Printed · waterproof · 220 pages
ICE Field Guide
A spiral-bound, waterproof household manual: outages, water, sanitation, first aid, winter, evacuation and shelter-in-place, with fill-in plan pages.
$34
Offline knowledge: books and a library that needs no internet
Printed manuals for the first hour, and all of English Wikipedia on a drive for everything after.
6 books · printed
Field Library
Six respected reference books chosen to cover first aid, wilderness and urban survival, country skills, food growing and preserving, and rebuilding from basics, in a water-resistant case.
$189
256 GB · no internet needed
Offline Vault
A rugged 256 GB USB-C/USB-A drive containing English Wikipedia with images, a medical encyclopedia, repair guides, books and offline maps of Canada, readable with no internet.
$129
Wi-Fi library · 20 devices
Offline Hub
A palm-sized, USB-powered Wi-Fi server preloaded with the Offline Vault library. Any phone, tablet or laptop nearby connects and browses, with no internet and no app.
$299
How to choose
Offline knowledge: what to know
Equipment gets you through the first days. Knowledge gets you through the rest: how to treat an injury, make water safe, fix what broke and grow what you eat. We offer it two ways, because each covers the other's weakness.
Paper needs no power and survives rough handling. The Offline Vault holds far more than any bookshelf: the complete English Wikipedia with images, a medical encyclopedia, repair guides, books and maps of Canada, readable on a laptop or phone with no connection.
Common questions
Can I download all of Wikipedia?
Yes. The complete English Wikipedia with images is about 119 GB in the ZIM format used by the free Kiwix reader, and about 49 GB as text only. Our blog explains how to do it yourself, and Offline Vault is the ready-made version.
Is ICEKIT affiliated with Wikipedia?
No. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation or Kiwix. Wikipedia content is free to redistribute under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence, and we include the required attribution and licence notices on the drive.
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