What should a Zombie survival kit contain? No guns

[HAL9000]

Hey people,

I'm putting together an emergency bag, in the event of a Zombie attack. What should it contain? (No guns)

Here's what I've thought of so far:

Clothes
Rope
Handcuffs
Metal Baseball Bat
Crowbar
Hand Axe
Felling Axe
Hammer
Nails
Matches
Fire lighters
First Aid Kit
Bottles
Cans of Food
Torch
Small lock knife
Large Knife
Machete
Screwdriver Set
Sewing Kit
Blankets
Water proof sheets
Duct tape

... :hmm:

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esquared
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[LookBehindYou]

Peanut butter and your favorite dog.

 

[videogames101]

Where is the assault rifle?

 

[Zeze]

I swear a full grown adult fantasizing about a zombie apoc and prepping for it never lived out their childhood.

 

[HAL9000]

Where is the assault rifle?

..

Hey people,

I'm putting together an emergency bag, in the event of a Zombie attack. What should it contain? (No guns)

I swear a full grown adult fantasizing about a zombie apoc and prepping for it never lived out their childhood.

I'm still in my childhood as far as I'm concerned. In any event, it's not just useful for a zombie attack, it would be useful for a war, a riot, famine, drought, economic collapse basically any situation that could result in the fall of infrastructure we are dependant on.

 

[videogames101]

I'm still in my childhood as far as I'm concerned. In any event, it's not just useful for a zombie attack, it would be useful for a war, a riot, famine, drought, economic collapse basically any situation that could result in the fall of infrastructure we are dependant on.

Again I must ask, where is the assault rifle...

:whiste:

 

[Possessed Freak]

What should it contain? (No guns)

Good luck then.

Here's what I've thought of so far:

Clothes
Rope
Handcuffs
Metal Baseball Bat
Crowbar
Hand Axe
Felling Axe
Hammer
Nails
Matches
Fire lighters
First Aid Kit
Bottles
Cans of Food
Torch
Small lock knife
Large Knife
Machete
Screwdriver Set
Sewing Kit
Blankets
Water proof sheets
Duct tape

... :hmm:

Lots of redundancies.
Why a metal bat and a crowbar, the crowbar serves additional purposes, and I seriously doubt if a mass melee ensues a bat vs crowbar will matter much.
Why a machete? Going into the jungle? The knifes and axes should serve any purpose that the machete does.
Torch as in flashlight? Might want some sort of battery charger than.
You got the food but missed the water, I would recommend instead of taking water, pack a few water bladders and some means of purification. Speaking of which, you need a pot of some sort.
Ditch the hammer, you have multiple forms of blunt whacking and again the crowbar should have a claw to extract nails with. Nails in a pack sounds like a bad idea in the long run anyway, unless you are very careful in packing them, expect some new holes in everything.

 

[HAL9000]

Again I must ask, where is the assault rifle...

:whiste:

I live in the UK.

Good luck then.


Lots of redundancies.
Why a metal bat and a crowbar, the crowbar serves additional purposes, and I seriously doubt if a mass melee ensues a bat vs crowbar will matter much.

Fair point, the bat is a weapon the crowbar is for forcing open doors etc.

Why a machete? Going into the jungle? The knifes and axes should serve any purpose that the machete does.

The machete is actually surprisingly useful for other things, not only can you use it to cut down things if needed or use it as a weapon you can also use it to cook with! When I was a scout we used them as spatulas very handy.

Torch as in flashlight? Might want some sort of battery charger than.

I was thinking a wind up torch.

You got the food but missed the water, I would recommend instead of taking water, pack a few water bladders and some means of purification. Speaking of which, you need a pot of some sort.

Good call, I'll add those good thinking.

Ditch the hammer, you have multiple forms of blunt whacking and again the crowbar should have a claw to extract nails with. Nails in a pack sounds like a bad idea in the long run anyway, unless you are very careful in packing them, expect some new holes in everything.

I had thought of that, I was thinking of putting them in a tin or something similar, the main reason they are there is to board up things like windows and doors. I'll ditch the hammer.

 

[cerebusPu]

just put together a camping pack. throw in some weapons, extra food and water. it'll work in many emergencies. I havent been camping in a while and but still use my camping supplies when the power goes out due to storms.

 

[HAL9000]

just put together a camping pack. throw in some weapons, extra food and water. it'll work in many emergencies. I havent been camping in a while and but still use my camping supplies when the power goes out due to storms.

This is what I'm thinking, my pack pretty much is just camping stuff + weapons.

 

[Blitzvogel]

So do you Brits even know what a baseball bat is, or do games like L4D replace the baseball bat for a cricket one instead in the British version? :awe:

But seriously, I do wonder about the sociological aspects involved with popular games containing items of interest that are of particular familiarity with one culture, but another may have no clue as to what they are for......

*waits patiently for heated response*

 

[mnewsham]

I would go with a Kukri

 

[CurseTheSky]

That's way too much stuff to be easily portable. You're talking about a LARGE hiking backpack to fit all of that gear, which is going to be difficult to maneuver with (ever try sprinting through a woodland or urban environment with 50-80 pounds of gear?).

A lot of it is redundant too. You don't need a hand axe (hatchet) AND a felling axe (full-sized axe), AND a machete.

Mine would look something like this:
- Paracord
- Compass
- Small roll of duct tape
- Glow sticks and / or flares
- Whistle, small mirror
- Solar battery charger
- Sanyo Eneloop NiMH batteries (AA and AAA)
- Three flashlights, varying sizes
- Small hand-crank or battery powered radio
- Cell phone, with some way to charge it via solar or AA batteries
- Several cord adapters for various common gear (12v car adapter, micro USB, mini USB, USB-A male to female)
- Several lighters
- Flint and striker
- Basic hand tools (few sizes of screw drivers, pliers, diagonal cutters, razor blade, etc.)
- Aluminized Mylar emergency thermal blankets
- Spare pair of lightweight shoes, spare socks
- Medium winter coat
- Gloves, winter hat
- Poncho
- Small tarp
- Iodine crystals for water purifying
- Canteen with metal canteen holder (for boiling water / cooking)
- Small prybar
- Machete
- Small folding knife
- Larger fixed-blade knife
- Fishing hooks, sinkers, and line
- Small whetstone
- Basic first aid supplies (Tylenol - fevers, Aspirin - cardiac emergencies, Benadryl - allergic reactions; bandages, antiseptic ointment / iodine, liquid bandage, gauze, nitrile gloves, tweezers, etc.)
- Some food rations

It may still SEEM like a lot of stuff to fit into a bag, but most of it can be stuffed in pretty easily if you get most of the air out. Most importantly, most of the stuff is fairly light weight. Only the tools are decently heavy, and they can be discarded if necessary.

Edit: this isn't really a "zombie apocalypse" bag, since I don't really care for that fad, but it is a good idea to have gear like this available to grab quickly and leave if needed. You never know when a natural disaster is going to turn this completely upside-down, and having something like this available means that you can simply grab one bag and KNOW that you have all of the basics that you need for a while.

 

[HAL9000]

So do you Brits even know what a baseball bat is, or do games like L4D replace the baseball bat for a cricket one instead in the British version? :awe:

They do, also in the british version we have cups of tea instead of cans of soda, and everyone wears a top hat and monocle :awe:

But seriously, I do wonder about the sociological aspects involved with popular games containing items of interest that are of particular familiarity with one culture, but another may have no clue as to what they are for......

*waits patiently for heated response*

It's a good point, in the UK we play rounders, which is essentially baseball, so the bat isn't really anything new or different, obviously we also get a lot of American culture from films and TV. I don't know anyone who's ever actually played baseball, but I got my bat from Toy's R Us. So they are about. 🙂

 

[JTsyo]

Just follow the CDC guideline

 

[HAL9000]

That's way too much stuff to be easily portable. You're talking about a LARGE hiking backpack to fit all of that gear, which is going to be difficult to maneuver with (ever try sprinting through a woodland or urban environment with 50-80 pounds of gear?).

Very fair point, I do have a very good, very large hiking back pack, which I plan on using, also this is my pack in the event I have to leave my house urgently, and find somewhere else to stop, once I have a base set up then I'll have a small more portable bag that I carry with me all the time.

A lot of it is redundant too. You don't need a hand axe (hatchet) AND a felling axe (full-sized axe), AND a machete.

Yeah I was thinking that, I think I'll ditch felling axe, maybe keep the handaxe and the machete as I could use the hand axe back as a hammer.

Mine would look something like this:
- Paracord
- Compass
- Solar battery charger
- Sanyo Eneloop NiMH batteries (AA and AAA)
- Three flashlights, varying sizes
- Several lighters
- Flint and striker
- Basic hand tools (few sizes of screw drivers, pliers, diagonal cutters, razor blade, etc.)
- Aluminized Mylar emergency thermal blankets
- Spare pair of lightweight shoes, spare socks
- Iodine crystals for water purifying
- Canteen with metal canteen holder (for boiling water / cooking)
- Small prybar
- Machete
- Small folding knife
- Larger fixed-blade knife
- Small roll of duct tape
- Glow sticks and / or flares
- Whistle, small mirror
- Fishing hooks, sinkers, and line
- Small whetstone
- Basic first aid supplies (Tylenol - fevers, Aspirin - cardiac, Benadryl - allergic reactions; bandages, antiseptic ointment / iodine, liquid bandage, gauze, nitrile gloves, tweezers, etc.)
- Some food rations

I will be adding these to my list. Thanks dude good suggestions.

 

[HAL9000]

Oh! I've just though, a portable radio would be handy, possibly a walkie talkie.. (Which incase that isn't an Americanism, is the type of radio you communicate with others on, not the type you listen to music on)

 

[Blitzvogel]

They do, also in the british version we have cups of tea instead of cans of soda, and everyone wears a top hat and monocle :awe:

Indubitably, we have TV and the internet to thank for cross-culture referencing. And you guys have Toys R' Us over there? How could you let such an English butchering named store such as that take a foothold in jolly 'ol Britain!?

 

[nageov3t]

map. preferably something with highways on them so you know what to avoid... you could also mark out any potential safe points.

also, water purifier tablets?

 

[mnewsham]

Oh! I've just though, a portable radio would be handy, possibly a walkie talkie.. (Which incase that isn't an Americanism, is the type of radio you communicate with others on, not the type you listen to music on)

we know what walkie talkies are, we might not be the brightest tools in the candelabra but we do know some things.

 

[HAL9000]

Indubitably, we have TV and the internet to thank for cross-culture referencing. And you guys have Toys R' Us over there? How could you let such an English butchering named store such as that take a foothold in jolly 'ol Britain!?

We don't have that many of them, and don't worry we do just as good a job of butchering our language as you guys do :awe:

map. preferably something with highways on them so you know what to avoid... you could also mark out any potential safe points.

Yes! How did I not think of that.. Sigh...

also, water purifier tablets?

I did not know they existed, I shall get some.

 

[HAL9000]

we know what walkie talkies are, we might not be the brightest tools in the candelabra but we do know some things.

Good, I didn't know if it was a british-ism.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

how much does that weight with all those hammers and axes and crobars? And you will be dead very fast without water so you can skip the food.

 

[cerebusPu]

I would go with a Kukri

i have a nice modernized kukri machete. i had too much fun with it chopping stuff in the yard that i didnt realize all the nicks i made in it.

i will sharpen it up and put it in storage and use a cheap machete instead.

 

[HAL9000]

how much does that weight with all those hammers and axes and crobars? And you will be dead very fast without water so you can skip the food.

The bottles are for water, I'm not going to pack the water now, I figured I can get some water at the time.

The weight thing has been addressed above.