case: How to be Self-Sufficient when the Unexpected Happens by Kathy Harrison This is a great book for those just

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EcoZoom rocket stove review

by M.D. Creekmore — July 25, 2011 — 60 comments

First off would like to thank Phil from EcoZoom for sending one of their rocket stoves (a Zoom Versa) for review here on The Survivalist Blog dot Net. The EcoZoom rocket stove was designed by the folks at Aprovecho Research Center and is marketed by EcoZoom.com for use in developing countries as a safer and

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22 of My Favorite Blogs, Books and Products

by M.D. Creekmore — May 17, 2011 — 68 comments

I’ve had this post floating around in my head for the past several months, but never did anything with it. Other things, kept getting in the way or another post seemed more timely. However, if you just discover one great book, product, or resource from this list, then reading the article is invaluable to you. Everything here is a

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Wonder Junior Hand Grain Mill

by M.D. Creekmore — May 3, 2011 — 40 comments

Review: WONDER JUNIOR HAND GRAIN MILL If you’ve read my book “Dirt Cheap Survival Retreat” and or my blog post on selecting a grain mill then you already know, that I use the Corona hand grain mill for all of my day-to-day milling, it is a strong and well-built grain mill and for less than $100 it’s

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Donated Book and DVD Round Up

by M.D. Creekmore — February 21, 2011 — 24 comments

One of the great things about running a blog with more than two readers is that, I sometimes, get free books from authors and vendors. No, they’re not sending me free stuff because, I’m a swell guy, but with the hope that I will give a  positive review and my recommendation for their product. Nothing wrong

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Review: The Ultimate Sniper

by M.D. Creekmore — August 2, 2010 — 57 comments

The Ultimate Sniper – An Advanced Training Manual For Military and Police Snipers by Maj. John L Plaster, USAR (RET.) My hope is that survivors never have to face combat or use sniper tactics to defend their retreats. When we look at recent history and collapse, this for the most part has held true. But

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