I have the book in my hands. He says to keep that can in the compete kit. The personal kit is stuff kept on your person like lighters, belt knives, flint on cordage. He talks about that coffee can trick as a way to make more room in your pack and max items.
Thanks for showing all the details of Les Stroud’s personal survival kit.I agree, the 5-lbs coffee can is not something you’d carry on your body every time you leave your house, unless you ALWAYS sling a bag over your shoulder. I carry a belt pouch with necessities and carry a metal water bottle.
Hey Jim! Reading the book right now. He got confused. The can is supposed to be in the complete to save room in your pack or whatever your carrying on a hike. He goes out of his way to never say carry anything extraneous. I’d recommend reading it because I feel like this was an honest try, but not accurate to the book that I’m holding right now. It even says to make sure to personalize it to yourself and to your area/needs.
Hi 👋 I agree. The small items are to be on the body. Your pockets/clothing or on a lanyard around the neck. The coffee can and cup in your backpack or maybe a pouch on your belt. A bit of common sense is required here👍
You need to read this book again. He does recommend a coffee can for a survival kit however, in the book he says this list is stuff to carry on you. At all times, in pockets, on a lanyard around your neck, or on a belt. This is not the list, for the stuff you put in a coffee can. Or a fanny pack. In the book he states, that a fanny pack can be left behind, but pockets never are. Pages 19, 20, and 21of the book.
I drink alot of coffee and I can tell you that's not a 5lb coffee can. Good video and great advise. Self reliance store and 4 dog stove company both have pots that are inspired by Mors Kochanski. I'm sure Les would approve.
i have a couple of old hills bros 5 lb coffee cans filled with misc junk so i checked and my 4" dia nesting cup fits fine. having said that it wouldn't be my first choice as a survival kit container. in the old days though coffee cans had a variety of uses, including baking bread in, 100% steel, food safe, downside being eventual rust. with regards to the can pa used it has a peculiar looking lip, maybe that was the problem? don't know anything about les stroud, but if nothing else i'll purchase his book. thanks for the vid bro!
I read both the SAS Handbook and Les Stroud's "Survive"- the checklist is what I based my personal survival kit on. I highly recommend getting his book. It's practical and tested. Stroud also recommends to build your own and not get the store bought type. The answer to the cup issue is to buy a steel cup that the 5 pound coffee can fits into. One can also wrap a high quality duct tape around the can as well as paracord, or my favorite- number 12 bank line. Once the kit is exercised a lot of the stuff can go into pockets and redistributed . . . you'll need to anyway if you're going to boil up water in the coffee can. I also punched two small holes at the top of the container and put in a small length of wire to serve as a handle. The system can be waterproofed by wrapping electrical tape around the lid onto the can. It keeps the lid on, and because of the holes I punched at the top, waterproofed.
If you wrap duct tape around the coffee can you'll have to peel it off to use the can as vessel for boiling water or for cooking! Its better to just carry a 1in. Wide roll of gorilla tape in your pocket or a few feet wrapped around an old credit card or around a bic light (s)
That looks like a two pound coffee tin instead of five pound like you recommended at the beginning of the video. Maybe that's why you couldn't get everything into it. A five pound tin would be too big anyway.
Yep. I was about to say that..... Either can seems weird to carry at all times. Update: Seems this video incorrectly (not just the coffee can size) stated what is in Les's book.
You can consider removing the inside rim of the can with a can opener. The plastic cover of the can looks like it is just gripping the other rim of the can.
Check out Kevlar woven cord 1000 lb. test....thinner than paracord and $$$ but twice as strong and worth it. (Boot laces first....at home) Also Kevlar woven 50 lb. test fishing line.
yeah, that's definitely not a 5 lb coffee can. I also have that book and there's no specific reference to a 5 lb coffee can just a coffee can with a lid.
The best magnesium bar style Fire Starter I have ever found is from the friendly Swede it has a long attached chain it has a striker with a small ruler on it it has a grinder face on the end for scraping it away and one side is just slightly sharper than the other for striking they come in a 3 pack the Magnesium is good and soft and it has never failed me
If I recall in the video you said a 5 pound metal coffee can but the one that you showed was not quite that size I think if it were you could fit the cup and the extra trash bag in the kit I agree with you that it doesn’t appear there’s a good way to carry it could get a lot done with that kit nice vid
A survival kit is like a Harley. Everyone has their own opinion and as long as you have one with the basics you can customize the accessories however you want so they fit your needs and local.
Avenue on Survival for a few years now and I still think that there's more to survival than most people realize I'm only 37 years old and every chance I get I go into the Canadian wilderness and I love it because for one you learn stuff about yourself and you learn stuff about the animals around you people say that there's a dangerous which they are as long as you come in some way the ones you have to really worry about scooters because they're afraid of people and they don't really care I've learned
Nah, I tried. My piggy bank is in a similar can and I just tried to put it into my old GSI camp cup but it wouldn't fit. No way, no how. Possibly if you shaved the inner lip off of the coffee can you 'may' be able to fit the cup but 1) thats a lot of annoying work, 2) if you mess it up the lid won't seal anymore & 3) if something like that was necessary I think it would have been mentioned in the book anyway.
Not a 5 lb. can you have there I think . It may seem like a large container for a personal kit but I think it's maybe intended for more of a trekking / woodsman type of deal , much like Mors Kochankis' (spll?) recommended personal kit that he puts in a bushpot that is similar to a 5lb.can size . Good video ! Thanks !
Your can is like a razor blade. Use a can opener to open your can. Starfrit makes one that cuts right around the edge leaving it smooth. Plus your available opening would be the same as the can.
I carry my PSK in a 2 oz tobacco tin...as recommended by John Wiseman. If I can't keep it on me at all times, what good is it? Les' kit is good for the backpack.
If your just going to carry a button compass you may as well not carry one at all! A good compass will save your life faster then the biggest baddest survival kit made! A button compass will get you lost and possibly killed
There are some quality button compasses out there. As long as you understand the limitations of one, I believe they are better then not having a compass at all.
I think you said 5 lb. coffee can a couple of times. Unless I am mistaken the can you show is a one pound can. These are difficult to find in the stores in my area. Most coffee companies who market in my area have switched to a plastic container and most have gone to a size which is smaller than one full pound. with my average sized hands I need two hands to pick up a five pounder. Thank you Thomas L
I recommend everyone get the book (cheap on eBay) and read it for themselves because this is not an accurate representation of what he says. Looking at the pages right now.
Exactly. Les suggests a coffee can and has said on his show that it is what he first used. Basically the can/pot/whatever is so you can boil water. He actually suggests stashing most things on you (pockets, etc) in case you get separated from your pack. The book and Les himself (his YT video on survival kits is great) suggests carrying what you are able on your person and adapting to your needs.
I liked this because you went to the trouble to put together a similar kit from the books list so we can physically see what it would look like. Just glancing at your videos, do you have a breakdown of a kit you made yourself? Cheers.
You can cut that ring out of the can with a standard can opener. But the Ozark cup handles still prevent it from fitting. However you should cut the ring out anyway for full use of the opening and for sanitation reasons. Another cheap use for the can is to empty it and put an old Gatoraid liter jug in it, slide a freebee plastic spoon down the side. Store the plastic lid on the bottom and shove it all in the leg of your girls old pantie hose. All fits together nicely. Now you can filter water, boil water and store water as well as cook and eat food out of it. A cheap canteen/cook kit.
Lol maybe if you read the book he would tell you how to use the kit most of the items he says you wear on the person leathernecks and knife on your belt! The bandanna on your head he has a kit with everything in it and it fits! Just saying
That’s what I’m saying and it’s sad to see comments by ppl who didn’t read it and trust that this is accurate. It’s not even close to what he says in the book. Guess this guy skipped to the end and just guessed lol.
Sorry but this is not the Les Stroud survival kit. 1. Les Stroud does not recommend your mini kompass, he hates those things. 2. He does not recommend just any space blanket. But specific ones. ...Just search on YT for Les Stroud survival kit, and listen tho the man explaining this topic.
That is the smallest 5 lb coffee can I have ever seen, that looks more like the 3lb ones. I built a kit using a 5lb can and put a lot more in there and an Ozark trail camping cup as well. Although my can I have holes top and bottom to make a concealed fire.
Well, I'm coming back to this one well after I initially watched it. I like to revisit older videos, and to explain why I'll start with an old joke. A has dropped his son off at school after spring break and sees his old economics professor. He comes up to him and says, hey I my son took the same test you have me 20 years ago! Why are you still using the same test? The professor says, yes the questions are the same but the answers are all different now! That's kind of the way I try to look at skills. The questions we deal with in survival are the same as they were decades or even thousands of years ago, but some of the answers are different. Skills are lighter than gear or so I'm told. But as I learn more it seems like I carry more gear! Partly it's because I may not be an expert but I can see how little I used to know. So many of the kit videos on youtube are young fellas with the Altoids tins saying, this covers this C, this covers that one, etc. But I have had to use my kit and I would say anyone who ever has can think of lots of things they wish they'd have had that didn't fit in a little kit! I came through it with a pretty decent kit afterward I tossed some stuff all the "experts" suggest and add things that experience showed me I needed. Good stuff, PAoutdoors! I have been subbed for years, love the content.
I use to watch les on t.v. . I was very entertaining. I especially like the one where he built a shelter out of driftwood and built a fire inside that was too big and set the shelter on fire! What a laugh that was!
No offense, That looks like a one pound coffee can which probably is even smaller now since coffee cans have been reduced in size quite a bit over the past decade. A five pound coffee can would be much larger and better for boiling and processing water.
You might want a redundant fire starting source if you want more than one fire, same with lights, do you read at night at all or anything? The space blanket's for warmth, altho I did see Les use one as part of a shelter once. Of course an orange garbage bag can get you found by air rescue. I wonder if it's assumed your wearing at least a backpack if your going camping or hiking, for carrying some food, water and oh, maybe.. a survival kit.
First of all I'm telling you right now that's not a 5 lb can is considerably bigger than that and I've seen the one he has on the TV show from type of time it's a little over twice that size
quercus He carries that, it's called a camera. Anyone who has had a legit encounter with a sasquatch will tell you they always see them when they forgot the camera in the truck or at home.
What was I thinking of course! With that seventy pounds of camera gear he carries it must be difficult to have one aimed in the correct position at the appropriate time.
It would be better off in the larger coffee can. Trying to squeeze to many sardines in a can does not work. Thank you for putting that together for us.
I know it's a small thing you said something that I think a lot of folks forget or purposely ignore. Regardless of my personal feelings, if Les Stroud is sitting across the bar from me I'm not gonna say to that man "NO, you're clearly wrong, I know better!" Unless the fella is completely full of crap (which I don't personally believe he is) somewhere in the back of your mind you hafta be saying like ok this guy knows his shit, he makes a living from it, there has to be a reason for this or that. Thanks for the video man, appreciate everything you do.
Brad Gremba Les Stroud has publicly admitted that he does indeed live and film himself without any outside help from anyone. While this is 100% accurate and true he also has a panic button that will reach a base camp that is approximately 5 miles from him that have survival experts and Navy SEALS that will come and rescue him should his life be in danger. He is still a GREAT Survivalist but these TV Shows have to have insurance policies , Like these rescue teams, to be able to allow the airing of the Show.
I’m reading the book and think many parts were severely misunderstood here. Like the coffee can should be in the complete kit that you carry in your bag, not on your person. He also talks a lot about personalization for yourself and your area.
Stage The needle the day works men's is for gear clothing repair and also to help with first aid and you can also make a makeshift compass out of it just if you have a magnet yes to understand more go watch his video on it
As a starter kit, I can see where it might be of value. Once you begin to practice you natural find out what works and what doesn't. Someone who already has bushcraft skills probably would have better equipment. And naturally it gets more expensive too. Aside frome the Leatherman this while kit, is what, under $20.
That magnesium bar if it is the same one that walmart sells is a dud, I even drilled it to make mag dust and there is something wrong with it. Since I had problems with it I am going to get a regular ferro rod from amazon hopefully I dont get duped on it too.
+Criminal Justice It is a walmart one and I agree the are not good. The only one I've found that work well is made by the Doan company. As far as Ferro rods get one from 4 Directions Bushcraft or Bayite. The both work great! Thanks for watching.
You need to update your gear and pack it better, good video though and hey the container should Nat into the cup. You would be surprised with the right gear you can fit a lot
The can is supposed to go in your bag, not your pocket. If your smart, you duplicate the knife, lighter, matches, ziploc, 550 cord, trash bag and some puritabs and put them in your pockets.
I’m reading the book right now and it’s like he skipped it or mixed it up or misrepresented it on purpose. He clearly says the can is for a pack and to personalize things to your liking and for your area and plans. I’m right on that page now. The kit guide is more ideas than a “you must have this by this brand” Etc guide. Not sure how he got this so wrong when this boom is so plainly laid out.
I Have been a camper for years and I have watched a lot shows, read books, heard a lot advice and I think les is cool af. All his advice isn't bad advice in fact I would say all the survival advice I have heard from him is true. yeah he might believe in bigfoot, but who cares. After reading his book he is one of the few people who really got me interested in camping. It does need a fishing kit though.
First its not a 5 lb can that's a 2 lb can and that's why you didn't have room for some of his recommendations. Also why do a Les Stroud survival kit when you change things just because you made a video without bothering to get what was recommended. If you are going to do something do it right
Les is assuming that you've studied/have some skills. Your kit doesn't look great but you 'cheated' and some of the items fall short of his recommendations. Still, as you say, even the kit shown would be good in a pinch.
Hi, I see that this video is an old one. Do you have an update? Here's some hints for your futur update. !st - The Carry- Where do you usually carry your cup? You can carry it in your backpack, Havresack, Mail bag, purse, grocery bag, etc. 2nd - Items - The items can be added inside a 750ml GSI Glacier cup (or Similar size), or a 900ml pot. the items can be distributed everywhere on your person. Altoid tin are to small. It will give you a 6 hr to 24 hr survival worth of gears. And, even a worst scenario, the tin might fall off from your.pocket. It happened to me. I was only left with my Primitive skills. Once you have it on your person, it's very difficult to lose all your gears at once. I hope that it helped to clear-up your lack of knowledge. Thank you.
It's called DiY for a reason. You can't learn to ride a bike by reading a book. Skills and kit differ from person to person. Thumbs down because you have no real knowledge to offer yourself and used clickbait title.
Definitely not a 5 pound coffee tin. That looks like a 2 pound container. I prefer Mors Kochanski's idea of using the percolator coffee pot. More functional, and just as waterproof as this if you seal it with some good tape.
Get your ferro rods & magnesium rods at firesteel.com, I am just a customer and not tied in with them. Add some braided fish line 20 to 100#, sew with it, fish with it, cordage, light & small, it will fit into what you have, add a needle or two.
Did Les mention your personal assistant would be carrying the kit as well as an umbrella to shade you from the sun and rain. lol What happen to a kit that easily fits into your pocket where you would carry it all the time.
At the end of the day, it will make zero difference on who recommends what if a person does not actually try it out and practice. The old adage applies here the more you know the less you need. Better have some knowledge if this kit is going to keep ones bacon out of the fire.
I have the book in my hands. He says to keep that can in the compete kit. The personal kit is stuff kept on your person like lighters, belt knives, flint on cordage. He talks about that coffee can trick as a way to make more room in your pack and max items.
Thanks for showing all the details of Les Stroud’s personal survival kit.I agree, the 5-lbs coffee can is not something you’d carry on your body every time you leave your house, unless you ALWAYS sling a bag over your shoulder. I carry a belt pouch with necessities and carry a metal water bottle.
Hey Jim! Reading the book right now. He got confused. The can is supposed to be in the complete to save room in your pack or whatever your carrying on a hike. He goes out of his way to never say carry anything extraneous. I’d recommend reading it because I feel like this was an honest try, but not accurate to the book that I’m holding right now. It even says to make sure to personalize it to yourself and to your area/needs.
Hi 👋
I agree. The small items are to be on the body. Your pockets/clothing or on a lanyard around the neck. The coffee can and cup in your backpack or maybe a pouch on your belt. A bit of common sense is required here👍
You need to read this book again. He does recommend a coffee can for a survival kit however, in the book he says this list is stuff to carry on you. At all times, in pockets, on a lanyard around your neck, or on a belt. This is not the list, for the stuff you put in a coffee can. Or a fanny pack. In the book he states, that a fanny pack can be left behind, but pockets never are. Pages 19, 20, and 21of the book.
Yes carry all small items in pockets or belts pouches and keep your coffee can to carry hot coals and boil water.
I have it in my hands right now and it’s like he reversed the instructions or something. He definitely got personal and compete confused.
Funny thing i am getting the SAS one this month and the les stroud book ships in may
I drink alot of coffee and I can tell you that's not a 5lb coffee can. Good video and great advise. Self reliance store and 4 dog stove company both have pots that are inspired by Mors Kochanski. I'm sure Les would approve.
i have a couple of old hills bros 5 lb coffee cans filled with misc junk so i checked and my 4" dia nesting cup fits fine. having said that it wouldn't be my first choice as a survival kit container. in the old days though coffee cans had a variety of uses, including baking bread in, 100% steel, food safe, downside being eventual rust. with regards to the can pa used it has a peculiar looking lip, maybe that was the problem? don't know anything about les stroud, but if nothing else i'll purchase his book. thanks for the vid bro!
I like Les Stroud he does everything his self awesome dude
That’s certainly not a 5 pound can. I didn’t see anywhere in the book that said any can size.
I read both the SAS Handbook and Les Stroud's "Survive"- the checklist is what I based my personal survival kit on. I highly recommend getting his book. It's practical and tested. Stroud also recommends to build your own and not get the store bought type. The answer to the cup issue is to buy a steel cup that the 5 pound coffee can fits into. One can also wrap a high quality duct tape around the can as well as paracord, or my favorite- number 12 bank line. Once the kit is exercised a lot of the stuff can go into pockets and redistributed . . . you'll need to anyway if you're going to boil up water in the coffee can. I also punched two small holes at the top of the container and put in a small length of wire to serve as a handle. The system can be waterproofed by wrapping electrical tape around the lid onto the can. It keeps the lid on, and because of the holes I punched at the top, waterproofed.
If you wrap duct tape around the coffee can you'll have to peel it off to use the can as vessel for boiling water or for cooking! Its better to just carry a 1in. Wide roll of gorilla tape in your pocket or a few feet wrapped around an old credit card or around a bic light (s)
I was able to find the strike anywhere matches at Amazon, but they're expensive I think 900 was about $10.
900 fires though.
That looks like a two pound coffee tin instead of five pound like you recommended at the beginning of the video. Maybe that's why you couldn't get everything into it. A five pound tin would be too big anyway.
Lol.Yeah. He must not cook much or he isn't a good judge of weight or size.
Color blind too...But it was nice of him to make the video.
Jim Randall I recommend a 55 gallon drum lol 😂
Yes that's definitely not a 5-pound coffee can
Yep. I was about to say that.....
Either can seems weird to carry at all times.
Update: Seems this video incorrectly (not just the coffee can size) stated what is in Les's book.
You can consider removing the inside rim of the can with a can opener. The plastic cover of the can looks like it is just gripping the other rim of the can.
Check out Kevlar woven cord 1000 lb. test....thinner than paracord and $$$ but twice as strong and worth it. (Boot laces first....at home)
Also Kevlar woven 50 lb. test fishing line.
The kit should also have a signal mirror, water purification and a granola bar or two. A fishing kit and some snare wire would be nice.
I think you did awesome man! the bandana looks orange from my computer. all this kit would need is food and you're set
yeah, that's definitely not a 5 lb coffee can. I also have that book and there's no specific reference to a 5 lb coffee can just a coffee can with a lid.
The best magnesium bar style Fire Starter I have ever found is from the friendly Swede it has a long attached chain it has a striker with a small ruler on it it has a grinder face on the end for scraping it away and one side is just slightly sharper than the other for striking they come in a 3 pack the Magnesium is good and soft and it has never failed me
+Thomas Work I will check that out.
If I recall in the video you said a 5 pound metal coffee can but the one that you showed was not quite that size I think if it were you could fit the cup and the extra trash bag in the kit I agree with you that it doesn’t appear there’s a good way to carry it could get a lot done with that kit nice vid
+Wandering the Wilderness Thanks. Yep my bad on the can size.
Where did you find the actual metal can all coffee cans I use now are no onger the old metal kind
Dollar store
A survival kit is like a Harley. Everyone has their own opinion and as long as you have one with the basics you can customize the accessories however you want so they fit your needs and local.
Avenue on Survival for a few years now and I still think that there's more to survival than most people realize I'm only 37 years old and every chance I get I go into the Canadian wilderness and I love it because for one you learn stuff about yourself and you learn stuff about the animals around you people say that there's a dangerous which they are as long as you come in some way the ones you have to really worry about scooters because they're afraid of people and they don't really care I've learned
you can buy strike anywhere matches at hardware stores
No fishing kit ?
Exactly
If you have a belt on, your knife, a Mag flash light & the multi-tool all can go on it to save more room ?
Will the can fit in the cup?
Nah, I tried. My piggy bank is in a similar can and I just tried to put it into my old GSI camp cup but it wouldn't fit. No way, no how. Possibly if you shaved the inner lip off of the coffee can you 'may' be able to fit the cup but 1) thats a lot of annoying work, 2) if you mess it up the lid won't seal anymore & 3) if something like that was necessary I think it would have been mentioned in the book anyway.
That new Stanley pot is the right size to have a GSI cup slide on the bottom. If you put a bandana in between it will hold on until you pull it off.
👍👍 nice !
Not a 5 lb. can you have there I think . It may seem like a large container for a personal kit but I think it's maybe intended for more of a trekking / woodsman type of deal , much like Mors Kochankis' (spll?) recommended personal kit that he puts in a bushpot that is similar to a 5lb.can size . Good video ! Thanks !
+Geoffrey Carpenter Thank you for watching.
I know it sounds ridiculous, but you could fit a Campbell soup can that. It would help with the cup problem.
Your can is like a razor blade. Use a can opener to open your can. Starfrit makes one that cuts right around the edge leaving it smooth. Plus your available opening would be the same as the can.
I carry my PSK in a 2 oz tobacco tin...as recommended by John Wiseman. If I can't keep it on me at all times, what good is it? Les' kit is good for the backpack.
is that a 5 lb coffee can and it did once contain 5lbs of coffee cause it seams so small
I don't think it's a 5 pound can. It looks more like a 2 pound can. I've never even seen a 5 pound can The largest I know of is a 3 pound can.
If your just going to carry a button compass you may as well not carry one at all! A good compass will save your life faster then the biggest baddest survival kit made! A button compass will get you lost and possibly killed
There are some quality button compasses out there. As long as you understand the limitations of one, I believe they are better then not having a compass at all.
You need to get the Doan military mag bars. The cheap civilian ones are hard to scrape shavings from and the ferro rods are always popping off.
+james hill I actually do have a Doans bar, and you are right those work pretty well. Thanks for watching.
Come on Les!! How about 100 ft of fishing line and a few hooks!
I think you said 5 lb. coffee can a couple of times. Unless I am mistaken the can you show is a one pound can. These are difficult to find in the stores in my area. Most coffee companies who market in my area have switched to a plastic container and most have gone to a size which is smaller than one full pound. with my average sized hands I need two hands to pick up a five pounder.
Thank you
Thomas L
I recommend everyone get the book (cheap on eBay) and read it for themselves because this is not an accurate representation of what he says. Looking at the pages right now.
Exactly. Les suggests a coffee can and has said on his show that it is what he first used. Basically the can/pot/whatever is so you can boil water. He actually suggests stashing most things on you (pockets, etc) in case you get separated from your pack.
The book and Les himself (his YT video on survival kits is great) suggests carrying what you are able on your person and adapting to your needs.
I have had the ferro rod fall of of the magnesium bar and I lost the ferro rod those things suck
i would think a ferro rod would take up less room and be more reliable
Thanks for sharing! That was great!
agreed. Thank you for the video i enjoyed it.
I liked this because you went to the trouble to put together a similar kit from the books list so we can physically see what it would look like.
Just glancing at your videos, do you have a breakdown of a kit you made yourself? Cheers.
+Dirt Diver Thanks for watching.
You can cut that ring out of the can with a standard can opener. But the Ozark cup handles still prevent it from fitting. However you should cut the ring out anyway for full use of the opening and for sanitation reasons. Another cheap use for the can is to empty it and put an old Gatoraid liter jug in it, slide a freebee plastic spoon down the side. Store the plastic lid on the bottom and shove it all in the leg of your girls old pantie hose. All fits together nicely. Now you can filter water, boil water and store water as well as cook and eat food out of it. A cheap canteen/cook kit.
interesting book
thanks for showing
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steve
nice, did he include a space blanket? also mini sawyer would be nice, because of how small it is
+Stanely Williams Yes. A space blanket was recommended. I love the Sawyer Mini as well. Thanks for watching.
Lol maybe if you read the book he would tell you how to use the kit most of the items he says you wear on the person leathernecks and knife on your belt! The bandanna on your head he has a kit with everything in it and it fits! Just saying
That’s what I’m saying and it’s sad to see comments by ppl who didn’t read it and trust that this is accurate. It’s not even close to what he says in the book. Guess this guy skipped to the end and just guessed lol.
nice Video ! Pretty sure that Bic lighters also contain butane. just a FYI.
Is that a 5 lb can?
Nope. I screwed the pouch on that one.
@@PAoutdoors 10 4 it happens
Sorry but this is not the Les Stroud survival kit. 1. Les Stroud does not recommend your mini kompass, he hates those things. 2. He does not recommend just any space blanket. But specific ones. ...Just search on YT for Les Stroud survival kit, and listen tho the man explaining this topic.
This guy just read the last 4 pages and made the rest up. It’s the only thing I can think of…I’m reading the book now. Heck Les even says to use GPS.
That is the smallest 5 lb coffee can I have ever seen, that looks more like the 3lb ones. I built a kit using a 5lb can and put a lot more in there and an Ozark trail camping cup as well. Although my can I have holes top and bottom to make a concealed fire.
Good video. I agree with the magnesium block, pigging nightmare. I would just put in a ferro rod.
I agree with the guy who said it looks more like a 2-pound coffee can then a 5-pound coffee can he is correct it is a 2 lb
kinda like a sack of blivets....10 pounds of sh$#t in a 5 pound sack lol
Well, I'm coming back to this one well after I initially watched it. I like to revisit older videos, and to explain why I'll start with an old joke. A has dropped his son off at school after spring break and sees his old economics professor. He comes up to him and says, hey I my son took the same test you have me 20 years ago! Why are you still using the same test? The professor says, yes the questions are the same but the answers are all different now! That's kind of the way I try to look at skills. The questions we deal with in survival are the same as they were decades or even thousands of years ago, but some of the answers are different.
Skills are lighter than gear or so I'm told. But as I learn more it seems like I carry more gear! Partly it's because I may not be an expert but I can see how little I used to know. So many of the kit videos on youtube are young fellas with the Altoids tins saying, this covers this C, this covers that one, etc. But I have had to use my kit and I would say anyone who ever has can think of lots of things they wish they'd have had that didn't fit in a little kit! I came through it with a pretty decent kit afterward I tossed some stuff all the "experts" suggest and add things that experience showed me I needed.
Good stuff, PAoutdoors! I have been subbed for years, love the content.
I use to watch les on t.v. . I was very entertaining. I especially like the one where he built a shelter out of driftwood and built a fire inside that was too big and set the shelter on fire! What a laugh that was!
Good looking kit, I am with you and would druther have a ferro rod instead of a mag bar. Great video!
surprised theres no water purification tablets
No offense, That looks like a one pound coffee can which probably is even smaller now since coffee cans have been reduced in size quite a bit over the past decade. A five pound coffee can would be much larger and better for boiling and processing water.
You might want a redundant fire starting source if you want more than one fire, same with lights, do you read at night at all or anything? The space blanket's for warmth, altho I did see Les use one as part of a shelter once. Of course an orange garbage bag can get you found by air rescue. I wonder if it's assumed your wearing at least a backpack if your going camping or hiking, for carrying some food, water and oh, maybe.. a survival kit.
i wouldn't trust a button compass as far as i could throw it.
First of all I'm telling you right now that's not a 5 lb can is considerably bigger than that and I've seen the one he has on the TV show from type of time it's a little over twice that size
Interesting idea, but wouldn't use it personally. Could get a way better kit together with just a small bag being used instead of that can
Les Stroud is a fine survivalist. But I didn't see any bigfoot repellent.
quercus He carries that, it's called a camera. Anyone who has had a legit encounter with a sasquatch will tell you they always see them when they forgot the camera in the truck or at home.
What was I thinking of course! With that seventy pounds of camera gear he carries it must be difficult to have one aimed in the correct position at the appropriate time.
quercus that's because you didn't look too hard have a look again
probably after a week without showering bigfoot wont come near him anyway lol
It would be better off in the larger coffee can. Trying to squeeze to many sardines in a can does not work. Thank you for putting that together for us.
I know it's a small thing you said something that I think a lot of folks forget or purposely ignore. Regardless of my personal feelings, if Les Stroud is sitting across the bar from me I'm not gonna say to that man "NO, you're clearly wrong, I know better!" Unless the fella is completely full of crap (which I don't personally believe he is) somewhere in the back of your mind you hafta be saying like ok this guy knows his shit, he makes a living from it, there has to be a reason for this or that.
Thanks for the video man, appreciate everything you do.
+Brad Gremba Thank you so much.
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Les Stroud has publicly admitted that he does indeed live and film himself without any outside help from anyone.
While this is 100% accurate and true he also has a panic button that will reach a base camp that is approximately 5 miles from him that have survival experts and Navy SEALS that will come and rescue him should his life be in danger.
He is still a GREAT Survivalist but these TV Shows have to have insurance policies , Like these rescue teams, to be able to allow the airing of the Show.
I’m reading the book and think many parts were severely misunderstood here. Like the coffee can should be in the complete kit that you carry in your bag, not on your person.
He also talks a lot about personalization for yourself and your area.
Stage The needle the day works men's is for gear clothing repair and also to help with first aid and you can also make a makeshift compass out of it just if you have a magnet yes to understand more go watch his video on it
great kit and video.
randy D I respect Led Stroud, but not a fan of this setup.
just not enough to spell his name right lol :)
As a starter kit, I can see where it might be of value. Once you begin to practice you natural find out what works and what doesn't. Someone who already has bushcraft skills probably would have better equipment. And naturally it gets more expensive too. Aside frome the Leatherman this while kit, is what, under $20.
What does pa stand for in ur TH-cam name
Pennsylvania
Les's list is a good one, but it's a general generic kit that needs tweaking according to wherever you expect to use it.
A number #10 can would be more appropriate. It would then fit all those item mentioned with room to spare.
What's the quickest way out of my mother in law's that doesn't lead to alimony payments?
That magnesium bar if it is the same one that walmart sells is a dud, I even drilled it to make mag dust and there is something wrong with it. Since I had problems with it I am going to get a regular ferro rod from amazon hopefully I dont get duped on it too.
+Criminal Justice It is a walmart one and I agree the are not good. The only one I've found that work well is made by the Doan company. As far as Ferro rods get one from 4 Directions Bushcraft or Bayite. The both work great! Thanks for watching.
YW. thanks for tip on the ferro rod.
THATS A 1 LB COFFEE TIN, COFFEE USED TO COME IN A 3 LB TIN
You need to update your gear and pack it better, good video though and hey the container should Nat into the cup. You would be surprised with the right gear you can fit a lot
The can is supposed to go in your bag, not your pocket.
If your smart, you duplicate the knife, lighter, matches, ziploc, 550 cord, trash bag and some puritabs and put them in your pockets.
I’m reading the book right now and it’s like he skipped it or mixed it up or misrepresented it on purpose. He clearly says the can is for a pack and to personalize things to your liking and for your area and plans. I’m right on that page now. The kit guide is more ideas than a “you must have this by this brand” Etc guide. Not sure how he got this so wrong when this boom is so plainly laid out.
I do not believe that would be a five pound coffee can.
+Robert31352 You are correct. That was a major oops on my part. Thanks you watching.
I Have been a camper for years and I have watched a lot shows, read books, heard a lot advice and I think les is cool af. All his advice isn't bad advice in fact I would say all the survival advice I have heard from him is true. yeah he might believe in bigfoot, but who cares. After reading his book he is one of the few people who really got me interested in camping. It does need a fishing kit though.
I think you might want a canteen and trail mix ☺
A $6 48oz. grease pot from walmart will work a lot better than a coffee can plus it has a lid and a handle on it so you probably won't need a bail
Gr8 vid
only thing in Les's survival kit is a Leatherman tool
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So.. Paoutdoors... Does that mean you're in Pa?
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@@PAoutdoors cool WV here
Find yourself a genuine Doane bar and your opinion of magnesium bars will change.
+hoosierarcher I have a Doan bar. It works well, but I think there are better methods. I prefer a Ferro rod and fatwood. Thanks for watching.
First its not a 5 lb can that's a 2 lb can and that's why you didn't have room for some of his recommendations.
Also why do a Les Stroud survival kit when you change things just because you made a video without bothering to get what was recommended. If you are going to do something do it right
Les is assuming that you've studied/have some skills. Your kit doesn't look great but you 'cheated' and some of the items fall short of his recommendations. Still, as you say, even the kit shown would be good in a pinch.
I'm sorry don't know what you are doing
truly its resemble to SAS survival book.
+Greg Boonie Yes. I have many survival books contain a lot of the same info. I guess you really can't reinvent the wheel.
over the can with tape or something
He said folding cup they sell 8 oz folding collapsing ss cups I bought 5 for 5$ it will fit
You don’t have a 5 pound coffee can. That’s a 1 pound can.
I think he meant a collapsable cup....like boy scouts use, it'll fit.
+0351nick It probably would. Good advice.
nice try but keep working on it that's not a 5lb can more like a 2lb a never skimp on things like fire starter rods it's a fail every time
Magnesium bars suck! Get a large diameter ferro rod! You'll be glad you did!
Hi, I see that this video is an old one. Do you have an update? Here's some hints for your futur update. !st - The Carry- Where do you usually carry your cup? You can carry it in your backpack, Havresack, Mail bag, purse, grocery bag, etc. 2nd - Items - The items can be added inside a 750ml GSI Glacier cup (or Similar size), or a 900ml pot. the items can be distributed everywhere on your person. Altoid tin are to small. It will give you a 6 hr to 24 hr survival worth of gears. And, even a worst scenario, the tin might fall off from your.pocket. It happened to me. I was only left with my Primitive skills. Once you have it on your person, it's very difficult to lose all your gears at once. I hope that it helped to clear-up your lack of knowledge. Thank you.
Les forgot the FIRST AID KIT .
That is a separate kit in his book. Thanks for watching.
That fire starter is the most important thing in there. Get a fire steel rod.
It's called DiY for a reason. You can't learn to ride a bike by reading a book. Skills and kit differ from person to person. Thumbs down because you have no real knowledge to offer yourself and used clickbait title.
Definitely not a 5 pound coffee tin. That looks like a 2 pound container. I prefer Mors Kochanski's idea of using the percolator coffee pot. More functional, and just as waterproof as this if you seal it with some good tape.
Have you thought of those pumpkin trash bags, they put leaves in the fall. There orange 😁
Get your ferro rods & magnesium rods at firesteel.com, I am just a customer and not tied in with them. Add some braided fish line 20 to 100#, sew with it, fish with it, cordage, light & small, it will fit into what you have, add a needle or two.
Did Les mention your personal assistant would be carrying the kit as well as an umbrella to shade you from the sun and rain. lol What happen to a kit that easily fits into your pocket where you would carry it all the time.
At the end of the day, it will make zero difference on who recommends what if a person does not actually try it out and practice. The old adage applies here the more you know the less you need. Better have some knowledge if this kit is going to keep ones bacon out of the fire.
+Sheep Dog I agree 100%. Thanks for watching.