This is the real demo product! keep it up man…

Thanks for being so honest! It got me to rethinking about some preps!

These are fantastic !!

As far as the kids not wanting the food you have then they can go hungry. The wife on the other hand that’s a tough one. But the point is you learned so much.

I think your family is very lucky to have you prepping and being open to trying new things.

I have been trying to get a 100W panel to run my small pond pump for a long time now. It will run the pump in good sun, but my inverters short out when power in gets too low. Any suggestions?

you cheated! You were using 4 panels!

Is that an old Apple computer monitor?

Trying to find out if the gobos are changeable in this model.

We lost power during a hurricane, lost most every thing, cooked on the grill and had a outside fire pit, No power for over 3 months, trees down and flooding so lessons learned us the freezer went bye-bye, canned food and dry food not much kept in the fridge, now we have a solar generator, no matter what we do nothing is perfect but never give up !

Quick question how many Amp hour is the battery

Rice and beans with cheese=complete protein. Not a punishment. Cans of Chicken, Tuna, Salmon make great sandwiches or tacos. The ever versitile peanut butter. Garbanzos/ chickpeas/Cicely beans mushed = hummus (a dip). Ramen noodles are versitile (Nissan and Top Ramen have recipe books. Parmesan and Ghee (butter) are shelf stable. Did you know Soy means water? (soy sauce is a fermented salty water sauce). Rice, tortillas, pita bread, naan, pasta, crackers are basically a platform to put all your tasty things on. Learn to eat what other people eat and learn from them how to prepare it. Condiments and spices make a world of difference when it comes to food.

Would you still recommend it?

It only took five my n to boil water and 20 me n to make the casserole. I'm 70 yrs old and did just fine

I actually boiled noodles. And I cooked hamburger then I added tomato sauce and cheese. On Sterno🤗

Es Una De Luces Chingoneria 👍

So the battery ran all of that for over 12 minutes. The panels just slow charges the battery. I'd only run the lights and use the USB ports to charge my phone or tablet up. I'd run like a small 5 amp fan. Might want to invest in the Tailgator 900 watt generator from HF to run the other devices.

Power outages are the worst. They aren’t the worst case scenario, but it’s a complete disruption. Everything is just on pause. You don’t know when it will come back on, so you’re just twiddling your thumbs waiting. Every aspect of your life is affected, but nothing to an ultimate extent.

What kind of tape is that?

Sorry, but that's hilarious. It's always something unexpected that'll getcha.

Your preps didn't fail you. Your family did.

Fantastically practical video! No fluff, just plug stuff in, let it run. Now you know you system and it's limitations. This is what great inventors are made of!

FOOL !

Your solar panels aren't providing the power, the battery is providing the power, all the solar panel is doing is trickle charging your battery the power is coming from your battery why are you saying it's coming from the panel?

There’s no zoom in these

Thank you for being honest your info is priceless.

You can't say the stuff you didn't use, failed you. Thank you for sharing though, we all learn by this stuff.

during that tsunami in japan, the people lived on rice balls to survive

canned goods become NO GOOD ANYMORE when the cans drop below 32 degrees. BOTULISM AND ECOLI will begin

very good truthful video

I wouldn't say your preps failed you, I think you learned a lot about what you actually need, which is valuable knowledge to have before SHTF.

Not to be a douche, but this is why they say buy only food that you and your family will eat. The time to find out they won't eat it isn't when you need them to. Just food for thought.

Also I find the liquid fuel style last longer then propane Style team much more efficient and you don't have to deal with propane bottles

Go buy an old Coleman stove they burn white gas and unleaded they will cook anything dual burner

Seems like everyone has forgotten about the Coleman company. They have a lot of camping items like stoves that use propane or white gas.

what kind of battery do you suggest

Thank you for being so transparent! We learn more from our mistakes than successes!

Too much profanity, turn off couldn’t stand it.

Always prep for the Worst case sensitive!

I'm actually flabergasted that you wouldn't have even a simple propane stove and tasty food on hand. I guess I'm glad at least now you know.

I would recommemd to get a variety of different foods. Everytime i go to the grocery Store I buy 2-3 new cans for my preps of something I dont have. I feel like so many just store beans, rice and pasta which will become boring rather quicky. Here is some inspiration of what cans i have prepped: -meat and veggie pasta cans in 6-7 differnet variations -spam meat -tuna -fish in some sauce, differnt flavours -white beans and kidney beans -potatoes -soup -Chicken broth -pickels -olives -spagetties + different sauces -sausages -rice -lentils -mushrooms -corn -peas and carrots -tomatoes -pineapple -mandarines -peach -mixed fruits -oaths -salt & sugar -a few spices -scrammbeld egg powder -water bottles -instant coffee -wine and liquor And of coures a butane camping stove with enough fuel and a few burning pastes. You can have a different kind of spaghetti/rice/lentils nearly everyday by mixing all the ingredients differntly each time :)

Consider it a lesson learned. You can always can add to your preps. Have a short term food stored, 3 to 6 month food storage and long term food storage for more than 6 months.

Wife and kid will not eat the food in the house, and YOU went out for McD??!!

You are a good one because they would have had 2 choices, take it or leave it.

I love the idea of the motion lights inside 😊 already started hubby checking into it!!!

Why not save up for a small wood burning stove rather than fiddling around with an ammo box when you have a family to feed and keep warm?

Don't be discouraged. Although the ice storm emergency was temporary, the preps that you've invested in did not go to waste. In a real, definite and mid to long-term emergency, your prep investments will indeed come in handy because I believe that there will come a time to where many of the fast food places will be in the same "grid down" situation as the mainstream society when that time comes. Learn from this incident, re-strategize and improve on it is the only advise thay I can provide you. Keep at it because in the day and age of the 21st Century/2020, anything adverse can happen. 5-6 months ago have taught us (who are alert and aware) of what can happen during a shutdown situation. For those who are not (alert and/or aware) of the shutdown event that took place 5-6 months ago-the logic did not register with them as that event being a pre-cursor of what very well may come in the near future. Don't give up. Keep doing what you do. It will pay off in the end.

North line express barrel stove camp stove starter kit F500300 -$65.44 barrel not included I am putting the barrel stove where my old stove was and drilling the flue collar stove pipe out the wall

New here. Great video. Here cause of Titan and Palmetto

You put up with that for four days? sounds like a lack o leadership. Just sayin'.