new prepping supplies miniwell water filters Ideaworks water transfer pump Waterdrop water
storage bag siren megaphone personal protection hi it's AalaskaGranny Alaska Prepper just about any
day is a great day to make sure you know how to use your prepping supplies gear I've been
ordering a few new prepping survival supplies things on amazon and I thought I would show
you some new prepping items that I bought for my emergency prepping gear stockpile the first
one is a water filter by Miniwell it's great water filter system because it's
a little tiny personal water filter and it comes with some accessories
you can use Miniwell water filter like a lifestraw drink straight out of wild water with this
and it has a little rubber cap that will keep the drinking tip clean because Miniwell water filter
is threaded on both ends you can add a water bottle of water that needs to be filtered on
the top and then you can also screw a bottle to collect clean water on the bottom and the gravity
will feed from one bottle to the other so you have clean drinking water you don't have to use it just
like a drinking straw other water filters I've had like this one from Survivor Filter yes they're
great they work wonderful they're portable you can drink out of wild water it has the screw end so
that you can add a water bottle but then you need to still sip out of the end whereas this Miniwell
water filter you can add a bottle on the other end to collect clean drinking water you don't have to
just use it like a personal straw Miniwell water filter also comes with a long hose and a clip
so that you can attach it to another item and gravity feed the water through your filter
and then the greatest thing about it is it comes with a connector that comes in two parts you can
add the connector to a container so that you can filter water through the container into the hose
and down through your Miniwell water filter and it's very versatile because you can screw
it into even just a plastic bag and then filter it through your Miniwell personal water filter system
or you can get an empty bucket drill a hole add the connector through the hole then you can scoop
water with the bucket attach it to your Miniwell water filter and then you can set it say on a
table on a counter you can hang it from a tree or a branch and you can use it to gravity feed
clean water through the filter into your container or just drink out of the end if that's what you
choose that's where the clamp comes in very nicely on the hose it allows you to filter just as much
water as you want to at a time if you just want to get a drink you can if you want to
fill another bottle you can if you want to filter it into a larger container you can do that as well
this entire Miniwell water filter system was only about twenty dollars on amazon and it was a great
investment to add to my personal water filter system survival prepping gear stockpile I did
find a bucket that I had at home but it was just too dirty so I went to the Ace hardware
store Anchorage Alaska and bought a little bucket they were willing to drill the hole for me
that's why it's nice to be a regular customer at your local small businesses like the Ace hardware
store Anchorage Alaska they're willing to help you when you need to complete tasks that maybe
you don't have the right equipment or you're not exactly sure how to do it so thank you to
Ace hardware in Anchorage Alaska for helping me with that task next I saw a water storage
container by Waterdrop that's designed for going along with your camping your outdoor or your bug
out bag and you can use it as a portable water storage container that's collapsible and then you
can open it up and use it to scoop up to one and a half gallons of water anywhere you are then it
has a fold over watertight seal just like you see on dry bags you roll it over a few times either
direction Waterdrop bag has a heavy duty clip it also includes two d-rings and a carrying strap
so you could use this as a handle or use the attached strap and hook it over your shoulder the
bottom is round so that it's like a bucket once the Waterdrop water storage container it's full
it comes with a nice long hose that clips right in you push it in it snaps in securely
and then you hit this little yellow button to release it
I thought the Waterdrop water storage portable bag was a great product I was really excited to get it
well the downside is it doesn't fit with my other straw type water filter systems the Waterdrop hose
is a completely different size I thought it would be great to have in my emergency gear with this
Miniwell personal water filter but the hose is a completely different size and it won't fit
next I tried the Waterdrop hose with my Survivor filter water filter and it does
not attach to that either they must have a water filter system that goes with this Waterdrop bag
which would be really handy but that's not the water filter system that I actually have
and I don't feel like I want to buy another water filter just to use the Waterdrop bag
so that was a disappointment in this addition to my survival gear bug out bag supplies my
next great find was a water liquid transfer pump from Ideaworks it's a battery operated water pump
for only about 15 dollars and it absolutely works great if you have water storage containers that
are too heavy to move too bulky you need something like this Ideaworks battery water pump because
you can insert this pump down into your water container add two c batteries into the handle here
then you insert the whole pump down into your water storage container
turn on the button and it will pump the water out for you through the extra hose
the water comes out really fast so pay attention if you're pumping water into a small container
that you turn it off and allow it to have a little more room in case the water keeps flowing
also if your container is down lower than your pump you might turn the hose back up just to
make sure that it doesn't keep working like a siphon you don't want it to continue leaking
the water out of your larger container the bottom of the Ideaworks water transfer battery pump has
little feet on it it has several intake openings and you can actually put it
down flat in the bottom of a water storage container and you can see when I turn on the
pump it actually pumps nearly every drop of water back out of it once you turn it
off though the water that's in the tube will run back into your water storage container
when I got my Ideaworks water transfer battery pump it had like a blue pool noodle section over
the bottom and I think that was just to protect it in shipping I don't think this is part of
the pum because it's taped up so throw that away before you use your battery operated water pump
watch how quickly you can fill a one quart container with this pump
you can see it operates very nicely it's very effective efficient and it works great I have
some larger aquatainers water storage containers that they're just becoming too heavy for me to
move around and so when I want to use the water I thought this battery water pump will work
great allowing me to pump some water into a smaller container and still keep my
big aquatainer water storage container put away in out of the way places I love these aquatainers
they hold a lot of water but they're getting too big for me to carry around they just get too heavy
because water weighs eight and a half pounds per gallon so they're just getting too cumbersome for
me so I like the long reach of this pump I can insert it all the way down it goes to the bottom
I can push the button and the water will pump into another container I also have an aquatainer
under one of the sinks now I can insert the pump into the aquatainer water storage container turn
on the Ideaworks battery operated water transfer pump and pump the water out turn it off
right before you get to the end and then tip the hose end up so that it doesn't overflow or
continue to flow out what's also nice about it is some of the water storage containers are in
awkward places that it's hard to fill them up you can bring water in another container and
put the pump into your new water and pump it right into your water storage container if containers
hold a lot of water you need to place them where you want to store them before you fill them up
because otherwise they can get too heavy for you to move and then wherever you fill them up that's
where they're going to have to stay or you have to empty them out so you can move them where you want
them and fill them up again so pay attention to how heavy water storage containers are going to be
before you start filling them up place them where you want them
I think this Ideaworks battery operated water transfer pump is great I think it'll be fun to
try using at a Granny Camp Alaska off grid cabin and if you do any kind of camping or
RVing or van living this might be something you want to have for your portable kitchens
your washing needs and any of the water uses that you might have in your life whether it's emergency
off-grid living or RVing one of the comments I had on my AlaskaGranny channel was somebody said
I live alone it's a dangerous neighborhood and I'm not allowed to have a gun in the
state where I live and they were worried about their personal safety
and then I thought wow maybe you need some kind of a siren or something to scare people away
which got me thinking I need to get a siren to scare people away and how simple was it to get
a megaphone I found this megaphone by Pyle on amazon it was only about 11 dollars push
the little button and add four batteries right into the back and it's very simple to operate
it has a volume control and then it has an on off that turns on to speak or on to siren and
when you turn it on you can see the little red light indicates that it's on but when you turn it
on siren it automatically goes on you don't have a button to push or anything to make the siren work
you just turn it on it's not like megaphones where you have like a gun trigger that you would use it
to make it work it's just either on or it's off or it's on siren which is completely on
my suggestion if you want to use something like a megaphone for your personal protection
if you think someone is coming into your home is in your home or threatening you
then you give them a warning the same that you would if you have a gun
stop I have a gun and I'm not afraid to use it the police are on their way
get out of the area immediately then you can flip on the siren
I love it you could even have this megaphone siren with your emergency gear if say you live
in tornado country and you go shelter in place and what happens if your building is damaged you could
use this siren or the megaphone to alert searchers that you might be trapped inside what if you live
on a large piece of property or your children go within the block to play with their friends you
can easily call them to dinner there are a lot of uses for a megaphone I thought this would be good
to take to Granny Camp Alaska off grid cabin and then if a bear came around my camp I can use it
make noise in the woods I think that would get their attention and they would want to
get the heck out of there I've had bears down here in my yard many times so I always like
to look before I go out especially when I bring the dog or any of the grandkids
so I think for just eleven dollars this is a great piece of emergency safety gear I can keep it by
my bed I can keep it in with my other emergency gear supplies you could even keep it in your car
think about the dangers and threats to you and what could you do to help protect yourself
and I thought this would be a great addition that
would really help scare people away scare animals away get the kids to come home it
has a lot of uses for not very much money it's going to make me feel safer with my life
remember I'm scared I have a gun I'm not afraid to use it the police are on their way
that's the same kind of a warning you would want to give before you would use any personal
protection gear I hope I showed you something that you might want as an addition to your
prepping gear your emergency gear your bug out bag 72 hour kit gear and survival stash stockpile when
you're adding to your survival gear don't just put things away without trying them make sure that you
use things that you know how they work you know if they work and if they go together and how you're
going to use them and then it's important that you occasionally go back and review your gear to make
sure that you know what you have and how to use it make sure you know if you need new batteries and
if you've replaced them make sure the components are there and everything stays in good working
order that's how you make sure you make the best of every situation is if you have things you need
and you know how to use them if you liked my video I hope you'll share it with someone else you think
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