Great Idea Davo! Just wondering why you would use plastic stakes... I'd think metal would be better as you could use them to knap flint if nessesary or as a cooking/ eating implement.
I was hoping to find a combination or collection of survival essentials that I can just grab and and go in an emergency that I can keep in my car or home of Pathfinders (Dave's) top picks deal -will something like that would be available on your web site in the future?
@BEATSBYDRE4LIFE not if you have wet wood and it's raining or snowing (as your fire won't burn as hot)...the only time you'd really need to provide shelter for your fire.
@shadowstriker987 watch him and Cody lundin on Dual survival just search it on YouTube. All they have is their personal knives and a few random items they find it's a great show and hopefully there will be a a season 3
Hey man these vids are awesome and really helpful, but I was wondering if you could either do a video or point me to one of your videos on the topic of pure emergency situation where you have literally nothing but the clothes on your back, and maybe a knife. But you get what I mean. Thanks again this is awesome!
I suggest you add an inspirator to your fire kit. A six inch length of 1/4 inch copper tubing inserted into an 18 inch length of 1/4 plastic tubing will make one. With this in your kit you can direct air to the base of any fledgling fire to ramp it up. These are nothing new, Horace Kephart and Nessmuk carried a version of this in their kit.
Hey Dave sorry for posting this here but, remember that episode of duel survival when you guys made char cloth and it wouldnt take a spark as soon as i seen it i knew it wouldnt and i said so and my GF was like how you know and i said see the color of it and that it isnt super smooth theres no way it will catch and sure enough it didnt. It needed to be chared longer so if someone else hasnt told you now you know lol sorry it just poped back in my head well watching this vid. have a G8t day!
I just started the outdoor lifestyle but im only 11 and i live in Alabama . I love using your cvideos for information about edible plants , how to make fires/traps , ect.. Thanks!
Great videos, I have just started getting back into the out door lifestyle. I have watched a lot of you tube videos but your are always the most informative. I grew up in the appalacian mountians in Western Maryland. Since I starteed with this I have made it back to the mountians many times. Thanks for bringing this back into my life. Keep the videos coming.
All of Daves videos r helpful, educational and to the point. He makes my wilderness experiences safer and much more enjoyable no matter what weather! Keep em coming Dave
@thanson77 I could be wrong? I'm fairly sure that Cody showed Dave a similar shelter and explained the way it worked and Dave was like y'know what thats pretty badass, It would be one of the early Dual survivor ones... snowy enviroment...
Question, Sometimes on dual survival you look at ur co host in a way that makes me think he pisses you off constantly, Does he? Dont get me wrong i like him i think his ways are diffrent but would still work in a perfect world
Here's the recipe. You need: KNO3, sugar, safety fuse, cardboard egg carton, plastic Wrap, hot glue gun, and a hot plate. Directions: Grind KNO3 into fine powder. Mix with sugar (best ratio depends on the sugar. search on the web). Line egg carton cells with plastic wrap. Melt mixture on low heat on hot plate. Fill carton cells with liquid. Insert 1 in. fuse into each cell. Let cool. Hot glue plastic wrap on top of cell, and around fuse. These are also great for signaling (lots of smoke!).
This video is great, but here is an improvement idea if you want to be SERIOUSLY prepared! About a year ago I came up with a relatively cheap recipe for surefire way to make fire. To test it, we did the following:
Soaked it under water for 30 seconds.
Put GREEN grass on top.
Lit it.
After about 10 seconds the grass was burning on its own.
This device can also burn completely underwater. I'll give the recipe in the next comment.
would a shelter like that really keep you dry in a driving rain storm? I haven't tried to sit a storm out in something like that. I just have a sneaking suspicion that you'd get pretty soaked.
@enjoythewildUSA having hiked in the highlands of Scotland I can tell you that you don't need to much to get out of the howling storm, my friends and I were caught out by a sudden storm a few years back, we used something pretty similar to whats shown in the video to ride it out by pitching it on the lee side of a dry stone wall, you could do the same behind a large boulder/rock or a fallen tree, if the rain is coming at you sideways then get behind something, make the terrain work in your favor
Slick method in calm conditions, but if there was any wind to speak of then in either fire protection mode or shelter mode the tarp is going to be facing the wrong way.
Pretty slick kit Dave. To answer questions about setting the tarp on fire. You might, BUT my experiences from years ago,are that you're nursing a new fire anyway. You will sense if the heat is too great or flames are coming up too high. In 3 seconds you can ' flatten' the fire with a stick, or drop 1 cord and fold back a flap. If the fire is big enough to overheat the tarp, it will still stay lit except in high wind or steady rain. I have a 30year old space blanket/tarp with many ash pin-holes
I bought a tin of your mini inferno almost as soon as you started selling it on your site, love it. I'm thinking that tarp has to be on my next shopping list on the site:). Thanks Dave!
Personally I would have been concerned about the fire and embers flying off putting holes in the tarp and reducing the effectiveness of the cover, or worse it catching fire. I appreciate its an emergency situation when you need a 5 min cover but seems risky to me.
@JesusTheBarbarian1 hunting Mountain Lions With Knives. that's Hardcore. No wonder no one Can win a War In Afghanistan. LOL. Not Being Political. I'm Just Saying
@wildeornes sorry it was an incomplete question i meant during the beginning when he first started the fire wouldn't it have been warmer if he had started the fire underneath the mylar side and then just moved the fire rather than flipping his tarp he could have trapped the heat and kept it from moving instead of moving the tarp to the other side of the fire and losing the heat he initially started to build! yes i did watch the whole thing i was a little tired when i asked the question!
@albi131 if you watch the show he is in on the discovery network the very first episode explains everything! if you can't start that pick up a survival book and maybe a science book too it can't hurt!
@wildeornes sorry it was an incomplete question i meant during the beginning when he first started the fire wouldn't it have been warmer if he had started the fire underneath the mylar side and then just moved the fire rather than flipping his tarp he could have trapped the heat and kept it from moving instead of moving the tarp to the other side of the fire and losing the heat he initially started to build! yes i did watch the whole thing i was a little tired when i asked the question!
Great to see you back Dave I hope Iris is ok too. Great shelter sheet for emergency use and the hood would also make a water catcher to keep hydration up with safe rain water how much does one cost?
Hi, Dave! Love you're clips on youtube!! I've learnd alot! One question tho! what type of pants do you use/recomand? I live in the north of europe (Norway), and the climate is a from -30 C to some high +20 C. So I would like youre recommendation on a pant that could work in a non winter environment (spring, summer and autumn).
A good hot fire with a decent bed of coals can pretty much withstand a heavy rain without a problem (assuming it doesn't get washed away by a stream or flash flood), but I've had some fires get extinguished by rain if they hadn't really had a chance to take off before getting poured on.
Note that Dave mentions in his video that he had a good bed of coals with a sustainable fire before he did the conversion and removed the fire shelter.
collecting the lint from your clothes dryer vent and mixing it with parafin or vaseline or other low cost combustables IE your dollar can of bees wax will assist in starting fires in hostile (to fire) conditions
Although Dave's space blanket is well priced and more durable, a more common man option (only cost $5) is a U.S. Military casualty blanket (8-4ft or so), one side OD green, one side reflective space blanket. Although it is a casualty blanket, it works really well as a very light weight compact shelter option (only weighs a couple oz. and rolls down to a little smaller than a 16oz water bottle). Remember your kit won't do you any good if it is too heavy/bulky to carry.
Always love the knowledge you have to pass on Dave. I've been planning on placing an order at your pathfinder website, which I have bookmarked, and I think that tarp will be added to my cart when I do. Keep the great videos coming guys.
If one can't afford tinder like the mini inferno, wet fire or trioxane, a smalll tin of cotton balls and petrolum jelly, or hot wax poured unto coiled up card board in a tuna can will burn for about 30 to 45 min. Either is enough to dry out wet kindling or boil water. Use several strips of cotton material to make 3-5 wicks inbedded in the wax.
@zerk54 Correction: Instead of "Spurce", it should be 'Spruce' Mountain Surplus. Excellent selection of medical gear including hard to find badages cheap.
That works ok, but it's not as good as the mini inferno. I'd still suggest picking up a tin of mini inferno (it's really not that much and it's a good deal with the ferro rod) and then using either petroleum cotton balls or the cardboard trick as your 'usual' firestarter, saving the inferno till you really need it.
Also if things aren't totally soaked a little corner of an inferno pad is enough - you don't need the whole thing except for really bad conditions.
@Foxer604 Dave wouldn't use it if it were not excellent and a big improvement or equal to other methods, yet don't over look other time tested and field expediant means or trioxane if you can find a good quality source. I suspect the mini inferno may even trumph trioxane in some way, yet it would be a close second IMHO.
@InTheSticks0001 I've used the cotton balls and petroleum jelly trick many times, I keep it in an old 35mm film canister and use one ball at a time, they burn for about 5 to 8 minutes which is usually enough time to get the kindling going, last time was when I was out on a fishing trip and 3 guys before me failed to get a fire going, while they bitched about it I just lit mine up and sat back and waited for them to notice, very funny once they did, LoL
Not sure about this idea. I can see the advantage of starting the fire out of the rain, but you're risking destroying your shelter just when you need it the most...
@innleadair I've built many fires underneath tarps both while it's raining and not. In rain the tarp is wet and stays cool so it will not catch fire. In clear weather you raise the tarp higher and place the fire at the edge of the tarp. My tarp has a few "pinholes" from hot sparks but they don't even let the water come through. I've spent many cold, rainy nights in wilderness under my tarp feeding a small warming fire. Good memories.
If the rains coming straight down that would work great. Good idea! BUT if its coming from an angle driven by wind either your fires unprotected at the begining or when u flip the shelter your getting nailed by rain. Am I missing something?
thats a cool trick! Is it bad that I want a knife like that even though i just bought and ESEE 5? Great video and I'll put it to practice on opening weekend of dove season here!
Always enjoy watching your videos, full of great information and tips. Was wondering if you have ever considered some self-reliance first aid videos? or have you already covered that type stuff in other videos? Some tips or suggestions for carrying simple first aid supplies or stuff you can find in the wild.
Great vid Dave. It looks like if your new tarp was kept reasonably clean you could use it (hood side down) to collect rain water for drinking while you got your fire going if you needed to. I like it.
Another one I thought of along the line of thinking about good, fast-lighting tinder is birch bark. You can scrape up the white side with the side of your knife's edge & those shavings will light up with one flick of the flint (or probably hitting the coal from a bow-drill) even if it's wet. That was a trick from one of wall2rockclimber's videos (just to give credit where credit is due).
Another good trick for fire (YouTube would've cut me off before I could explain it) is jute twine (or probably any natural fiber) soaked in parafin wax (or beeswax). This makes it waterproof & burn longer than usual (time would depend on the size of the piece of cordage). You could melt the wax in a candle warmer (like a hotplate) that way there's no risk of the wax igniting. That's the point of those (so like if people fall asleep with the candle lit, etc...).
Are you for real about the olive oil tinder? That's awesome- I didn't even think of that! I plan to try it out tomorrow, when there's no people around to flip out at me. How long does it work (will it dry out, for instance)? Also, does the oil get all over everything (like if you had your tinder in a container with other things, or your hands maybe when you started the fire they'd get burned)?
the way u have the tarp set up the hood can also collect water---
CatOfDamianx 5 days ago 3
since you built the fire under the tarp . Why wouldnt it set fire to the tarp ?
cyberjackcyberjack 3 weeks ago
@cyberjackcyberjack The answer is towards the end of the video.
JeffThePoustman 2 weeks ago
@JeffThePoustman oh, lol. Thanks
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Since you built the fire under the tarp. why wouldn't it catch fire ?
cyberjackcyberjack 3 weeks ago
Since you built the fire under the tarp. why wouldn't it catch fire ?
cyberjackcyberjack 3 weeks ago
Just when you think you have seen all of Dave's tricks...
farmermarley 1 month ago
Great Idea Davo! Just wondering why you would use plastic stakes... I'd think metal would be better as you could use them to knap flint if nessesary or as a cooking/ eating implement.
MrEhud77 1 month ago
@MrEhud77 and spear tip.
anotherluckydad 4 weeks ago
@anotherluckydad true
MrEhud77 4 weeks ago
So quick and easy. I have all that in my pack. Good to know I'm on the right track
Gevedon 1 month ago
Ain't that slicker then goose juice. Nicely done dave
wildman50645 1 month ago
A 15 minute road flare will provide instant fire and light when you really gotta have it.
borderraven 2 months ago
I was hoping to find a combination or collection of survival essentials that I can just grab and and go in an emergency that I can keep in my car or home of Pathfinders (Dave's) top picks deal -will something like that would be available on your web site in the future?
BrownBuna 2 months ago
The rain water can be channeled into the hood I bet
BEATSBYDRE4LIFE 2 months ago
Will the tarp melt
BEATSBYDRE4LIFE 2 months ago
@BEATSBYDRE4LIFE not if you have wet wood and it's raining or snowing (as your fire won't burn as hot)...the only time you'd really need to provide shelter for your fire.
MrEhud77 1 month ago
Yep and yet another great video!!! keep'em coming bro
houseoffire72 3 months ago
haha, I was watching the other video on this and this one pretty much answered my question. Great video, love the flip trick.
flyfishscm 3 months ago
I've got a novice question. How far away from the shelter do you set up the fire?
flyfishscm 3 months ago
@shadowstriker987 watch him and Cody lundin on Dual survival just search it on YouTube. All they have is their personal knives and a few random items they find it's a great show and hopefully there will be a a season 3
MegaSurvivalman 4 months ago
Hey man these vids are awesome and really helpful, but I was wondering if you could either do a video or point me to one of your videos on the topic of pure emergency situation where you have literally nothing but the clothes on your back, and maybe a knife. But you get what I mean. Thanks again this is awesome!
shadowstriker987 4 months ago
I suggest you add an inspirator to your fire kit. A six inch length of 1/4 inch copper tubing inserted into an 18 inch length of 1/4 plastic tubing will make one. With this in your kit you can direct air to the base of any fledgling fire to ramp it up. These are nothing new, Horace Kephart and Nessmuk carried a version of this in their kit.
aSergeantMajor 4 months ago
Does the mini inferno has an expiration or will it last as an emergency kit in my pack for a long time?
Shumanlives 4 months ago
Love the Channel keep up the great work.
RCcowBoy23 4 months ago
wow very nice method
skateatburners 4 months ago
how come the fire doesnt melt your tarp?
Tskimmo 4 months ago
Hey Dave sorry for posting this here but, remember that episode of duel survival when you guys made char cloth and it wouldnt take a spark as soon as i seen it i knew it wouldnt and i said so and my GF was like how you know and i said see the color of it and that it isnt super smooth theres no way it will catch and sure enough it didnt. It needed to be chared longer so if someone else hasnt told you now you know lol sorry it just poped back in my head well watching this vid. have a G8t day!
Faithless012 4 months ago
I just started the outdoor lifestyle but im only 11 and i live in Alabama . I love using your cvideos for information about edible plants , how to make fires/traps , ect.. Thanks!
TuFM7 4 months ago
Great videos, I have just started getting back into the out door lifestyle. I have watched a lot of you tube videos but your are always the most informative. I grew up in the appalacian mountians in Western Maryland. Since I starteed with this I have made it back to the mountians many times. Thanks for bringing this back into my life. Keep the videos coming.
Billcrowe2000 4 months ago
All of Daves videos r helpful, educational and to the point. He makes my wilderness experiences safer and much more enjoyable no matter what weather! Keep em coming Dave
MegaMikey316 4 months ago
Now we gotta see Cody do this with a buffalo skin.
thanson77 4 months ago 17
@thanson77 Wasn't Cody actually the first one to show Dave this type of shelter iirc? :S
xXxCatsnakexXx 3 months ago
@xXxCatsnakexXx Must've missed that one.
thanson77 3 months ago
@thanson77 I could be wrong? I'm fairly sure that Cody showed Dave a similar shelter and explained the way it worked and Dave was like y'know what thats pretty badass, It would be one of the early Dual survivor ones... snowy enviroment...
xXxCatsnakexXx 3 months ago
@xXxCatsnakexXx Stranded I think were they were on the Island.
MrEhud77 1 month ago
Pretty pimp Dave.
thanson77 4 months ago
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Hi where did you get the Tee shirt it looks like a maori design worn by men in Aotearoa(New Zealand)???
daltah 4 months ago
Hi where did you get the Tee shirt it looks like a maori design worn by men in Aotearoa(New Zealand)???
daltah 4 months ago
Question, Sometimes on dual survival you look at ur co host in a way that makes me think he pisses you off constantly, Does he? Dont get me wrong i like him i think his ways are diffrent but would still work in a perfect world
any thoughts Dave?
geekologieuser 4 months ago
Love the new poncho space blanket.
seanmulhall 4 months ago
Useful tip. Thanks
seanmulhall 4 months ago
Simple yet brilliant
scottpd1404 4 months ago
We really appreciate your hard work Dave, God bless and take care!
APCPscorp 5 months ago
We really appreciate your hard work Dave, God bless and take care!
APCPscorp 5 months ago
if the outside of that emergency blanket was white... there'd be trouble (man draped in white material with a pointy hood)
TheSmackfan101 5 months ago 6
kick ass vid dave... glad to see you back with new info. keep up the great work dude.
shenora1116 5 months ago
Kuploosh 5 months ago
This video is great, but here is an improvement idea if you want to be SERIOUSLY prepared! About a year ago I came up with a relatively cheap recipe for surefire way to make fire. To test it, we did the following:
Soaked it under water for 30 seconds.
Put GREEN grass on top.
Lit it.
After about 10 seconds the grass was burning on its own.
This device can also burn completely underwater. I'll give the recipe in the next comment.
Kuploosh 5 months ago
dont burn down the fire shelter lol hahahahahaha
MrDarrellSlover 5 months ago
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macardinale7510 5 months ago
Nice idea, thanks for sharing ;-)
shMoulisko 5 months ago
Great stuff, as usual. My only worry would be how flammable is that space blanket?
mananachronism 5 months ago
Someone sure had their thinking head on when they came up with that new space blanket. three tiny additions making it awesome
Redshift21 5 months ago
@Redshift21 Yeah, I totally agree with you there.
hikerboy16 5 months ago
would a shelter like that really keep you dry in a driving rain storm? I haven't tried to sit a storm out in something like that. I just have a sneaking suspicion that you'd get pretty soaked.
enjoythewildUSA 5 months ago
@enjoythewildUSA having hiked in the highlands of Scotland I can tell you that you don't need to much to get out of the howling storm, my friends and I were caught out by a sudden storm a few years back, we used something pretty similar to whats shown in the video to ride it out by pitching it on the lee side of a dry stone wall, you could do the same behind a large boulder/rock or a fallen tree, if the rain is coming at you sideways then get behind something, make the terrain work in your favor
Redshift21 5 months ago
@Redshift21 Outstanding reply. Thank you.
enjoythewildUSA 5 months ago
@enjoythewildUSA you're welcome, happy hiking : )
Redshift21 5 months ago
the new space blanket is awesome. I want one!
enjoythewildUSA 5 months ago
Another great video,thanks Dave.
theDUKE197908 5 months ago
Slick method in calm conditions, but if there was any wind to speak of then in either fire protection mode or shelter mode the tarp is going to be facing the wrong way.
Still a good vid. thanks
offramp100 5 months ago
Nice to see ya back Dave!! ;) Wade
BubbaRountree 5 months ago
Pretty slick kit Dave. To answer questions about setting the tarp on fire. You might, BUT my experiences from years ago,are that you're nursing a new fire anyway. You will sense if the heat is too great or flames are coming up too high. In 3 seconds you can ' flatten' the fire with a stick, or drop 1 cord and fold back a flap. If the fire is big enough to overheat the tarp, it will still stay lit except in high wind or steady rain. I have a 30year old space blanket/tarp with many ash pin-holes
Rivieratime 5 months ago
Anyone know where the t-shirt is from?
casimirrx 5 months ago
Is that fire going to burn through the tarp?
ViolentKisses87 5 months ago
I bought a tin of your mini inferno almost as soon as you started selling it on your site, love it. I'm thinking that tarp has to be on my next shopping list on the site:). Thanks Dave!
nativerobin 5 months ago
are you gone do a review of the habilis bush tool? also i would love to see a basket weaving video. thanks
herpingmad145 5 months ago
Personally I would have been concerned about the fire and embers flying off putting holes in the tarp and reducing the effectiveness of the cover, or worse it catching fire. I appreciate its an emergency situation when you need a 5 min cover but seems risky to me.
thegeneral123 5 months ago
If the wind moves direction you can change that shelter to adjust very quickly. Now that is officially cool!
robcas631 5 months ago
I want one of those tarps..+
robcas631 5 months ago
@JesusTheBarbarian1 hunting Mountain Lions With Knives. that's Hardcore. No wonder no one Can win a War In Afghanistan. LOL. Not Being Political. I'm Just Saying
thadarryl 5 months ago
that's an awesome Tarp I want One.
thadarryl 5 months ago
Cool tarp & idea! Thanks Dave!
patje0109 5 months ago
Great idea!!
mikeinajeep 5 months ago
OH GOD THE SHELTER IS ON FIRE
GTtunedTV 5 months ago 5
@GTtunedTV Lol :D
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is that the Hooded All-Weather Blanket OD you are using there, just asking so I don't order the wrong one
wisyakman 5 months ago
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wisyakman 5 months ago
nice
robertmccallum1 5 months ago
Very smart idea! Thanks Dave!
stopthesejets 5 months ago
i am a bit curious as to why you didn't point the Mylar side down when it can reflect the heat back down and create the super shelter effect?
Killahofosho 5 months ago
@Killahofosho you obviously didn't watch it to the end
wildeornes 5 months ago
@wildeornes sorry it was an incomplete question i meant during the beginning when he first started the fire wouldn't it have been warmer if he had started the fire underneath the mylar side and then just moved the fire rather than flipping his tarp he could have trapped the heat and kept it from moving instead of moving the tarp to the other side of the fire and losing the heat he initially started to build! yes i did watch the whole thing i was a little tired when i asked the question!
Killahofosho 5 months ago
@Killahofosho I don't understand that too
albi131 4 months ago
@albi131 if you watch the show he is in on the discovery network the very first episode explains everything! if you can't start that pick up a survival book and maybe a science book too it can't hurt!
Killahofosho 4 months ago
@Killahofosho ... I wanted to say that I'm also curious why he didn't used the mylar side while starting a fire. I didn't understand THAT
albi131 4 months ago
@albi131 sorry i thought the reverse!
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@wildeornes sorry it was an incomplete question i meant during the beginning when he first started the fire wouldn't it have been warmer if he had started the fire underneath the mylar side and then just moved the fire rather than flipping his tarp he could have trapped the heat and kept it from moving instead of moving the tarp to the other side of the fire and losing the heat he initially started to build! yes i did watch the whole thing i was a little tired when i asked the question!
Killahofosho 5 months ago
i though u coulnt make vids anymore
WAwodsman 5 months ago
I would be a little concerned about melting a hole in the tarp
madogblue 5 months ago
Dave, where has critter been?
bberms21 5 months ago
another great video thanks,looking forward to seeing youall on tv again!
hogkillerjp 5 months ago
Now do it while it's raining....
DjUndying1 5 months ago
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@DjUndying1 you must live close, its actually raining
survivalairgunner 5 months ago
psst make the page buttons bigger on your products page
mryellow123 5 months ago
Remember your budget kit video "These prices are higher then my website"....
Checking the site again, things are looking good.
Those hooded space blankets are cheaper (by $10+) then the fluro orange ones I've found locally.
Paracord price is damn nice!
mryellow123 5 months ago
Great to see you back Dave I hope Iris is ok too. Great shelter sheet for emergency use and the hood would also make a water catcher to keep hydration up with safe rain water how much does one cost?
38MarcW 5 months ago
Hi, Dave! Love you're clips on youtube!! I've learnd alot! One question tho! what type of pants do you use/recomand? I live in the north of europe (Norway), and the climate is a from -30 C to some high +20 C. So I would like youre recommendation on a pant that could work in a non winter environment (spring, summer and autumn).
Keep up the good work
izakZor 5 months ago
? will a fire remain burning in heavy rain.
MrBigstef 5 months ago
@MrBigstef
A good hot fire with a decent bed of coals can pretty much withstand a heavy rain without a problem (assuming it doesn't get washed away by a stream or flash flood), but I've had some fires get extinguished by rain if they hadn't really had a chance to take off before getting poured on.
Note that Dave mentions in his video that he had a good bed of coals with a sustainable fire before he did the conversion and removed the fire shelter.
disillusions 5 months ago
collecting the lint from your clothes dryer vent and mixing it with parafin or vaseline or other low cost combustables IE your dollar can of bees wax will assist in starting fires in hostile (to fire) conditions
BornRandy62 5 months ago
i have the same tarp without the hood. but now i have to get the new one. lol its a cool idea with the hand pockets and hood.
FixedByDoc 5 months ago
Although Dave's space blanket is well priced and more durable, a more common man option (only cost $5) is a U.S. Military casualty blanket (8-4ft or so), one side OD green, one side reflective space blanket. Although it is a casualty blanket, it works really well as a very light weight compact shelter option (only weighs a couple oz. and rolls down to a little smaller than a 16oz water bottle). Remember your kit won't do you any good if it is too heavy/bulky to carry.
TheWoodlandsniper 5 months ago
Straight forward, no wasted comments. Good teaching.
cheskamouse 5 months ago
Great video. Im going to take my daughter out into the woods this weekend and show her this idea.
XusualsuspectX 5 months ago
tha hood can catch water too...
danthman114 5 months ago 20
At 2:05 it sounds like you said that bungees are good to "trap injins".
Are they still causing problems in your area? Or are they an alternative food source?
(Just joking, I loved the video, thanks.)
XCritonX 5 months ago
great video
bullenchris18 5 months ago
Always improving the way things are done. Thanks.
Uriel1816 5 months ago
Good job Dave!
ib516 5 months ago
all of your products kick ass Dave! keep up the Self Reliance!
faron27 5 months ago
No goat?
ratlefty 5 months ago
this was awesome. please do more videos like this. also, you guys are doing a season 3 of dual survival right? best show on tv.
boojwahz 5 months ago 2
Always love the knowledge you have to pass on Dave. I've been planning on placing an order at your pathfinder website, which I have bookmarked, and I think that tarp will be added to my cart when I do. Keep the great videos coming guys.
jt76801 5 months ago
Added to my favorites list; great video Dave!
mostlymichaelcanada 5 months ago
great video, thanks dave
Charsept 5 months ago
If one can't afford tinder like the mini inferno, wet fire or trioxane, a smalll tin of cotton balls and petrolum jelly, or hot wax poured unto coiled up card board in a tuna can will burn for about 30 to 45 min. Either is enough to dry out wet kindling or boil water. Use several strips of cotton material to make 3-5 wicks inbedded in the wax.
InTheSticks0001 5 months ago 15
@InTheSticks0001 Check gun shows and suplus stores for trioxane. It is $1 for 3 small bars or under $3 for 3 big bars.
zerk54 5 months ago
@zerk54 Spurce Mountain Surplus had a box of 3 big bars for .50 cents. Excellent stuff. It's probably all gone?
InTheSticks0001 5 months ago
@zerk54 Correction: Instead of "Spurce", it should be 'Spruce' Mountain Surplus. Excellent selection of medical gear including hard to find badages cheap.
InTheSticks0001 5 months ago
@InTheSticks0001
That works ok, but it's not as good as the mini inferno. I'd still suggest picking up a tin of mini inferno (it's really not that much and it's a good deal with the ferro rod) and then using either petroleum cotton balls or the cardboard trick as your 'usual' firestarter, saving the inferno till you really need it.
Also if things aren't totally soaked a little corner of an inferno pad is enough - you don't need the whole thing except for really bad conditions.
Foxer604 5 months ago
@Foxer604 Dave wouldn't use it if it were not excellent and a big improvement or equal to other methods, yet don't over look other time tested and field expediant means or trioxane if you can find a good quality source. I suspect the mini inferno may even trumph trioxane in some way, yet it would be a close second IMHO.
InTheSticks0001 5 months ago
@InTheSticks0001 I've used the cotton balls and petroleum jelly trick many times, I keep it in an old 35mm film canister and use one ball at a time, they burn for about 5 to 8 minutes which is usually enough time to get the kindling going, last time was when I was out on a fishing trip and 3 guys before me failed to get a fire going, while they bitched about it I just lit mine up and sat back and waited for them to notice, very funny once they did, LoL
Redshift21 5 months ago
That is the coolest tarp I've seen. It should be patent because everyone else is going to copy the pocket and hood idea.
LowBudgetBushcraft 5 months ago
good work
BR
inisch 5 months ago
Noice, clever little idea, safe and effective.
MrHatManS 5 months ago
great Dave =))
allways great vids from you...
fredriklovgren 5 months ago
atleast i know im not the only one who carries a drum liner in his bag, theyre awsome.
poormanprepper 5 months ago
Always learn something from your videos. Thanks!
ceschmid 5 months ago
once again, great video dave. i've missed your videos of late. ;)
alzathoth 5 months ago
Hi Dave, good to see you again. 5 min. great target and great demonstration! Thanks and see you, Sepp
Waldhandwerk 5 months ago
Not sure about this idea. I can see the advantage of starting the fire out of the rain, but you're risking destroying your shelter just when you need it the most...
I like the new tarp, very neat and simple.
innleadair 5 months ago
@innleadair I've built many fires underneath tarps both while it's raining and not. In rain the tarp is wet and stays cool so it will not catch fire. In clear weather you raise the tarp higher and place the fire at the edge of the tarp. My tarp has a few "pinholes" from hot sparks but they don't even let the water come through. I've spent many cold, rainy nights in wilderness under my tarp feeding a small warming fire. Good memories.
hoz49 5 months ago
I'm surprized you didn't stand the rock up as a heat reflector to push the heat into your shelter.
On another note.. I LOVE mini inferno... great stuff.
I live in Washington state and we camped in a rain forest on a raining weekend.. with ONE mini inferno I had a fire going... amazing product.
Thanks for all your hard work Dave.
markshmily 5 months ago
if it was raining, the silver side of your tarp would get wet when used to protect the fire...
vlf0lh41 5 months ago
awesome technique, thanks for posting this video. Keep them coming
andddrewsays 5 months ago
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Aqualiteking 5 months ago
Thank you! It looks like a quick and easy solution for being caught out in the rain.
Bellasma 5 months ago
Wow, badass blanket, seems like its a new design, seen only the old plain ones without hood and hand pockets. Very nice.
tekknorat 5 months ago
Excelent! - how much does that shelter + 4 bunji cords + 4 plastic sticks+ fire starter + knife and holder + mini inferno add up to?
NicaraguaAl 5 months ago
at 5:30 could the shelter be used to catch rain water?
5n0wf1ak 5 months ago
@5n0wf1ak good thinking man!
FlatheadSteve 5 months ago
when you flip it all the rain gathered on the tarp is going to drip on you :)
NothingCoherent 5 months ago
If the rains coming straight down that would work great. Good idea! BUT if its coming from an angle driven by wind either your fires unprotected at the begining or when u flip the shelter your getting nailed by rain. Am I missing something?
TheCanyonCrawler 5 months ago
@TheCanyonCrawler i bet he would choose a spot that was well sheilded from wind
MrSaber152 5 months ago
thats a cool trick! Is it bad that I want a knife like that even though i just bought and ESEE 5? Great video and I'll put it to practice on opening weekend of dove season here!
XGCPR3D4T0R 5 months ago
@XGCPR3D4T0R No is okay, you cannot have too many knives.
Aqualiteking 5 months ago
You are so cool, that's what i call surviving.
sdhjirhgh 5 months ago
Always enjoy watching your videos, full of great information and tips. Was wondering if you have ever considered some self-reliance first aid videos? or have you already covered that type stuff in other videos? Some tips or suggestions for carrying simple first aid supplies or stuff you can find in the wild.
Alaskahuntr 5 months ago
Nice vid Dave, glad to see your still teaching new tricks. Thanks for sharring
mchipman1 5 months ago
great idea!!! thanks for all the stuff you bring to the family dave...safe journeys
blackoracle69 5 months ago
Great vid Dave. It looks like if your new tarp was kept reasonably clean you could use it (hood side down) to collect rain water for drinking while you got your fire going if you needed to. I like it.
bshupejr 5 months ago
@bshupejr I was just about to sat that!
SurvivalRevolution 5 months ago
Dave, your kindling was on the ground on hanging in a tree?
squathacker 5 months ago
some other guy did this called ninja shelter
13rbridge 5 months ago
lol. Good thing that emergency blanket isnt white
tysy73 5 months ago
Another one I thought of along the line of thinking about good, fast-lighting tinder is birch bark. You can scrape up the white side with the side of your knife's edge & those shavings will light up with one flick of the flint (or probably hitting the coal from a bow-drill) even if it's wet. That was a trick from one of wall2rockclimber's videos (just to give credit where credit is due).
Atkrdu 5 months ago
Another good trick for fire (YouTube would've cut me off before I could explain it) is jute twine (or probably any natural fiber) soaked in parafin wax (or beeswax). This makes it waterproof & burn longer than usual (time would depend on the size of the piece of cordage). You could melt the wax in a candle warmer (like a hotplate) that way there's no risk of the wax igniting. That's the point of those (so like if people fall asleep with the candle lit, etc...).
Atkrdu 5 months ago
Old Dawg, new trick. Thanks Dave.
MrSchpankme 5 months ago
One strike- one fire. Awesome vid again Dave =)
Wulfslord 5 months ago
Hey dave Greetings from your fan from brazil!! Stay well!
incriveltv1 5 months ago
Are you for real about the olive oil tinder? That's awesome- I didn't even think of that! I plan to try it out tomorrow, when there's no people around to flip out at me. How long does it work (will it dry out, for instance)? Also, does the oil get all over everything (like if you had your tinder in a container with other things, or your hands maybe when you started the fire they'd get burned)?
Atkrdu 5 months ago
@Atkrdu Having absolutely everything smothered in Olive Oil sounds like a good problem. :-) BBQ Sauce would be near as good, if it weren't so sticky!
mryellow123 5 months ago
awesome when the economy collapses.. im one lesson closer to surviving
88roro11 5 months ago
Dude you got to make another dual survival season!
nbandpa 5 months ago
What an awesome new design for he space blanket. Thanks for posting another great video.
Greatbloke 5 months ago
Nice hat trick.
pedalpusher101 5 months ago
that was a great idea...
banger073 5 months ago
I have that tarp. I use it allot. This is a neat set up.
shampoovta 5 months ago
uhh what keeps the tarp from burning?
jtdrummer2112 5 months ago
olive oil and cotten works better. a tablespoon of olive oil on a cotten ball will burn for 30 min in a row. It's amazing.
andrewsheldonreeves 5 months ago
Think that hood could collect water pretty well, Dave? Two birds with one stone, shelter and water collection?
TheGreenerGardener 5 months ago