In a grid down scenario most of the public will be totally unprepared, and they will be especially vulnerable at night if they don’t have an emergency candle or alternative sources of light. This will be a difficult and challenging time for those of us who are prepared, but for the unprepared masses it will be hell on earth. I constantly feel empathy and sadness for those who are oblivious to the incredible risks we face. Some people might have a candle in their drawer to remedy the darkness, but that will only provide them with temporary relief.
The problem with regular candles you can buy at the store is that they burn up pretty quick and you don’t get a lot of use out of them. If you light one of these candles and let it burn for a few hours at night, you have used up about 1/3 of the life of said candle. Obviously this is so you go back to the store and purchase more candles regularly, as it shouldn’t be this way. If the product they sold you lasted you a long time and you could go a while without repurchasing, these companies would make considerably less money.
Each of these survival candles have over 100 hours of use:
In all likelihood, you will need to use your survival candle for 4-6 hours per night, depending on what time of the year it is. That being the case, each survival candle will last you approximately 20-25 days. That is a big difference from the candles you would buy at the store. Those might last you 2 nights if you’re lucky. Couldn’t you just buy lots and lots of candles at the store? I guess you could, but they would sure add a lot of weight to your bug out bag and take up a considerable amount of valuable space. Just about every candle you buy from a store is scented. I don’t want to smell vanilla and breathe in the chemical compounds that make it smell like vanilla. I’d much prefer having a few of these emergency survival candles.
