An Old Can, A Candle, and an Emergency Blanket?

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  • @alf3553
    @alf3553 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I picked up a couple of the SOL poncho’s a few years ago. One to leave packed & one to play with. I carry a double SOL blanket & the poncho, seems to be a good combo. I can use the blanket for shelter or to wrap up in & the poncho over top.

  • @epicmarketer
    @epicmarketer ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good stuff. Love the emergency bivvy as well. Also works with a wool blanket n candle! :)

  • @raymondgatley8793
    @raymondgatley8793 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That's the old mountain man trick but a couple of candles in the ground sit on your pack tie yourself to a tree put your blanket around you get your feet off the ground they said it feels like being in a long room doesn't take long at all

  • @Stoney_AKA_James
    @Stoney_AKA_James ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yep, we were taught that technique for staying warm using a candle at military SERE (Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape).
    Granted back in the 1970s we didn't have mylar so we used a poncho liner.
    Good tip using a coffee can, makes since.

    • @ochocobushcraft1742
      @ochocobushcraft1742  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! Amazing how much a single candle can help when enclosed.

  • @GandalfandShadowfax
    @GandalfandShadowfax ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Excellent tips. Just goes to show you that survival is a state of mind...use what you have in creative ways to stay alive.

  • @hotshot791
    @hotshot791 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very interesting, very successful series of experiments. Seems like you could have went down to just one wick to save more candle hours! Adding a MEST poncho if it were raining/snowing would be a perfect addition. A couple of large candles in a coffee can has been a long-standing part of vehicle winter survival kits in Minnesota.

  • @peterloichtl4512
    @peterloichtl4512 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very good demonstration, can also make small fire with small sticks careful to keep your head outside only clench blanket around neck when using wood fire. I never seen it done with plastic only with wool blanket.

  • @ericwright6568
    @ericwright6568 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice idea for emergency. To get warm up.

  • @danielcharbonneau222
    @danielcharbonneau222 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good job Dan nice tip with the large can. Gotta love Spam!

  • @starlingblack814
    @starlingblack814 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks Dan. Lonnie from Far North Bushcraft does something similar using a large contractor trash bag and a small candle. Certainly a lightweight survival shelter that could save your life in a pinch. Again thanks for the video.

    • @Cale_Davison
      @Cale_Davison 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Cavers call it a _Palmer Shelter_ after Dr. Palmer.

  • @ecm958
    @ecm958 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is great!

  • @forestcamper3574
    @forestcamper3574 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I do this with a GI poncho when hunting in cold weather…great tip

  • @devildogsbushcraft7898
    @devildogsbushcraft7898 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome. Thank you so much for test. I'm a new sub.

  • @patriotpreacher43
    @patriotpreacher43 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’ve been working on something similar. Using an original style UCO candle lantern (flame is basically contained for safety). Under poncho. Just ordered a reflective space blanket just a little more substantial with grommets. Going to cut a head hole and make a poncho liner. Can add an insulated poncho liner, too. Will be trying it soon, hopefully. Thanks for adding to the knowledge base!

    • @ochocobushcraft1742
      @ochocobushcraft1742  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sounds like a pretty good system you are working on. Should be warm.
      I'll be doing a second part to this video soon. Finally getting the survival kit for the can all put together.

    • @patriotpreacher43
      @patriotpreacher43 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ochocobushcraft1742 also thinking about implementing a small travel umbrella deployed inside the poncho as kind of an internal framework to hold open an area to work in. We’ll see!

  • @user-eq7wk4qe4q
    @user-eq7wk4qe4q หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you , awesome 😊

  • @devildogsbushcraft7898
    @devildogsbushcraft7898 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's great when you actually got outside and do the real deal. There's nothing like a little science.

  • @nutthrower4415
    @nutthrower4415 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good stuff thanks Dan

  • @Cale_Davison
    @Cale_Davison 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    7:08

  • @gymbagg8716
    @gymbagg8716 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You could wrap yourself in the space blanket then put your outer coat over the blanket ....the blanket your body heat and the cold would hold the warmth in
    These space blankets were made to be close to your body not wrapped outside of your winter coat take you coat off and a sweater then wrap the blanket around you then put the sweater and your overcoat on

    • @Cale_Davison
      @Cale_Davison 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Mors Kochanski supershelter?

  • @brenka4572
    @brenka4572 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great video!

  • @dn88s
    @dn88s 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'll try it that way instead of poncho

    • @ochocobushcraft1742
      @ochocobushcraft1742  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It does a great job of reflecting the heat.

  • @aemiliadelroba4022
    @aemiliadelroba4022 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So…. What do you do when it is freezing cold and snow ❄️ + blizzard 🥶 windy conditions that you can’t set up your candle and your hands are frozen ?
    😮

    • @ochocobushcraft1742
      @ochocobushcraft1742  5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You just described one of my most favorite times to be in the woods. Most often I sit in a lean to, with a fire in front, and enjoy the storm while drinking hot cocoa. Now someone new will have to learn many things and spend much time to get to this place. I've been enjoying the winter snow storms in this way for decades. If you spend enough time there, it just becomes home regardless of the storm.

  • @MrDkgio
    @MrDkgio 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In a survival situation, I’m pretty sure that trumps national park rules…