Household outage kits · Free delivery Australia-wide

72 hours of light, power, clean water and information. In one parcel.

When the power, the EFTPOS, the internet or the phones go out, a household needs the same short list of things. Dark Day Ready puts that list in one tracked parcel, light enough to post, with an offline library so the answers are still there when the web is not.

See the three kits Get the free 72-hour plan
Illustration of a Dark Day Ready kit: radio, power bank, lantern and the other essentials laid out together
1,500+cyber incidents ASD responded to in the year to June 2026Up more than 20%. ASD Annual Cyber Threat Report 2025–26, 27 Oct 2026
4,400+warnings ASD issued about potentially malicious activityUp about 80%. Same report
72 hthe window emergency agencies ask households to be able to cover on their ownAustralian Red Cross RediPlan; state SES guidance

What Australia's cyber agency actually said

On 26 and 27 October 2026 the Australian Signals Directorate published its annual threat report. The Guardian summarised it in one headline: "Australians should prepare for online services to go down unexpectedly as threats rise, cyber agency warns." (The Guardian, 26 Oct 2026)

The report says system security must be prioritised over system availability. In plain terms: expect services to be switched off, on purpose, with little warning, while they are fixed. In the week before publication a number of government websites, including ASD's own, were partly taken offline while a critical software flaw was patched. (The Guardian; ABC News, Oct 2026)

None of that is a prediction about any particular day. It is a statement about how the next few years are likely to feel: more outages, shorter notice. The sensible response is the same one the SES has been giving for decades, which is to have the basics in the house.

"What is inevitable is that with each capability increase, we are likely to see more disruption."
Abigail Bradshaw, Director-General, Australian Signals Directorate. ABC News, 27 October 2026.
"Virtually any service that you rely on in your life today is enabled in some respect by a digital network."
Abigail Bradshaw, Director-General, ASD. ABC News, 27 October 2026.

Three kits. Pick by household, not by fear.

Prices in Australian dollars, GST included. Free tracked delivery Australia-wide. 30-day change-of-mind returns on unopened kits, plus your Australian Consumer Law guarantees.

Illustration of the Essentials kit contents laid out

Essentials

One or two people. Apartment or unit. The basics, done. About 1.3 kg.

$179
  • Hand-crank, solar and USB-C AM/FM radio with built-in light and 4,500 mAh battery
  • 10,000 mAh power bank, two USB outputs
  • 4-in-1 charging cable (USB-C and Lightning)
  • USB-C rechargeable LED headlamp
  • Portable water filter straw
  • Signal-blocking (Faraday) phone pouch
  • Waterproof document pouch
  • 2 emergency thermal blankets
  • Paracord survival bracelet
  • 72-Hour Household Plan, emailed with your order to print and fill in
Tell me when it ships
Illustration of the Grid Down Home kit contents laid out

Grid Down Home

Coming soon. The full set, plus the library on its own screen and lighting for the whole house.

$549
  • Everything in Household, plus:
  • Offline Reader (coming soon): an 8-inch Android tablet that will come with the library set up and the Kiwix reader installed, so nobody needs a laptop. We are holding this kit until we have sourced a tablet that meets Australian RCM compliance.
  • Second 20,000 mAh power bank
  • USB LED strip room-lighting kit, runs from a power bank
  • USB-C fast car charger
  • Hand-crank torch
  • Key-fob Faraday pouch
Tell me when it ships

Illustrations, not photographs; photos of the production kits replace them before launch. Brands and exact models of components may vary between batches; specifications shown are minimums. Components ship together from our fulfilment partner in one tracked parcel. The Offline Library contents list, with licences, is published at /library.

What each kit covers

Need during an outageEssentialsHouseholdGrid Down Home
Hear emergency broadcasts with no power or internet (crank/solar radio)
Keep one phone alive for 3 days (10,000 mAh)
Keep a family's phones alive for 3 days (20,000 mAh + solar charging)
Drink from a tank or creek as a last resort when stored water runs out (water filter straw; still boil tap water under a boil-water notice)
Hands-free light (headlamp)
Light a room for an evening (lantern)
Light several rooms from a power bank (USB LED strip kit)
Look things up with no internet: Wikipedia, medical, first-aid and off-grid references (Offline Library, set up with our guide on your own laptop, Android phone or USB drive)
The same library on its own 8-inch screen, nothing else needed (Offline Reader, coming soon)
Documents and cash kept dry and together, and a spare phone shielded
A written plan everyone in the house has read

How it works

1

One free tracked parcel

Your kit is packed by our fulfilment partner and sent as one tracked parcel on a battery-approved line, free. It usually arrives in 6–14 business days, and you get the tracking number by email. Power banks travel part-charged, as transport rules require; top them up on arrival.

2

Fifteen minutes of setup

Charge the power banks to full, put $100 in small notes somewhere safe, write two phone numbers on the plan, set up the Offline Library once so you know how it works. Done.

3

A reminder every three months

We email a short checklist: recharge, test the radio, check first aid dates. Opt in at checkout, leave any time.

Every item, and why it is there

Crank and solar radioABC emergency broadcasts, a built-in light, and a 4,500 mAh battery that can top up a phone.
Power bank10,000 or 20,000 mAh. Two to six phone charges.
Folding solar chargerRefills the power bank on day two, in sun.
LanternUSB-C rechargeable, with a magnetic base and a hook.
HeadlampHands free for moving around and checking the switchboard.
Filter strawBackup drink-through filter for tank and creek water. Under a boil-water notice, still boil tap water.
Offline LibraryWikipedia with images, medicine, how-to guides and books, set up on your own laptop, Android phone or USB drive.
Offline ReaderComing with Grid Down Home: the library on its own 8-inch tablet.
Faraday pouchKeeps a spare phone or backup drive shielded and together.
First aid kitAbout 100 pieces of dressings and bandages. No medicines.
Document pouchCopies of ID, insurance and prescriptions, dry.
Thermal blanketsTwo or four. Warmth without power.
Survival braceletThree metres of paracord you can unwind when you need it. No blade.
LED strip kitUSB room lighting that runs from a power bank.
Car chargerUSB-C fast charging. The car is the backup generator you already own.
Crank torchNever flat.
The planEmailed with your order. Print it, fill it in, put it on the fridge.

What this kit does not do. It does not prevent, detect or protect against any cyber attack, and nothing can promise that your suburb will or will not lose power. It helps a household get through roughly three days of disruption with light, charged phones, a water filter straw, a radio, a plan and a library that does not need the internet. That is the whole claim, and we think it is enough.

The free 72-Hour Household Plan

A two-page printable: what to store, where to put it, the numbers to write down, and what to do in the first hour of an outage. The same plan we email with every kit order.

One confirmation email, then the plan. Occasional kit news after that, unsubscribe in one click. Privacy.

Prefer not to sign up? Read the plan on the site.

Questions people ask

Does this stop hackers or cyber attacks?

No. Nothing you can buy in a box does. What it does is make an outage, whatever caused it, a nuisance rather than a crisis for your household.

Why not just buy the bits myself?

You can, and the free plan tells you exactly what to get. Most people never finish the list. The kit is the hardware on that list already chosen and sent in one parcel, with a reminder so it stays ready. Water, cash and food are still yours to add.

Where is it shipped from, and how fast?

Kits are packed and sent by our fulfilment partner in China as one tracked parcel, usually arriving in 6–14 business days. Shipping is free. We are the Australian seller, so your consumer guarantees and returns are with us. See shipping.

Can I return it?

Yes. 30 days change-of-mind on unopened kits, and the Australian Consumer Law guarantees on top of that for anything faulty. See refunds.

Are the power banks safe to store?

They are lithium-ion cells, the same type as in a phone, and travel on a battery-approved shipping line. Store the kit indoors, out of direct sun, and recharge every three months. The reminder email covers it.

What is in the Offline Library, and is it legal?

Free-licence reference material you download, using our step-by-step guide, into the open-source Kiwix reader on your own device: all of English Wikipedia with images, the WikiMed medical encyclopedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks and Wikiversity, Appropedia and Energypedia off-grid guides, Ready.gov and other public-domain emergency and medical references, and thousands of Project Gutenberg books. Wikimedia content is Creative Commons BY-SA and Kiwix is GPL; both allow copying and sharing with attribution, and the licence notices and source links are in the setup guide. The full list is at /library and the guide is at /library-setup.

Is this a government kit?

No. We are a private Australian business. We quote public agency reports with attribution and we follow the same household kit lists the SES and the Red Cross publish, but no agency endorses or recommends this product.