Back when I was in Boy Scouts we learn how to make a split with a few strips of bandana and a straight stick. So just something to note. Thanks for the video !
I ripped the front of my shorts next to the zipper, so I used one as a loincloth to keep my parts covered. I tied it to my belt loops. Keep up the awesome vids Sootch!
Great video. I used two jumbo bananas last summer to rig up an improvised sling when I fell and broke my shoulder while hiking. I always carry three bananas in my pack now.
in an area where you may be inadvertently caught up in a violent protest and the police are spraying teargas, pepper spray or other chemicals sprinkle lemon or lime juice or vinegar on it before covering your nose and mouth, that counters the effect of the spray so you can breathe a little easier
Antifa? More like Antifuck you! Our new riot deterring equipment will ensure that violent protesters will not return or your money back. *Shows farming machine harvesting crop*
Number 1 use for me... Put on the ground under something mechanical I am working on. It is amazing how difficult it is to find a nut or bolt you drop into grass or leaf litter. You can spend an hour.
Bandanas are great but I prefer hand towels. They are both thicker and big enough to tear strips from and still be usefull, Sportsmans Guide sell packs of them for a good price.
I have long hair and always wear a bandana for many reasons. I especially liked the one you showed with the knots printed on it - because I am always forgetting how to tie my knots. I never have to tie knots , so? Two more reasons not covered in your video. I'm getting to be an old geezer, so I have to sleep with a CPAP machine. The dang nosemask that I use always used to pop off my head while I was sleeping. The store was no help and had no useful suggestions, so I tried everything to keep it on my face - clips, grips, straps, flaps, and whatnot. Finally, I just put on my headband over it, and it works perfect. I wake up in the morning with my mask firmly in place. It also helps keep my hair out of my lathe and mill in the garage. When I go out metal detecting, I use a bandana to put the dirt from my holes, then I can just dump it back into the hole. Easy. God Bless America, buddy. Keep making these great videos. :)
The use of banada aka "a union member" was especially popular during the 1920s and 1930s in the coal-producing regions of West Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania to single out union members
In today's society bandanas are used more fashion or accessory pieces and we have seem to forgotten the very simple yet survival purposes they're actually meant and useful for. This video is amazingly helpful and intelligent!! Thank you for sharing!
I bought a bandana for plumbing work with my step dad. One time he was grinding a marble floor, horrible experience. I was sneezing and coughing up marble powder for the entire day. Now that I have a bandana, it not only protects my face from the flying shards of the grind saw, it also filters out the debris. Extremely useful, and definitely useful when I'm climbing into a crawl space under a house to work on plumbing, helps filter out the dust in the air. Another good survival trick is to wrap it tightly around a wound to prevent excess bleeding.
Add these to the list... water filtration (works with the dew collection) also worn around the ankle to collect dew of low lying grasses bad brush in the morning. Great video!!
When it gets real hot here where I am, I wet my bandanna & tuck it under my ball cap. The breeze blowing through it will cool you down & it will shade your neck from the sun. Also if you have no water source you can tie one on each ankle & walk around in tall grass to collect dew, then squeeze them out into a cup, & you don't need to boil it. You can put snow in it & tie it around a stick over a cup beside a fire to melt for drinking water. That way you don't have to use a pot to melt it in. And... You can use it to collect berries too.
In the old west, "bandanas" were known as "wild rags" and were typically in the neighborhood of 35" x 35" in size, much larger than the kerchief-sized bandanas we so often see today. They were most often silk, but in today's cowboy re-enactment culture you can find cotton wild rags for about $5. The additional size makes them even more useful. I never head out without one around my neck and a couple more in my pack. Endless uses.
you could use it to filter bugs out of the river before you boil the water to drink. if you don't, those bugs are still going to be in your drinking water. also, if you have laceless boots you can find a good strong sapling to make a bow and use the bandana as a string. also, you can dig a hole about 2 or 4 feet deep, put the bandana over the hole and weight it down with rocks, and put leaves and duff on the bandana to make it look like ground. you put this on a small trail like for rabbits and stuff and you've got a trap for food. you could also use it as an old fashioned slingshot, put a rock in it, fling it around, let loose on side, the rock comes shooting out like david and goliath.
Swept, I always have one in my back pocket and a few more handy in my truck, in my EDC Satchel and 3-5 in my hiking pack! I used to wear one around my neck when I did construction and used it one time when I sliced an artery. It slowed down the bleeding and probably saved my life. Good Luck and Godspeed, danofiremano
Learned a lot. A bandana may be used as an "ancient" painkiller: you put it in the mouth a person who is soffering some kind of pain. Tell him to bite it so that he or she'll be able to resist some sort of help that we're giving him. Same thing if he's a spy (WROL situation).. it may be used to shut his mouth...it's a bad thing but in SHTF we aren't able to know really what will happen...
I didn't see this use listed, but in books it's suggested that you can tie a bandana to your ankle or held in your hand and moistened by rubbing or sponging at wet grass and leaves to use the morning dew as a source of drinking water.
Also, if you suffer a deep cut on your arm or leg, you can tie the bandana around the wound to stop the bleeding. Very handy while in the wilderness and far away from medical attention.
Maybe you can use a bandana as a sling? Great video, great humor! I use Buffs mostly, Merino whool. Perfect for coold winters. Merry X-mas from Sweden (its raining were i live, so no use for buffs today).
Use it as snow glasses or sun glasses... cut narrow slits for your eyes and tie around face at eye level. Cuts down the amount of light. Prevents snow blindness.
Bandanas can be use also for water filtration, depending on how well the bandana filters the water of particulates. You do still have to boil water to kill off bacteria.
Those survival bayonets are important. Bandannas really become essential when you don't have one. Always have a couple and a shemaugh. And some coffee filters. And coffee.
Remember that a tourniquet is not for emergency use immediately it's only if you are able to get to a hospital right after because you will not be able to keep your arm if you use tourniquet while in a situation to where you know you're going to be there for more than a few hours. It's a last resort.
Making char cloth for firestarter, get fine lint off it that can be ignited by the spark from an empty bic lighter. Pot holder for cooking or for transferring hot rocks to boil water or warm your bed and body in cold situations. Use them to cover your ears in cold weather to minimize frostbite. Use as a flap hanging down from your cap to prevent sunburn like the old French Foreign Legion in north Africa. Use as the string for a bow drill. Bandanas are a real survival tool!
I love your sense of humor. Hilarious. Bandanas can be used as a bandage as well, or to add pressure to a bandage. I live near Atlanta as well and will have to check out goinggear.com
Did I miss it or did you forget to include a prefilter for filtering larger particles from water before you filter it with your Sawyer, Lifestraw, etc.? They can even be used to make a makeshift water filter with a wood tripod, grass, stones, sand and hardwood charcoal.
1.Sewing kit + bandana = method to patch up clothing. 2. Can be used as to patch holes in tent. 3. Can be used to carry and wring out water. 4. Can be used to protect your hand when breaking fragile glass =if wrap tightly with layers. 5. a marker for location if you know how to build a pole. 6.Lastly a flag
Around my neck when I'm riding my motorcycle...helps to deal with the bugs. Drop cloth for pistol cleaning. Pot holder for dealing with a hot pot handle...
Not a bad video, it outlines a small, often forgoten item and the fact that it is much more usefull than many realize. Funny thing is, growing up in a remote area and always having hectares to explore I didn't ever adopt the bandana. I don't say this often but I may have to modify my system. Insurance is always good to have and to add another redundancy isn't a bad idea.
This totally reminds me of The Office episode where michael goes “camping” by himself during the day.... 🤣
Keeps your neck comfortable
Moral of the video: carry about 73 bandanas with you.
😅
Excellent suggestions as always. I would love to have one of those map bandanas for my area. That is sweet!
Agreed, never seen those before and they look great
I'm not sure if this will help but check here for a map bandana. They have 8 map choices; I hope it helps.
www.campingsurvival.com/robaandhewr.html
Cool!
Cotton Bandana makes charcloth+ a huge bonus.
Dont wear the blue one or the red one during turkey season
ebarnabas
Why
Or in the city... Bloods/crips lol
Back when I was in Boy Scouts we learn how to make a split with a few strips of bandana and a straight stick. So just something to note. Thanks for the video !
I ripped the front of my shorts next to the zipper, so I used one as a loincloth to keep my parts covered. I tied it to my belt loops. Keep up the awesome vids Sootch!
Great video.
I used two jumbo bananas last summer to rig up an improvised sling when I fell and broke my shoulder while hiking. I always carry three bananas in my pack now.
in an area where you may be inadvertently caught up in a violent protest and the police are spraying teargas, pepper spray or other chemicals sprinkle lemon or lime juice or vinegar on it before covering your nose and mouth, that counters the effect of the spray so you can breathe a little easier
Antifa? More like Antifuck you!
Our new riot deterring equipment will ensure that violent protesters will not return or your money back.
*Shows farming machine harvesting crop*
I keep on watching this video over and over again
Same since the day it first came out
I always use it when I rob a bank
lol
Pau Gironella in america the bank robs you!!
Pau Gironella me too, man
Number 1 use for me... Put on the ground under something mechanical I am working on. It is amazing how difficult it is to find a nut or bolt you drop into grass or leaf litter. You can spend an hour.
Bandanas are great but I prefer hand towels. They are both thicker and big enough to tear strips from and still be usefull, Sportsmans Guide sell packs of them for a good price.
I've been carrying one for over 50 years, like my leatherman , ya never know when you'll need it, or what you'll end up using it for
I have long hair and always wear a bandana for many reasons. I especially liked the one you showed with the knots printed on it - because I am always forgetting how to tie my knots. I never have to tie knots , so? Two more reasons not covered in your video. I'm getting to be an old geezer, so I have to sleep with a CPAP machine. The dang nosemask that I use always used to pop off my head while I was sleeping. The store was no help and had no useful suggestions, so I tried everything to keep it on my face - clips, grips, straps, flaps, and whatnot. Finally, I just put on my headband over it, and it works perfect. I wake up in the morning with my mask firmly in place. It also helps keep my hair out of my lathe and mill in the garage. When I go out metal detecting, I use a bandana to put the dirt from my holes, then I can just dump it back into the hole. Easy. God Bless America, buddy. Keep making these great videos. :)
Add water to the bandana then tie it around your neck helps keep cool!
The use of banada aka "a union member" was especially popular during the 1920s and 1930s in the coal-producing regions of West Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania to single out union members
joe graham what's a "banada" is that some kind of Latin adult beverage?.
I thought this said survival banana.
it does. lmfao read it
he said banana lmfao
Where did he say that
Lol you read survival bandana as survival banana
In today's society bandanas are used more fashion or accessory pieces and we have seem to forgotten the very simple yet survival purposes they're actually meant and useful for. This video is amazingly helpful and intelligent!! Thank you for sharing!
I've never laughed at any survival/camping type video before. well done video, liked and subscribed!
Thanks for another informative video. I do keep a bandana n my survival/bail-out bag, I need to pick up a few more.
Another use is to collect them. Not really a survival technice, but to be it's fun.
I bought a bandana for plumbing work with my step dad. One time he was grinding a marble floor, horrible experience. I was sneezing and coughing up marble powder for the entire day. Now that I have a bandana, it not only protects my face from the flying shards of the grind saw, it also filters out the debris. Extremely useful, and definitely useful when I'm climbing into a crawl space under a house to work on plumbing, helps filter out the dust in the air. Another good survival trick is to wrap it tightly around a wound to prevent excess bleeding.
yes I picked up a couple. a good water filter as well...hilarious video I love them all very educatIonal.
I always enjoy watching the bloopers at the end.
"And go to the Country Club" hahaha!
I never thought of using it when you lose your boot laces, very good tip.
lose/break i mean
How do u lose ur boot-laces?
Super Good video! I am getting a brown bandana with the same white pattarn as your green one.
Add these to the list... water filtration (works with the dew collection) also worn around the ankle to collect dew of low lying grasses bad brush in the morning.
Great video!!
Your videos are incredibly useful! Thank you for sharing!
When it gets real hot here where I am, I wet my bandanna & tuck it under my ball cap. The breeze blowing through it will cool you down & it will shade your neck from the sun. Also if you have no water source you can tie one on each ankle & walk around in tall grass to collect dew, then squeeze them out into a cup, & you don't need to boil it. You can put snow in it & tie it around a stick over a cup beside a fire to melt for drinking water. That way you don't have to use a pot to melt it in. And... You can use it to collect berries too.
In the old west, "bandanas" were known as "wild rags" and were typically in the neighborhood of 35" x 35" in size, much larger than the kerchief-sized bandanas we so often see today. They were most often silk, but in today's cowboy re-enactment culture you can find cotton wild rags for about $5. The additional size makes them even more useful. I never head out without one around my neck and a couple more in my pack. Endless uses.
you could use it to filter bugs out of the river before you boil the water to drink. if you don't, those bugs are still going to be in your drinking water.
also, if you have laceless boots you can find a good strong sapling to make a bow and use the bandana as a string. also, you can dig a hole about 2 or 4 feet deep, put the bandana over the hole and weight it down with rocks, and put leaves and duff on the bandana to make it look like ground. you put this on a small trail like for rabbits and stuff and you've got a trap for food. you could also use it as an old fashioned slingshot, put a rock in it, fling it around, let loose on side, the rock comes shooting out like david and goliath.
I never knew they were so useful
You can use it to put over your thermos or what ever you put water in from river creek or puddle of water to filter stuff out
Some great tips to take note off, thank you ~Peace~
Sootch kinda looks like the governor from Walking Dead.
That's probably more like me.... crazy! Lol!
SensiblePrepper You're a good guy though Sootch and share great info. Thanks. You can make coffee with a bandana in a pinch too.
+SensiblePrepper I use it as a bandaid if I don't have one
meatloafzombie it's been a long time but not really ^^
Hey sootch can you do a video about the many uses for paracord?
Awesome. I really like the map bandana. I never could have thought of trap many usages. You can also use it with other items to help filter water.
Bandannas make a decent oven mit for campfire cooking as well.
Mike always has a bandana close by :)
Swept, I always have one in my back pocket and a few more handy in my truck, in my EDC Satchel and 3-5 in my hiking pack! I used to wear one around my neck when I did construction and used it one time when I sliced an artery. It slowed down the bleeding and probably saved my life.
Good Luck and Godspeed,
danofiremano
Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts Dano Martinez
Awesome suggestions,and you are 2 cute...love the bloopers...funny...everyone should show them,makes you seem real...thanks
A silk bandana can be used to magnetize a needle for an improvised compass.
I never go outdoors without one or two as well as a shemagh
Learned a lot. A bandana may be used as an "ancient" painkiller: you put it in the mouth a person who is soffering some kind of pain. Tell him to bite it so that he or she'll be able to resist some sort of help that we're giving him. Same thing if he's a spy (WROL situation).. it may be used to shut his mouth...it's a bad thing but in SHTF we aren't able to know really what will happen...
Question. Where do I buy that map bandanna? Please and thank you 🤙🏻 good video.
Used one to create a makeshift coffee filter...Gives me an idea to make a bottom filter in a charcoal/sand filter.
Awesome! And love the bloopers at the end!!
@5:24 - "sling", not splint. Although you can use two to secure a splint, too.
I've heard that getting the bandana wet helps it filter smoke better.
2:27 he looks like Rorke from Call of duty Ghosts
I have a polyester/cotton one...Yeah need to get a better one. Good uses there.
I didn't see this use listed, but in books it's suggested that you can tie a bandana to your ankle or held in your hand and moistened by rubbing or sponging at wet grass and leaves to use the morning dew as a source of drinking water.
Clean up your 6 after a number 2
Jason Mack why bother if your in the woods
Bandanas can also be use for slingshots
Guns4life Do you mean a sling, or do you wear a latex bandana?
marshallferron
Ikr
You are so funny. However, you are also brilliant. Thank you for sharing what you have learned. Great stuff.
That map one looks useful. Don't really see those kinds anywhere anymore.
Now we might need one to go to the grocery store. Not ideal but I see no N95 options. Stay well everyone!
Also, if you suffer a deep cut on your arm or leg, you can tie the bandana around the wound to stop the bleeding. Very handy while in the wilderness and far away from medical attention.
You should do a review on that lighter you used to light that Bandana.
Maybe you can use a bandana as a sling? Great video, great humor!
I use Buffs mostly, Merino whool. Perfect for coold winters.
Merry X-mas from Sweden (its raining were i live, so no use for buffs today).
"you can also use it to tie and gag the person using a chainsaw when your making a video" Lol
You should do a review on that lighter you used to light that Bandana
Use it as snow glasses or sun glasses... cut narrow slits for your eyes and tie around face at eye level. Cuts down the amount of light. Prevents snow blindness.
Also Water collection and filtering and keeping cool with evaporation....
They are selling bandannas for $.49 at our local farm store. I can’t resist buying them.
4 a combat situation i wud reccomend a tactical bandana
Thank you very entertaining and useful info. You're funny too
You should try Buff that's a cool item and has a lot of uses to
Lol I liked the comedy aspect great video.
Bandanas can be use also for water filtration, depending on how well the bandana filters the water of particulates. You do still have to boil water to kill off bacteria.
Those survival bayonets are important. Bandannas really become essential when you don't have one. Always have a couple and a shemaugh. And some coffee filters. And coffee.
Filled and rolled with rocks or metal slugs makes and excellent weapon.Sling it at an adversary and it will do some damage.
Cut/rip into strips for ties, or braid for short rope.
i live in tellico plains and i mite need that great smokey mountains
The last line was worth the price of admission. Hilarious.
Good video! I am hiking the Slick rock trial AKA the ball buster in two weeks (:
You should do a review on the lighter you used.
Another use for a bandana as a last resort self-defense tool for blocking, joint locks, and submission holds.
thanks for the info. I've added a couple to my bag after watching this.
Remember that a tourniquet is not for emergency use immediately it's only if you are able to get to a hospital right after because you will not be able to keep your arm if you use tourniquet while in a situation to where you know you're going to be there for more than a few hours. It's a last resort.
you can use it as a pocket holder to
Makeshift sail tie (Sailing).
Also make great charred cloth
Best Michael Scott movie ever!!
Making char cloth for firestarter, get fine lint off it that can be ignited by the spark from an empty bic lighter. Pot holder for cooking or for transferring hot rocks to boil water or warm your bed and body in cold situations. Use them to cover your ears in cold weather to minimize frostbite. Use as a flap hanging down from your cap to prevent sunburn like the old French Foreign Legion in north Africa. Use as the string for a bow drill. Bandanas are a real survival tool!
2:58 what a nice lighter! Where can i get one?!
Great vid! Thanks to your videos I have started thinking about multi-use-items in kits. You've helped me cut about 2kg off my BOB :)
Excellent Video, thanks Sootch!
I love your sense of humor. Hilarious.
Bandanas can be used as a bandage as well, or to add pressure to a bandage.
I live near Atlanta as well and will have to check out goinggear.com
I keep one in my water filter kit as a pre-filter.
I like to wear mine under my hat to protect my neck and face from the sun -- and mosquitoes and other bugs. (Love your posh ascot accent.)
Did I miss it or did you forget to include a prefilter for filtering larger particles from water before you filter it with your Sawyer, Lifestraw, etc.? They can even be used to make a makeshift water filter with a wood tripod, grass, stones, sand and hardwood charcoal.
1.Sewing kit + bandana = method to patch up clothing.
2. Can be used as to patch holes in tent.
3. Can be used to carry and wring out water.
4. Can be used to protect your hand when breaking fragile glass =if wrap tightly with layers.
5. a marker for location if you know how to build a pole.
6.Lastly a flag
Hey Sootch, what kind of boots are you wearing.
did anybody else read this as "Survival Banana" at first? because I did XD
I live about an hour away form the smokey mountain. Its a nice park.
I Bear hunt right by where you got that walking stick, beautiful country my friend .
Around my neck when I'm riding my motorcycle...helps to deal with the bugs. Drop cloth for pistol cleaning. Pot holder for dealing with a hot pot handle...
Not a bad video, it outlines a small, often forgoten item and the fact that it is much more usefull than many realize.
Funny thing is, growing up in a remote area and always having hectares to explore I didn't ever adopt the bandana. I don't say this often but I may have to modify my system. Insurance is always good to have and to add another redundancy isn't a bad idea.
Love the humor!!