Excellent video. I’m currently looking and weighing options for a reliable, lightweight, and compact shelter/tarp. I totally forgot about Coalcracker Bushcraft’s T6Zero as a viable option. The other lightweight options are also interesting. Well done.
Great Video with lots of information. I have a T6Zero emergency shelter. With the attached tie outs, my grandson can set it up in less than 2 minutes. It is a great addition to my day pack.
Great 'stuff. I have used "debris" shelters, G.I. Ponchos, Mylar sheets adn the SOL Bivy Sack. All of them worked well in the situation I was in. I might add the situations were different in each case. I would say that the best survival tool one has is their Brain, and recognizing your situation and make the best use of the materials at hand. CB
Well done Paul! Survival kits are purposely built for survival, and are different than kits for camping, backpacking, etc. that is what I teach. And like you said, some form of cover i.e. tarp, poncho, etc. should be included in EVERY survival kit. My first criteria when building survival kits is the durability of each component, this is NOT the situation you want to be in - where items fail. For emergency shelters I prefer brightly colored tarps like orange or yellow and with a mylar reflective surface on the other, tarps which are still big enough to actually provide good cover, but IMO no more than a 7x10 size tarp.
An emergency shelter should take 1 to 2 minutes max to set up. A military issue poncho in plow point configuration, 3 small pegs and a bungy cord to a single point of suspension is all you need! In an emergency you don't need comfort only survival, even faster is a bivi bag get in sit against a tree or other windbreak and draw your legs up into a sitting (knees on chin position) to conserve heat and minimise heat loss through convection. Sitting on something to insulate from the ground is also important!
Mylar blanket in my maxpedition pouch kit I take everywhere. That,a little gorilla tape and bankline and there's quite a lot you can do with that small footprint. Alternatively in wet conditions my rain poncho due to multi use capability. Add a 55gal heavy trash bag as an alternative and that's a good multipurpose piece too. One consideration is how fast you can deploy since emergency anything usually means not much time.
Good day. For my everyday carry is rain poncho (onewind) and a emergency blanket and maybe a small cheap small tarp. Also in my bigger packs I carry the above gear plus 10x10 tarp (D&D) or comparable and an heavier emergency blanket. Also heavy trash bags 2 each. With along para cord and blank line and some type of stakes. Thank you for another great video!
I’ve had good luck with using a military style nylon poncho sold by several of the army-navy stores for about $20. They are lightweight, have garments for tie outs, are fairly durable, and can keep you dry. Pre-rig some lines on the corners for staking out the poncho, and a quick deployment ridgeline. I’ve had to use this setup a few times for overnight deployment in a sudden rain. Thanks for your videos. - Tennessee Smoky
I’m sure you’ve used them before but when I’m hunting I always carry a helicon-Tex military poncho for my rain gear and it can double as an emergency shelter also. Good videos man, keep them coming!
I've used them for sure. I'm not in love with them, maybe have a bad one. It just wasn't as waterproof as I was hoping. May do a video showing how to rewaterproof it.
I've got a Bearhard 9x9 camping tarp, it's pretty lightweight. I have used one of those cheap space blankets in an unconventional way... I sandwiched it in between my poncho and my woobie. It took a little bit of work, but after crawling in to it, I was nice and warm all night long.
I've carried heavy & thin plastic, always a Mylar space blanket ( that's what we called them ). Just picked up an Arcturas, but haven't used it yet. Thanks for the info.
Good info, thanks for the content. I keep a cheap plastic poncho and a Mylar blanket in all my vehicles just in case and in each of my backpacks and hunting packs. Life’s lessons are best learned from pain and suffering!
Good video. I'm also a gear hound, so my gear list changes depending on what I'm doing. Out in the woods for a hike, maybe in a remote area? Helikon Tek poncho (or maybe a milsurp) and swagman roll. I also carry an Arcturus blanket and a SOL escape bivvy, and a couple of contractor bags or a pad. But if I'm going light, I just have the bivvy and the Arcturus.
I’ve carried the T6zero in my haversack for over a yr and used it a couple times in pop of rain storms I set it up in less than a minute. I carry the pathfinder tarp or a 8 by 8 oil skin for winter time
I got a couple of options. A good rain poncho. I do have a couple of the arcturus blanket tarps. I use a 8x8 pathfinder brown tarp, too, most often. You have to watch how you use everything, especially the arcturus tarps. Reinforce everything when you can. I was going to get one of those Marine tarps, but ah ar not sure, though,
I keep the large Contractors bags for emergency use, also like them since the Corporal showed how to use them and a couple of poles to make an off ground bed, I also like your idea of the Mylar emergency blankets, keep a few scattered around for just that,,, or as an additional layer,
I used a 5x7, similar to the pathfinder one, to prevent an emergency, specifically heat stroke. I set it up with silver-side up, as a sunshade. The difference was astounding. Put your hand a few inches underneath (even an inch) and nice and cool. A few inches above and you could very much feel the heat of the sun reflecting off the silver. No infrared was getting through that.
I've just put a mylar bag inside a twin cam raincover I made. Dpm one side, Desert the other, a tape frame inside for weight support, reinforced gap in the middle of the bottom and the mylar bag stitched to one side of the mouth. Apart from a pack cover it can also be used as, Bivvy/mattress. Forage bag/water collection. Windbreak/fire reflector. Mini hammock/seat/gear loft. Groundsheet/basha/poncho. Drybag/flotation aid for water crossings (not tested that function yet :-p) And it has three Xs on it so I can pull/invert the mylar and use as a rescue signal. I think that's all the options covered lol I feel like Forrest Gumps mate... "Dass 'bout all you can do wit a pack cover..." :-D Oh, I could also use it as a privacy shelter for changing/toilet.
I will be using the USMC tarp as my primary shelter next weekend on Pike's peak. I will use a grabber as a ground cloth(the same one I used in my basic class). I will let you know how it goes.
Thanks for the video. I got an aqua quest defender tarp for Christmas, and on your suggestion the OneTigris tent floor to try as an emergency shelter. From what I can tell so far it will blow my grabber blanket away. Lighter, more durable, and the sewn in loops offer more options .I am taking them out this weekend with high hopes. It was a good idea, man. Keep them coming!
i carry the UCO lantern, with its beeswax candle and along with exercise,iniside of the bivy, it'll get you thru a night at 10F degrees colder than sleeping temps. Hot rocks or water bottles will also give you 10F, and let you sleep a few hours. A Dakota fire pit will descretely warm such items. You can use dry debris between the bug net suits and between the wraps of the camo nets and gain about 10F more degrees. There's a way to discretely dry out wet debris, too. It takes all night, hot rocks, the UCO, your body heat and the hammock used as a "sling-chair". and quite a bit of fiddling around, but it can be done. The same set up will dry out wet (but wrung-out) cammies, one piece at a time, if hostiles mean that you can't have an open fire.
Great Video Brother Paul! Very Good Information. Everyone should carry a couple of these in their backpack. Along with Ziploc bag with 6+ nutrition bars. Plenty water, first aid kit, extra socks, Sun hat, or winter cap, signal mirror, Orange signal flag. Compass and Emergency locator beacon. 😀
I keep an Aqua Quest Safari 10x10 camo tarp in my BOB and have used it for a couple of years now. Really solid tarp, Helikon Tex makes a 10x10 in various camo patterns and DD makes a really good tarp as well as hammocks, their Frontline Model is really nice. Aqua Quest has a few models that vary on weight and bulk. Defender and Safari are their best models tho.
You're correct about Sol making a survival blanket like that the problem with theirs is it takes about two days to off gas the chemical smell the new Pathfinder blanket is amazing I just recently purchased the kit it's about 30 bucks comes with the that's Harper course 50 ft of paracord 100 ft of banked line and six ABS plastic stakes they folded over the corners then put the grommets in Dave Canterbury has a video out the shows him testing it hanging I believe it's like 50 or more pounds of weight off the grommets and then bouncing them up and down it did not tear out it oval-shaped The grommet but it stayed in did no physical damage to the tarp itself
I personally carry the SOL emergency tent. cheap, a bit larger, easy set up, multi use. light and compact. I used to carry a simple nylon tarp. I like the SOL because of its bright color that can be used as a signal. Where I hike and camp is in the mountains so I feel that's important for rescue if I was ever in trouble. Great video as always Paul!
I’m a fan of the poncho for emergency shelter. I can wear as shelter or set it up as a tarp shelter. I also carry a 5x7 from Walmart that is a nylon in a small package. Find it in their camping gear isle. I also believe that this shelter should be changed out in your bag with the seasons. But you really should go out on the military surplus websites and price your USMC. That price won’t buy a Grade 3 anymore. And Grade 3’s can be pretty rough. A new one is almost $100.00 before shipping fees.
If you consider the average human body size providing a shelter to essentially reduce/eliminate wind, cold wind, wind driven rain & snow, critters both flying and grounded, a tarp is normally the wrong shelter while a fully enclosed tent is. Unless a tarp is roughly 9 ft x 9 ft you can't secure a shelter with enough protecion and some spare space that can secure you from the described elements. Oh, I failed to mention that in pre rain, snow, etc.conditions on the ground, you'll also need a ground sheet. I made my DIY 4.05 ounce and 4.7 ounce floorless Dyneema tents that protects me from all the listed protential elements previously described. I have a loop at their peaks for supporting them from above by about 8 or more methods or a pole. Unfortunately, the materials cost about $225 for each to construct. I use whatever ground sheet material and size I deem necessary for the potential anticipated coditions.
I just picked up the Arcturus emergency blanket a few weeks ago & haven’t tried it yet but I generally have my Army poncho staged as a shelter on my MK2 Foxtrot pack.
Greetings Paul!! New rubber here and your channel recommended with a 'Shout Out!!' by Corporal's Corner - Shawn Kelly!! I will finish your video here later..its my bedtime lol, but wanted to make sure to check your channel out first... Best Regards!! Mindi in Iowa.👍💚🏕
Check out the Sarma TST thermal cloaks and the jerven fjelldukens, much more durable albeit much more expensive. Base non-insulated versions are about 650grams. Really rate the Rab siltarp 1 too.
i always notice survival tins, lack shelter and a container / and or a pot, to go on the fire, is their good or any options for; i guess small or fold up small shelters and containers/pots options to go in a small survival tin/kit.
NOT the regular size (much too small) but the $95, 1.5 lb XL size of reflectorized tyvek "Trifecta" bivy from 2GoSystems is very good By itself, it's not much, but it's easily 'accessorized' to become very versatile. It can be worn as a poncho, used as a canopy, lots of tieouts, full double zipper. if it's much colder than about 55F (in just cammies) in a net hammock, best "envelope" it in plastic. Then you can sleep ok at 40F degrees, in cammies, unlaced shoes, gloves, balaclava and shemagh. You can't have your face inside of the bivy or the moisture from your breath will freeze your butt. if it's cold, pull the hammock and a ridgeline thru the bivy, and pull a different ridgeline thru the envelope. You've got to maintain those two layers of "trapped' air around you, cause that's what insulates you. Use Gorilla tape to seal any holes and dont let the bivy touch you. If you do, you'll have a cold spot. Get a couple of $25 each, 1/4 lb each full-body bugnet "suits' from amazon and a couple of their 1/2 lb, $30 each "cut-leaf " type of camo nets. You can wrap the camo nets around one bugnet suit, then put on the other such suit and then put on your cammies. This adds about 10F degrees to your sleeping temps. None of this assembly is affected by its getting wet and you can set it up a dozen different ways, to suit conditions.
I love those stupid mylar emergency blankets. I do like the SOL ones as a window blocking panel over back of my SUV to keep the draft off my neck because unlike other emergency blankets they don't tear out like a chip bag or candy wrapper. I once lived in in the bottom of a canyon where it was below 32°F for 12 hours a day six months out of the year because that canyon got no direct sunlight for much of the year (but was beautifully protected from storms). I made triple layer panels with emergency blankets and duct tape up all the walls of my tent and under the rain fly, clipped to the tent seams with little binder clips. It was a Faraday cage, so had to keep my phone on airplane mode to preserve battery, but I could have as much light as I wanted and be completly invisible, vent whatever I wanted by unclipping, and in the winter it held heat from my buddy heater just fine. Is this and ideal emergency shelter? No. But emergency blankets can definity be used in creative ways to enhance other shelter options. I was able to make a 3 season tent a 4 season tent and not die. As I tell my friends when they are putting together a bug out bag for their vehicles, you never know where or when or in what conditions you might find yourself stranded, having options is a good thing. Emergency blankets can be a good tool to have.
Lol, by gear like a fien, how big is your storage space for all of it? Great information. I always carried a mylar emergency blanket in my day pack while hunting. Just in case, I hunt a very large place, and it is very easy to get turned around and lost there.
Hey Paul, just wondering about your opinion on the DD 3x3 meter tarp as far as durability and quality. AND,do you know if they are spray paintable? I purchased on recently that is coyote brown, and was thinking about a Camo scheme. Love your videos!👍
was looking at the ortovox bivy pro or bivy double which looks like options with some versatility - stretcher, tarp, bivy tent, bivy bag, plus they are durable not sing'e use type gear. But it is pricey. I'm also wondering how effective an emergency bivy that is non-breathable is. It will protect from wind and be waterproof, but there will be condensation. How much of an issue/consideration is condensation.
sleeping on the ground SUCKS, man. The ground is often wet, hard, cold, full of bugs, thorns, brush, snow, roots, rocks, or is nothing but steep hillsides, A hammock defetes all of those problems and if your hammock is make of a 2" mesh 50x10 ft monofilament gill net (Miller's) it can feed you, too, if need-be. It can become a 100x5 ft seine, or 200 x 2.5 ft of baited net weir., with wooden floats on one side and stone weights on the other. The bugnet suits remove worries about spiders and ticks in the debris-insulation, if you need to use that., All of this set up is useful in warm weather, and can all be worn as clothing. Brisk movement is worth almost 20F degrees.
I'm not sure of the entire process it takes to make the Xenon material, so I'm sure that plays heavily into the cost. It's like Dyneema/DCF material, a more technical material generally costs more. But this is just looking from the outside in.
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55 gallon contractor bags, aka. drum liner, is my go to emergency survival shelter
Thanks for all the great information!
Anytime!
Good information. I am really interested in that T6Zero. Never heard of it, but it sounds like a great option.
Yeah its definitely interesting option. I need to get a bit more time on it before I do any kind of review of it.
Excellent video. I’m currently looking and weighing options for a reliable, lightweight, and compact shelter/tarp. I totally forgot about Coalcracker Bushcraft’s T6Zero as a viable option. The other lightweight options are also interesting. Well done.
Great Video with lots of information. I have a T6Zero emergency shelter. With the attached tie outs, my grandson can set it up in less than 2 minutes. It is a great addition to my day pack.
Great 'stuff. I have used "debris" shelters, G.I. Ponchos, Mylar sheets adn the SOL Bivy Sack. All of them worked well in the situation I was in. I might add the situations were different in each case. I would say that the best survival tool one has is their Brain, and recognizing your situation and make the best use of the materials at hand.
CB
Well done Paul!
Survival kits are purposely built for survival, and are different than kits for camping, backpacking, etc. that is what I teach.
And like you said, some form of cover i.e. tarp, poncho, etc. should be included in EVERY survival kit.
My first criteria when building survival kits is the durability of each component, this is NOT the situation you want to be in - where items fail.
For emergency shelters I prefer brightly colored tarps like orange or yellow and with a mylar reflective surface on the other, tarps which are still big enough to actually provide good cover, but IMO no more than a 7x10 size tarp.
Appreciate the quick review of all those items. Thanks, Paul.
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An emergency shelter should take 1 to 2 minutes max to set up. A military issue poncho in plow point configuration, 3 small pegs and a bungy cord to a single point of suspension is all you need! In an emergency you don't need comfort only survival, even faster is a bivi bag get in sit against a tree or other windbreak and draw your legs up into a sitting (knees on chin position) to conserve heat and minimise heat loss through convection. Sitting on something to insulate from the ground is also important!
No doubt keeping it simple works. Just like to show some different options that may work better for others taste in gear.
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Thanks Paul. Good info!
Thank you 🙏🏽
Mylar blanket in my maxpedition pouch kit I take everywhere. That,a little gorilla tape and bankline and there's quite a lot you can do with that small footprint. Alternatively in wet conditions my rain poncho due to multi use capability. Add a 55gal heavy trash bag as an alternative and that's a good multipurpose piece too. One consideration is how fast you can deploy since emergency anything usually means not much time.
The T60 is pretty innovative. I have a couple and they’re really good.
Good advice!!! Bearhard tarp 10' X 12'
I'll have to look one of those up.
Loving the consistent releases, and the clear and concise information. Great video Thanks for sharing this with us!
Thank you! I'm starting to hit a stride in making videos. So should be able to keep this up!
Good day. For my everyday carry is rain poncho (onewind) and a emergency blanket and maybe a small cheap small tarp. Also in my bigger packs I carry the above gear plus 10x10 tarp (D&D) or comparable and an heavier emergency blanket. Also heavy trash bags 2 each. With along para cord and blank line and some type of stakes. Thank you for another great video!
I’ve had good luck with using a military style nylon poncho sold by several of the army-navy stores for about $20. They are lightweight, have garments for tie outs, are fairly durable, and can keep you dry. Pre-rig some lines on the corners for staking out the poncho, and a quick deployment ridgeline. I’ve had to use this setup a few times for overnight deployment in a sudden rain. Thanks for your videos. - Tennessee Smoky
1 is none, 2 is one. Carry a combination of systems to overlap
I’m sure you’ve used them before but when I’m hunting I always carry a helicon-Tex military poncho for my rain gear and it can double as an emergency shelter also.
Good videos man, keep them coming!
I've used them for sure. I'm not in love with them, maybe have a bad one. It just wasn't as waterproof as I was hoping. May do a video showing how to rewaterproof it.
I've got a Bearhard 9x9 camping tarp, it's pretty lightweight. I have used one of those cheap space blankets in an unconventional way... I sandwiched it in between my poncho and my woobie. It took a little bit of work, but after crawling in to it, I was nice and warm all night long.
Never heard of that tarp. I'll check it out! Those blankets can be very versatile. Just takes some thinking outside the box.
I've carried heavy & thin plastic, always a Mylar space blanket ( that's what we called them ). Just picked up an Arcturas, but haven't used it yet. Thanks for the info.
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Good info, thanks for the content. I keep a cheap plastic poncho and a Mylar blanket in all my vehicles just in case and in each of my backpacks and hunting packs. Life’s lessons are best learned from pain and suffering!
I keep single use ponchos in my work truck . they work great .
Options are good. I enjoy your work. Keep it going.
Good video. I'm also a gear hound, so my gear list changes depending on what I'm doing. Out in the woods for a hike, maybe in a remote area? Helikon Tek poncho (or maybe a milsurp) and swagman roll. I also carry an Arcturus blanket and a SOL escape bivvy, and a couple of contractor bags or a pad. But if I'm going light, I just have the bivvy and the Arcturus.
The biggest thing is figuring out what you want to carry and what you enjoy using.
I’ve carried the T6zero in my haversack for over a yr and used it a couple times in pop of rain storms I set it up in less than a minute. I carry the pathfinder tarp or a 8 by 8 oil skin for winter time
I got a couple of options. A good rain poncho. I do have a couple of the arcturus blanket tarps. I use a 8x8 pathfinder brown tarp, too, most often.
You have to watch how you use everything, especially the arcturus tarps. Reinforce everything when you can. I was going to get one of those Marine tarps, but ah ar not sure, though,
I've used the hell out of my PF tarp. Been awhile since I've used it... might have to get that out.
Came here from Corporals Corner..informative content Thanks.
Great video. I hope to see a video soon on that oil cloth tarp from Spain soon. I'm most likely going to buy it.
I'll see what I can do G-Swish!
Good video 👍
I keep the large Contractors bags for emergency use, also like them since the Corporal showed how to use them and a couple of poles to make an off ground bed, I also like your idea of the Mylar emergency blankets, keep a few scattered around for just that,,, or as an additional layer,
I used a 5x7, similar to the pathfinder one, to prevent an emergency, specifically heat stroke. I set it up with silver-side up, as a sunshade. The difference was astounding. Put your hand a few inches underneath (even an inch) and nice and cool. A few inches above and you could very much feel the heat of the sun reflecting off the silver. No infrared was getting through that.
Please do a follow up video to show the set up of each system. Many thx
Great video man! You’ll love the T6Zero
I've just put a mylar bag inside a twin cam raincover I made.
Dpm one side, Desert the other, a tape frame inside for weight support, reinforced gap in the middle of the bottom and the mylar bag stitched to one side of the mouth.
Apart from a pack cover it can also be used as,
Bivvy/mattress.
Forage bag/water collection.
Windbreak/fire reflector.
Mini hammock/seat/gear loft.
Groundsheet/basha/poncho.
Drybag/flotation aid for water crossings (not tested that function yet :-p)
And it has three Xs on it so I can pull/invert the mylar and use as a rescue signal.
I think that's all the options covered lol I feel like Forrest Gumps mate...
"Dass 'bout all you can do wit a pack cover..."
:-D
Oh, I could also use it as a privacy shelter for changing/toilet.
Feel like Forrest Gump. That's awesome 😂🤣
I will be using the USMC tarp as my primary shelter next weekend on Pike's peak. I will use a grabber as a ground cloth(the same one I used in my basic class). I will let you know how it goes.
Sounds good man!
Good video Paul , thanks for sharing , God bless !
Thanks for the video. I got an aqua quest defender tarp for Christmas, and on your suggestion the OneTigris tent floor to try as an emergency shelter. From what I can tell so far it will blow my grabber blanket away. Lighter, more durable, and the sewn in loops offer more options .I am taking them out this weekend with high hopes. It was a good idea, man. Keep them coming!
i carry the UCO lantern, with its beeswax candle and along with exercise,iniside of the bivy, it'll get you thru a night at 10F degrees colder than sleeping temps. Hot rocks or water bottles will also give you 10F, and let you sleep a few hours. A Dakota fire pit will descretely warm such items. You can use dry debris between the bug net suits and between the wraps of the camo nets and gain about 10F more degrees. There's a way to discretely dry out wet debris, too. It takes all night, hot rocks, the UCO, your body heat and the hammock used as a "sling-chair". and quite a bit of fiddling around, but it can be done. The same set up will dry out wet (but wrung-out) cammies, one piece at a time, if hostiles mean that you can't have an open fire.
Great Video Brother Paul! Very Good Information. Everyone should carry a couple of these in their backpack. Along with Ziploc bag with 6+ nutrition bars. Plenty water, first aid kit, extra socks, Sun hat, or winter cap, signal mirror, Orange signal flag. Compass and Emergency locator beacon. 😀
Not bad things to carry at all!
Good info
I keep an Aqua Quest Safari 10x10 camo tarp in my BOB and have used it for a couple of years now. Really solid tarp, Helikon Tex makes a 10x10 in various camo patterns and DD makes a really good tarp as well as hammocks, their Frontline Model is really nice. Aqua Quest has a few models that vary on weight and bulk. Defender and Safari are their best models tho.
You're correct about Sol making a survival blanket like that the problem with theirs is it takes about two days to off gas the chemical smell the new Pathfinder blanket is amazing I just recently purchased the kit it's about 30 bucks comes with the that's Harper course 50 ft of paracord 100 ft of banked line and six ABS plastic stakes they folded over the corners then put the grommets in Dave Canterbury has a video out the shows him testing it hanging I believe it's like 50 or more pounds of weight off the grommets and then bouncing them up and down it did not tear out it oval-shaped The grommet but it stayed in did no physical damage to the tarp itself
I personally carry the SOL emergency tent. cheap, a bit larger, easy set up, multi use. light and compact. I used to carry a simple nylon tarp. I like the SOL because of its bright color that can be used as a signal. Where I hike and camp is in the mountains so I feel that's important for rescue if I was ever in trouble. Great video as always Paul!
I've never tried the tent, mainly because I'm not a small guy, and some of them seem a bit small. I'll have to check em out again.
I’m a fan of the poncho for emergency shelter. I can wear as shelter or set it up as a tarp shelter. I also carry a 5x7 from Walmart that is a nylon in a small package. Find it in their camping gear isle. I also believe that this shelter should be changed out in your bag with the seasons. But you really should go out on the military surplus websites and price your USMC. That price won’t buy a Grade 3 anymore. And Grade 3’s can be pretty rough. A new one is almost $100.00 before shipping fees.
If you consider the average human body size providing a shelter to essentially reduce/eliminate wind, cold wind, wind driven rain & snow, critters both flying and grounded, a tarp is normally the wrong shelter while a fully enclosed tent is. Unless a tarp is roughly 9 ft x 9 ft you can't secure a shelter with enough protecion and some spare space that can secure you from the described elements. Oh, I failed to mention that in pre rain, snow, etc.conditions on the ground, you'll also need a ground sheet. I made my DIY 4.05 ounce and 4.7 ounce floorless Dyneema tents that protects me from all the listed protential elements previously described. I have a loop at their peaks for supporting them from above by about 8 or more methods or a pole. Unfortunately, the materials cost about $225 for each to construct. I use whatever ground sheet material and size I deem necessary for the potential anticipated coditions.
I like the options you covered. Keep up the videos man, thanks 🙏
I just picked up the Arcturus emergency blanket a few weeks ago & haven’t tried it yet but I generally have my Army poncho staged as a shelter on my MK2 Foxtrot pack.
Greetings Paul!! New rubber here and your channel recommended with a 'Shout Out!!' by Corporal's Corner - Shawn Kelly!! I will finish your video here later..its my bedtime lol, but wanted to make sure to check your channel out first... Best Regards!! Mindi in Iowa.👍💚🏕
Check out the Sarma TST thermal cloaks and the jerven fjelldukens, much more durable albeit much more expensive. Base non-insulated versions are about 650grams. Really rate the Rab siltarp 1 too.
i always notice survival tins, lack shelter and a container / and or a pot, to go on the fire, is their good or any options for; i guess small or fold up small shelters and containers/pots options to go in a small survival tin/kit.
Like the video, but it'd be nice to see each tarp in its set up form as well while you explain
NOT the regular size (much too small) but the $95, 1.5 lb XL size of reflectorized tyvek "Trifecta" bivy from 2GoSystems is very good By itself, it's not much, but it's easily 'accessorized' to become very versatile. It can be worn as a poncho, used as a canopy, lots of tieouts, full double zipper. if it's much colder than about 55F (in just cammies) in a net hammock, best "envelope" it in plastic. Then you can sleep ok at 40F degrees, in cammies, unlaced shoes, gloves, balaclava and shemagh. You can't have your face inside of the bivy or the moisture from your breath will freeze your butt. if it's cold, pull the hammock and a ridgeline thru the bivy, and pull a different ridgeline thru the envelope. You've got to maintain those two layers of "trapped' air around you, cause that's what insulates you. Use Gorilla tape to seal any holes and dont let the bivy touch you. If you do, you'll have a cold spot. Get a couple of $25 each, 1/4 lb each full-body bugnet "suits' from amazon and a couple of their 1/2 lb, $30 each "cut-leaf " type of camo nets. You can wrap the camo nets around one bugnet suit, then put on the other such suit and then put on your cammies. This adds about 10F degrees to your sleeping temps. None of this assembly is affected by its getting wet and you can set it up a dozen different ways, to suit conditions.
Foil bivy bag, like the end blanket item just a bag.
I love those stupid mylar emergency blankets. I do like the SOL ones as a window blocking panel over back of my SUV to keep the draft off my neck because unlike other emergency blankets they don't tear out like a chip bag or candy wrapper.
I once lived in in the bottom of a canyon where it was below 32°F for 12 hours a day six months out of the year because that canyon got no direct sunlight for much of the year (but was beautifully protected from storms). I made triple layer panels with emergency blankets and duct tape up all the walls of my tent and under the rain fly, clipped to the tent seams with little binder clips. It was a Faraday cage, so had to keep my phone on airplane mode to preserve battery, but I could have as much light as I wanted and be completly invisible, vent whatever I wanted by unclipping, and in the winter it held heat from my buddy heater just fine. Is this and ideal emergency shelter? No. But emergency blankets can definity be used in creative ways to enhance other shelter options. I was able to make a 3 season tent a 4 season tent and not die. As I tell my friends when they are putting together a bug out bag for their vehicles, you never know where or when or in what conditions you might find yourself stranded, having options is a good thing. Emergency blankets can be a good tool to have.
Lol, by gear like a fien, how big is your storage space for all of it? Great information. I always carried a mylar emergency blanket in my day pack while hunting. Just in case, I hunt a very large place, and it is very easy to get turned around and lost there.
I wish you had unpackaged these & showed what they looked like when deployed.
I wish you would have demonstrated how to use each item
FYI I heard about your site from corporals corner.
Hey Paul, just wondering about your opinion on the DD 3x3 meter tarp as far as durability and quality. AND,do you know if they are spray paintable? I purchased on recently that is coyote brown, and was thinking about a Camo scheme. Love your videos!👍
was looking at the ortovox bivy pro or bivy double which looks like options with some versatility - stretcher, tarp, bivy tent, bivy bag, plus they are durable not sing'e use type gear. But it is pricey. I'm also wondering how effective an emergency bivy that is non-breathable is. It will protect from wind and be waterproof, but there will be condensation. How much of an issue/consideration is condensation.
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sleeping on the ground SUCKS, man. The ground is often wet, hard, cold, full of bugs, thorns, brush, snow, roots, rocks, or is nothing but steep hillsides, A hammock defetes all of those problems and if your hammock is make of a 2" mesh 50x10 ft monofilament gill net (Miller's) it can feed you, too, if need-be. It can become a 100x5 ft seine, or 200 x 2.5 ft of baited net weir., with wooden floats on one side and stone weights on the other. The bugnet suits remove worries about spiders and ticks in the debris-insulation, if you need to use that., All of this set up is useful in warm weather, and can all be worn as clothing. Brisk movement is worth almost 20F degrees.
Disappointed you didn't bother to actually SHOW the products out of the bag.
That'll be in the next video in this series. I'm trying not to make these videos unnecessarily long, so they are a bit easier to digest.
Man it's uncanny. You look like a guy I work with? Do you have a twin?
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I really liked the T6Zero when it came out, but sorry the price is a complete ripoff imo.
I'm not sure of the entire process it takes to make the Xenon material, so I'm sure that plays heavily into the cost. It's like Dyneema/DCF material, a more technical material generally costs more. But this is just looking from the outside in.
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