Was just thinking the same thing when they said "All year around footwear" yeah right, send them to me in Finland and i'll happily give them a winter review of the footwear for all seasons.
First item, 420HC is a great steel for low-end knives because it's cheap and easy to sharpen, however, it would lose its edge very fast and should not be used in a premium product. $349 is crazy expensive for what is essentially the equivalent to the cheapest option for all these tools. You could get a really good knife and hatchet for less that would outperform this in every conceivable test. I love the tindar wick thing, I'd buy one of those! The paleo shoes would not help at all with comfort, a sharp rock might not pierce your skin with them on but it'd still hurt like hell. Gravity hook looks like an over engineered solution to an already solved problem, loads of grabbers out there. How often do people drop small objects down deep wells? Aarmed St... $149 for an aluminium tube... yes, I can see why it failed to find funding. Watching that tiny clip of him digging with it hahahaha Strapz could be handy, but a good rope would be even handier. The pocket saw looks like a nightmare to use. Why does it need to be that fat for a handheld version? I suspect because they've just taken existing chainsaw chains and added nylon straps instead of designing their own. That's a lot of wood to remove just for a cut. 1000s of filtration products on the market, they are all essentially just pumping through charcoal and a sponge, it's nothing new. I like the pocket shot, it looks fun. Lithium Ion batteries last 15-20 years in storage just fine. Also, it has to sit, submerged, in water for a minute, not just splashing it like the promo. Also 9B?!!?!?!?! For the love of god, stop just reading your script verbatim and use your head! It's 9v! 9 VOLT, not 9B. That line is nothing new, loads of fisherman have basically that.
Hmmm about the pocket saw i was thinking since unlike chainsaws where an engineer can measure and easilly anticipate force applied on chain during use as well during initial pull on start if using it would make sense that if one uses by hand is a lot less predictable therefore i would say unlike the usual wire saw that may break if pulled too suddenly and roughly the chain one with the added thickness has more chances to maintain integrity. But that's just me
In this present time strapz would be considered a game changer for preppers, (the owners should make it visible again) let me incude the german wick. I also find the foldaxe worthy of my personal bug out prep. Yet, strapz is my first choice with the others I have mentioned as close seconds.
The batteries are the most interesting thing on this list. I feel like they need their own video explaining how they work. I'd take a chance on the gravity hook. Looks like a cool novelty edc item although I suspect it might not work. 😂 The chain mail slippers are interesting but they have no style and look like trash. They also look like they'd have comfort issues.
Re: slippers. Conductive as well to electricity, heat and cold. Would slip on marble surfaces and other similar materials. Might be good on ice though would you want to be barefoot then? A foolish design.
@@chrisridley1840 Water Batteries, military have had them since the 1950’s. They were once used for weather balloons. You make them the usual way pile batteries are made. Typically they are Aluminium cathode and manganese anode.
Water batteries are made for long storage life since they do not have any fluid in them. Soak in water to activate electrolyte. One time use then throw away.
I've used that Survivor Filter Pro for a few years now. Works incredibly well so I got a spare just to keep on hand. I used to carry a Sawyer Mini but switched to this when I got tired of the lower flow of the Sawyer. At this point, the only other filter I'd get is one of the gravity setups.
I recently switched to gravity filter with a Sawyer filter, I wish I had switched years ago, it's like having running water at your Backcountry camp, plus the ability to only filter what you use should extend filter life.
I just got a gravity filter as well, the Katadyn 2l filter. I haven’t had a chance to use it yet, but am looking forward to it. Shoot, I still haven’t added it to my kit. Thanks for the reminder, haha.
Are you using it often and with fairly dirty water? I'm really curious because the filters i keep around my survival gear will barely do 1% that amount of water, it's one of those things that sounds way too good to be true lol but hell even if it does half what they say like 13k gallons??? Let alone the actual 26 That would be well worth it just to keep around
@@kevin11humor I generally avoid filtering really dirty water directly (if necessary, I pre-filter that stuff) so couldn't say how well it holds up to constant gunk intake. I use it on average 3ish times per month, usually enough for 2 people at a time, then once a year for several days straight. All in all I'd say I'm only up to a few hundred gallons so far and it seems to be holding; not like I've done any bacteria tests, but I haven't gotten sick yet and that would be an interesting experiment to try. I've been careful about backflushing after each use so flow has only slowed a little but not enough to worry about. And I'm still too far away to judge effectiveness in the thousands of gallons. Mostly I've used it on backpacking & camping trips, and once on an international trip so in that one case filtering unsafe tap water (I usually bring the Sawyer mini for those trips but that time I needed to be prepared to filter for several folks). So most of the time I use with flowing creek water or which isn't too murky. The only time I used really nasty nasty water, I pre-filtered with a bandana and shirt first to get the majority of sediment.
@@krodkrod8132 I'v had my Gomboy 210 for close to 20 years, a BigBoy 360 for around 8 years and a Genki Temagari 500 for 6. I think I'm all done buying hand saws being as I only do a few hours of pruning a year now a days.
NEVER try to rely on a multitool for survival. your pitting your life on a single tool that if it breaks, your SOL. Its better to just use separate dedicated tools, though if you want you can pack the mutitool, but keep some dedicated tools as well.
I thought the cannister that could be used as a bow was reasonably priced considering all it could do and be used for. The 3in1 axe was too high priced(I could buy all 3 items for less)...but lots of great ideas...gonna look into some of them for sure
Their video doesn't allow comments, and I don't see them on Amazon or Ebay. Maybe these idiots should do some research before putting it in their video's. Scam.
The COMBAR has a hollow handle, so it becomes painful with prolonged use. Good for tinder and small handwork only. To cut any fuel use a solid handle hatchet at least.
the axe handle with the saw and knife in it is good but the price is outrageous. Just get your favorite axe head and build a fibre glass handle, make the shape from styofoam and cover it with the fibreglass, adding on the top and screw cap of a sturdy container at the end. scrape out the styrofoam and dissolve the remains with gasoline and put a folding saw and knife inside
Thank you for mentioning the prices. Many times, these videos don't, and I wonder well how much? Then have look it up to be disappointed because it's too expensive.
Don't buy the first axe. It's a gimmick multitool that does all of the functions worse than if you were to buy all of the components separately. Worse still is that you can buy all the separate tools for less than the multitool.
@@chronacallywolfy I don't assume they would write to me directly this way, so I just ignore them. Too bad there isn't a SPAM button, but then I'd have to spam YT itself at times.
When I was a kid I had a small book I showed my friend while we were at the bus stop in the A.M. on our way to school and he dropped it down the storm drain. Out of anger/frustration I smacked his glasses out of his hands which he was holding for some reason and a lens fell out and down the drain as well. We were both pissed but realized we both wanted our things back lol. While in school I thought of an idea to put duct tape around the end of a stick and fashioned it in a way where the adhesive was facing outwards and was able to get both my book and his lens back after school and then we hung out like nothing happened just like we did every day. I still remember the book to this day it was "Socks Goes to Washington". Super random but that invention at 3:34 very much reminded me of that time!
Those Paleo "shoes"... Let's hope the people wearing those never step into a sticker patch, or just a particularly thin and pointy twig. And the Jaw Batteries are apparently a scam if you read the comments on their kickstarter.
That filter cleans over 26,000 galons??!?!?!?!?! WTF BRO i used to have a hard time finding outdoor filters that barely do 20 some up to 100 but they got real expensive. That's amazing!
Those pocket chainsaws have been available as long as there have been chainsaw chains. Show it cutting something difficult to cut, not dry rotten old wood or small branches....
Just a note on that first tool 420, and high carbon steel, don't go together, high carbon is usually something like 1075, 420 c is less than stainless, which definitely is not high carbon, if you're stoned enough you might think it is tho
6:31....ah man it saddens me whenever I see these....around 9-10yrs ago I made one with a saw chain and 2 3in solid rings. It's been in my camping backpack ever since, so awesome! A couple years later I started seeing them being made. I missed my opportunity apparently 😕
The "jaw batteries" seem like a great idea. In this upload it said like 7 dollars or something low to buy them....but I just spent 15mins trying to find some to buy and EVERY site is some kickstarter campaign. You can donate money for the project but NO WHERE can I find where to actually buy the F'n batteries!!!
