Hi Bazinga and welcome to IPN/CPN!

I'm also prepping alone at home with a wife that is at best tolerating my endeavours but is far from embracing it...

I have not looked at that H2O generator as water is plentiful where I am and it suffices to filter/purify it.

Looking forward to reading your contributions to this forum!

All the best,

Helicopilot

Hey Helicopilot!

Thank you, for a kind word, that feels great! We are in the same boat with our wonderful wife and husband. Your reply tells me how much you understand a huge part of my situation. I really wish my husband would get this and see what we see so clearly! I am not embraced in my prepping but neither am I called a nut. I do hide it from him by not showing him all the details. Your wife, one day will wonder how she ever got so lucky to have you taking care of all this and thus your family so well. It is such a huge undertaking.

Yes, that is the point of asking that about the traveller, not enough details and sounds to good to be true. Could it really work. I have got my water sorted out already, but if the traveller is an option, I just got to know. Great that you have precious water!

Blessings to you and yours! Thank you for the validation, understanding and warm welcome! I am glad to be here.

Bazinga!

It might be easier to meet like minded if you give a general location in your avatar info.

Welcome to the site; you're not alone!

Thank you for the suggestion, I have been feeling very alone recently.

I'm glad to know there is a fellow GTA prepper here. Welcome to the forum!

There's lots of info coming out from other TO's and Newmarket and Markham.
And group that get together every couple weeks on the edge of TO around at park 3500 Steeles east
So your're not alone wolf
I'm new here also and love the great health of info I'v been able to learn from

I was reading some above comments and realize it must be difficult to prepare with a spouse (man or woman) that's not on board. Either with the mind sinc that the government will "rescue" you. Naturally it depends on ones particular spouse, maybe they realize but don't want to face the fact if a true SHTF event actually happened you may truly have only your family or team. If you are fortunate to have people with like minded goals. For the true lone wolf it's something I consider often. It seems if you attempt conversation of a possible catastrophe where there is no access to foods, power outages for weeks, or worse ie: economic collapse, people just don't want to discuss it or think your tin foil hat is wrapped too tight. Bush skills, gardening, food storage, water, 1st aid etc is all a great step. But maintaining security, not to mention doing absolutely everything by oneself seems a daunting task. I'm sure I can't be the only one with these thoughts. If (when or if I had any spare time) meeting a woman and you even think of directing conversation in that direction, end of conversation, date, or follow up date. In general finding a woman in general who thinks homesteading is a good thing is pretty rare to begin with. That said even a like minded group in my area seems to be difficult to find. Unless like me they've just learned to not mention it too often. Any thoughts on this?

Oh one other thing I thought to add, I've also (like many of u) have watched numerous u tube on prepping. Some great ideas and comments, some maybe not so great but at least I know I'm not totally alone. Plus if it is the tin foil hat syndrome, stocks in tin foil are doing well. :') take care and keep it together

You are not alone. I too am a lone prepper, but without the spouse part. I very rarely speak about it to anyone, unless I already either know they prep. Even my family (except my son) don't know.

Keepin it together,...
Lone wolfe here as well. As you, or some others may have noticed I have struck up more than a few meetings now. Sure I still consider myself a lone wolfe and I will tell you why. I have witnessed a few different kinds of behaviour and it has been having meetings, going on outings, and simply conversing with others via emails and such. I have grown with some, and grown out of some. You need to be very very careful whom you say what too as things may have a tenancy to backfire away like an old BSA or Triumph that has seen a better day. Yea they all LOOK good and sound good while at idle LOL But take that baby for a ride and things become a lot more clear. Sometimes you find a raspy one that gets you heart pumping. Sometimes you can't even find second gear, directionals don't work and so on. I believe everything needs some time to figure out the bugs. 😉

Now as far as doing everything oneself I would have to agree it can be a daunting task. A never-ending, learning curve with all kinds of possible surprises along the way. I say this all the time,... more numbers lead to politics plain and simple IMO. Seen it, done it, and getting better. You need to look at core values. I obviously won't go into details but you need to be a very, VERY good read of people. Im sure the others that I have butted heads with in the past will tell you much different as it will be from their own perspective and lets face it if we don't see eye to eye then of course the story differs. What Im getting at is everyone thinks they have their master plan. At least what they think will work best for them and their families which is fair enough. So although I call myself a lone wolfe I am very much willing to meet others and have a chat. Nothing lost nothing gained I say. Everyone I have met persoannaly has been leary on letting their own personal plan out and AGAIN thats fair enough I believe.

The issue with the partner is a large one for myself and honestly if they are not on board it can be not only frustrating, but possible trouble. Trouble for making prepper progress, either financially, emotionally, physically or mentally. There needs to be common ground here. ALSO you need to consider jumping in with others if you DONT have this issue squared away, as you may be compromising a possible group situation for not only yourself and your partner but the group at hand. So that needs to be dealt with. BUT also be very cautious of the dynamics in which you are either calling to the table or the dynamics of a group setting in which you need to feel the others out. This can be a daunting task in itself.

Don't give up looking for the dream team OR that special someone. They are out there and they are ALSO looking for you. Try getting creative, look in places that you wouldn't thought might be of help in your hunt. Like an arrow shot thru a forest I don't think you can point in a certain direction and see it all come to fruition without being stopped by another tree. You need to evolve, blend, manoeuvre, be gentle and be willing. You will find it, if you just don't stop.

Good luck!

I remember a show called Pimp my ride, in this particular show, they put a portable 12 volt unit the size of a big coffee maker in a van to extract water from air. I always marveled at this technology for sustainability. There are other models out there like this one I saw; http://www.gizmag.com/airdrop-wins-james-dyson-award/20471/pictures#1 . This one looks easy to diy, a plate collects heat outside and brings it into contact to an under ground cooled coil and the result is a collection of water condensate, or drinking water.

This particular reply is to the lone wolf prepper Adagio, if your around the Kingston area and would like to discuss prepping in general I live just north of Kingston. So driving and having a conversation on a topic in which we're interested in sounds good to me. First off one isn't wondering if bringing up that topic will cause the person to pause and wonder wtf are they talking about. Lol. If a yes, then possibly some public place like Timmys for coffee and a general "hi how are ya" Just a thought. Again if your not hours from this area. New thoughts on things are always good. Ttyl8r

Hi, Bazinga.
I think the model shown in your link is a type of water harvester from moisture like fog, dew etc.
I have seen other models that harvest water from humidity and perform better with 20% humidity and upwards. Witch to my understanding, will collect on a continuous fashion for most of the day.

In response to 'keeping it together'. Kingston is more than a few hours from me, so a bit out of the way, for a coffee and chat. But if your interested in meeting and chatting with other preppers, you are more than welcome to come to the Eastern Ontario meet this August 16th at the Larose Forest. Its about 2 hours and a bit from Kingston (just outside of Ottawa). I can't promise coffee but I can promise a day full of interesting people and prepper related subject matter. I for one, have met some really nice people at this meet and have kept in touch with a lot of them. I tried to attach the link, but I make no promises that it will work.

http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=5733&p=62864&hilit=eastern+ontario#p62864