Meet Goal Zero–it’s not just one piece of portable solar power gear. Instead, they’re a company making a full and scalable line of portable solar products.

Goal Zero offers bundled packages of solar gear ranging from small to large devices. Additional components such as battery packs, panels, lights, and other accessories can be purchased separately.

Small Solar

Guide 10 is their lightweight class of solar chargers handling AA batteries and small devices such as cell phones.

Medium Solar

The Escape 150 line powers up medium devices up to laptops and can handle the addition of a second solar panel. Available in three tiers including Adventure, Explorer, and Expedition.

Large Solar

If your looking to power larger devices or need to power more smaller devices look to the Extreme 350 and Yeti 1250 line. This is not solar gear you really want to throw in a pack. However, these solar chargers packages pack a powerful punch. Goal Zero claims the the Yeti can power household appliances!

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itrh art 150 Episode 67: Survival GearHosts Aaron and Jonathan discuss picking survival gear.

Buying survival gear is wrought with confusion. New preppers often ask, “What do I need? And where do I start?” Typically people new to survival gear lists in books and on the internet of what to buy. Or they purchase  But they often have a hazy understanding–if at all–about what that actually need and why they need it.

Instead of turning to a general survival gear checklist, what if we first understood our needs? Then, what if we let our survival needs dictate the gear list? Often the best way to solve a problem is through learning the right questions to ask…

Topics:

  • Understanding the survival gear spiral.
  • The hierarchy of survival needs.
  • Basing decisions on the hierarchy of needs.
  • The three most likely places you’ll be when disaster strikes.
  • Choosing gear for the home.
  • Choosing gear for the office.
  • Choosing gear for the car.

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Friday Gear Report: 5/11/12

May 11, 2012
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Butane lighters–such as the Windmill Stormproof Butane Lighter–are great. But like 1911s, there is the intrinsically appealing nostalgia of good ole flint and wick lighter. The classic Zippo is not the best for a survival situation (I still carry a Brass Zippo Armor everyday). However, Wegner (makers of the Swiss Army Knife) has come out with [...]

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Reptiles as Survival Food

May 9, 2012
Eating Snakes

The following two-part article considers the procurement of reptiles, in this case snakes, for sustenance.  First is an excerpt from THE CAVE AND THE SEA, A NOVEL, by John A. Heatherly, followed by the most outstanding resource information we could find.  Enjoy the story and please do not miss the reference material at the end!” [...]

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Episode 66: Survival Fitness

May 7, 2012
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Hosts Aaron and Jonathan discuss their views on being physically fit, tips, and more… Fitness–whether surviving a bad situation or simply improving your life–is an often overlooked aspect of many preppers’ plans. But is there a point to all our preparations if we ignore the heart attack looming around the corner? When disaster strikes will [...]

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Friday Gear Report: 5/04/2012

May 4, 2012
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Meet the Rokon Trail-Breaker, a 2-wheel drive motorcycle that will go places you may not even want to go yourself. With high ground clearance (15 in) and wide tractor type tires, the Rokon will happily climb rocky terrain or swim through knee deep water. Weighing in at only 218lbs, and because of the tire width, the [...]

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Handcuff Keys as Survival Gear

May 2, 2012
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Handcuff Keys as survival gear? The following excerpt from THE CAVE AND THE SEA, by John A. Heatherly, considers the use of Escape Tools as part of a survival kit.  Enjoy the story and please do not miss the reference material at the end! Chapter 6 OBSIDIAN AND CEDAR SLASH … His face was smarting [...]

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Episode 65: Preparedness Mindsets

April 30, 2012
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Hosts Aaron and Jonathan discuss 6 preparedness mindsets for your mental spring cleaning… After reviewing our preppes it’s time to review our mindsets. Survival starts first in our minds–after all. Where can faulty mindsets fail us? What can we do to better them? Faulty mindsets can lead to waisted energy, time, and money. They could [...]

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Friday Gear Report: 4/27/2012

April 27, 2012
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I was thinking about showing you a cool Axe today. But then I quickly remembered something: There’s a lot more to them than knowing that the sharp in goes into the tree… Some months back I was reading Mors Kochanski’s book Bushcraft. In it there’s a pretty good section on Axes and how to use them. It [...]

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Join The Team: ITRH Street Team

April 26, 2012

The ITRH Forum crew has been hard at work coming up with all kinds of cool ideas for the forum and the show. One of the newest ideas was the introduction of something really cool! It’s a way to get involved with and submit ideas for spreading the word about prepping and the podcast–all while [...]

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