Is "preparedness" a state of mind?

[British Red]

I'm not technically minded, so I couldn't recommend one, but can anyone here give a recommendation as to what she should be looking at, size wise, (to power the pump)⁷ and which would be the cheapest but most reliable make.(plus solar panel)
I don't know her set up, but info so that her husband can start to look at things without having to wade through tons of information from various companies and try to figure out what they need. That seems to be their sticking point. What exactly should they be looking at. Thanks

We have made a number of videos on the subject & tested a dozen or so types & sizes.

This video is a good introduction & the illustrated model is just right for the needs you describe.

Your friend can reach me through the YouTube channel. I can happily offer advice plus I have discount codes for several makes if anyone wants one

 

[Broch]

We have just suffered our third power cut in a week. So far they have been at night, so I'm not sure how long they lasted, but I woke this morning with my electric bedside clock , radio flashing yet again. This will tell me that it's been 1 hr or however long since the power was restored. Not a big problem realy, I just have to reset the clock, but...my friend has her own pumped water supply, and chatting to her today, she was telling me she had to go to her bottled water stash, as the pump wasn't working, and the tap was dry. I suggested she got a solar power generator, well I'm not technically minded, so I couldn't recommend one, but can anyone here give a recommendation as to what she should be looking at, size wise, (to power the pump)⁷ and which would be the cheapest but most reliable make.(plus solar panel)
I don't know her set up, but info so that her husband can start to look at things without having to wade through tons of information from various companies and try to figure out what they need. That seems to be their sticking point. What exactly should they be looking at. Thanks

OK, just a word of warning, none of the small solar powered (or IC engine powered) inverter style generators will power a borehole pump if that's the kind of thing she has; the motor stalls at the flat spot of the synthesised sine wave. She will need a very good quality inverter generator with surge capacity to overcome the stall point (potentially many times the running power requirement) or a full AC generator.

 

[Falstaff]

That is an excellent video and explanation, paced and covered at a speed and level I could follow, a big thank you.
It answered all of the queries that had jumped up in my mind before it started, including specifically the name. which I initially wondered if that meant a generator, or what the diffrence was to a straight lithium battery.
The cost/benefit explanation was also very useful, and showed that I don't need something that big or expensive.

 

[leon-1]

My apologies if this is echoed by other comments, I have read the first page and only the first page.

"Prepping is Perception"

It matters very little what people say or do. It's the same as one man's meat is another man's poison. It's the perception of the action by the specific person.
What I may perceive as prepping someone else may percieve as normal or what I perceive as normal someone else may perceive as prepping.
Anyone who has a military background would be familiar with the phrase "No Plan Survives First Contact With The Enemy!" and probably many others would be as well. To many not having a contingency plan or backup is foolhardy.

Anyone who has planned a multi day hike has normally built in some form of contingency plan (what if we don't reach a specific point, what happens if you have a walking wounded casualty, what happens when you have a casualty that cannot be moved, where's the nearest walk off point, etc...)

On the other hand some would say "Why bother?", society provides you with everything you need anyway.

Some peoples perception is being prepared involves knowing what to do more than having loads of kit which requires maintenance, but still having the knowledge how to use it should you require to or if you come across it.

Best bet is to take a good look at yourself and see what you truly consider to be prepping and why.