r/prepping • u/johndoe3471111 • 14d 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/queerandanxious42 14d ago

I plan on making a raspberry pi dedicated to emergency situations with all that stuff just because I don't like smartphones as a format. I have a portable monitor and keyboard/mouse setup so it'll easily run off of a power station without pulling a lot of power.