7 EDC Hacks That Will Change How You Carry
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I understand this is a hack video to pare down your gear, but I now have an additional 7 things I want to add to my edc 😅
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That DOES tend to happen here.
I’m just glad I’m not the only one
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Or a digital watch and 2 sticks ....
Ranger bands ere phenomenal....
Love my knipex..
Great cobra hack...wow
Excellent video ...
A part of my bushcraft essentials are, believe it or not, two rolls of heavy duty dog poop bags. 13" x 9", non scented, 15 count per roll. They can be used for holding water, protecting small things from water like kindling, a place to put food items you may need to gather, and if it's really rainy you can make sandbags with them. I'm sure their are other uses so let your inner McGyver run wild.
Ah, didn't know thety make heavy duty. thanks.
Just something to keep in mind. Dog bags are designed to break down so after some months they will literally fall apart if you try to use them.
Honored, privledged, and giddy to see our Ranger Bands and Viking Spark make it into this vid! Thanks Taylor and crew!
Great video, Taylor. I saved this in my EDC Playlist (a rare occurrence) for future reference. Yes, please more hack videos like this. I love it.
Incredibly useful ideas - thanks for showing. I already knew about ranger bands and went to my bike-shop asked them and got a whole bunch of different sizes for free. Mostly an innertube is thrown away after 2 or three repairs, but the rest is still in good shape - rubbing it with talcum improves the lifespan and works as a dry lubricant as well.
One of my favorite hacks is taking a cheap, regular locking 1/4" hex-driver and file and/or grind it flat on two opposite sides until it fits my Leatherman Wave bit holder. Got one for 6€ instead of 25€ for the Leatherman Extension, and much more compact - love it!
An additional hack, specifically for RovyVon or similar micro edc flashlights. Make it a neck light with some paracord. It makes access to it more convenient in almost every scenario, you have a way to secure it to things when you need an area light, and it can even be worn without clothes. Do with that what you will.
You can do the watch thing with a digital watch or even no watch by just knowing what time it is and imagining where the hour hand would be if you had an analog watch.
Right. Just draw it in the dirt if need be.
@@user-xs7oj9ht4i Yes, I seen Ron Hood do that back in the early 90's when he was showing this technique, and someone said what if you have a digital watch, and Ron said that's why I carry a pen and paper.
Some cool ideas there! Absolutely loving the shorter episodes. Smooth edit as always 😎👌
Best idea for a video ever! Please make this a weekly show. Include the small things you think people might automatically know. You never know when someone is brand new to EDC.
What you said!
Agree!
The hack with those ranger bands especially the one including the neck blade and the fire starter was great. Gonna do it to mine now. Thanks Taylor.
Great vid. For some of your viewers who may not be familiar with using the analog watch as a compass. In the southern hemisphere you have to point noon at the sun,unlike in the northern hemisphere you point the hour hand.
Have a great day
Correct. Or that “half way between hour hand and noon” would be south.
On ships, we often grind and shape channel lock handle ends, to a flat screw driver and a tapered spud for loosening knots and opening screw shackles.
We also made a flat blade screwdriver on the handle of our channel locks when I worked at a Detroit Edison power plant. We used the blade to open up electrical control panels to do resets. We carried them on our rear hip, looped over our belt, so that the sharpened end of the handle didn't slice you open!
Great idea. How about a chisel end for shaping bushcraft what-have-you. Also, personally I like to crimp the end of the heat shrink by pinching it together with a hemostat or needle-nose plier immediately after heating it up. This way the handles are better insulating if you need to work on anything electrically hot. One can always rip off the heat shrink if you wanted to use the chisel or other tools ground in to the handle ends.
Appreciate you're ingenuity and consistency in excellent content brotha!!✊️🔥✌️💚
That was awesome stuff that I didn’t realize but thanks keep it coming. Just found your channel awesome.
Cool Video. I am going to go back and watch some of your other videos. Very well explained and made the 10 minutes of watching seem like 2 because i was surprised i was at the end of the video so quickly and not bored.
I have been using paracord for flashlight tethers for years. My method involves keeping one side free to use as a lanyard while still being able to hook it around the light and use it as the hands-free loop or, most commonly, an impromptu belt loop for storage.
It works with fewer designs, but the versatility it gives is amazing.
Have any photos of this somewhere? I'm always tinkering with this kind of thing, and I could use some inspiration for my next session.
I do not, unfortunately. I'll see what I can do though. Gotta spread the good word after all.
Yeah I don't know if my aada is on turbo right now.... But I'm not getting it
Edit: aadd
So the lanyard dangles from the end of the light, and is just long enough that you can loop it over the head of the light wrapping around your hand/belt?
@@djfatben1 that is correct.
Cool video. I like how you got straight into the information. Thank you sir.
I appreciate that you credit folks when you share their ideas. Lots of people will share “hacks” as there own without crediting the people like Mors who came up with them
Yes!
Alot of time tho all these "hacks" people are taking credit for have already been done for decades by us old timers... 😂
@@ADMIND3R lol tru
I wish you released this video a few days ago, I lost my Fenix pd25r in the bush the other day. I will be attaching a cord to all my lights that I take hunting now. Great video, keep it up!
Hahaha I was in the Army when you couldn’t buy ranger bands!! We made our own! Great video brother! Here’s a hack to add to your videos. When you’re sitting in the car waiting on your wife, roll the window down half way or more and use the edge of the window to sharpen up your knife! This really works!
True statement
Loved this format for your videos
Several excellent hacks here. Thanks for sharing.
You’re so cool man. You have a lot of wisdom with edc. Love the channel man.
Very informative..... And that's an OUTSTANDING piece of Tiger Maple on that Counter-top! Thank You.
Video was great and yes, more videos like this would be appreciated!
I had a friend who lost is wallet while working out of town - he was hosed! Ever since then I've always kept a backup wallet in my backpack - $100.00 in cash, extra credit card and expired driver license - Thanks for some great ideas!
You can also use the leatherman bit driver on top of a victorinox screwdriver (like the one found in the mini champ) and use different bits. Also bits can be used as a fire starter if you strike it with the mini champ file.
Excellent video brother 👊🏻🔥👊🏻
Love the Knipex grips heat-shrink hack, thanks!
Enjoy the video and would love to see more content like this down the road. Best of luck in the new year!!!
This video somehow reminded me of your old channel with those MiniMODs you used to make. Keep up the great work with the EDC community. Cheers
I love your content man! Thank you for everything you do.
Quick question, what's the brand of that button compass?
I had JUST started to put some heat shrink on some of my gear last month. Including on those tiny Knipex pliers. Love em but they were digging into my hands when I used them. Some trimmed heat shrink like in the video is amazing for the grip.
Upset I didn’t think of it first. Ran to do it to mine so fast😂
I like the TKELL shirt, Tim rocks! Thanks for all the content.
I recently found that the opposite/near-widest channel opening on a set of 150 Cobras works as a wire cutter in a pinch (literally!) Only works on wire you could feed into the groove though. Also when doing the handle heat shrink, try cutting a 1/2" "tail" that you can tuck back into the tubing to create a bit more padding for the very ends of the handles. Cheers!
Love these videos man
Cool video, some pretty cool tips in there, thanks Taylor!
What's good Taylor...
Enjoyed the video man!
After years of watching EDC vids i finally picked up a Leatherman free P2, civivi Crit and a decent field watch. it has been a game changer. I use the the Leatherman almost every day. Awesome vid, ill have to try that heat shrink when i pickup a flashlight
I'm mostly a pocket knife guy (Hogue Deka crew represent) but I recently started looking at them, and man. Flashlights are a lot. What I've gleaned so far is that CRI roughly measures color accuracy, and comes at the cost of power/heat efficiency. So, generally speaking, you'd want high CRI for anything to do with cameras or where it's really important to distinguish different colors, but for outdoor use, low CRI is IMO more desirable because it'll last longer.
Hope this helps, sorry if I over explained
@@Zoroasterisk That definitely helps, CRI was the last flashlight spec that I didn't really understand. I like slightly weird gear so I ended up grabbing a Olight Oclip and its been crazy useful for EDC but now I'm looking at larger flashlights for the times I need more power and run time and I'm thinkin the baton 3 pro max but I'm still lookin to see if i can find something reasonably priced with more runtime at 1000 Lumens
Great video! THanks for sharing. A lot of great uses. I carry a fake a wallet when I visit places as well using just junk cards that look like credit cards from advertisements mailed to me, so long as they are generic and don't have my name. In addition when I travel abroad, i'll bring an old phone that is wiped and carry it as a phone to give to a potential robber/mugger.
If you grind some flats on one of the knipex pliers handle tips you can add a standard flat screwdriver, or pry bar function. The other handle can be ground flat and then carefully angled the other direction for a two-sided philips driver. It would be cool if Knipex added proper #2 flat and #2 philips shapes at the handle ends though.
Just add a bit driver hex built into the handle.
That shrinktube flashlight tip Brilliant! Extra cards you can just add to your phone, there are a bunch of aps that copy the barcode so you can scan them but not bring them. Great stuff man thank you!!!
Pretty cool man, thanks 👍
Great hacks. Thanks for this!
Awesome have incorporated some of these in my edc
Very helpful. Thank you.
Great video man. Fast and to the point, super enjoyable. What watch are you wearing?
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Great ideas and simple to use.
Awesome hacks! Thanks for sharing.
You can get a 4” Knipex to hold a standard 1/4 driver exactly as you demonstrated with the larger Knipex. I don’t have the Leatherman bit holder, so I can’t speak to that. Nice vid!
great vid Taylor!
Awesome hacks! I’ve learned a lot of new stuff 👊👊
Mini Vice Grips will work with the Leatherman ratchet driver as well.
And to take ranger bands a bit further: when you make your own out of old bicycle innertubes, you can make them any width you like, while store-bought ones usually come in different diameters, but usually not different widths. I find that they give better grip if you clean off the talc powder on the outside of the tube (put there to reduce friction between the tire and the tube) that they give a lot more grip. The advantage to cutting your own ranger bands to wider sizes is that you can do the shrink wrap-flashlight hack without buying shrink tubing and used tubes from bike shops are always free. You can ask the wrenches in the back if they have a box of them but often times, they're piled out by the dumpster. Most shops replace rather than patch tires but they'll sell you a patch kit 😉
Love the mini light hack, and on the neck knife, I removed my after almost choking myself out when a branch snagged it. It know hangs from my cell phone holder at the center radio console of my vehicle as a quick grab.
Great job thanks I have those pliers never leave them home work great like video😅
Love those ranger bands!😊
Use marine grade heat shrink and you don't need a knot. Just slide the tails in and heat it. It is lined with heat activated glue.
Thanks. That's awesome to know about.
Great idea with the hands free flashlight! Gonna try that but making the cord smaller so it will hopefully fit snug around the ear to use as a headlamp of sorts. Will update if it works.
Great video with nice tips.
Tip #1…. If you don’t have a clip you can loosen your cap a little and stuck it between cap nd forehead. Tip #2 very good but I do do it for mugging purposes (live in Mexico City). Tip #3 is pure gold. I’m going to offer one tip: carry a good length of synthetic gut or sinew cord. If you carry 30 grams in a bundle you’ll probably have 100 yards. I cannot tell you how tough synthetic sinew is. It can replace paracord in 98 out of every 100 things you use paracord for. Great video, thanks.
Really liked this vid, would love to see more hacks
One thing i like for not so much EDC but Home prep, are large fresnel lenses (Magnifying sheets) bout 8x10 roughly.......locally i find them at the dollar store on occasion......handy for us that are older when glasses dont cut it for Really fine print or no glasses handy atm (i try to keep a pair of glasses, in most every room in the house, one or two in the car).........and it works as a fire starter on a sunny day in a pinch.
Heat shrink also works for making skeletonized knife handles more comfortable. (Or over the scales if you want them grippier.)
Yes I agree.
Also, Liquid electrical tape works.
And if you really want to step it up a notch. Can put very clean like fish tank fine sand in with it. And just dip.
I love heat shrink on hand tools. Learned this when I worked excavation.
Thank you great information. Loved the video. What size shock cord do you recommend is the most useful. I like to buy cordage in rolls to save money and only have to buy it once.
Can't wait for the next video of hacks 💪🏻
Would love see a video that showcases good edc loadouts for different careers and styles of work
Awsome subject loved this video
Love this subject.
Thyrm switchback + modlite plhv2 handheld >>> love it
Hands free flashlight is a great idea. Next thing they will come up with is one you can wear around your head! 😂
Just a heads up. Actually in the Southern Hemisphere, you point the 12:00 position of your watch toward the sun then half way between the hour hand and the 12:00 position is North. All noted in "Wilderness Survival" by Gregory Davenport 1998.
Cobra pliers + Knipex bit driver. Put a Ranger band around both handles. It will hold it close for you. 😉 And now you also, have improvised vice grips.
Size range of good quality rubber bands.
Are a excellent addition to your EDC.
You could use them. To hold your 2 wallets together when needed.
Also, can store them wrapped around anything. The handles of your knives/tools or your daily coffee mug if you carry one. Or your water container etc.
Once you start carrying them. You'll be surprised how often you end up using them.
For example. Wrap them around something small like a small screwdriver or anything. That's hard to get a grip on double it up a bunch of times. Boom you have an instant. Portable & removable grip that fits any size.
The flashlight with the bungee strap idea is cool af!
I think you could accomplish that using electrical tape.
Oh, & FYI I found out about liquid electrical tape.
P.S It's awesome af!
Gives the same effect basically as the electrical heat shrink wrap. It's not always as clean looking. But definitely more bang for your buck! Plus can dip your handles of tools in it. 😉
Oh, like a roach clip ?
@@brianmcsorley3229 exactly!
@@brianmcsorley3229 I forgot to mention if you use the liquid electrical tape you can put extremely fine sand like fish tank sand or some sort of sand that's super fine like that. Then dip the handle of your tool. To give you some extra grip let it dry and redip it In liquid electrical tape that does not have sand to give it a clean look and feel with hella Grip!!
@@brianmcsorley3229 That method will also work on ur roach clip 😉 U be puffn. Plus arm yourself with an umbrella. Now you can puff EDC for the stoner anywhere in any weather. Witb zero worries about dropping your Jay lol. 🌬
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@@JuggaloNY - Using a wide brim hat , make sure it drains to the back .
Great ideas channel. New sub. from the 641... Always thumbs up!
It’d be awesome to see you! I live in Will county now but moving to Lee in April.
You can use just a loop of shock cord for the flashlight.
I tie mine near the tail cap.
Then just loop it over the back of my hand and slip it over the front.
I can easily remove it, and reattach it if necessary.
Bring on more hacks! Much appreciated.
Great hacks. Thanks!
Not sure if someone already said it or not, but if you have a leatherman p2 or p4 you can open both phillips and flathead drivers together and put a 1/4inch drive socket on them. It’s not perfect but works in a pinch for sockets and other bits.
Keep going! Its good.
Also, I don’t think a lot of people know this about the knipex cobra pliers but you don’t have to hold both the handles. Once you get it, locked onto something you can let go of one of the handles and it still holds the grip completely tight. They actually lock on kinda like vice grips.
Hey, multi tools are too gadgety for me.
I keep a small pair slip joint channel locks handy.
I took off the plastic and filed the handle ends.
One is an awl, the other a flat screw driver
bahahahah the "costanza wallet" nice the sound it made when it exploded kills me everytime lol
About the Knipex, if you’re already carrying a plier-based multitool, you better carry the Knipex wrench. It can do everything a plier does and will add more functionality when you need a secure wrench.
I have them but this doesn't work with the pliers wrench. The slot is different due to the way the jaws work
Great video 👍
I have range bands but don’t use them too much. I do like the idea of having them for the flashlight with the bungee. I have both Knipex pliers. That was good mods for them.
Not going to lie! As a plumber, I have grips older than you. Tomorrow I am getting the sparky to wrap them in heat shit stuff.
Thanks for the video! About the grip on the knipex, why not gorilla tape? That way you have also some tape if you need.
I like the heat shrink idea for pliers. Over time, the dip flakes off in Arizona heat.
I remember my scout leader mentioning daylight savings, and adjusting for that before getting north with the watch. Food for thought.
An EDC hack video with actual usable hacks. Very good video!!!
Thanks!
You and your cousin Michael Fischer always make great videos!!!!
The analog watch as compass hack is an excellent skill. Remember that you need to adjust for daylight savings time. During DST SOUTH would be halfway between the 1 o'clock position and the hour hand.
Good share, thanks
Take the first tip and combine with your last tip to give your mini pliers an index finger loop. This way you just open/close your index finger to open/close the pliers.
Comes in handy when you lose some finer hand movement while wearing gloves or your hands are just freezing.
In the southern hemisphere it is point the 12 at the sun and divide between the hour hand to give north. The most accurate times are near the equinoxes and doing it early in the morning and late evening
That watch trick is pretty cool! I'd imagine how near or far you are to the equator or poles affect the accuracy?
I always have ranger bands on my lighter for fire extender, also protects from scratches. and ranger band on kneckife to hold ferro rod longside....
I like the small torch with the cord, I can see myself doing something with that idea as it's starting to get darker here now (New Zealand) and I'm tired of reaching into my bag for it. I have another really good Leatherman hack for you, for the P2 and P4 at least as I'm not sure about the earlier ones. Check out the Philips head screw driver, the gap in the base of it fits the typical driver bit that would normally go into your impact driver! It's saved my ass a couple times! P.S. the Milwaukee Packout kicks ass ay :D