Easy Cellar vs Lost Frontier Handbook: Root Cellar Plans or Broad Survival Handbook?

Both guides serve beginner preppers and share a traditional, self-reliance theme. But they are structured differently. Easy Cellar is a construction manual focused on one thing: root cellar plans. You get 10 detailed builds at different budgets, priced materials lists, and food storage charts. Lost Frontier Handbook is a general survival reference: 150 pages covering food preservation, plant medicine, water purification, fire skills, and three bonus guides. One goes deep on a single skill; the other goes wide across many.

Quick Comparison

	Easy Cellar	Lost Frontier Handbook
Best For	Preppers who want to build a root cellar with specific plans, budgets, and construction steps	Beginners who want a broad survival reference covering food, plants, water, and fire in one guide
Core Focus	Root cellar construction + food storage infrastructure	Traditional survival skills across multiple categories
Format	PDF (~90 pages) + 10 buildable plans + materials checklists + 3 bonus PDFs	PDF (~150 pages) + 2 bonus reports + printable checklist + members group invite
Depth vs Breadth	Deep on root cellar construction; light on other survival skills	Wide across food, plants, water, and fire; moderate depth on each
Price	$55 one-time	$39 one-time
Recurring	None	None
Refund	60 days, ClickBank-honored	60 days, ClickBank-honored
ClickBank Gravity	3.76	4.13 (higher)
Rating	8.7/10	8.7/10

Easy Cellar: Best for building a root cellar with a clear plan

Use this if:

• You want to build a root cellar and need specific plans with dimensions, materials lists, and construction steps
• Your prep goal is long-term food storage infrastructure — a structure that keeps food without power year-round
• You want plan variety at different price points: from a $50 buried barrel to a full basement cold room
• You want priced materials lists you can take to a hardware store and budget accurately before buying

The method: Tom Griffith’s guide provides 10 ready-to-build root cellar plans. Each plan includes dimensions, materials, and construction notes. The guide covers drainage, insulation, ventilation, and shelving in plain, step-by-step language. The barrel plan gets a first-time builder a working cellar in a weekend for under $100. Three bonus PDFs add canning, dehydrating, and emergency food supply basics. We also have a related guide: Is the Lost Frontier Handbook Worth It? (2026 Review).

Strength: The 10 plans are the standout. No other guide at this price delivers that range — from a dirt-cheap beginner option to a serious infrastructure build — with priced materials lists. If you want to build a root cellar, Easy Cellar is the most direct path: pick a plan, price out the materials, and start this weekend.

Weakness: Easy Cellar is narrow by design. Outside of root cellar construction and food storage, it offers almost nothing on water purification, plant medicine, fire skills, or other traditional survival topics. At $55 it costs $16 more than Lost Frontier Handbook. The bonus PDFs on canning and dehydrating are introductory-level content, not deep instruction.

Cost reality: $55 one-time. No recurring billing. One optional food storage add-on (~$37) appears after checkout — skippable. Refund: 60 days, ClickBank-honored.

Lost Frontier Handbook: Best for a broad first survival reference

Use this if:

• You are new to prepping and want one guide that covers multiple survival skills together
• You want food preservation, plant medicine, water purification, and fire skills in one organized PDF
• Budget matters: at $39, Lost Frontier Handbook costs $16 less than Easy Cellar
• You want the medicinal plants bonus — a 20-page field guide with line drawings you can print and carry

The method: Lost Frontier Handbook pulls traditional pioneer-era skills into one 150-page PDF. About a third covers food preservation (smoking, drying, fermenting, root cellaring overview). A quarter covers herbal remedies and plant medicine. The rest covers water purification, fire, and basic bushcraft. Two bonus PDFs add recipes (pemmican, hardtack) and a 20-page medicinal plants field guide. A printable 72-hour kit checklist rounds it out.

Strength: Breadth and value. For $39 you get food preservation, plant medicine, water purification, and fire in one organized PDF. Higher ClickBank gravity (4.13 vs 3.76) suggests stronger real-world buyer satisfaction. The medicinal plants bonus is the strongest deliverable — clean, printable, and field-practical. At $16 cheaper than Easy Cellar, it is the better value for buyers who want a wide foundation rather than one specialized skill.

Weakness: Because it covers multiple categories, it goes less deep on each. The root cellaring coverage in Lost Frontier Handbook is one chapter of an overview — useful framing, not a substitute for Easy Cellar’s 10 dedicated plans with construction details and materials budgets. Experienced preppers will find little new. Much of the food preservation section also overlaps with free USDA and extension resources.

Cost reality: $39 one-time. Two optional post-checkout items (a printed copy for ~$19.99 plus shipping, and a “Deluxe Frontier Library” bundle for $67) are easy to decline. No recurring billing. Refund: 60 days, ClickBank-honored.

Which one should you choose?

Pick Easy Cellar if:

• Your immediate priority is building a root cellar — you want plans, dimensions, materials costs, and construction steps
• You already have some survival knowledge and want to add food storage infrastructure specifically
• You are comfortable spending $55 for specialized construction content you can use this weekend
• You want 10 scale options, from a free-weekend barrel project to a serious basement build

Pick Lost Frontier Handbook if:

• You are new to prepping and want a broad first guide that covers multiple survival categories
• You want food preservation, plant medicine, and water skills together in one place
• Budget matters — $39 vs $55 is a real difference, and LFH covers more ground for less
• You want the medicinal plants field guide, which is the most field-practical item in either bundle

Real talk

Both guides rate 8.7 out of 10 and neither has recurring billing — the difference is depth versus breadth and price. Easy Cellar is the better tool if you specifically want to build a root cellar this month. Lost Frontier Handbook is the better first survival guide if you want to learn across multiple skills at a lower entry price.

The two guides overlap on food preservation, but Easy Cellar treats it as a destination (what you store in the cellar) while Lost Frontier Handbook treats it as one of several skills. You could reasonably own both — LFH as a wide foundation, Easy Cellar as the construction manual when you are ready to build. If you can only choose one, match the book to the gap you actually have right now.

Both carry 60-day ClickBank refunds. Buy the one that fits your current need and use the window if it misses. Our Easy Cellar review has the full breakdown.