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About Prepper Prices
A price tracker for emergency food, water and gear. Loud about prices, calm about emergencies.
What this is
Prepper Prices is an independent site run by Chris. It answers one question every day: what does it actually cost to be ready? We rank emergency food by cost per 2,000-calorie day, water filters by cost per gallon, and watch 1,909 products from 18 brand stores so a sale sticker has to prove itself.
How prices are collected, honestly
- An automated script runs about once a day and makes one request per store to that store's public product listing. It identifies itself clearly and doesn't log in or add anything to a cart.
- We only include stores whose robots.txt and terms don't forbid this. 59 stores were skipped. See the list and the reasons.
- Prices can change after we check. Tax, shipping and coupon codes aren't included. The brand's checkout price is the real one.
- Calorie, shelf-life and capacity figures are quoted from each brand's product page, with a link. We don't test products.
How the site makes money
Through Amazon Associates. Each product page has a secondary "Check on Amazon" button, and some category pages list a few Amazon searches for brands we don't track. If you buy through those links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. The main buy button still goes straight to the brand's store with no affiliate tag. Rankings are pure math, and no brand can pay to move up. Disclosure.
Prepared, not scared
We joke about prices and marketing tricks, never about real emergencies or the people in them. No politics, no doom predictions. If a disaster is happening near you, go to Ready.gov and follow your local officials.