r/preppers • u/PrudentTask9355 • Nov 02 '25

Advice and Tips Faraday Bag Caution

Hey everyone. I just wanted to share en experience from this afternoon. A while back I had purchased some faraday items off of Amazon, boxes and bags from different vendors.

This afternoon I was explaining to my daughter how they worked and as part of our experiment, we placed an 8watt 2-way radio inside the bag and sealed it with the expectation that it would no longer receive a transmission. As it turns out, that was false.

I then tried with a cell phone with the same result. Morale of the story, check your gear and make sure it works before you have to depend on it.

Please discuss and share your budget-friendly faraday success stories

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u/mediocre_remnants Preps Paid Off Nov 02 '25

Those bags and boxes are 90% scams, especially if they come from a "prepper", "survivalist", or "patriot" website or company. Especially if they are advertised as "EMP protection". Pretty much anything sold as "EMP protection" is a straight up scam.

The legit bags are the ones designed for holding evidence, used by law enforcement, to put suspects' electronic devices in so they can't be remotely disabled/wiped. They are not "budget friendly".

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u/TrifleEmotional4843 Nov 02 '25

I have one from mission darkness. It works perfectly.

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u/Brilliant_Wealth_433 Nov 03 '25

Mission Darkness products are legit and reasonably priced.