Emergency Bag Essentials (Swatchbook): Everything You Need to Bug Out

This swatchbook is configured with possibly the most difficult, impractical, and stress inducing method of binding a book ever devised. First, there is no table of contents, nor even an index, so you have to constantly go through the cards repeatedly. What a mess. But the really bizarre thing is having to rotate each of the 50 cards out of the pocket, while at the same time fighting with how the whole thing flops around. It is very, very annoying to have to juggle the cards around. I didn't even want to try to look at all the pages, not even 1 of them because it is so annoying. But, even more bizarre is the fact that every time you want to look at the back side of a card, you have to flip the entire book over - while at the same time trying to overcome the cards and pocket flopping around. Again, what a mess. Then, to look at the next page, you have to flip it back, which makes the cards and pocket even more difficult to keep control of. Good grief, in order to see the front and back of all 50 cards, you literally have to flip the book back and forth 100 times. Couple that with the fact that there is not even a table of contents, and you will, like I, probably just want to throw the thing away as soon as possible because it may tick you off. The swatchbook should have been put together with side rings to enable the cards to be flipped like any other swatchbook. As far as the actual content is concerned, I can't provide an opinion because I don't even want to look at the pages because it is so annoying and stress inducing to even try. I considered poking holes on the side of each card in order to put in side rings, but the text on each page comes too close to the edge. If you are just plain curious to see if the setup of this book is as bad as I said it is, buy it. Unless the published changes the binding configuration to side rings, I can't think of any other reason to buy it.

It is a great item to have when preping, Also a good refresher for practice for an untold future...

I'm so glad i purchased this for my survival kit. Now I can go through and see just what I need to make sure my family is ready foe any kind of emergency or a disaster. I have bought books that was a self help guide in make sure that everyone in your household was ready. Okay they where hard to read plus it wasn't as helpful as this one was. So now I have everything ready plus my car is equip with emergency items this was a really great investment for me.

Got to have it! Excellent reference book.

Great info. I gave 4 stars due to binding. It's too time consuming and irritating when trying to read front to back. Spiral bound may have been a better choice for ease of accessing the info. Otherwise I believe the actual info is great. I like the use of pictures and how it's written.

YES the binding is funky, and I dinged it a star for that. But there's a fair amount of good info inside, even for experienced preppers. How about Spiral binding for the next iteration ?

good

Thought it will be very helpful in an emergency. Easy to handles and look up info needed.

Useful

grand job, many thanks!!!

Arrived very quickly in perfect shape. Great book to help you build your b.o.b!