9 Reasons a Coffee Can Should be in Your Survival Kit

Daily Survival ^ | 11/25/12 | Bax

[Kartographer]

The Many Uses of a Coffee Can

That’s how a 1-pound coffee can can earn its way into your 72-hour pack. Consider the following uses for this light-weight and versatile survival instrument.

[EDINVA]

I haven’t seen a metal coffee can in years. Now they are plastic or very heavy cardboard, which would eliminate any use on the fire.

[Redcitizen]

Speaking of stuff to keep in a car, I keep an axe handle there. Many uses for that wood.

[Redcitizen]

“we drink alot of coffee”

So... do you always drink coffee around the bonfire?

=)

[MomwithHope]

They are small flashlights, please re-read my original post.

[meowmeow]

I haven’t seen a metal coffee can in years.

Costco has Kirkland brand coffee in 3 lb metal cans.

[EDINVA]

Thanks. As I scrolled further I saw also that WalMart has metal cans. Of course, they’re all for @ 3 lb vs 1 lb, but a metal can is a metal can! I usually buy beans at Costco, and they come in a bag but it’d be good to have that one large metal can.

[captainhurt]

Hey its not 1900. just thought you’d like to know. :)

[Marcella]

You or someone else a good while ago posted about using a metal coffee can in an emergency situation and I had one source to get a metal one lb. can and I had thrown them away instead of keeping them. When my son comes from London, I buy a one lb. can of Chock Full o’Nuts coffee to use when he is here as that is his choice - and those are metal cans.

I have three of them now. Most of what you see is plastic for small ones and large cans have cardboard sides. I'm bad about keeping the big ones with cardboard sides. I can't seem to throw them away - I might need that in a SHTF situation. Hopefully, I won't get as bad as those hoarders on the Hoarder TV show whose house is so full of “stuff” one can't walk around and sanitation people have to come in to clean it out.

[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!!

[trisham]

Good thread.

[driftdiver]

Whats your source?

[piroque]

Goof Southern coffee don't come in a can

[piroque]

A metal coffee can with a survival candle inside makes a nice source of warmth.

Read up on the original use for a can of Crisco .It was used as a candle.

[tomkat]

             

$5.25 / 33 oz (+ dandy metal can) @ Wally's

The caffeine in it works just as good as if you'd (ostentatiously) paid three times as much !

[tomkat]

.. One has a beer glass wrapped in a towel ..

if ya already have the can, isn't the glass kinda redundant ?  ^lol

[MHGinTN]

Try buying a commercial size can of pork’n’beans and make several dishes to freeze, then use the nice sturdy can.

[Iron Munro]

Just bought a case of Hills Brothers coffee in 33 ounce metal cans.

In my younger days we used these cans to make a small camping stove.
Made with the bottom side up you can fry eggs, bacon, bread dough, etc. right on the stove.
Or you can use a small fry pan, pot (or a second coffe can as a pot).

Punch holes around the sides on the bottom with an old fashion 'church key'.
Cut a square opening on the top side.
Turn can upside down - the bottom is now the stove top.
Feed the fire through the square opening.

[Jane Long]

Love it. Thanks for posting the coffee can stove idea/pic.

[tomkat]

oops !

just noticed the date on this thread

[Rebelbase]

Chock Full O’Nuts still has metal cans.

And Target’s generic coffee is in a metal can.