20 Old-School Prepping Items Getting Harder to Find In The U.S. (And What You Should Buy Instead)

My books are on sale now 📖 The Prepper's Field Manual, and all three as the collection. Grab them here: https://dalebrooks.com Since January 1, 2026, Minnesota stores can't sell a new fluorescent tube, and the plain incandescent bulb has been off US shelves since 2023. The FCC says many older phones lost the ability to call 911 when carriers shut down 3G in 2022. AAA found 28% of 2017 model-year vehicles came with no spare tire at all. Out where Dale lives, the ambulance is 40 minutes away on a good day, so the old thing in the drawer had better still work. Subscribe to the channel: @preppedamerica In this video, we talk about 20 old-school prepping items getting harder to find in the U.S. and what Dale swapped to at his own house, including the old flip phone that can't call 911, the copper landline, the portable generator with no CO shutoff, the round-handle propane tank, the new strength of bleach and what the EPA table says, zinc canning caps and wax seals, the vented gas can, strike-anywhere matches, the child-proof lighter in cold hands, the missing spare tire, AM radio in new cars, ethanol-free gas in Minnesota, the battery TV, the phone book, military MREs, fluorescent shop tubes, the plain light bulb, CFLs, the mercury thermometer, and the one old thing he'll never swap. 🔔 Subscribe so the next count reaches you before the old stuff in your drawer quits. 💬 Comment where you're watching from and which old-school item you still keep. 📢 Send this to the neighbor with a glovebox phone, on Facebook, Reddit or the family group chat. You're the reason this channel exists. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 00:55 The phone that can't call for help 05:12 The generator and the tank 09:23 The water and the jars 12:31 The fire you can still light 15:58 The road out and the dial 19:26 The warning in the night 21:42 The meals and the lights 25:07 The ones to let go and keep 28:09 What still works in your drawer Sources: US Department of Energy, General Service Lamps backstop rule (2022) https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/05/09/2022-09477/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-general-service-lamps Minnesota Statutes 116.92, Mercury restrictions https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/116.92 CPSC, Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act Regulation https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/11/22/2022-25308/childrens-gasoline-burn-prevention-act-regulation EPA, Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/emergency-disinfection-drinking-water National Center for Home Food Preservation, Equipment and Methods Not Recommended https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can/general-information/equipment-and-methods-not-recommended FCC, Plan Ahead for Phase Out of 3G Cellular Networks and Service https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/plan-ahead-phase-out-3g-cellular-networks-and-service AAA, Nearly One-Third of New Vehicles Are Missing a Spare Tire https://newsroom.aaa.com/2017/10/spare-aaa-finds-nearly-one-third-new-vehicles-missing-spare-tire/ DISCLAIMER: Educational content from one household getting ready. Prices and methods are real and researched, and prices vary by store, region and season. Nothing here replaces an order, a warning or an alert from your county, the National Weather Service or your fire agency. When they say leave, leave. #DaleBrooks #PreppedAmerica #Prepping #Prepper #EmergencyPreparedness #PowerOutage #OldSchoolPrepping #HomePreparedness #Generator #CarbonMonoxide #Propane #GasCan #WaterStorage #HomeCanning #LEDLighting #FlipPhone #911 #SpareTire #WeatherRadio #Minnesota #NorthWoods #RuralLiving