Grid Down Home
Larger households, or anyone who wants more than one room lit.
Coming soon: waiting on a tablet that meets Australian RCM rules.
AUD, GST included. Free tracked delivery Australia-wide.
Everything in Household, plus a second 20,000 mAh power bank, room lighting from USB, a car charger, a crank torch, a key-fob pouch and the Offline Reader tablet.
Tell me when it ships- Delivery: free, from our fulfilment partner in China as one plain, tracked parcel, usually 6–14 business days. Tracking is emailed when it leaves.
- Returns: 30 days change of mind (return postage is yours), plus your Australian Consumer Law guarantees for anything faulty. Returns policy.
- Packaging: items arrive in their own supplier packaging; there is no branded case or bag yet.
Everything in the parcel
Crank, solar and USB-C radio
Hear ABC emergency broadcasts with no power or internet.
- AM and FM
- Charges by hand crank, small solar panel or USB-C
- Built-in 4,500 mAh battery that can top up a phone by USB
- Built-in light
2 × 20,000 mAh power bank, USB-C PD
About 4 full phone charges: 2–3 phones for three days with light use.
- 20,000 mAh (77 Wh, under the 100 Wh airline limit)
- USB-C Power Delivery in and out
- Recharge it every three months
4-in-1 charging cable
One cable for every phone in the house.
- USB-C and Lightning plugs for phones
Rechargeable LED headlamp
Hands-free light for moving around, cooking and checking the switchboard.
- USB-C rechargeable
- Adjustable head strap
Rechargeable lantern
Lights a room for an evening.
- USB-C rechargeable
- Magnetic base and hanging hook
Folding solar charger
Refills a power bank or phone in daylight once the batteries run down.
- Folding panels, USB output
- Works in direct sun; slow or no charge under heavy cloud
USB LED strip lighting kit
Lights a second room from a power bank.
- Runs from USB
Hand-crank torch
Wind it up when everything else is flat.
- Wind-up dynamo
USB-C car charger
The car is the backup generator you already own.
- USB-A and USB-C outputs
2 × Water filter straw
A last-resort way to drink from a tank or creek when stored water runs out.
- Drink-through filter
- Under a boil-water notice, still boil tap water
First aid kit
Dressings and bandages for cuts, scrapes and sprains.
- Dressings, bandages and basics
- No medicines or creams: add your own
Faraday phone pouch
Blocks phone signals: a dry, separate place for a spare phone or USB drive.
- Phone size
- Does not protect against hacking or power surges
Key-fob signal-blocking pouch
Keeps a car key fob or spare key together and shielded.
- Key-fob size
Roll-top dry bag for documents
Copies of ID, insurance, prescriptions and some cash, kept dry and in one place.
- 5 litre roll-top PVC bag with shoulder strap
- A passport fits flat; A4 folded once
- Orange camo print (the photo shows the larger 10 litre size)
4 × Emergency thermal blanket
Keeps body heat in when there is no heating.
- Foil (Mylar) blanket, about 210 × 140 cm unfolded
- Folds to pocket size
Paracord survival bracelet
About three metres of strong cord, worn until you need it.
- Unwinds to roughly 3 m of paracord
- No blade
Offline Reader (8-inch tablet)
The Offline Library on its own screen, set up.
- On hold until we source an RCM-compliant tablet
Photos are our supplier's photos of the components we ship; colours and minor details can vary between batches. Photos of the folding solar charger, usb led strip lighting kit, hand-crank torch, first aid kit, Faraday phone pouch and emergency thermal blanket follow once those parts are confirmed.
Emailed with your order
72-Hour Household Plan
The short plan everyone in the house reads once.
- Emailed with your order to print and fill in
- Also free on our 72-Hour Plan page
Offline Library setup guide
Wikipedia, medical references, how-to guides and books that work with no internet.
- Emailed with your order (also free on this site)
- You load it onto your own laptop, Android phone or USB drive
- Needs about 175 GB free, or 18 GB for the starter set; USB drive not included
- About an hour of your time, then an overnight download
Not in the kit
Add these yourself. The free 72-Hour Household Plan lists them:
- Drinking water: about 3 litres per person per day, for three days
- Food that needs no cooking, and any medicines you take
- Some cash in small notes
- Pet food and anything a baby or older relative needs
- A tub or bag to keep it all together
What this kit does not do. It does not prevent or protect against any cyber attack or outage. It helps a household get through roughly three days of disruption with light, charged phones, a radio, a water filter straw and a plan.
Tell me when the Grid Down Home kit ships
One email the day it goes on sale. You also get the free 72-Hour Household Plan straight away.
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