Prepping Supplies You Need to Survive the First 2 Weeks of SHTF 

I am not saying that this is all you will want for the first two weeks of SHTF but, it is likely all you will NEED which is obviously different. What would you add to this list? Anything I should have left out? 🩺 The Jase Case is the best way for any prepper to stock up on vital treatment for any SHTF scenario: jasemedical.com/magicprepper Use the code "MAGICPREPPER10" for $10 off! Refuge Medical First Aid Equipment: shorturl.at/exCFK Use Code "MAGIC" for 10% Off!

My first 2 weeks of food is stored in my belly, hips and thighs. Canned foods start at week 3

I would add a basic tool kit to your preps.

I lived off of Chef Bouardee ravioli when I was a kid. It’s ok now and part of my food storage. Ready to eat right out of the can.

Great part about having 2 weeks worth is that you can get a good system down and then expand into longer timeframes without it feeling overwhelming. You don't need a years worth of supplies right off the bat. If you start with 2 weeks and slowly expand, you'll get there.

I dug a couple ponds to store rain water

My list of must haves: plenty of stored drinking water, Mt. House instant meals, dried ramen noodles, instant rice, instant oatmeal, powdered or shelf stable milk, dehydrated fruit and vegetables, small cans of meat or pouches of freeze-dried meat, instant coffee and multivitamins. Would also want a homemade composting toilet (in case tap water stopped flowing), boxes of facial tissues (can use as toilet paper), a charged fire extinguished near each exit door, 1 or 2 one-burner butane stoves, extra batteries for smoke detectors and CO alarms, butane fuel cylinders, solar charged lanterns, two solar charged emergency radios, butane lighters and large jar candles. I would want an assortment of nonprescription meds and herbal remedies (for aches and pains, coughing, indigestion, fever, constipation, diarrhea, anxiety and poor sleep), gauze pads and surgical tape, povidone-iodine solution (for cleaning wounds), a set of N-95 face masks to help filter smoke and asbestos dust and clear googles (to protect eyes if walking outdoors at night or to protect from windblown dust and grit). I would want a bottle of original Dawn dishwashing detergent (all-purpose cleaner, can be used as body wash and shampoo), bleach tablets, anti-viral wipes, baby wipes and lawn trash bags. Also, would want various kinds of non-electric forms of entertainment for children, teens and adults (real paper book, coloring books, art supplies; I have a portable DVD player, many DVD movies and a Jackery set-up to charge the DVD player). Would want some extra pet food and other pet supplies such as kitty litter, chew toys and treats if I had pets. Would want several small, portable, solar charged power banks for recharging smart phones. Would also want extra ammo, extra gun cleaning supplies and extra materials for sharpening edged weapons. Would want some shelf stable junk food for morale (carbonated beverages, chewing gum, candy, trail bars, cookies, pretzels, tortilla chips...).

MP: All that looks good. Put in a deck of playing cards! It boosts the spirits have’s something to pass the time by. I understand they make playing cards with survival tips written on them. Read, play cards, do both.

Having a Jase case saved my life over Memorial weekend! Literally! Cannot express enough how grateful I was to have one, And if you use the medicine within the 365 days of purchase, they will refill the prescription you used to replenish your case for future needs. Very awesome and worth every penny!

Even if it is just two weeks if in a cold climate you need a way to stay warm in the winter.

A sleeping bag and blankets are Essential. A tarp or tent may be too.

hopefully there is relief after the 2 weeks. I remember the laast time I was told 2 weeks would be enough, and it stretched to almost 2 years. (CV19)

I'm a solid disciple of the Anker power banks. They last!

For the algos. Bless you brother!

Thank you! Just occurred to me that having spray bottles my reduce water consumption during the dark times. Peace

I have 2+ weeks of food and water stored. My granddaughter had a baby 3 months ago and she has been buying water for the formula since that's what most Dr's recommend anymore. I take the water jugs and refill them with well water and add that to the storage. The baby has been having a issue with the simalic formula so we've been buying Enfamil. I told her to go ahead and put the simalic away in storage. If all hell breaks loose it might be better than nothing. We've been buying and storing back extra but who knows the time line. We bought cloth diapers for emergency times and I been putting back extra of the throw aways. It's important to remember the little ones and the elderly and disabled.

Good info! Food and water is absolutely the most important supply. My children love the Bush's baked beans and corned beef hash, so you can believe me when I say that is a lot of what I get.

Costco has 5 gallon gas cans for $18 right now.

Good deal MP! I think I can make it for 3 months depending on how many senior neighbors show up

Hey kids, you might wanna have a good knife

I'm addicted to water filters!!!

Ravioli for the win!!!!👍

I think in almost any shtf situation a dog is a great thing. Even little one's great alarms and always alert and best of all companionship.

The Ecoflow Solar Power bank is an excellent idea for the power recliner chair. It will also power the Audiophile Hi Fi and the electric throw blanket. Get some decent Port wine as well when listening to the Hi Fi with a Little Dot Mk2 Headphone amplifier (I use Russian Military Spec tubes). For a Prepper Radio, an old Pioneer F-445L FM/AM separates radio for 10W power use. An HD projector will also use much less power than a Television. They are relatively cheap as well now for the Blueray player. Off Grid Cinema!

Everything is correct! The main thing is to prepare morally and psychologically. This is the most important thing! Something will be missing, something will end or disappear altogether. Therefore, the most important things are medicine, water and filtration, fast food, hygiene products, spare clothes and shoes (all for cold and rainy weather). And ballistic protection and armor are important.❤🇺🇦❤️🇺🇸❤️

One important aspect of having "X-number of weeks worth" of basic necessities "set aside"; is to remain mindful of whatever products you feel to BE actual NECESSITIES, will sometimes have "Expiration Dates" and BE "rotating your stock"; continuously using the oldest products FIRST!

Third thing you need is a Classic Nintendo with Super Mario Bros and Contra! Up up down down left right left right AB AB Start!

one thing I remember that helped us during the earthquake.... a clean watertight trashcan or large container. Use it for collecting water that can be used to bath and wash dishes and clothing.

People should always have one $20, two $10's, two $5's, and five $1's in true "emergency cash" at all times, and it's also a good idea to make it a practice to carry and use at least $50 to $100 of discretionary cash each time that they get paid.

As far as the food category goes and we’re only talking about the first two weeks, I’ll be eating the perishable contents of my freezer and fridge. I’m in a rural area similar to yours and will be cooking indoors so any odors generated shouldn’t be a problem. If SHTF happens in the winter the whole outdoors is a freezer so that won’t be such a priority.

I recently had heart surgery and was told by my doctors NOT to lift anything over 10 lbs and not to drive for 30 days. My friends and family kept asking..”Do you need anything?” I said you all know I’m a Prepper. I don’t need ANYTHING for the next 30 days. I have water, solar, LP gas and butane stoves, Fans, a small A/C unit, a freezer full of food, instant dry milk, stored can goods and fruits as well as a planted garden and chickens that produce eggs. And as a US Marine Vet, I also have a particular sent of skills and tools, should those be required. Stay prepared and Stay Frosty! Semper Fi.

Sardines, canned salmon & tuna with rice. The Aroma 4-cup rice cooker only uses about 225 watts although it`s listed as 300. It`s also actually holds only slightly over 1 dry cup & 2 cups water to cook rice...but it can be used with your small 300w solar power stations to cook various foods and boil water.

Cash will always have value because that’s what people are used to. Those who say otherwise don’t understand what’s going on

Most inexpensive car jump packs have USB ports alot of power for a decent price

You need a way to boil water. Check out the bio lite camp stove. It lets you use small sticks to make a fire. And use the from the fire charge electronics!

A small pair of binoculars seem like a good thing to have on hand… thanks for doing what you do!

Baby Wipes and Witch Hazel are also good "items" to include in a "Toiletries Kit"; as well!

Great video. Preparation in depth... Have a PACE plan for every thing: food, water, communications, defense, meeting up with disparately located family members, etc... As a personal example, this is my PACE plan for potable water... Primary: Well (electric with back-up generator) Alternate: Hand-pump well Contingency: Bottled water sufficient for two people for min two weeks Emergency: Rainwater collection and multiple purification devices / methods. This worked for me after a hurricane in coastal Virginia when the power was down for just over 30 days in my area.

I believe that a Leatherman tool would be a good thing to have on hand to add wirh what you mentioned.

Two weeks is something most people can do off of what they already have in their home. Fill your tub and you will have your 28 gallons of water (30-60 gallons for most tubs), most people have more than 28,000 calories sitting in their cabinets in the form of food that they keep pushing back because they don't want to eat it or because they are ingredients that could be eaten in a crisis outside of the foodstuffs they were purchased to make. Most people have enough clothes and blankets for any amount of cold if you just wear enough layers and if you have shade you can weather most any heat. If you can crank your car you can sit in heat or AC while charging a phone and listening to the radio for instructions for a window of time each day (idling runs through about half a gallon of remaining gas per hour - more if you are in a bigger vehicle, more if you are cranking the AC - less if you are just listening to the radio and charging your phones). That is all the outside communication you can hope to have. Most people even have enough books, games, flashlights, candles, and the like to keep you sane for that time. You can expect that most of your neighbors can also bunker in for two weeks without much issues. It is after then that society will start to get dangerous as people get to their breaking points where they can't keep bunkering in and start wandering out in growing despair (sooner in urban areas and later in rural).

For those that may have space constraints when it comes to storing water, I have an alternate idea. Its relatively cheap and saves a ton of space so long as you have the room for a 5 gallon bucket. Buy a Sawyer mini water filter and find the nearest lake/river/stream and filter your water into the bucket. Yeah it takes some physical work but its a sure fire way to secure water in a situation where you may have to go without.

A way to stay warm can be very important depending on your location

Given the amount of heat that can build up in a car in the summer, especially on the dashboard in the sun, canned food will heat up enough to eat comfortably. Better than ambient temperature inside the house.

For those low on space, yes water on hand is important, but at the least, some form purification and container, especially if bugging out is a possibility. I would add a headlamp, either rechargeable or rechargeable batteries, working in the dark often requires both hands. The most important, is at minimum, a very loose plan/understanding amongst family in the home. No cooking foods that are aromatic after a couple days, power consumption restrictions, plans for shopping/travel etc. Even members that think it's dumb (usually kids), will retain the basics.

I also try to "keep a little ahead of" my "bare-bones NEED" for all sizes of "Ziploc bags" (of the highest quality); bearing in mind; how much of my former property got destroyed by Firemen's efforts at extinguishing a house fire... Anything "of value" that REALLY DOESN'T "want to be wet"; OUGHT to be protected from moisture.

Second thing you need is Freeze Dried Candy

A folding portable 100 watt solar panel with USB charging ports can charge all your devices and directly power a USB fan or a light in a dark room with extension cable. You can also wire up a 12v USB car charger to a real glass solar panel. The USB works fine on cloudy days with a 100w panel/

Great article, as always. The best videos imo are the less sexy, more practical as it offers a plan. By category, hygiene is one of those very often overlooked and underrated. In his 1 year under siege, Selco and his family in Yugoslavia lost 3 relatives, and all were due to hygiene issues. They faced starvation, lack of clean water, and at least 2 group gun battles. Yet hygiene cost 3 lives. Even with a 2 week supply, good hygiene sets a positive inflection point, should the crisis go longer. Sanitation, keeping people out of the kitchen and away from the food, an obsessive designated cook who does not have to pull regular detail if possible, lots of cleaning, bleach, antiseptic ointment, and waste disposal are huge issues and should not be overlooked.

Thanks for getting to the basics of preparedness. Well done, Sir! Thank you!

Speaking of food, one can check out couscous, as you can cook it just like ramen by pouring in boiling water, which makes it easy and fast to prepare in comparison to other standard dry goods like rice and beans.

If you cook rice or beans the water that is used is part of drinking water too.

First thing you need is Monster Sugar Free Ruby Red Energy Drinks

Cash may or may not get you access to supplies/food. Case in point - serveral times in the last year our local Walmart has been without power, and NO purchases were permitted because the registers were down (well, that and they probably don't have anyone who could even manually add up purchases and count back change).

Thank you Magic !!!

A great list Magic.... thanks for sharing. Cheers from Alberta!

Thanks Magic!!

Great info as always Mr M.P. We appreciate this channel very much ✔

Great ideas for the beginning preppers. Thanks MP! 👍

the only other thing i might add under needs is tied into shelter. depending on your location and season you might NEED things like a way to heat your home, or clothing to keep warm etc. otherwise this is a great starter list

Solid knowledge transfer brother...

Awesome channel. Do a SHTF video about pools (h20) & their advantages.

Don't forget the cheap bartering goods you can get at the dollar store now. Just as good as cash in many situations sometimes better. That was a great vid you did a few weeks ago, MP. I'm slowly accumulating all the little things with spare change anytime I can.

You should get, while you still can, a radiation detector for area and dose rate monitoring. Something with a Geiger-Muller tube that can determine if water or food is contaminated. Make sure you have some means of recharging it. Get a base line of what is normal so you don't freak out when you find out the respirator filters always become little hot, sea shore activity is always greater background than inland and used vacuum bags are always screaming.

Great overview.

THKS

Good list

Great video as always 💯

Great video.

This list is a great starting point but you need to add an alternative cooking source... In a natural disaster situation you may not be able to use your stove or your cooking source in your home

Marauders are easily distinguishable they their inherent love of Chef Boyardee. Watch out.

I would say add a gas mask since air is even more important than water, perhaps in a very rural setting it may not be as necessary as in urban settings but is pretty important to me lol.

As a Comm radio alternative, TIDRADIO makes a TD H3 thats also HAM and GMRS for $29.99 each.

God help anyone whose only defense is a pepper ball blaster during shtf 😂

Sometimes you can even find unissued police trade ins. I picked up a M&p 45 used unfired. Great deal.

HIT the subscribe button! Good point about the first aid stuff-you need a tourniquet that's going to work.

Hey Magic Prepper, With recent events and personally experiencing a natural disaster (i.e. a flood) can you go through some suggestions for people on what they should prep when they must leave quickly. We saw a flood destroy my town of Spencer, IA and luckily many lives were saved but the problem many people encountered was not having stuff ready at a moments notice like a go bag or emergency prep items they could take in a hurry to their relocation centers. Just a thought I had being so recent and many Midwesterners are experiencing.

For power, I think you're really missing a trick if you don't have an inverter for your vehicle as part of your plan. I have a Renogy 700w unit, which is a real 700w, and it will run my refrigerator or freezer (one at a time, of course), and even has enough guts to run my Kurig. They regularly go on sale for around a c-note. Well worth it, IMO.

Good topic , thanks for sharing YAH bless !

I have the instant coffee slender packets. For me, coffee is a comfort thing. I found, at my local Asian grocery store, the instant coffee that already has sugar and creamer. Very awesome add to my "0h sh1t" stores.

Water: if you have local water sources and redundant filtration, you don't need water on hand. Food: you need a small percentage of your "2kcal" to survive. If I have that much on hand, I'm still obyl taking in what's needed to maintain workload energy and health to extend my stores.

Good video.

Location and time of year is a consideration. If you're going to be outside in most parts of CONUS during the Spring and Summer, DEET is a necessity. Believe me, nobody wants something like Lyme's disease during a period of extreme disruption. I'm still dealing with the consequences from a tick bite 25 years ago. Also, I don't know if Tamiflu is in the Jase Case kit, but it should be......triple antibiotic ointment, also.

What people don’t understand is defense is going to be paramount because supplies won’t be available which means everyone will be coming for yours. Can you defend your house, family, and supplies?

Is the Taurus G2C worth it for 200 usd?

I think that Anker 337 is 26800 mAh=26.8 Ah. You multiply that by 3.7v to get the Wh. That unit is 99 Wh not 134. The internal battery voltage on those power banks is 3.7v not 5v.

Olight is coming out with a new tower ( AA ana a AAA version) that holds, sorts and recharges batteries.

i have easily 9 months worth of food and supplies put away... for water I have a well with manual pump... electricity 800watt solor system but im going to double it

Beef Ravioli is my favorite!

I have a suspicion that Jase pouch is filled with over stuffed ravioli

Honey, FEMA says we should have enough guns and ammo to last for two weeks. If I melt through several barrels a day, that means I'd better go buy another 40 AK rifles and 150,000 rounds of steel cased. Gonna need to rent a truck.

SHTF- Two weeks is the standard. Just ask families who have survived a hurricane, flood waters, wild fires, and lastly tornadoes. Natures wrath impacts our social structure: sanitation, shelter, nutrition. Zombies roaming your neighbor is far less likely. A great video

for many saying medical more than a bandaid isnt in their future is also silly. maybe those around you can help assist you better! im my instance I just busted up my left hand and can use 3 fingers " KT taped up really good" then over working my right hand i gacked my middle finger borderline to a point id just tape/glue it up. but without my left hand i needed MORE help and used my wife to help stop the bleeding better and then my father to really bandage it up good. (we smash our fingers working alot, shockingly ALL LOOK NORMAL! and attached!) *painful though*.... and sometimes more than just bandaids and even firstaid is critical like when my room mate chopped off his finger and we needed a TQ... glad my EDC bag has a full North American Rescue bleed kit packed!

You don't need a gallon of water a day a person.the Apache lived in the desert.he survived.in a emergency use baby whipes to wash with.use a 16 oz bottle of water to cook with.eat once a day instead of 3 times a day.a months will of food is now 3 months of food.you need board games and candy.coffee.tea.for comfort items.

‎‏I disagree with the power bank option, I think it will suffice for 2-3 charges as the phone consume power while being charged. I think 2-3 power banks will be a minimum if you consider ‘flight mode’ activated or ‘low power mode’ on (iPhone)

Two weeks to slow the curve.

Only magic prepper would say that buying 28gallons of water is normal with a straight face. I've never had more than 3gallons of water and people joked that I really like water. Water filter would save space.

2 weeks to flatten the curve.

Actually the Sig P229 is getting scarce. Standard issue for the Secret Service.

At a bare minimum and for each and every family member. Including pets or other animals.

So what I'm hearing is a cell phone is the modern equivalent of a PIP BOY2000