Budget Friendly Gear! - Testing Grounds - Overnight Adventure 

Because of videos like this, I rarely watch tv anymore. I'm amazed one man can get the production quality that a whole crew can not get. Truly awesome!

You're a trooper Luke. Thanks for all your excellent videos. You and Susie are the only outdoor, hiking and camping videos I watch. Thanks so much

I strongly agree with the attitude on fire. So many "bushmen" talk down to anyone that doesn't use sticks for every single fire. As I say: it's great to have those skills and practice them, but you don't also have to depend solely on them. Sometimes it's nice to just make a quick fire and then chill out.

One of my favorite Lone Wolf videos. Really really liked it. All your tips are just great.

Luke: Great video! Thanks for the tips and keep up the outdoor! Everyone else is just doing publicity! Greetings from Villarrica Chile! This video inspired me to go for a 3 day solo to the mountains with a 30k hike. Hadn't had that much fun outdoor in a long time ! Strength and Honor!

FABULOUS. CAMPING.

Luke, I love Mountain House, period! Simple to prepare (just add hot water), and very enjoyable. I'm watching this 4 years after you posted, but hey I'm catching up on what I have missed. Cheers! Really appreciate your honest reviews, and helpfull tips.

You should include the setup and breakdown of your camps when you do video's I'm always wondering how long most gear takes to setup and breakdown, even if you did it in fast foreword and just put up a time on the screen when it slowed down to normal again..... that would be super helpful. I'm a big fan. Love the camping videos !

Seeing your breath fog was a really good indicator of the quality of the tent, we could see the tent warm up.

Great video, Luke! You had us laughing to the point of tears with your comment, "If you are a frequent pee'er. some people are, the older you get..." Just one addition in regards to keeping your water bottle inside your sleeping bag at night. Make sure the bottle doesn't leak or better yet, place it inside a water proof bag so as not to tempt fate. There is nothing worst then being woken up to a wet sleeping bag.

Excellent little adventure once again! I can't tell you in words how much it feels like I'm right there hanging out in nature with you. I would guess that your wife loves to watch these vids especially when you are out making the next one. Keep up the great work.

Great timing Luke. I save and play your pleasant videos and then fall asleep for the night..

Man, you deserve more subscribers. You work so hard for us.

Excellent, Luke. Thanks for sharing your cold weather adventure.

I wound up picking up a pack of those mylar emergency blankets (works out to around a buck a piece) for winter camping. Putting one beneath your sleeping bag, or wrapping yourself in it in your sleeping bag can make zero degree temperatures almost too warm. I love these "go out there and try stuff out" kinds of videos.

I miss those hour long recordings, but 30 minutes is better than none. Thanks brother. Sure wish I can tag along.

defennitly a good idea for a fill line on mountain house meals

Hell yes I am so ready to watch this! Thank you Luke!

Luke, thank you for what you do! I don't get to get out as much anymore due to work and your videos make me feel a little better when I can't get out! also I enjoy your storys. keep it up bro! rock and roll!

Luke great video my friend, i can't afford Mountain House but u got my thumbs up, so i just buy Knorr Sidekicks meals and Betty Crocker mashed potatoes, i call them Smashed potatoes lol, that u just add water too, it's yummy :P I really enjoyed this camp out, I always look forward to your camp story, thx again, a TeePee type Structure would be an added plus at your camp site for very windy nights :) Luke I have a funny story to tell you, my friend years back(a rookie at camping at the time) we both did a camp out and built a teepee together, we had a nice small campfire going inside the teepee, things seem toasty warm as i dozed off as i was beat from the long hike in, all of a sudden this loud alarm blasted in my ears with-in the teepee, i woke up said wtf to this deafening sound, my friend said loudly it's just the smoke alarm, i yelled over the alarm why u bring that for as I grabbed the dam thing and tossed it out the teepee, then as the alarm died, i said u realize a campfire gives off lots of smoke? he said sorry, somehow i felt bad. think thats a first, someone bringing a smoke alarm camping, think my friend was worried about our safety as he never really camped out before, i still feel bad for the way i reacted to this day. but he scared the crap out of me. Like who brings a smoke alarm camping :P

another good tip for staying warm is make sure you go to bed full and keep a snack like a candy bar around for if you wake up in the night. fuel for your body to keep you warm. just make sure the food doesn't freeze!

Great video. These are our average winter temps in a normal year. Hasn't been too bad this year.

Great adventure luke. Man that tent n sleeping bag was a MONSTER setup. Already anxious for the next over night adventure. Has National Geo channel start calling for a reality show yet. They will soon man. Strength & Honor

Wow !!! Good job. I don't know how you do it, enjoying cold like that. I am from Ottawa, Canada and hate the cold. We have it that cold here quite often, and yes it will give you frostbite within minutes and kill you as fast if you are not carefull and prepared. Strengh and honour to you and lots of respect !!!

If you know someone who has sleep apnea and can get an old CPAP mask from them that covers your mouth and nose, you can wear it inside the sleeping bag and route the large size long air hose outside the bag to exhaust moisture. This lets you get maximum warmth from the bag without adding moisture inside it. If you have enough hose you could route the moisture outside the tent. Some masks have a vent close to the mask but you can tape it off. If you are not getting enough air or feel claustrophobic, it will not work. Don't suffocate.

tap it in,... pull it out.... Good advice.... :)

Great adventure, agree with the Mountain House idea.

Almost 70 outside and I'm stuck inside with a twisted ankle. Nice to have videos to watch Luke. Thanks for looking at Snugpak.

When I do winter camping for both my channel and in the military I always use the hand warmers myself and throw a handful of them into the sleeping bag and try to position the bag to where me feet is going slightly downhill. The hand warmers heat will circulate up hill and warm the whole sleeping bag. Nice video

Been looking forward to this video! Thanks Luke!

Absolutely a great idea!

Another top video I am sat in front of the fire I felt I had to put another layer on the cold came across very well look forward to your next one Luke

my cousin and I did that very same thing, but boy your hands get frozen breaking ice on a creek as a kid... lessons learned :)

Great video Luke! Pee bottles are the only way to sleep comfortably in winter and at high altitudes!

I just had this video pop up in my feed and had to laugh when you mentioned the PBS series "Carrier." I was an IS stationed on the USS Nimitz for that 2005 deployment!

I love this kind of videos, I like to watch them while Im having breakfast.

Another good one Luke, cheers from Australia mate. 👍

Great tips, review and video Luke. Thanks.

C'mon -6 degrees it's still not to cold. We walked with friend about 10-12 hours per day, snow deep up to ur knees, heavy backpack and about midnight snow storm. We could'nt find tourist signs on the trees. And because was so lovely about -20, maybe over we decided stop and do some camp. First u have to make some space in deep snow for tent lol... I realy like watch ur videos. Remind me my travelling. Take care buddy! ;)

Another great video Luke! Thanks for all the tips😊

Great stuff as always Luke. Excellent information on cold weather camping! I love your Overnight Adventures, glad to here your plan for 2016. We are thawing out here in MN and spring (camping season) is on the way. Cheers!

Luke, I really enjoy your camping trips. Thanks!

Having spent 12 yrs in the Navy I spent almost 5 on an aircraft carrier. What a fun, hard, interesting life.

Re the setting up of tent in high wind; Always found pegging the corners, before you get the poles involved, to be problem free.

Thanks Luke!

I had the Mountain House Lasagna just last week while camping and it was surprisingly good. Great winter camping vid. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.

Thumbs up for more overnight adventures! Great job az always.

like I said before your bushcrafting knowledge is very impressive you rock dude I'm glad I found your channel on RU-vid and I have a lot of videos to catch up on can't wait to see some more awesome adventures I'm very surprised you don't have your own TV channel on bushcrafting

These videos are awesome thank you for sharing

I love eBay too. Just purchased a brand new $200+ Mountainsmith backpack for 50 bucks. Thanks for the video

Cool video. Wild camping has been something I've wanted to do for a long time so I'm just gathering up some equipment ready for some fairer weather; get the basics figured out in relative comfort before taking on anything colder. Thanks for all the hints, tips and encouragement to get out there.

Cold & fun

I rate my snugpak elite 4 bag, I was out in minus 4 deg celsius with wind chill in shorts and t-shirt and was super warm. Bang for buck snugpak is hard to beat. Great video, thanks for all you do!

I loved how the tent hardly moved in all that wind and weather. When you said "Scorpion 3" I looked it up on Google. Turns up you can get this tent from the Walmart Website and make monthly payments through a company called "Affirm." I don't know the ins and outs of that situation. I just thought that it was interesting. So I put it into the comments.

Go Go Go another Luke adventure thanks for sharing

Tip for you Luke. If you got to pee in a bottle at night. Make sure lid is done up tight, put in side sleeping bag & use the warmth. That's if you have nothing else of course.

Mountain House Lasagna.... funny you should say that. I just had that for lunch on my hike this past Saturday. It is some good stuff!!

Love cold weather camping. Really like your gear reviews. Great work.

Cool, stay warm buddy...

Thanks Luke for the video of the snugpak gear and just hearing the wind sounded really cold keep it up

Regarding a fill line on the Mountain House stuff, take a look at the front of the packaging. 2 cups is approximately the shoreline between the mountain and the reflection in the lake.

Great job, love your work

i have a fill line on my pot. its a lot easier to measure 2 cups of water when its cold and im pouring it into a pot slowly from a smart water bottle than when its boiling hot and im pouring it quickly into a bag while im presuming im also trying to hold a flashlight or maintain focus with my headlamp

You can make a cozy for your meals out of reflectix. BTW here's an idea for an overnighter. Do an overnighter using mostly gear you have made yourself or someone made for you that is not commercially available.

Good stuff! I think winter camping is a great way to test one self against the comfort zone monster :) Thanks for sharing - Martin

I am a big fan of The Snugpak Scorpion 3, I use it as a winter tent, I have filmed myself using it a couple of times and posted the videos on you tube, not in the extreme temperatures that you have tested it and it stood up to the British winters amicably, I have also got a Snugpak Elite 4 Sleeping bag and it is fantastic for 3 seasons 4 at a push, really good gear fair play, thanks for the the test and the video mate ATB Richie

I like you are REAL always giving good advice..

A fill line is a good idea. Also affordable pricing would be a pretty good idea too b

Dude...this is one of my FAVORITE RU-vid Channels, probably because I do a lot of Backpacking like you do. My background is 15 years Military/25 years LEO SWAT Operator our team had expertise in woodland operations and mantracking. I am not a sandal/yoga tight wearing vegan tree hugging backpacker. My equipment choices lean toward Military "Type" equipment...even though I have been changing to lightweight Kit lately. We have probably hiked some of the same area's (I was stationed in Virginia for 2 years and did 60 miles of the Virginia AT) and I have done 60 miles or so GA to NOC on the AT. I wish I could get you down here on the Pinhoti Trail...it is a lot like the AT with NO TRAFFIC!!!!

Request: could you list the equipment used in the video outside of the video under the published banner? I often want to know the name of a piece of kit that I didn't catch or forgot without having to search the video for it. You make very high quality videos that I really enjoy. Keep feeding the good wolf.

Great adventure! I'm surprised it gets so cold so far south. I live in Ontario and often times your weather is very similar to ours up here. Oh yeah, thanks for all the metric conversions!

"Bone appetit?" hehe I like this video alot. good info on stakes, and nok using backpack for holding down tent. Also Keep toes warm tip.. its so obvious but gooood

Getting me through the semester Luke, keep it up!

Another great video, thanks!

Luke, What a great video....when my gear was stolen I watched you and, reallybigmonkey1, living survival, and survival on purpose for suggestion on replacing my gear with limited expense. I have purchased the schf52 knife, a decent backpack but based on another video you did on the Scorpion three tent. I too have tested it out in storm conditions (high winds, cold temps and freezing rain) and your'e right. This thing is a beast and I got it at a decent price. I was very happy with this tent and look forward to my next outing. I too carry Mountain house meals for quick, easy and tasty meal in bad weather. I have also replaced my solar charger and am looking at the sun jack light stick for my next purchase. I look forward to your next video...say hi to the family. By the way I was part of the Super Carrier Video. I was stationed on two carriers in my career and worked for Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding....Take Care Ken T

You should do a overnight adventure where you only take 4 items. The reason i say 4 is because of the 4 priorities of survival food,water,shelter,and fire.

Who here is just watching this in there warm cozy bed waiting for it to be warm camping season.

Awesome video Luke!

excellent promotional spot

Awesome video. With that wind and possible snow load, would have been a good opportunity to discuss the threat of "widow makers". Look forward to the next one!

Looks like my kind of camping.

Great video Luke! You are hardcore!

Hey Luke, just another tip about budget friendly, when the season is ending buy for the next year, it all goes on sale like now there are so many winter sales its crazy. Great video

Thanks, Luke, for this informative video.

Thanks for your honest approach. Brian nearing 76

Another great video.. Loved the fact you didn't do a test in perfect condition. Looked very cold, even here in London

Love the MH lasagna, great idea about the file to water Line.

Great video! I have a recommendation, can you put links to all the gear you use? I see a lot of channels that do this, awesome to see. Thanks.

In those conditions, I would still pitch my tent inside the shed on the hill behind you. But that's just me, lol

Thanks, Luke! Great video as always. I love the Mountain House Lasagna...only problem is, I keep buying it and eating it before I can get it out on a trip! All the best, Sir!

another great video Luke looked like a great night out :-)

loads and loads of good tips, great video!

Great video. I love being in the wild in difficult conditions. Unfortunately I don't get snow in Australia. I have to travel east or overseas for that. But my kit has accommodation for minus temperatures just incase climate change happens and the poles shift 🤣🤣🤣. Always be prepared for anything.

Nice video, i love your positive attitude. Keep on rocking my friend..

You are great.

I have a Snugpak!! i love it, it's super comfy! great video, thank you!

Wow, you took on a dog that gave a German Shepard a run for it's money? You're a beast! Nice overnight using budget-friendly gear.

@TheOutdoorGearReview Luke, have you ever thought about just recording audio of the storms? Man.. that gust at 21:10 was awesome! Get us outdoors/storm lovers some audio!!! Thanks!

For sure the bags should have a fill line, i have to make my own because there is way too much sodium in commercially made meals, unfortunately.

Dude awesome video. Thanks a lot