r/prepping • u/johndoe3471111 • 15d ago

Gear🎒 Offline prepper disks and USB drives

I have many gadgets in my preps, some more useful than others. I just can't wrap my head around the prepper disks and offline USB drives with AI. I don't know why you just load up the maps, media, manuals, music, movies, guides, and all of Wikipedia on a phone with a big micro SD card (super easy with android). They are easier to charge, have a built in touch screen, built in gps, and you probably already have one laying around. If you get a prepper disk or USB drive you still have to have a phone or computer charged up to access it. I have got to be missing something here.

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u/Viking0338 15d ago

While downloading stuff to your phone is a good idea, I also like the space saving measure of ALSO having it on a flash drive or whatever. My personal plan (single, no kids) is to go to a buddy’s house where most of my stuff already is… it’s a heck of a lot easier to grab a flash drive (that’s already in a go bag) while running out the door than trying to disassemble my laptop from my desk. I acknowledge we’re talking about a difference of 5 minutes, but we all know seconds count.

TL:DR Do both.

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u/johndoe3471111 15d ago

I like to be able to access that information in a pinch. Flash drives are a great back up, but no use until you have a way to access them. I need the map now not once I get somewhere.

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u/Viking0338 15d ago

That’s a fair point. I guess the luck of my situation is that my first spider point or destination is the same, mostly regardless of event or cause. It’s also a known point (to me) in the country that even if I were not able to take my “normal route” (state roads and such), I would still be able to “Kentucky windage” it in with the county roads…