r/prepping is a subreddit with 172k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses prepping, looking for gear, power, food, and outage, and they frequently recommend/review firearm, headlamp, and chainsaw.
This subreddit is for discussions about prepping, with the primary focuses being on:
Food & Water: (disinfecting, storage, growing, harvesting, hunting, etc)
Survival Strategies: (long and/or short term)
Off-grid energy: (wind, solar, hydro)
Gear Question's: requests/reviews of your actions/ideas/gear
Other: Use common sense here please, and read the rules below
Popular Themes in r/prepping
#1
Advice Requests
: "What Caught you off guard - what DIDN’T you prep for?"
18 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Need help choseing ifak case"
8 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "I realized my outage prep focused on the wrong problem first"
3 posts
#4
Ideas
: "After 2 decades I have found the perfect “kit gun” setup!"
2 posts
#5
News
: "Major UK National News programme advocates preparedness"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/prepping
#1
Prepping
: "So...looking at how things are going, Prepping for the future must include a lot of focus on water, right?"
13 posts
#2
Looking For Gear
9 posts
#3
Power
: "Power outage - 102F - report"
9 posts
#4
Food
: "Here's my humble Food cache so far"
7 posts
#5
Outage
: "14 hour Outage yesterday and I learned a lot about our house"
6 posts
#6
Preparedness
: "You have $100 to improve your emergency Preparedness today. What's your shopping list?"
6 posts
#7
Water
: "So...looking at how things are going, prepping for the future must include a lot of focus on Water, right?"
4 posts
#8
Storage
: "Budget Ammo Storage solution"
4 posts
#9
Oups
4 posts
#10
Water Storage
: "250 Gallon Water Storage tank"
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/prepping
Firearm
94 reviews
#1
AR-15
5.0★ from 11 reviews
#2
Ruger
4.6★ from 11 reviews
#3
Shotgun
5.0★ from 8 reviews
Headlamp
22 reviews
#1
Nitecore
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
Petzl
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
Sofirn
4.7★ from 3 reviews
Chainsaw
20 reviews
#1
Stihl
4.7★ from 11 reviews
#2
Milwaukee
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Greenworks
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/prepping
#1
Question❓❓
: "Anyone read one second after or other disaster books? How did it shape your view of preparedness?"
41 posts
#2
Food🌽 or Water💧
: "Hot take, not enough preppers actually practice cooking with shelf stable ingredients"
38 posts
#3
Gear🎒
: "MRE Prices 📈😳"
36 posts
#4
Survival🪓🏹💉
: "Here's my humble food cache so far"
33 posts
#5
Other🤷🏽♀️ 🤷🏽♂️
: "Building skills rather than buying gear"
22 posts
#6
Energy💨🌞🌊
: "Tested a seawater-activated emergency light directly in the ocean. No battery needed."
19 posts
#7
💩s**t post 🧻
: "Little preparedness tip for ya"
9 posts
#8
‼️MOD‼️
: "I’d like to gather some community feedback on a few issues"
1 post
#9
Food🌽
: "Looking for a long term storage shelf stable powdered milk in bulk"
1 post
Member Growth in r/prepping
Yearly
+44k members(34.7%)
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Last updated: September 2, 2026