Membership

The whole field manual, open, printable, and yours on paper

When the grid goes down, this site goes with it. Paper does not. Membership opens every page, hands you every field guide as a PDF, and lets you print one manual built for your household.

158 member pages and 138 compound recipes from the book
22 field guides to download and print
My Manual: your own printed binder

$49.95per year, about 14 cents a day

One payment. Cancel any time and keep the year you paid for.
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158member pagesopen in full, every amount and every step
138compound recipesfrom the hardcover book, exact amounts. Pick any and add them to your manual
13field guides304 pages of PDFs, $130 bought one at a time
9military field guidesUS Army manuals cut to 66 pages and laid out to use
1manual of your ownbuilt from any page here, printed with your cover

What you get

One membership opens all of it

Every page open in full158 member pages with exact amounts and every step, plus all 138 chemical compound recipes from my hardcover book, the Prepper's Chemical Survival Guide. Pick the ones you want and add them to your own manual.
All 13 field guides$130 separately304 pages of printable PDFs: stockpile, food, compounds, spare parts, power, knots, the bug-out bag, home security, canning and more.
9 military field guides$90 separatelyEach US Army manual cut to its most useful pages and redesigned as charts, steps and checklists.
My Manual: your own printed binderSave any page, recipe or whole guide, put them in your order, and print one manual with your name on the cover.
Print or save any page as a clean PDFOne press, in the field guide layout. Plus 6 printable sheets and cards, and no ads.

What it's worth

The guides alone cost $220 bought one at a time

Every guide is sold on its own in the shop for $10. Membership includes all 22 of them, then adds every member page, the chemical compound recipes from my hardcover book, and My Manual to put your picks in.

13 field guides	$130
9 military field guides	$90
158 member pages	Included
138 compound recipes from the hardcover book	Included
My Manual, print and PDF tools	Included
Bought separately	~~$220+~~
With membership	$49.95 a year

My Manual · included

Build your own field manual

The most useful thing a membership gives you. No book fits your household exactly. My Manual does. Save any page on this site, recipes, charts, and whole field guides included, arrange them in the order you want, and print one manual with your name on the cover. It holds only what is relevant to you, and nothing you would skip.

Why it matters

It works when this site does notNo power and no signal means no website. A printed manual and an offline PDF still open, and that is why any of this is written down.
Only your pagesThis site covers every household. Yours needs a fraction of it. Your manual holds the pages that match your water source, your climate, and your gear, so nobody digs through the rest under stress.
Anyone in the house can use itThe person who reads this site may not be the one home when it counts. A binder on the shelf, in the order you chose, is something a spouse or a teenager can follow.
One current copy, not a pile of printoutsEvery page prints in the same field guide layout with a cover and the print date. Change a page, print again, and the old copy is easy to spot.

What to build with it

The house binderYour water source, your climate, your gear. Only the pages you would reach for.
A copy for the bug-out bag or truckA short version that travels: water, first aid, comms, and the recipes you rely on.
A copy for familyHand a parent or a grown kid a manual built for their house and their supplies.
The shop and the barnParts lists, repair skills, and the never-mix chart, kept where the work happens.
A recipe book of your ownThe cleaners, fuels, and remedies you make, with exact amounts, in one place.
An offline PDFSaved to a phone, a tablet, or a drive in the Faraday bag. It opens with no signal.

How it works

1Save what fitsPress "Save to My Manual" on any page: a recipe, a chart, a guide, a parts list, or a whole field guide.
2Arrange it your wayOn My Account, drag the pages into the order you want. Name the manual and add your household name.
3Print it or save a PDFOne button makes a real PDF file, laid out for 8.5 x 11 inch paper with a cover. Print it from any device or keep the file. Field guides go in exactly as the PDFs are laid out. No ads, no photos.
4Keep it currentAdd a page, pull one out, print again. The cover carries the date, so you always know which copy is the latest.

See the full list of what's included

Every member article in fullAll 158 member pages, open: exact amounts, every step, every parts list.
Every recipe and resource in the bookAll 138 recipes and 33 compounds from Prepper's Chemical Survival Guide, with exact amounts, every step, every warning, and the reference charts.
My Manual: build your own field manualSave any page, recipe, chart, or whole field guide, arrange them in the order you want, and print one manual with your name on the cover. Or keep it as a PDF that opens with no signal.
All thirteen field guides, on screen and as PDFsStockpile Essentials, Survival Foods, Chemical Compounds, Spare Parts, the Audit, the Logbook, Portable Solar Power, Home Backup Power, The Four Knots, The Bug-Out Bag, Home Security and Defense, Home Canning, and Oxygen Absorbers and Desiccants. Read every one here, download the PDFs. $130 if bought one at a time.
A field guide for each of 9 US Army manualsThe Army's survival, first aid, hygiene, cold weather, mountaineering and rifle manuals run 48 to 432 pages each. Members get my overview of each one in 10 pages or fewer: the methods and numbers that matter, in the field guide layout, to download or add to My Manual. The official Army PDFs are free to everyone.
6 printable sheets and cardsThe 3-3-3 radio card, the compound checklist, the food shopping list, the shelf life table, the salt and canned food guides: print, download, or add to My Manual.
A clean PDF of any articleOne click gives a one-page sheet in the field guide layout, ready to print or save.
Audit scores and checklists that follow youSaved to the account, so the phone, the laptop, and the shop computer all match.
No adsMembers read the whole site without a single ad.

The field guide library

All thirteen field guides. 304 pages. Included.

The complete Buckhorn Cliffs PDF set, yours to download, print, and keep from the day you join. Plus nine military field guides: each US Army manual cut to its most useful pages and laid out to use, 66 pages in all.

$130if bought one at a time

Stockpile Essentials39 pagesEverything to keep on hand, category by category, plus the 20 multi-use items.
Survival Foods35 pagesStoring, extending, and using the food supply. Real shelf life by the numbers.
Chemical Compounds29 pagesThe 33 compounds: storage, top uses, hazards, and the never-mix chart.
Spare Parts and Repair Stock40 pagesWhat to keep on hand to fix the home and land when the supply chain breaks.
Walk-Around Preparedness Audit33 pagesFifteen systems scored 1 to 5, with the printable scorecard.
Preparedness Logbook30 pagesThe household information that needs to be on paper.
Off-Grid Portable Solar Power16 pagesSize a power station and a folding panel, pair them, wire them, keep them alive.
Home Backup Power System20 pagesA battery and a hybrid inverter wired into the house: hybrid against off-grid, the wiring, the mistake to skip.
Four Knots6 pagesWhich knot for the job, and how to tie each one in four moves.
Bug-Out Bag18 pagesOne bag per person for three days: the twelve jobs, the afternoon build, the packing plan, every item by job, and the checklist.
Home Security and Defense12 pagesThe four layers from the property edge to the people inside, what to build first, the night something feels wrong, and the plan with or without a weapon.
Home Canning13 pagesWater bath or pressure canner, the tested times by altitude, the pressure for your elevation, hot pack against raw pack, dry canning, and the safe-jar checklist.
Oxygen Absorbers and Desiccants13 pagesWhich packet every food and supply needs, the absorber and silica gel sizing charts, every storage container rated, and how to keep the packets alive.

Before you join

Questions

What stays free?: Anything someone needs in a hurry, and the great majority of the site: the shelf life table, the basics of water, food, power and first aid, every category page, and the official Army manuals. I gate depth, not basics.
How do I sign in?: With an email link. No password to remember or lose.
Is the book included?: The recipes from the book are here in full for members. The printed hardcover is sold in the shop, because paper works when the grid does not.
Can I cancel?: Yes, from the account page, in two clicks. You keep access to the end of the year you paid for.
Do I keep the PDFs?: Yes. Anything you download or print is yours to keep.

Take the whole manual off the screen

Every page, every field guide, and a binder built for your own household.

$49.95per year, about 14 cents a day

One payment. Cancel any time and keep the year you paid for.
Sign in by email. No password.