In order to help out for the holiday gift giving, here are 10 Prepper Gifts Under $50.
Next week we will have a top 10 list for gifts around $25, and the week after we will have 10 great stocking suffers under $10.
I hope this list will help you find great things for the preppers you love, or to gently help the non-prepper be just a little better prepared.
When you get into gifts that cost around $50 then you are probably getting gifts for people you truly care about.
These gifts are nice and useful to people that may not be preppers, but I know that many of them are items I would love to get from my family.
It is always nice to do things to protect your family and friends and these gifts definitely help with that.
Motorola MD200TPR FRS Two-Way, 20 Mile Radio Triple Pack (Black)
- 22 channels with range up to 20-mile range
- Easy straightforward operation for indoor and outdoor communication
- 10 regular call tones
- AC 5V, LCD battery meter
- Battery life: 12 hours NiMH or 29 hours alkaline
Etón SCORPION Rugged, Portable Multi-Purpose Digital Radio with Crank Power Back-up and Weather Alerts – Green (NSP100GR)
- Multi-function radio can charge smartphones
- Features a flashlight, weather alerts, crank and solar back-up power options, carabiner and flashlight
- must-have to take camping, use around the house and keep in your ‘go-bag’
- Digital AM/FM radio
- NOAA weather band alerts you to bad weather heading your way
- Bright LED flashlight to light your way
- Solar panel charges the internal battery
- Crank charging – charges the internal battery or your smartphone
KA-BAR Full Size US Marine Corps Fighting Knife, Straight 
- Most Famous blade knife design in the world
- 1095 Cro-van steel
- Leather Handle, USMC Fightning Knife
- 7″ Straight Edge Blade
- Knife Made in USA, Leather Sheath made in Mexico
Kyocera Advanced Ceramic Coffee Grinder, Black 
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Multi-purpose grinder prepares fresh coffee, salt, pepper, green tea, and even sesame seeds
- A ceramic grinding mechanism never alters flavor of grinds, resulting in fresh, flavorful, and pure ingredients
- Advanced ceramic close in hardness to diamond; will never rust and will provide a long useful life
- Adjustable from fine to coarse grinds; non-slip base ensures stability
- Reusable glass container stores up to 100 g of coffee grinds and is dishwasher safe
Howard Leight by Honeywell Impact Sport Sound Amplification Electronic Earmuff, Classic Green 
External audio input connects to MP3 players and scanners
- Amplifies conversation and commands with one single volume control knob
- Automatic 4 hour shut-off increases battery life
- Automatically blocks noise above 82 dB, noise reduction rating NRR 22
- Adjustable, low-profle design folds for easy storage
OXO Good Grips Food Mill
Food mill includes 3 stainless-steel discs for preparing foods of fine, medium, and coarse textures
- Stainless-steel inner bowl accommodates hot foods and prevents staining
- Simple release button for easy disc exchange and disassembly
- Non-slip legs, handle, and cranking knob; folds for easy storage
- 11-Inch diameter; 2.3-quart capacity; all parts are dishwasher-safe
Ceramic Water Filter Kit 
0.2 micron filtration efficiency
- Do it yourself- buckets not included
- Will filter out everything from giardia from a clear mountain stream to the muck from the most turbid of water sources.
- Easy to assemble
- Stores for years until needed.
Hand Operated Grain Mill by VICTORIO
Precision stainless steel milling cone is durable and makes fine bread quality flour
- Designed to be all-purpose so it can grind wheat, corn, rice, oats, barley and more
- Makes about one half cup of fine flour per minute
- Small compact design makes it easy to store
Actron CP7830 Hand Vacuum Pump 
Diameter measures 3-1/2-in
- Helps to find any vacuum or gasket leak
- Includes rugged steel handle frame and solid brass cylinder
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Comes complete with 24′-in hose and tapered hose adapters
AAA 65-Piece Winter Severe Weather Travel Kit 
Compact 65-piece road assistance kit for winter conditions by AAA and LifeLine First Aid
- Folding shovel with sheath
- 3-piece fleece set
- Strobe light
- 46-piece first-aid kit
I hope these 10 Prepper Gifts Under $50 are useful to you.
Through twitter I was introduced to some really cool guys that run a new Prepper Reality Radio Show.
What is different about these guys is that their hosts specialize in particular topics so instead of having one host with a longer show that covers a lot of topics, they have shorter but more focused shows.
That works for them because they are focusing on teaching topics, so you can listen live or download only what you want to, and don’t have to listen to topics you my not be interested in to hear what you want.
But what really got my attention is that the lead host Maha33, coined the term prepsteading, which is homesteading for preparedness. As soon as I heard the term I focused i, because that is exactly what I am doing, but never thought to label it.
Right now we are working on scheduling a time that I can come on as a guest to talk about firearm issues for preppers.
I look forward to learning more from these guys and I have posted their website addresses below so you can check them out.
Prepper Reality Website: www.anythingprepping.com
New site (under construction): www.prepperreality.com
Blog Ralk Radio Station:http://www.
Thay have a youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/
Show Link For this Sunday Blog Talk Radio: http://www.
In the 50’s Time magazine published an article called Ethics at the Shelter Door. This article discussed bomb shelters and the ethics of letting your neighbors in, even if it meant your family would not have enough to survive.
A friar named McHugh wrote a dissenting article. He explained how the Christian thing to do in the event of a nuclear attack would be to get your family inside and lock the door. Even if that excluded your neighbors from safety.
Obviously his opinion controversial. Some even believe the uproar caused the Kennedy administration to move from helping build individual family shelters to building fewer community shelters.
Not too long ago I mentioned that to a friend of mine and he expressed STRONG feelings about that idea.
He was loudly vocal on “What Would Jesus Do”. He could not comprehend how excluding someone from your fallout shelter was Christian.
Here are the assumptions of the article:
There is a well-known threat, the 50’s was the civil defense era. The duck and cover video was played in schools and at the start of movies. Civil Defense (later FEMA) gave out scores of pamphlets on how to build a fallout shelter in your home.
Everyone was told to prepare, not everyone did. What if you choose to build a shelter while your neighbors choose to buy boats, better cars, season tickets, or just go out to eat more than you.
Similar resources, dissimilar values
If you built a bomb shelter you are limited by your resources as to how big it could be. Resources determine how it was stocked. Both determine how long you could stay inside. Once you’re out of air, food, or toilets you have to come outside – even if it’s not safe yet.
Your family is your responsibility. If you let extra people in your shelter you are reducing the safety of the people who you have a duty to provide for.
“Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.”- Adam Smith
So it’s pretty easy to see why a man would decide that after all his work and sacrifice that he would be justified in locking the door to his shelter.
If you have ever spent time around me you have heard me say “I love everybody, but I love me (and my family) more”.
I would have tears in my eyes as I did it. Most likely I would never sleep well again. However, if you choose not to prepare and bombs were falling, I would let you and yours die. At least I would do so rather than let my own son suffer for your lack of planning.
The Bible has several verses that deal with preparedness. The Bible is clear on a man’s role as the protector of his home.
God also gave us a set of rules that if we followed them we could have everlasting life with him. Since no man can follow those rules he sent His Son to die for us so that if we have faith we can still go to heaven.
If we choose not to have faith and to disregard what God has done for us then we suffer the consequences.
Anyone who has read the Book of Revelations has the image of Jesus smiting the world for not believing. The world during Tribulation and Apocalypse is very reminiscent of the world in a nuclear holocaust. The Bible is clear in Romans 6 23 “The wages of sin is death”.
God loves us and wants us to follow his word, However, he gave us free will so that our love would be real and not contrived. If we choose to disregard his warnings then he allows us the choice to die alone.
God clearly tells us to work and save and prepare for lean times. He gives strict instructions for men to take care of their families.
If commit a crime and go to jail would you let your kids go hungry to feed mine? No, you would say, “I am sorry about the kids; they have a really crappy dad”. That is not to say I would not give extra to feed your kids. I would not let mine go hungry to do it.
I believe in charity, and have made provisions for it. I try to get others to prepare for future disasters both small scale and catastrophic. But my charity ends at the last box of noodles.
My wife and my son get taken care of first. Anyone that does not think my life and work should go to my family needs to see if they are willing to give their life and their work for mine over theirs.
If not, then they are not just a hypocrite, they are a thief and a looter.
“But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.” Timothy 5:8
Why Prepare? Well, let me take a quick second to tell you why we prepare.
Monday I spent all day out in the woods for work, It was raining, and by the end of the day I was soaked to the bone. I am not complaining mind you, as a bad day in the field is better than a good day in the office, but by the time I got home all I wanted to do was dry off, warm up, and get a nice hot meal and brag to my wife how cool a job I have…
So as I am getting close to home my wife called telling me a tree fell in the yard, she said we still has electricity, but she was worried. On first glance it wasn’t that big of a deal, but as I walked closer I noticed that the tree caught my power line and did a lot of damage.
I was worried about the risk of fire and electrocution, as we had a tree crossing a power-line, into a wire fence, with the meter ripped away from the house and loose wires hanging free, all in the middle of a rain storm
I went into emergency mode, and told the wife to grab a set of clothes for the night and call the electric company as I turned the breaker off and checked the animals.
Luckily, as we have flashlights hanging from several doorknobs, and “go-kits” with a change of clothes medicine and a little emergency cash, emergency mode only lasted a few minutes.
We went up the street to the hotel, splurged on a nice restaurant meal, and the next day I called an electrician and the insurance company.
This was an unexpected problem, and rather minor, but by having a good general preplan, it made our life a lot easier, even though we never thought this particular event would happen.
This leads me to my final point. Plan A is a long, uneventful, and happy life, Plan B is a good rifle, and plenty of beans and bullets. We are not scared, because we are prepared. Prepping makes life easier, and if it doesn’t your doing it wrong.
Maybe you can see how it helps me and my family to have some level of constant preparedness. If it does, maybe you can stop asking the question, Why Prepare?