SS Sketchy Survival 101
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Free Survival and Prepper PDF Cheat Sheets

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Free survival and prepper PDF cheat sheets and printable checklists, drawn by hand in our own comic style. No email, no signup. Print one, tape it up where you build, and work straight down the list when it counts.

Every sheet is the printable companion to a Sketchy Survival 101 video and the deep dive article behind it. Each one gives you the shopping list, the build steps in order, the physics in plain numbers, and the safety rules boxed off so you cannot miss them. They are built to survive a printer and a blackout, so a black and white copy on cheap paper still reads clearly by flashlight. Grab the ones that fit your risk, from grid down heat to cheap home cooling and blackout power, and keep a printed stack in the kit before you need it.

Blackout Warmth
A 6 dollar firebrick · a warm bed with no power

The 6 Dollar Brick Bed Warmer: Every Number and the Burn Rules

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Blackout Warmth
Four tealights under a clay pot · what keeps you warm instead

The Candle Heater Math and the Safe Warmth Plan

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Winter Prep
A 12 dollar shrink film kit · storm window physics for a drafty window

The 12 Dollar Window Fix vs Storm Windows: Every Number

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Cold Survival
3 dollars of trash bags and leaves · when your 300 dollar bag is soaked

3 Dollars of Trash Bags and Leaves vs a Soaked Sleeping Bag: Every Number

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Clean Air
A 75 dollar box fan · cleaned smoke like a 650 dollar purifier

The 75 Dollar Box Fan Smoke Cleaner: Every Number

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Fire Safety
A 12 dollar brush · beat the top cause of dryer fires

The 12 Dollar Brush vs the Dryer Fire: Every Number

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Blackout
20 dollars of ice jugs · beat a 1,200 dollar generator

20 Dollars of Ice Jugs Keeps a Freezer Cold Up to 2 Days: Every Number

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Furnaces
An 8 dollar filter habit · protect a 6,000 dollar gas furnace

The 8 Dollar Filter Habit That Saves a 6,000 Dollar Furnace: Every Number

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Cooking
A 10 dollar box · finishes cooking dinner after the fuel runs out

The 10 Dollar Box That Cooks With No Fuel: Every Number

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Fire
A 20 dollar blanket · puts out the grease fire water makes explode

The 20 Dollar Grease Fire Blanket: Every Number

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Blackout
Winter blackout fridge · jugs, swaps, food safety

Free Cold for Your Dead Fridge: Freeze Jugs, Not Food

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Solar
Solar batch heater · sun math, build, freeze rules

The $50 Box That Makes Free Hot Water From Winter Sun

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Blackout
Blackout safety · the ten indoor killers

10 Things People Do in a Blackout That Kill Them Indoors Cheat Sheet

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More free cheat sheets are on the way as we publish new builds. Want the science behind a sheet before you print it? Read the matching breakdown in our articles, or start with the grid down warm room guide.