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The Galing Gear Desk is Galing Gear's editorial team. We write practical preparedness guides for Filipino households and sign them with one name.
"The Galing Gear Desk" is an editorial pen name, not a single person. Articles are researched and drafted with AI help, then reviewed by a person at Galing Gear and checked against our safety rules before they are published.
Paano iligtas ang sasakyan sa baha: a plain, step-by-step plan for moving your car or motorcycle to higher ground and protecting the electrics before the water comes up, not during.
Once you've made it to the barangay evacuation center, a new set of problems starts: where to sleep, how to queue, how to keep your family calm and your valuables safe. Here's what actually helps.
A plain-language guide to choosing between lead-acid, AGM, and lithium LiFePO4 batteries for a home solar setup in the Philippines, covering capacity math, lifespan trade-offs, and safe placement.
A plain comparison of generators and solar-battery backup for Philippine brownouts, weighed by housing type, outage length, fuel, noise and upkeep, so you can pick what actually fits your home.
A plain-language guide to working out how much solar panel capacity a Filipino household actually needs, covering wattage math, portable versus fixed setups, condo and HOA rules, and avoiding mislabeled panels.
A practical guide to choosing the right inverter type and wattage for Filipino households already set up with solar panels and batteries, covering pure sine wave versus modified sine wave, reading appliance nameplates, and avoiding undersized or counterfeit units.
