Technology.
Technology the answer means the tools necessary to get over the rough challenges of what the wild contains, and very important, could bring.
We are talking about the post 2020 era.
Envision being here.
As nice a place as it is…
The greatest place to run out of gas,
or have the car battery run all the way down,
a combination of the those, or a no start…
Expect the unexpected.
You never know when you might be surrounded by -- today’s picks are polar bears
especially since they herded onto land not too far back
If the unexpected has in it, a flock of 500 or 5000 pound polar bears eyeing your off-road vehicle as the next place to hold their town hall meeting
Of course being able to start your vehicle up and get out of there is the smart behoovement.
But what if the vehicle doesn’t start?
The next move for most folks is reach for a communication device.
These days, it’s often pull out a cell phone and ask for a helicopter or airplane to come to the rescue.
That’s where the technology starts coming in, and our story here.
Vehicle merits aside, a major key to survival is communication.
To make communication viable when the party trying to be reached is far off, are viable communication devices.
The must have list:
A good cell phone.
A good calling plan.
A phone and plan that work for certainty in remote areas.
Next step. Enabling and ensuring the cell phone can do what you need it to do, in worse case scenarios.
Heading up the list:
Signal boosters for vehicles.
Here are the top picks for March 2022. The set of reasons, quality, dependability, and viability they are set to work given the networks when out there near the place in the picture with the Jeep.
1.
weBoost Drive Reach RV - Cell Phone Signal Booster kit | Boosts 4G LTE & 5G for All U.S. Carriers - Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile & more
Advantages: Power, and for the way out there remote trips. Designed for SUVs and campers.
2.
HiBoost Cell Phone Signal Booster for Car, SUV, Van. APP fine Tune MAX gain. Car Cell Phone Booster for All U.S. Carriers-Verizon AT&T T-Mobile Sprint & More, FCC Approved
Advantages: More power than just a car booster. This designed for vans, and SUVs. Can be charged by a portable charger, smart when on trips.
3.
weBoost Drive Reach - Vehicle Cell Phone Signal Booster | 5G & 4G LTE | Magnetic Roof Antenna | Boosts All U.S. Carriers - Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile | Made in the U.S.
Advantages: Top tier product for cars. When a trip is just 20 minutes off the main highway, or still close to your backyard, have this, good for everyday use, heavy rains, and slow traffic in the snow.
More must haves for the trip:
And if the car battery goes down, it may be wise to also have to go with your phones, an extended battery life charger, extra batteries, and a solar power battery charger if you don’t have a generator with you.
The first thing many do is start charging their phone off the cigarette lighter in the vehicle.
There are some draw backs. Charging a phone using the vehicle at the wrong time, or when there is a weak battery, could draw down that battery, until there is no battery life. Some might say it helps recharge the battery, but in a risky situation, running out of vehicle battery power, is the last thing you want. At this stage, let’s just pretend like there is no battery, to prepare for the worst.
Here are important items to make sure to have in getting your survival kit ready:
- Battery life chargers for cellular phones.
Top pick, one that is solar, and waterproof, combines protection from heavy rains, floods, accidental misplacement or drops into water, with the battery charge ability, and the solar for the in case there is nothing but sunlight to work off. In an area where it is dark for 6 months?, will discuss recourses later.
- A GPS designed to have you covered in remote areas
Now that we have established what it takes to help make those phone calls, which it might take a 100 call attempts for days before getting the help you need, taking up a lot of phone and phone battery power, before leaving the story, we are taking a look at what it takes to see what might be on the other side of the mountain. The mountain, trees, or whatever other landscape features that limit visibility or provide for the unknown to be.
Fully equipping yourself with X-ray vision, night vision this and that, working off a satellite in the hopes of detecting some large 4 legged animal before it sneaks up behind your vehicle, might be very expensive, could be more than the cost of the car and the gas to get out there on your trip.
The solution:
An affordable, compact, reliable drone with video taking capability.
Other solutions are up and coming, for now, a drone is the big one.
Every once in while, kick back relax, and fly the drone around to know for sure what’s out there.
Having at least 2 drones with you on a far away camping trip is not a bad idea. The second drone is a backup, can find a lost drone, use by someone else when in an emergency and so forth.
Drones can be used to summon help, and be used as a vehicle to carry the emergency help sign.
Animals aside, you might want to be aware of what other situations could be fast or slow emerging, or making their way to you, such as quicksand, a broken bridge, a hunting trip going on, forest fire or avalanche.
Selected drone for now:
This has one of the most impressive designs out of hundreds of drones analyzed. From the survival standpoint, advantages of this drone, the Syma Drone, are:
