Launch HN: ReadyKit – Build your emergency kit from the best gear on Amazon
ReadyKit is a community-curated emergency preparedness kit on Amazon. Build your survival kit, first aid kit, and natural disaster kit from the best products on Amazon.
https://readykit.org
How it works so far:
* It's free—everyone from casual preppers to doomsday preppers are invited to build a kit
* Adding new products from Amazon is easy. Simply copy and paste Amazon links and the title, image, and price will be pre-filled
* Earn Amazon affiliate fees on your recommendations by adding your own Amazon Tracking ID under Edit Profile
* Kits are easily shareable with fellow preppers, friends, and family (e.g., https://readykit.org/jesse/survival-kit)
* No spammy emails, paywalls, fake accounts, or notifications!
The idea is that anyone can add recommendations while human curators and a simple algorithm surface a mix of the highest value gear from reputable brands.
E.g., I recommend Big Agnes tents and sleeping bags in my kit because I’ve used them on wilderness backpacking trips and know they are high quality, durable, and have a lifetime warranty. I also recommend Sawyer and Aquamira for filtering and treating water, 3M respirators and Honeywell air purifiers for wildfire smoke, etc.
I would love to get your feedback and ideas for improvements!
For those who are interested, it was built with React, Redux, Python, Django, and hosted on Heroku and AWS (S3 and Cloudfront).
P.S. There's a fun easter egg with CSS3 filters if you create an account and turn on Dark Mode in Settings.