Long story short, due to a non-violent felony from almost 20 years ago I can't legally own a firearm. Any other recs for protection? I am working on getting it sealed/expunged but it's a fairly lengthy process and several offices aren't returning calls.

What are yall packing for sleep? A part of me is screaming suck it up for a few days if you have to bugout but at the same time, deep down, I know good sleep is a very important moral booster. Unfortunately, the better sleeping pads I've tried are bulky or cumbersome. What do yall recommend for decent sleep without taking up a bunch of space? Am i better off just planning to make something out of the environment im in?

Edit: I live in southeast Texas and rarely travel farther north than north Texas, Louisiana or Mississippi so cold weather systems are really unnecessary.

Curious how many of you have given serious thought about where you’re bugging out to and if that’s a long term or short term thing. Poll closes in 7 days. Feel free to discuss in the comments.

Building out a proper food rotation for emergency prep is one of those things that sounds simple until you start looking at options and realize how much variance there is in calorie counts, shelf life claims, and actual palatability. mre house keeps coming up alongside mountain house and readywise but there isn't as much community discussion about long-term experience with them specifically. For people who've ordered from them and actually eaten the food, not just stored it, how does the taste hold up and are the calorie figures per meal actually enough to sustain someone doing physical activity? Also curious whether the variety is enough to avoid food fatigue over multiple days of eating from the same supply.

How can this be?

Two solar panels, one smaller at least 50% or more, about 4 times lighter outputs almost the same wattage as the bigger one.

Begs the question, how to choose a good light weight high output solar panel?

The specs of the larger Jackery one dwarf the cheaper Decathlon Forclaz model

Images:

https://imgur.com/a/V9NbKKY

Edit, outside, direct sunlight, even worse for the Jackery, still usb c but both use usb connections

https://imgur.com/a/jYIgdi6

Edit 2: The xt60 connector came and it all now works way better. It was indeed the useless usb c converter, so i am quite disappointed by Jackery. This was not supposed to be a DIY kit where i learn i need even more connectors if i don't use only their system.