Emergency & Off-Grid
Sensible backup gear for power outages, storms, travel and time outdoors — without turning your home into a bunker.
What belongs here
AVA looks for simple equipment that remains useful when normal infrastructure is temporarily unavailable: dependable lighting, compact cooking gear, radios, water storage, basic power and other practical backups.
Candle lanterns
Compact, low-complexity area lighting with no charging account, firmware or pairing ritual.
Alcohol & compact stoves
Simple cooking options for camping and appropriate emergency use, selected with safety and fuel availability in mind.
Backup essentials
Radios, flashlights and straightforward tools that keep doing their jobs when the network does not.
Safety matters: combustion devices should only be used in accordance with manufacturer instructions, ventilation requirements and local fire rules.
Coming first
Our first field guide is now live, beginning with one of the clearest examples of AVA's philosophy: a battery-free candle lantern. Compact cooking equipment and offline radios follow next.
READ THE UCO CANDLE LANTERN GUIDEBackup cooking without a grid
Alcohol stoves offer a deliberately simple second-line cooking option for outages, camping, and travel. They are compact and electronics-free, but require careful fuel handling and ventilation.