25 Camping Hacks That Are Truly Genius 

Forgot your grill but remember your rake

5 More amazing camping hacks 1. Feeling cold during the nights? Then try using a sleeping bag, the design of it will keep you warm and can also act as a portable fire pit. 2. Are you getting nasty sunburns? Then try using sunscreen, it will stop the sun from burning you and the tube works great as storage for your milk. 3. Are you camping in the snow and getting cold? Try putting clothes on, not only will it keep you warm, but it also acts as a fantastic tea towel for when you spill water in the dirt. 4. Getting cut feet when walking? Try using shoes not only will it protect you from the harsh ground below, it will also work perfectly for water storage 5. Do you keep tripping over the tent? Try walking around the tent, doing this means that you will not be walking into the tent therefore not tripping over.

Roast hotdogs on a rake. How about a stick like everyone else. Who the fuck brings a rake camping?

I can't be the only one who is tired of hearing people call clever ideas "hacks".....

"We need you to make a camping video." "But I've never camped!" "Perfect! We'll call it a camping hack video."

I was going to say how bad this video was but then I looked at all the comments and noticed EVERY ONE beat me to it........

My kids poisoned themselves on a wild mushroom scavenger hunt, I wish I wasn't so busy toilet plunging my clothes to save them. Is a noose on that list of knots to learn?

Essential items you need before going camping: 1. Sage 2. Doritos 3. Cotton pads dipped in wax 4. Paper egg carton 5. vegetable peeler 6. Soap bar 7. Aluminum foil 8. Starburst 9. metal rake 10. rosemary 11. a watch 12. Foam tiles, or yoga matts 13. tic-tac boxes, filled with spices 14. plastic straws, filled with toothpaste etc. 15. leather belt, and hooks 16. ceramic mug for music (or for drinks) 17. homemade portable washing machine: bucket, bathroom plunger and detergent. 18. curved glass objects (I.e. magnifying glass) 19. kids 20. a frisbe I hope this helps :-)

Thank god for this video, usually I bring my rake camping with me just to pass time but now I have a real reason to live.

Use your Frisbee to pan for gold. Then you can buy a new truck and a camper,,, or a nice hotel room.

Thumbs up for Bathroom plunger hacks! I take my bathroom plunger camping to use as a bowl on a stick. You can also use the end to crush Doritos, which in turn can be placed inside the tic-tac boxes and hidden in the soap.

Please don't be that person in a camp site who brings a Loud speaker. The people who go camping are trying to get away from that.

Knowing the difference between poisonous plants and safe ones isn't a hack, it's common sense

When I was in Scouts, Mom would hide some spending money in the soap container. Not so much to hide the money, but to see if we used the soap and found the money.

Camping hack 26: Run out of gas on your way to your camp ground? When you walk to the nearest gas station, simply buy a pack of straw's, fill them all with gasoline and THEN burn the ends of the straw's to seal the gasoline for the hike back.

Because I already don’t have enough stuff to take with me, I’m going to take a rake as well!

Whoever says these tips will never help you survive are absolutely correct

Yeah.... I always take a toilet plunger with me camping....and a garden rake....

More camping hacks... 1. Worried everything will get soaking wet in a downpour?... Easy!... Pitch your tent and hang and secure your gear in a convenient hotel room. 2. Worried about getting cold on those chilly nights?.... Child's play!...Stuff your sleeping bag with another sleeping bag before laying it out on your bed in a hotel room. 3. Forgot to pack your skillet and pans?... As easy as... Ask reception for the number to call room service or the local takeaway. 4. Didn't bring a bucket and toilet plunger huh?... Not to worry,.. Just ask at the hotel reception if they do laundry. 5. Worried about wild animals disturbing you throughout the night?... Simple!... Hang a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the outside door handle of your hotel room.

Frisbees are always my go to water container

I assume that this is for campers who have a station wagon full of stuff and camp next to the car.

place a large leaf on water, on top of the leaf place a pine needle. it doesn't serve any purpose it's just to kill some time.

My favorite camping hack? Make hotel reservations!

I have been involved in bushcraft and survival for 30 years, and also part of a bushcraft group. Over the years I have done various survival courses and met people from all walks of life, and sadly to say a large number of these people couldn't find their way out of a phone box! I have just watched this video on 50 survival tips, and all I can say is well done and THANK YOU for making the effort to share your VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE! From looking at the stupid comments from various people, you can soon see which of these wouldn't stand a chance in a survival situation or find themselves stuck in that phone box I was talking about!

I am going camping ! Yes , a plunger that what im gonna need with my portable bucket washing machine ! This video was hilarious.

Why would you hide your money and valuables in a soap bar? I mean, it's not a wallet. You can't just go to the store and pull out a slippery 20 from a bar of soap.

Bringing music camping isn't camping. Listen to the sounds of nature, they are so much more beautiful.

... You want me to burn my doritos? How about I just use charcloth? Or a featherstick? Or birch bark? Or anything that isn't my snack?

A rake for grilling hotdogs? Just use a fricken stick!

Dont forget to bring your pot with you. It will make your camping experience much more interesting and more fun. Cooking pot of course. ;)

I took a frisbee with me on a camping trip and hacked the fuck out of life.....

there ain't nothing like a big ole frisbee full of baked beans! this is hilarious stuff

Number 5. Now i know why i always take a large plastic bucket with a lid, and a bathroom plunger camping with me. Next time i go camping they might get used. That is now that i know why i take them. I thought they were for extra weight and drive you crazy banging together.

You forgot condoms: *emergency tourniquet *protective sleeve for wounds *carrying water *lashing branches and structures *making a sling shot *putting your tool(s) into

Can also use lint from the dryer to help light your fire

Filtering water like that may make the water look clean but will fail to filter parasites and bacteria. It's better than nothing if your stranded but not a fun activity for a regular camping trip.

In tip 14 when using your watch to find direction in the Northern Hemisphere this will point to the South, not North.

In the northern hemisphere you find half way between 12 and the hour hand and that point is south not north.

Don't cook off a lawn rake I use to spray paint them as a job . The paint is poisonous and will mix into your food 2nd Do you really want to eat a hotdog from a rake that has been in dog shit? Spend the $1 or $2 at the store and get steel stick

I would recommend this for your next camping trip: Roasted Summer Sausage. Roast some summer sausage over the fire until it's charred and toasty, it will be the best thing you ever tasted.

26. Set your sleeping bag on fire to stay warm

learning which plants are poisonous isn't a life hack. Its common sense...

In the Northern hemisphere, the sun at noon is in the SOUTH. The point between the hour hand and 12 is SOUTH. I wonder how many kids taking your advice will be lost!

Diesel fuel, a few tractor tires, and a road flare will get any fire going good..

one time i took my shoes off and discovered i wasnt alive before then

"Let's do the trucker's hitch!!!!"

#14 - The point half way between the sun and 12 is south in the northern hemisphere, not north.

My favorite camping tip: Making reservations at the nearest Hyatt Regency.

Padding...under...sleeping bag? GENIUS!! No longer will i be forced to lie on hard lumpy ground. If only there was a way to bring something that can be folded up and turned into a make-shift bed...something like a balloon...

The compass trick is wrong. The mid point between the hour hand and 12 actually points South, not North.

Thanks for the tips. I went camping last week with these tips. It was intense

You probably already caught it ,but using the watch...... between 12 and the hour hand points south not north. ( northern hemisphere )

stir it with.... a *PLUNGER*? YEAH, that'll get it clean.

Yes, buying a bag of Doritos and burning the chips for kindling makes perfect, economical sense. Why not suggest burning $1 bills?

Star bursts over the fire are SO good.

Poison Ivy. Leaves of three let it be. Leaves of 5 get high lol

You got the compass thing exactly wrong! In the Northern Hemisphere pointing the Hour Hand of your Watch directly at the Sun, Half Way between it and the 12 points directly SOUTH! In the Southern Hemisphere it points NORTH.

The point halfway between the hour hand and 12 is south, not north. Wow.

I'm a wilderness survival instructor and teach a specific class on finding direction without a compass. I want to caution everyone that the direction finding hack is a little lost!! First of all, in the Northern hemisphere when you follow the instructions in the video, half way between the hour hand and 12 is SOUTH. In the Southern hemisphere it is much more convoluted. You use the same instructions, but instead of the direction (North in the Southern hemisphere) being halfway between the hour hand and 12, it will be half way between the hour hand and where 12 would be if it was mirrored across the hour hand.

Used pine tree branches wrapped in a blanket for a soft mattress. Used wire and wood to make a step style sleeping platform raised about 12' off the ground, kept me out of reach of at least the Wild Boar. Used my poncho and tied it above me so the rain wouldn't be an issue. Used a paper clip and smashed the end with a hammer to make a mini screwdriver and same idea done to both ends to make a tweezers. Made a really nice shower using a water tank and left over air from an air compressor that I could use nightly. Jose Louis- we really hated you wrecking that. But appreciate you none the less. Probably more deserve mentioning.

Camping is the best opportunity to plant random potatoes in random places.

Cool I'll just find some starbursts in the woods and cook them to survive

and don't forget lots of plastic grocery bags, these have a million uses like storing wet clothes, bringing home leftover fire wood, or as a condom

I literaly thought he's going to say "Mosquitoes........ deal with it"

If you have to use any of these when you go camping..... you should not be camping lol I find just taking a tube of toothpaste much easier than cutting and filling straws then resealing them OMG really!!!

i would NEVER use my doritos to start a fire....are you nuts??......gimmy my doritos......

The best way to start a fire is with the use of fire

Shout outs to the dude that took his time to go camping to make sure these tips work. You the real MVP!

23 Use Doritos as kindling 22 use cotton pads dipped in wax as kindling 21 use egg carton and match light charcoal as kindling 20 Use your hair 19 use your dogs tail 18 use ... are we at number one yet? no *Shit* 17 use *This* *Video* to start a fire!

remind me to never go camping with whoever made this video

The tic-tac container for spices is on every camping hack list. Come on! Who buys tic-tac's? How many of them keep the empty container? I think tic-tac's created the hack for marketing.

I LOVEEEE CAMPPING

The best fire starter, that certainly doesn't cost money? Dryer lint. That stuff burns easy. Instead of charcoal as the video suggests, I've always stuffed egg cartons with dryer lint and added a bit of wax.

How do you hide your valuables in a bar of soap?

My backpack will be heavy with the rake,frisbee,foam square and coolbox !

what a phenomenal grasp of the obvious.

Well i have a feeling that i saw the Compass with watch and the filtering dirty water with cloth somewhere else in this channel.. ANyone else?

When did common knowledge become "hacks"?

New to camping, enjoyed the tips, thanks!

Waitttt, a frisbee as a water container. The anxiety

I went camping once, but it was too intents.

sure kids go on scavenger hunt and eat strange mushrooms. as shown in the photo. try that in Australia and you will either get super tripping kids or dead kids

how about that MUSHROOM scavenger hunt?? wish that was my dad when i was a kid!!

Putting the next days clothes in the sleeping bag with you gets them moist, and if you're camping in really cold places, that can be dangerous.

This should be called "25 Back Yard Camping Hacks (don't do most of these if you're going to go REAL camping)".

Use your watch as a compass..point your small hand at the sun and the halfwaypoint between the small hand and 12 will be on the northern hemisphere north?????... soso, until I watched this lifesaving essential video I always thought the sun is east at 06:00, south at noon and west at 18:00... do they teach that in the USA that the halfway point of the small hand to 12 is 6?I wouldn't be at all surprised, listening to a lot more dim-witted 'hacks' in this vid...like taking a garden rake camping to grill sausages over a fire. Yep, had a good laugh at that. Using your perhaps last nourishment (Doritos) to start a fire was another true life saver. Melting ice in your hand requires the same amount of energy than melting it in your stomach... ah well....list25 go camping before you start publishing videos about camping, try make a fire, try roasting a sausage over it and when you eventually see penguins trying to go north then do try to remember they only live on the south pole...

You don't stir with the plunger, you plunge. You want to press the water through the cloth, otherwise you would just use a stick which wouldn't do shit.

... I like how you got straight to the point.

But I use my rake to push dog poop on my shovel

ANOTHER HACK!!! How to get food: Step 1: Lay out lots of empty picnic baskets. Step 2: Scream loudly near the baskets Step 3: Hide! Step 4: Wait until your food arrives. And that is how you get food easier, bears!

Learn to recognize poisonous plants?!?!?! TRULY GENIUS!!!11! Why didn't I think of that?!

Good job on the list. I'll certainly use some of them.

truly genius ? i think not

Camping Hack #6: If it's cold wear warm clothes. Wot.

use those solar Panel driveway lights to help you see In the night for 'emergency purposes '

I have some amazing life hacks of my own. One of them is bring change for bus fare when getting on a bus. This will increase your chances of a ride on the bus. Number two. When tying your shoes, try using knot. A bow knot.

3:50 bruh, I've been a boy scout for ten years, and that's actually a really dumb idea. It's the same as wearing your day clothes to bed: not only are they all dirty, but the sweat from them will get you and your bag wet and you'll freeze your ass off. If that isn't enough, your clothes will end up at your feet by morning and be just as cold as if you'd left them on your tent floor. A _way_ better idea (which is what I've done for years) is to lay your clothes flat between your bag and your foamy or air mattress. Your body heat will warm your clothes and you won't get cold.

Oh bollocks... I clicked on this video and now RU-vid is going to only show me videos about crap camping tips.

#9 works just as well with a plastic bowl or a used (and cleaned) pot noddle cup. #3 say goodbye to your kids if you are going to let them pick mushrooms without knowing what they are, because a lot of them are poisonous.

should totally do a list 25 things to do to pass time. ex: reading, writing memories, drawing