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In my household we have a great love for what we call “good technology”

By that we mean things that work in a simple, reliable way, and which for the most part are easily repairable.

Co-incidentally this sort of technology is ideal prepping material too.

Stuff like:
• Sailing dinghies,
• Row / paddle powered boats
• Bicycles ( especially old school friction shift geared models)
• Tandem bicycles
• Pre 1980s utility cars and motor bikes ( pre-dating electronic engine management units), especially diesel models ( yes, not a lot of diesel motorbikes I know!!!)
• Slide Rules
• Dynamo generators (don’t require electricity to start the generating process)
• Maps and magnetic compass
• Mechanical watches and clocks
• Air guns
• Bows for hunting
• Catapults
• Sythe / sickle for grass and crop cutting

What “ good technology” have other preppers identified and put into storage?

Mason Jars
Jerry Cans
Air rifle ammo
Crossbow strings
OS Maps

bicycle, air rifles, bows and arrows, OS maps, compasses, binoculars, catapult.

The K.I.S.S. principle always works well.

I don't think there is any type of bad technology. There are only bad reproductions of technology. Things should always be pretty reliable if they are made well.

Things like Thermal Mass, Solar Gain, and other arcitectural things would come high on my 'favourites' list. Also, anything that needs pretty much zero maintainance. I like wind turbines, but they are often high maintainance. There are a couple of people out there creating near zero maintainance turbines. They need a tiny bit of maintainance every 10 years....like decking haha.