The household baseline every home should have.
Who it’s for: Families organising their everyday household essentials.
Most families have a half-empty first aid tin and nothing else. When a disruption hits, the basics matter more than anything specialist.
Children, older relatives and pets all raise the stakes. Water, food, first aid and power cover the overwhelming majority of real-world household emergencies.
Work through the checklist and check what you already own before buying anything.
These are individual recommendations, not a complete pack to purchase. Choose only what you need; a higher level is not automatically a better fit.
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For households balancing useful features, quality and value. You can still change any single item on its own card.
Water
PlusA lightweight squeeze-filter option for a grab bag or outdoor water back-up. It is reusable with the right cleaning and storage, but needs a suitable freshwater source and does not replace a stored supply of safe drinking water.
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Water
PlusHolds nearly two days of drinking water for a family in one rigid, stackable container.
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Water
PlusProvides safer drinking water if supplies are disrupted or contaminated.
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Water
PlusA useful middle ground between footprint and storage, with the fittings needed to collect rainwater for routine garden use and short disruptions.
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Food
PlusProper hot meals that need only boiling water — morale matters on day two of an outage.
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Food
PlusA good balance of variety and longevity — the sensible middle ground where food resilience genuinely matters.
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Food
PlusThe harvest windows let you check and remove potatoes without disturbing the whole crop, while the larger bags support a useful household yield.
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First Aid
PlusComprehensive treatment for the common household injuries that make up most real incidents.
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Power
PlusMaintains communication and access to emergency services when the mains supply is down.
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Lighting
PlusA compact way to keep a back-up candle and fire-lighting supplies in one place. The tin makes it easier to find the small essentials, but it is a secondary light source—not a substitute for a dependable LED torch.
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Fire & Heat
PlusAn outdoor cooking bundle that adds a whistling kettle to the burner and fuel. It suits households that want the main pieces together rather than searching for a suitable kettle during a power cut.
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Documents
PlusA focused printed first-aid reference to keep beside the household kit. Read it in advance and use it alongside practical training, so the dressings in the cupboard come with a better understanding of what to do.
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Grab Bag
PlusMassive capacity with zips that hold up — the sensible choice if one bag has to carry kit for a whole household.
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