Where Should I Store My 72 Hour Kit?

By Ben from Ready Store

Your Coat Closet

The majority of homes will have a coat closet near the door. To keep things organized, I have hooked the top loop of the backpack through a hanger and kept it to the side of everything else. Not only does this save space, it is also easy to find. When you’re dealing with a grab-and-go situation, time is of the essence and you don’t want to be shuffling under boxes to find your 72-hour survival kit. The key is to make it as easy as possible so that you don’t have to deal with delays.

Where to Store 72 Hour Kit

Underneath Your Bed

We never know when a disaster strikes, especially if it happens in the middle of the night. Store your emergency kit underneath your bed... It’s never a bad idea to keep a warm jacket and pair of shoes close too.

Where to Store 72 Hour Kit

Near or Under Your Work Desk

Since we spend about one-third or 30 percent of our life at work¹, make sure to keep a survival kit near your desk at all times. Personally, I refresh my reserves every year. Usually, it’s because I find myself craving a high-calorie snack yet lack the willpower to get out of my chair. Either way, always make sure you have at least a 3 days supply of food and water with you.

Where to Store 72 Hour Kit

Your Car

We live in a day and age where having a car or truck is an absolute necessity. In an emergency situation where we need to evacuate, having a bug-out-bag or 72-hour kit already packed will save you time. Ready Store has made it even more convenient for emergency preppers by providing an Auto Emergency Kit. Since this kit is stored in a duffel bag, some of our customers recommend storing the items in separate containers or plastic bags if you don’t want to hear it clunk around in the trunk. Keep in mind, the food and water need to be rotated often since cars experience high temperatures during the summer.

Keep in mind, everyone's situation is different. You might now have a car or the extra closet space. All we can do is use our best judgement of our circumstances and plan where to store your 72-hour kit.

Where do you store yours?

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15 years ago

Comments

Butch Snow

9 years ago at 5:56 AM

I would love to store my 72 hr. kit in my the trunk of my car; however, the low and high temps. of my state, particularly days when temps. are in excess of 100 degrees, would destroy some of the supplies pretty quickly. What can I purchase to protect my supplies from being exposed to such temp. swings? I don't think a cooler would do it, but not sure.

Jim Daniel

9 years ago at 10:05 AM

CARS May Not always be the best. I lived many years in a climate where it gets hot, I mean over 160 degrees inside a parked car. So hot I've ruined my GPS - TWICE (Okay, I'm an idiot). I know that near where I live now, are areas where it freezes hard often yet in the day when the car is driven things would thaw. A kit that gets that hot, or freezes and thaws repeatedly may suffer. Those Mylar water packets are probably not going to take well to repeated freezing, and lots of plastics deteriorate with extreme heat. Defrosting frozen packets can create condensation moisture that could create other problems. I strongly suggest caches at a number of places that you frequent. I also like having my Bug Out Bag in the Garage and another in the office.

Mike

5 years ago at 6:53 AM

Many of us were in the path of the durecho storm, what if a tree falls on your car? what if a tree falls on your house? To quote the old saying... ‘don’t put all your eggs in one basket.’ If it’s feasible, have multiple 72 hr kits, one at home, one in the car, if possible one at work. This would at least increase the odds of having a 72 hr kit available in such a situation.