Solo Overnight in ‘Glow in the Dark’ shelter
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- I built a shelter from a glow in the dark crazy fort den building kit and slept in it overnight. I used a transparent tarp to protect me from the elements and created a tunnel-like shelter from the kit. I get a fire going, cook a US Military MRE and camp out under the stars.
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Nobody show my kids this video!
😂😂😂
Luckily my kid's lost his😂
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@@scottferguson2757 neither confirm or deny 🤣
Could even be used to build a shaded shelter on a beach picnic.
The bushcraft community have run out of things to do😂😂👍🏻
Truly😂😂😂😂😂😂
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you have forgotten about Wendy Houses
I'm thankful he's not turned into an ebike salesman like the other popular bushcraft channels 😂😂👍🏻
Taken the words out of my mouth
So great to see you going back to your roots. Might be your most historicaly accurate build to date.
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Anti-stealth camping
Constructing triangles and forming them into a geodesic dome might be the strongest structure you can make with that stuff. It would certainly be stronger than linked squares. You'd need a bigger tarp, of course.
My friend had bought some of these for his kids and my first thought was the ability to throw a tarp over and make a custom shelter.
Hey brother, next time you need to tie down a tarp without grommets take a small smooth stone, pinch it with the plastic and then tie a knot like two half hitches around the pinched part and then "Bob's your uncle" as you all say
Old school "buttons" like that are a game changer
Sure Mike's already shown how to do that in one of his previous videos. 🤔
LoL, he barely had enough tarp to lay it flat. Maybe when he's got a bigger tarp 👍
Watch your local constabularies show up with Geiger counters next.
Great vid. Now for your next video...
A Lego shelter!
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All the best from Lancashire.
James May already did it years ago….albeit much bigger 😁
@@keithlivingstone2525you beat me to it
Or those big plastic bricks like giant Lego. Then again, who's gonna cart a shedload of brick sized plastic bricks through the Woods....i mean who 😉 in their right mind 😉 would do such a mad thing? 😂
Not sure if anyone has said this yet but most glow in the dark plastic products require some form of “charging” so to speak. Sit them in the light for a few hours and then they glow in the dark. If you pitched this straight away in the dim woods, wouldn’t have charged much to glow much.
This shelter frame system is a fine idea. A few years ago, I did something similar for my twin five-year-old grandchildren. As with your family, they LOVED it! I used larger PVC piping and a variety of PVC joints to provide a more robust series of structures. I also needed to glue some tubular joints to prevent the works from flexing and sliding apart. I found the 'tarp' or whatever was an important structural element: the edges needed to be fastened down in some fashion that would last. I used grommets and pegs. For cold weather use, I lined a fairly large welding tarp with Reflectix to make the most of a (somewhat) long fire with a back screen. MY preferred structure was a low Baker-style frame. An A-Frame style worked as well.
Looks like you might be able to go geodesic, it would make a stronger structure.
Here in the US, we have kids toys called Tinker Toys. Table top style that used to be made of wood. Those look like an adult version! Very cool!
No no please do not do this again. I would rather a wisdom tooth extraction!
Agree
Weirdly reminds me of the bushcraft shelter back in the day, would love to see a bigger one!
Dont know if you've done this but in the late 80s/early 90s we used to have this thing called a 'WendyHouse' which was basically a play tent. Made up of plastic poles and a cloth or plastic based cover/tarp thrown over it that normally looked like a house - hence the name.
I dont know if you can still get them but it might be fun to see you try spending the night in one or throwing the cover away and throwing a tarp over the frame. If you could buy two wendyhouse kits and link them together, you'd have an absolute mansion!
They used to be sold at places like Toys'R'Us and Argos. T.R.U are obviously long gone by now but Argos and other toy stores similar to T.R.U might still stock them.
So many options you could build with those. Maybe even bring your kids along once you have perfected the build and make it secure for them. Thumbs Up!
That's some of the funniest looking B-roll in a while with all the neon colored balls and poles lol
Great place to grow tomatoes!
Try a geodesic dome? Please do a video showing how we can use different knots. I only know a shoelace knot!
Thank you so very much for making these wonderful videos! Your joy in discovery and adventure is uplifting. And, your love for your family, woven throughout each episode, is heartwarming. On days when I am housebound it is great fun to know that I can be outdoors in an instant via your videos. Thank you❤
That eas cool. Do more of that.
Hreat vlog.
Follow up idea: take a good quality tent and cover it in glow in the dark paint!
Would it just fall over when a gust a wind cames.
I've got some of these. I bought them to basically test them like this. Found them on clearance somewhere. Thanks for the inspiration.
You were born in the wrong era….. you need to check out 70s and 80s TINKER TOYS….. a kit of wooden dowels (pencil thickness) of 4-5 different lengths and wooden disc about an inch and a half to two inches across and about an inch thick. Each disk had either 8 or 12 socket holes drilled into its edge with a single hole at it center that went all the way through ….. with some of them having four addition holes that made it look like the number five symbol on a dice cube ….. using that concept its becomes possible to scale it up using large diameter dowels for the rods and discs made from laminating 2-3 one inch by 12 inch board material …..
Oh and instead of an army cot…… look into a military stretcher kits … it can become a low profile cot by propping the handles on both ends with logs , rocks , etc
I'm hoping for some good weather this summer. Winter has been brutal for long range shooting. Some nice windless warm days would do me nicely.🤣🤣
It is recommended to drink plenty of water with US military MRE’s as the MRE’s can back you up!
Nice video, try exposing the glow things to a closeup bright flashlight then put in the dark, though it may not last long.
have a great day
7:17 sounds like he’s assembling a sniper rifle from a movie 😅
I recon you could do a better version of the "Kent Survial" Geodesic dome with those kits. Great vid. Thanks
A brilliant idea Mike and I can why your children love these.
If you can assemble it with all triangles you could build a geodesic dome. I once built an 8ft tall one out of tubes of rolled up newspaper and sellotape.
Dit zier er Super mooi uit deze opbouw in het Bos 🌲
Another great video, thanks TA outdoors guy
If you do do a good fart in this tent you would blow the tarp off and spread the tubes and balls all over the clearing!
What a brilliant idea! Such fun for everyone not just the kids xx
Looking forward to your MRE spreadsheet - will be great to know which country comes out on top!
As a former Canadian Armed Forces Reservist, I suggest you try the Canadian Imp's. Pulled pork is one of the best I've had.
Cool. Charge frame with lots of uva...
Glows good at nite👍
Nah I love this channel but this really should be kept in the garden. Bush craft and plastic nah big no no. Sorry Mike love ya stuff but not this.
I hear ya! It’s something I’ve wanted to do for ages and my kids love it. Won’t be this every week 👍🏻
With those MRE heaters it helps a bit if you shake it around a bit after adding the water, to get the whole heater wet and will heat a bit more evenly
In my experience, glow-in-the-dark material usually needs to be charged up, by, say, running a flashlight or other lightsource over it and close to the material...then it glows, but the glowing slowly dissipates. I'm curious, when making forts for the kids indoors, does that structure hold up the weight of a blanket? It doesn't look strong enough to support the weight. I'd also be curious to see how it does in heavy rain and/or wind.
The forest: ah finally, no plastic and lights.
Ta Outdoors: hold my burned sausage.
Warm greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱.
So, that's how Tinker Toys were repurposed! ❤ 😮 😅
Milli tree - a very small tree.
Bigger is better 😂
Surely if they made a steel/alloy/fibreglass version of the creative fort kit it could be very useful? maybe include geodesic angles too?
The Guys at the Jolly channel reviewed MREs from several different countries: The US, UK, Russia, France, Germany, definitely Korea and Singapore, maybe even Italy, and Poland. I don't remember. I think they said that France's was the most high quality food, but that Korea's was phenomenal. Of course one of the gentlemen from Jolly is part Korean, and studied in Korea, so he loves the food. [Korean Englishman.]
Those Glow in the Dark plastics need 6-8 hours of direct sunlight to glow like the wrapper.
A Geodeisc Dome, would probably offer the most space under neath, but you would need a large tarp to cover that.
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Faint glow because it wasn't charged with enough light once it was dark. Any daylight that charged it was already released over time as it got darker and darker. Needed to charge the pieces with a bright floodlight for at least 15 minutes as soon as it was dark enough to need artificial light tonsee in the dark.
What a fun idea! I just HAVE to try this sometime! I'm gonna 'map out' where stuff will go though, like eight squares for the sleeping area, four squares for the bags and stuff, then a little L shaped sitting area. 😂 Yeah i thought it'd have a really cool 'glowstick' errrr...glow. 😆 Shame! Can i recommend putting led lights inside, and using non-transparent tarps? Maybe sleep on the mat on the den floor to increase headroom? Unless you go up? But would it turn into a Jenga set? 😂
The US MRE is one meal only thats why there is only one drink. The British ration is a 24hr ration pack thats why there is lots of drinks as its to cover a 24hr period.
Imagining the look on the kids faces when you go back home with two large bags of crazy fort pieces...
The only MRE I found to be good was ham slice. It had cherry nut cake and sometime dehydrated strawberries. Everything else since has just been made for calories and no taste. US military preaches water hydration more than comfort drinks. There's beverage bases with electrolytes and vitamins, but we're not expected to have a sit and brew up tea or coffee every meal. Some guys would bring a camping kettle for FOBs and whatnot, but starting campfires in the field just isn't something done normally. Not a cultural thing, they just don't want 18-20 year olds burning down the bivouac site or the training area 🤣
As someone who was in the US Army from 98 to 06, I don't know if I recall these MRE's you've shown. Maybe just dressed up for civvy use though. The heater and stuff seems authentic enough.
You were overfilling the water btw...you put the food in before you add water and then set it up somewhere at a 45 degree angle or a bit less to cook. It's not that bad to overfill...but it doesn't heat up the same or as well if there's too much water...so with some packs it won't cook right.
You should look up the ranger cookie recipe you make from the MRE drink pouch and give that a try. I never got around to it myself, but it's supposedly an experience.
If you let the kids play in it, you might prefer they use a bed sheet or light blanket - especially in the heat of summer. But it's a fun design really.
try a central pole, with a top ring, with four wires tether, then a tarp wrap on top. have you tried camp fire turbine generator.
Hi, enjoy ur vids:)
I'm frm US. Glow in the dark toys, need exposure 2light source( brite mechanics portable car type wd wrk in woods)glow lasts sev hrs, u will need to do this ea. time
Noooooooooo! Not the UL80! It's literally the most useless mat in the world. You'll get about 3 uses before it pops. I'm friends with many TH-camrs who've owned them and they fail 100% of the time. Wet bog roll would make a better bed 😂
@TAOutdoors, Lots of the 'glow-in-the-dark' types of products need to be exposed to sunlight, or bright lights, for a period of time to really set the glow effect in motion. You didn't really have a long exposure in the light. Lay them out in the sun all day before bringing them to the site, might make a huge difference.
Dragon Fly Pond you have enough wet soil. Endorheic Basin tends to get nasty with algae but in the thicket where's the sun shaded over. Tick is a big deal, mice - 90% anything bigger - 10% carry tick. Cat is good at mice.
Well, all US enemies need to know is to sit and listen out for US military when it's dinner time... I would have thought there would be quieter polymers to use for the packaging! :D
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I have accidentally learned a lot about bushcraft, just because this guy so so yummy 😅 (I am a woman and I will probably never need it, but ... oh well 🤷♀)
Sadly they no longer make the best MRE (as far as I can find online) that US soliders had which was the brown bag 1992 menu 12 Scalloped potatoes w/ ham . It was the only one that you didn't need to add any sauce or seasoning to.
Best thing with the MRE heater is put the food pouch in then put the water in - easier to adjust after.
Great video, glad the weather was favourable!
You should have brought a uv bar light with you, then you shine it all around the structure real quick (shouldn't take much)- that's when it glows but it doesn't last long or get very bright from just regular fire/torch light and it gets dark when the sun goes down so slowly that you never really get the effect from normal sunlight. Still neat though!
I used the ThermaRest Trail Scout for my sleeping pad of choice. use in in combination with a folding camp bed and a foam ground mat. I usually sleep comfortably, until my dog decides to join me\
You would need to leave the parts out in the light for longer to "charge" them.
I would suggest a geodesic but you'd have to have some different length poles, if the ball angles allow for triangles. Some longer poles for angles and rigidity would be beneficial for the kit as a general improvement to give kids more options.
Could you recommend an alternative to the bed as one tigis don't seem to be doing them anymore?
Cheers,Mike.
I think a button closure would work better than making a hole in the plastic. Plastic rips
Like the idea but it has some serious flaws to it which is warping and melting near a fire 🔥, breathing condensation on the plastic around someone which isn't healthy and wind it might blow away like a paper shop 🤔.
The pack meal looked good quality and it's always wise to get a good quality sleeping mat to help stop colds and flu .
Interesting Video .
Interesting video.. can tell you have no experience with MREs though.. lmao
Mike. Next time you could bring Jax and make him a little pob on the side. 😀
Hi Mike, my daughter and I love watching your videos. She wants to say that your shelter was nice, but it was disappointing that it didn't glow very much. We would love to see you give it another try.
16°c - 61 °f
Many of the survival style channels I've subscribed to that have done MRE testing all agree that the US ones are better than the majority of other nation's options. Considering option variety & flavors at least.
For something completely different, try a Korean MRE. Great if you like spice.
I just want to thank this channel last year I was waiting on a cpap machine had terrible sleep apnea got zero sleep so I'd marathon these videos in middle of night think was only thing getting me threw the odd nights thank you
Glad to help
Things that glow in the dark, need UV light. Building it at dusk, in a canopy forest is as "glow in the dark" as you believe it is.
That is a weird contraption. Maybe fun for kids in the backyard otherwise...NO.
Who will need 24 looks to be a hot dry summer all over the northern hemisphere because last year was the hottest year in the northern hemisphere on record for summertime. the last time it was this thought was about 125,000 years ago the coldest it has been in recent records was in the year 635 which would start of the dark ages and I think it was the same year or the year after that Krakatoa exploded between Java and Sumatra And possibly broke the two islands apart.
It's probably a good thing that you did not bring you little dog with you. He would have had a field day with those ball and green sticks. LOL.
I did a smaller version as a cover for my plants, using PVC and snap clamps to hold the plastic to the frame. Perhaps something like that would help with keeping tarps in place?
No holes needed - fold over a pebble & tie.
Next time - leave a ball & a straw together for quicker setup & tear down.
This would be hilarious to bring out to Sturgis.
Hello Mike. Fun video, mate. Question, can you use that onetigris cot without the leg pieces? I thought you could. It would make it much lower to the ground.
The Mexican style chicken burrito bowl is one of the better is MREs
Does the British military still do the French onion soup military ration pack and the big party biscuit ? They used to be my favourite ones back when I was in army cadets years ago
how is the woodland going? Have you done any more with pruning or with planting Or with the Hazel hedge rows? I made to see in what is coming up from the last year's cutting and bending of the Hazel. so please give us some updates on the woodland and how it's progressing inside have you done anything more with the wood that was cut From the big ash? And have you done any more with the campsite there?
Are ticks a problem there? I'm almost paranoid after finding one crawling up my leg during a walk in the woods
I decided to build one of those forts for my kids without reading the instructions and I spent an hour trying to figure out why the tube's weren't fitting in the balls correctly and having to go through them all and fix them to the correct position. Never again!
Interesting. However I enjoy your improvements on the campsite on your property more. You haven't done anything there in quite awhile.
you would have to leave those glow pieces out in the open in full sun for a whole day for a good glow
My favorite mre is the meatball and marinara, if you try that one heat up the cheese and mix it with the meatballs. Another good one is the chicken fajitas. The US ones lol
I have the same pad, and after only a few uses, it is already going down after a few hours. I've never over inflated and only used on a ground sheet to keep it from being punctured. It is a shame as this pad is very comfortable untill it deflates.
I just found your channel that is what camping is all about getting out there and having fun like with your fort but you stay safe out there love from America 😊
Most potato in the MRE dont seem to tase that great... needs peper and a lot of help..... so adding the cheese spread and mixit in would boost flavor! Hello from the US as well!
That's amazing I'm looking to learn from your channel❤❤❤😊😊
Hi Mike - would love to see you trying Ukrainian MREs. They have a great reputation.
Just to let you know…you don’t HAVE to use the legs with your cot….it IS designed to be used as a low sitting, or a regular height cot
Hows that cot working out for ya? Had one similar but shattered a leg by leaning to the side while on it, think I may be a little heavier than you though unless you are somehow more than 220.
The most radioactive tent build you have done 😂 great video again!!
Just a thought regarding the connections balls: wouldn't it be better to add more holes for example in those areas where there is plenty of room so you have more "void" to be utilised and less material to fill the void resulting in a probably smaller amount of material used ? 😅