Hiding Your Equipment
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alwayscross
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Hiding Your Equipment
If your away from home during a SHTF moment and cant get back for a while that could mean trouble, your home could be getting looted, being damaged or worse. If it is being looted your SHTF equipment could have been stolen, so unless you keep your BOB on you this could be a problem. So that is why I've hidden my equipment in a very sneaky place, I always have my EDC but naturally that's limited. I just wanted to know if anyone else has hidden there equipment or an idea for hiding them, ideas are always fun to try out.
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poppypiesdad
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Re: Hiding Your Equipment
Hide them in plain sight , then theyll miss them and move on , if your home is bare they will tear it apart so leave some "goodies" then they might grab and move on .
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This is great advise, it's why you should carry a spare wallet with a couple of old cards in and the odd 5 a (or photocopies of money as a mate of mine did ( the criminals got caught spending it so tried to use the card but coppers were on their way)poppypiesdad wrote:Hide them in plain sight , then theyll miss them and move on , if your home is bare they will tear it apart so leave some "goodies" then they might grab and move on .
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I've just started work on my basement hide hole, I've always used underfloor board storage for "specialiast items" it's safe and looks cool to the better half when you can pull up the floor and its full of chocolate bars, cylumes and a couple deck of cards. The £200 and comprehensive toolbag sparked questions but it's all good.
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We'd quite often use this technique on building sites when it came to snagging time. Leave an obvious ( and easily rectifiable ) defect for the architect to pick up and he stops looking too closely happy that he's done his job.
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I've been reconstructing my fake handbag - the one I leave downstairs as a distraction for thieves 
I always used to use old credit cards, and I might still use a card for an account that I don't use any more. But if its an account thats still in use, they've still got a lot of valuable information, of course 
so I took those out recently, and replaced with an advertising mockup I got through the post. Its from Capital One, and its a card mockup of their credit card, with zeroes for the card number and A N Other where the name would be, but if you're just rifling through it looks real. I go through my junk mail anyway, because some idiots still send forms with real name and address preprinted, so these mockups are easy to find.
I always used to use old credit cards, and I might still use a card for an account that I don't use any more. But if its an account thats still in use, they've still got a lot of valuable information, of course so I took those out recently, and replaced with an advertising mockup I got through the post. Its from Capital One, and its a card mockup of their credit card, with zeroes for the card number and A N Other where the name would be, but if you're just rifling through it looks real. I go through my junk mail anyway, because some idiots still send forms with real name and address preprinted, so these mockups are easy to find.
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Hiding spaces...Being in a small flat space is at a premium. But theres lots of dead space if you know where to look.
Shoeboxes in the bottom of the wardobe.
Upend the sofa, take a knife to the bottom and theres usually enough space for a couple of ready stocked BOB's (unless you have a fancy recliner)
For flat items (money, paperwork, flash drives) a envleope taped to the underside of a drawer.
Kitchen cuboards...the plinths are usually just clipped on, pull them off...remove all the kitchen fitters detrius....and plenty of space for tins and bottles.
Undersink storage....everyone has a tin of brasso or Vim going rusty at the back of the cupboard, dosent gain a second glance.
Then theres double stocking...more meds than the average household in the first aid cuboard. A few more tins than normal in the kitchen,
Shoeboxes in the bottom of the wardobe.
Upend the sofa, take a knife to the bottom and theres usually enough space for a couple of ready stocked BOB's (unless you have a fancy recliner)
For flat items (money, paperwork, flash drives) a envleope taped to the underside of a drawer.
Kitchen cuboards...the plinths are usually just clipped on, pull them off...remove all the kitchen fitters detrius....and plenty of space for tins and bottles.
Undersink storage....everyone has a tin of brasso or Vim going rusty at the back of the cupboard, dosent gain a second glance.
Then theres double stocking...more meds than the average household in the first aid cuboard. A few more tins than normal in the kitchen,
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dazthechippy
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Re: Hiding Your Equipment
if you want to hide stuff under a kitchen unit or fitted wardrobe in what is the kickspace area then its quite easy to either remove the plinth to access the vacant space, this can involve a bit of fishing in and out for stuff when you want to get in there...
or if you are confident with tools and can operate a jigsaw with precision then you can cut the bottom of the carcass out in the middle and drop a false panel made of the same material with the same finish over it, screw down and put screw covers over it - looks just the bottom of a fitted unit..(best option is to buy an additional shelf that you can buy when you buy the units or you can match it with melamine faced chipboard, most carcasses are either white or a light oak type colour
I'm a chippy and have just done one for a customer, of course I didn't ask him why or what he'll put in it but i have a fair idea...
or if you are confident with tools and can operate a jigsaw with precision then you can cut the bottom of the carcass out in the middle and drop a false panel made of the same material with the same finish over it, screw down and put screw covers over it - looks just the bottom of a fitted unit..(best option is to buy an additional shelf that you can buy when you buy the units or you can match it with melamine faced chipboard, most carcasses are either white or a light oak type colour
I'm a chippy and have just done one for a customer, of course I didn't ask him why or what he'll put in it but i have a fair idea...
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featherstick
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dazthechippy wrote:if you want to hide stuff under a kitchen unit or fitted wardrobe in what is the kickspace area then its quite easy to either remove the plinth to access the vacant space, this can involve a bit of fishing in and out for stuff when you want to get in there...
or if you are confident with tools and can operate a jigsaw with precision then you can cut the bottom of the carcass out in the middle and drop a false panel made of the same material with the same finish over it, screw down and put screw covers over it - looks just the bottom of a fitted unit..(best option is to buy an additional shelf that you can buy when you buy the units or you can match it with melamine faced chipboard, most carcasses are either white or a light oak type colour
I'm a chippy and have just done one for a customer, of course I didn't ask him why or what he'll put in it but i have a fair idea...
I love this idea! Thanks Daz!
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CynicalSurvival
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Re: Hiding Your Equipment
Getting a good hide space is not too hard, especially in a house, but it can be a compromise between well-hidden v's convenient to get at...
I like the 'under kkckboards' idea. Under floorboards is a fairly obvious one. I remember hearing (perhaps on here) that burglars pay relatively little attention to kitchens, bathrooms and lofts.
Less convenient but very well hidden could be a concealed cupboard of some kind, perhaps with furniture in front of it. Most walls have at least 10-12cm of depth simply filled with insulation - you can cut out a section of plasterboard and create a slim cupboard, then pull a cabinet or something in front of it.
I like the 'under kkckboards' idea. Under floorboards is a fairly obvious one. I remember hearing (perhaps on here) that burglars pay relatively little attention to kitchens, bathrooms and lofts.
Less convenient but very well hidden could be a concealed cupboard of some kind, perhaps with furniture in front of it. Most walls have at least 10-12cm of depth simply filled with insulation - you can cut out a section of plasterboard and create a slim cupboard, then pull a cabinet or something in front of it.
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metatron
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I've thought about putting hidden storage either side of the protruding chimney in both the dinning room and the bedroom directly above. The issue mostly being building flush doors that blend in, is time consuming and I have other things that are more important to do, but some day, sure.