How to ranger roll a t-shirt! 

legend has it he’s still checking the fold at the bottom to this day

Instructions were unclear , I’m now in the army

*proceeds to ranger roll all shirts in the house* update 6 26 2022. this is my favorite way of doing laundry and my wife hates it

My one additional hack to this was/is to add in a pair of socks and boxers after the folding and just prior to rolling. This way you grab one roll when heading to the shower during deployment, or while camping to this day.

I suffered from insomnia for years and then I discovered this video. I watch it religiously now and fall asleep and go to bed. Sometimes I even snooze at the keyboard so don't ever watch this at work. Thanks a heap man!

In the Navy we all are taught to fold our shirts. It's all neat folding but I feel the ranger roll is actually more efficient for travel & saving space than having a big stack of folded shirts.

Good grief! Let's roll the sucker and get moving. Twenty pats per fold is 19 too many. I'm halfway to my destination by the time I watched this video.

I’m packing for a trip and this helped me a lot, thanks mate!

If you have 4 1/2 hours to pack, this is great info.

You don't need to turn the bottom inside out -- you can just fold it under. When you fold the sides in, it will still create the pocket you need to wrap it up at the end. Also, you don't need to roll it the whole way. You can fold the shirt over about 2/3 of the way and then roll it up....Less rolling, same result.

I’m glad I watched this. Now I can fit all my t-shirts in one drawer. Thanks bro.

Thx for this vid now my chair doesnt have a giant pile of clothes on it

I tried it on my towel first time and it came out perfect. Then i tried it on my pillow case came out perfect then on my t shirts once again came perfect. I have fixed my space problems in my drawers. Thank you so much 😁😁

I understand taking the time to fold something correctly. I used to skydive and got teased all the time about the length of time it took me to pack my chute. Some guys would be running to the plane still tucking material into their container. I wanted to make sure mine was folded the best it could be before I flung myself out of....all together now...a perfectly good airplane.

If I'm packing for a trip and taking a suitcase I prefer the method where I lay all my shirts flat on top of each other, then fold them all together in a way where the finished product matches the dimensions of the suitcase. Way less wrinkles and no stretched out bottom seams.

I roll all my shirts, but roll the opposite way so I can see what type print shirt it is.

That's exactly how I have Chipolata roll my burrito

Chipotle people that's how you need to roll a burrito.

I definitely need a Part II to this video to see if your T-shirt is wrinkled after a day!

That roll would take up more space than a flat T-shirt.

With practice you can actually roll a whole Ranger up like this. I've known a whole platoon to fit inside a suitcase.

I like the fold at the end of the shirt technique for wrapping it up nice and tight, but other than that I gotta say, as someone who was in the Air Force briefly and was the t-shirt roller for my element in the flight, you guys had it easy on the t-shirt rolling techniques required for inspection from what I see here. inb4 chair force lololololol Yea, I know, it gets that reputation, and deservingly in most cases, but I was in when Gen Mosely was trying to turn the PRT into a mirror of what Marines do while still keeping the stress of the psychological pressures. I'm not sure if it was just my street flight that was like that, but yea. No disrespect though, efficiency is efficiency and that shirt does look nice and presentable at the end result. I just saw the video title and thought I'd see that it'd be even more difficult and painstakingly critical for errors as what I went through. Edit: I hope you guys in the comments that are talking about how long he's taking are just taking the piss and not serious about the time he's taking to do it. He's being courteous and doing it that way so even the slow crowd can understand it. He's trying to show how to do it, not just do an example.

But he didn't do what I was expecting/hoping for: There was an already rolled shirt on the table. I'd hoped it had been rolled for a day or two and I'd want to see it unrolled to see if it was wrinkled.

When you get bored with the meeting so decide to make a RU-vid video while the meeting continues.without you.

Whew! It would be easier just to buy a new t-shirt.

6yrs old been doing for 6yrs thanks bro, clothes never wrinkle and stay neat save space in my home and on go mode

The t-shirts crammed into my dresser are all laughing hysterically.😂

I discovered rolling only 5 years ago, and I'm 73! When I travel in my small plane, I can pack more efficiently, I then started doing it at home. NO FOLDING though, well, one fold in half, long wise, then roll, done, super quick and easy.

If it takes this long to fold , you'll miss the war

A proper ranger roll can be used as a blunt weapon. Get it TOIGHT, like a TIGER.... :)

How did I get here? O.o

dude where can i buy those shirts, they were the most comfortable shirts

After 5 videos, this is the only video that shows how to roll in one shot and explain what NOT to do when you get to the pouch. Thank you so much!

Back in Basic in the 1970's they had to be 6"inches wide or the length of a Dollar Bill. We didn't have a lot of time checking and rechecking, it had to be done as second nature. If it wasn't up to par, the DI had a detail to use them to clean the head. Good video !

When everybody has completed this task give your freshly rolled t-shirt logs to cookie, he'll make a nice breakfast Danish out of them.

Evidently this guy has all day to fold laundry

This video could’ve literally been 2 minutes shorter and nothing would have been missed.

this tutorial is better than the "pinch fold" thing for shirts. really helpful im going back to my home country since im in georgia and i only have a small bag. thank you.

don't need to roll the bottom like that, just fold, 3-4 fingers width is usually good enough, face the front down, fold the bottom so it lips under the front, fold the arms like you did then roll from the top, you still enough cloth to hold it in place and still look neater without needing to double check and is a lot faster.

Cool... Being more efficient by taking 5 times as long.... Got it 👍

The Brooklyn Bridge was built faster than this guy folding a t-shirt.

Ah Ya...I remember polishing the back of my cap badge too But one day you wake up and realize that 90% of the crap you thought was so critical in the military was just a neurotic response to anxiety

I had like 3 bins of shirts in my house now I have less than one very useful

Good video. Quick and simple. Navy does something similar - goal is same: Organized and small. When first learning to fold stuff, there was a "story" to go with each one (to help you remember). The "stories" were not for polite company. Has anything changed?

more time has been spent folding this tshirt than my parents did on my entire education!

Everytime I do this I mess up

I washed, dried and folded my laundry during this video. P.S. it actually is a nice tight roll!

If u double check a double check, is it a double check?

Dude, I’m a Retired 11B, served 1986-2009, we did the same in Basic and while at Duty Stations, guess the Army doesn’t do open drawer wall locker inspections every morning like we used to.

This is an excellent skill to have for travel. My only issue is that, because everything is rolled up small, more stuff fits in my suitcase making it super heavy to lift in and out of the car. 😂

People wonder why it takes Rangers so long to get anywhere. It's because they spend half their prep time rolling their damn tee shirts!

Too much work I'll let my wife keep doing what she's doing. Lol

I’m used this for travel and its a huge space saver. Pants and other items as well.

Trying this out after 10 years of the skivvy roll, I think this will be a better space saver. Quick cheat on setting the bottom flap: cuff it to where the second, lower tag that's generally on the left by your hip is just starting to peak out. See the tag, it's ready to bag.

This video was like 20 minutes longer than it needed to be hooah!

Took too long

When I was homeless and hitchhiking across the USA this is how I did all my clothing. Really saves space in your pack.

Does this work with different coloured shirts?

I have very little storage space in my bedroom as it is, any compacting technique is welcomed

Ranger roll? Never heard it called that when we did that way in Army basic training in early 1970s. We rolled issued boxes briefs the same way. Primarily for inspections but works well for stuffing 'em into a duffle bag.

Instructions unclear. Kitchen on fire

Rangers gotta over-complicate everything! Army Infantry: fold, fold, two fist roll that shit tight, stuff it with extreme prejudice into the bottom of your ruck with the rest of your rolled and stuffed clothes, leaving ample room at the top for pogey bait and cigarettes.

I learned how to fold a skivvie shirt at RTC GRTLKS in 1969, I could fold and pack my entire seabag in the time it took this guy to fold one shirt.

Meanwhile, while you're folding your fucking t-shirt, your buddies are getting shot. But you've got a t-shirt with no wrinkles. So it's OK 👍.

I just got rickrolled, I mean, armyrolled

The military certainly does teach you ways to spend hours foldiung a f-ing t-shirt. I just recently stopped doing it the way the Navy wanted me to do it, and I think I've already saved years of my life! :D

Meanwhile war just ended.

Why? Why, why, why? Are you in the military? Do you dream about being in the military? It's just a tee shirt, fold it and put it in your dresser, overnight bag, or wherever.

What utter drivel. Check out the tshirt manufacturer packing procedure. The folds take about 1.5 seconds. Then the rolls about three seconds. Job done in five seconds

I just got dumber

i call that a "burrito"

Why is it that nearly all ex vets (retired us) grow grizzly adams beards? Do they hand in their razors when they de-kit? I served nearly 30 years and still shave just about every day!!!

Absolute best way to save space and simultaneously transport the shirt during travel is to wear it. You're welcome.

If you want to see some ridiculous clothing and personal area routines you should see what had to do in Warrant Officer Candidate School(WOCS).

Thanks for the *Product* 👍🏻

guys, he likes to double check, in case you didn't know :P

As a Biker we pack the same way 😎

Wouldn't a sniper get your or something like that long before your done 😕

Meticulously rolls with care to maintain excellence…takes off dirty shirt and throws it on the floor NEXT to the hamper. 😂

Nifty, but seems tedious. Maybe done in real time, and with practice, you could pack efficiently in a reasonable amount of time.

double check 🤣

The anal retentive shirt folder lol. Just fold the dang thing. This video is very informative though. Thank you!!!

It would be nice if the other people in the background would SHUT UP, or he moved to a quiet place.

Wait until he finds out about grunt rolls where you have the shirt, silkies, and a pair of socks for about the same size and about half the effort.

Next time film ina room with more noise. Perhaps a football stadium during playoffs, or a rock concert

Time is money. You spend more than two minutes folding a freaking tee-shirt you're already broke.

Thank you for the information. I'm hungry for three Egg Rolls and two beef Burritos now.

Thanks I wish I had learned this years ago.

It's an efficient packing method but it does anything but avoiding wrinkles.

Hmm , and a sign of OCD is........................................................................................................

Good lord could.have.folded 50

damn that took a long time to explain how to get a wrinkly tshirt. result.= you’ll look homeless and unpresentable to go anywhere when you put it on

30 years in the Army. There's no Soldier that waste that much time folding anything

I solved the problem of wrinkles by being fat enough that all my shirts are wrinkle-free!

😂 Men and women explain folding so differently. Same technique, different words, almost like another language. 👍

Good clear video. I'm planning to show this to my Scoutmaster husband for the next time he takes a crew on a multi-day backpacking trip.

My gym bag is gonna be well 💪 organized. Bravo to fucking base mate lhh

Why the heck Google brought me to this 6 years old video?! The algorithm sucks!

Holy smokes! A Private in Batt would have retired before he got this shirt rolled.

He would miss his plane if he had to fold a week's worth.........