My favorite part of this kit is that it all looks USED!!! No sponsored BS... just stuff you've tested and KNOW that it works! Great video man, fairly new sub, but been a pleasure catching up on all you've done! Look forward to what's coming!
I've watched many, many of your videos on RU-vid. As a hand quilter, I highly recommend that you include a thimble (should fit your middle finger) in your sewing kit. If you have to repair anything very thick (pants, tarps) you're gonna need it. They are small and lightweight.
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads on this site!!! Love your channel... Love hearing the background sounds... the stream, birds... and your voice... “but wait... there’s more”... your explanations of each item needed... I now have backpacks in my truck and my car... And still working on my survival skills.. 😊
The only big thing I'd add to this is a canteen or water bottle along with the bladder- rigid containers are more robust than bladders but I might be old fashioned. Also easier to tie loop around one and lower it into steep, narrow space for water. If your going to wrap your Mora sheath with paracord and then use ranger bands to secure it, maybe tape a spare, small ferro rod, a sewing needle or two, a couple fish hooks, and some spectra or kevlar thread/fishing line to the sheath under the 550? Maybe even wrap the 550 with electricians tape to protect it, secure it, and lets face it, tape is good and two or three feet of black tape weighs nothing. But if you take it too far, you're getting into Cody Lundin country with a lighter and whistle there as well, so... Im just think out loud.
While printing your map. Print several more. One to leave with a responsible person, one in your car at the trailhead. Please include dates, and number in your party, expectations on your hunt. Marked on the map.
the only thing I would do different is I've switched over to rechargeable batteries. I carry a lightweight charger and small battery bank w/ solar just in case my excursion outlasts battery supply. great kit as always
A tiny point about the gloves, one channel did bring up a point to make certain you gloves are leather, and not a synthetic material, since the synthetics can catch fire and melt to your skin easier if you are working around a camp fire. Leather has been used by blacksmiths forever since it is very flame resistant.
@@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft , carry sap gloves in case you run into a bear, add a little power to your punches, lol. Or maybe a chainsaw, another multipurpose item. Lightweight? I guess not.
"DROP TOP!" That was awesome. Little things like that are what keep me coming back. Not over the top but still keeping a serious topic lite. Keep up the awesome work.
I flew in airplanes for eight years while in the Air Force. Before getting in an airplane all candidates have to go through the altitude chamber to see if they can handle the effects of low oxygen due to decreased partial pressure. Any level above 10,000 feet can cause nausea and sickness and it's something some people don't get used to. The organ most effected is the brain and it can have very negative consequences when it comes to decision making. Anyway, I'm with you on the lightweight approach. Makes hiking more enjoyable. As usual nice vid.
Agreed. It creates disorientation, confusion and depth perception issues. I do a lot of Enduro riding in Colorado. They sell lightweight oxygen canisters at almost every grocery store. Very helpful.
I live and play from 4,000 feet ASL to 7,500 feet ASL and worked a bit higher at WSMR. We had some guys from Alabama out for testing and those poor guys couldn't make it from the control van to the port-a-potty which was only about 25 yards away without stopping to catch their breath. Altitude can and will mess with you if you are not used to it.
Another great video with another great kit. Love the down and dirty crash course approach. Really makes it stick. All my load outs Mirror your advice. You lead the way Ranger!!!!!
Accurate and authentic. This was the core of the kit I carried during active-duty Recon in combat zones. However, now I add those little coin size paper towels and a couple of small Band-Aids and antibiotic. They take up such little space and I am forever getting cuts and scratches that need to be cleaned up and bandaged. Earlier this week I did just a brief outing for fun. I picked some wild blackberries along the hike up the mountain. I gained a few Thorn cuts that just kept bleeding. They were bleeding down my wrist and into my palms and on my hand. No big deal. Nothing serious. But I did clean them up and bandage them. It's hard to do much when you've got bloody hands. Great video. Thanks for not trying to sell people gadgets and widgets.
This was very helpful, as an newbie to all of this and in my 60's its great to here about things you can add to these kits. I am a big fan of Kitbashed for this reason he not only buys kits but he shows you things that he would add...great post love Andrews chennel he, he has great videos and nice people like yourself willing to jelp newbies that are intrested in the idea of surviving a zombie apocolyps lol...thanks again...and i will be checking you out to!
Yep, dang near perfect - add a piece or your favorite moral boosting sweet treat. Not just your current favorite but the one that takes you back to when you were a kid w/ not a trouble in the world. That psychological effect can carry you for miles in a survival situation.
I have been watching you for a little while now .. I see you run your kits basically by the 10c and add your military twist to it .. awesome .. keep up the great work ,, and congrats on the promotion ..
Recently trying Salt Stick products, and like them over using water soluble electrolytes, as don't need to pfaff if sucking water through an inline filter. Also make a capsule with added caffeine.
Undoubtedly the most versatile, capability to weight ratio, lightweight survival pack I've ever seen! And presented well! I'm going to put one of these together. Nice job Major!
CONGRATS on your Promotion and this channel! You provide a lot of know-how. THANKS for being here for us and the U.S.A. Happy Father Day to you and ALLL the Men and Women that play the role as a Father! WHO'RAH
I've seen multitools catch a lot of flak on RU-vid comments, but when I was working for this one developer, we built the roads into the development and we did everything including the final decorations. Rough mountain place. Mountain lion and bear tracks on the road next to heavy machinery.we always had our leatherman or ozark trail, or whichever multitool was handy fixing a part or cutting or sawing. After that job, a multitool is first to go into my pocket. I keep it close. I depend on it that much.
@@overthehill9415 I was very sceptic about multitools, when they came to the shelves. I got one anyway. They are not as good as a tool dedicated to a job. However they are up to most jobs I used them for. Most of the time I have the multitool on me when the dedicated tools are not. I really like those tools. When compared to a set of tools are not going to get a good rating. When you respect their limits, they are great items.
@@maxlutz3674 absolutely right. Multitools are not the best for the job necessarily, but it's a lot easier to carry one multitool than it is to carry a full toolbelt. I already burnt over 7k calories a day on that job, if it saved me a trip to the truck for a tool, then I was using it.
@@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft EDC is a leather man, an old timer with blade, guthook, and saw. Lighter with tape. 🤔JT it wouldn’t be hard to secure a fish hook and line, a craft knife blade and needle and thread under the tape. The lighter lanyard with chapstick idea is great!
Love your content! I hope you‘ll manage to keep it coming during your latest army training! Best channel around! Greetings from a former member of the German Army (E7).
I wish I had your videos as a resource when teaching Hunter Safety and Basic Survival and fieldcraft skills in the early 2000s. In NH volunteer certified instructors would assist our NHFG Conservation officers to teach and train future Hunters and the course was and is compact but effective as a primer for new outdoorsman and women. Can not recommend your program enough as I learn new skills each video. Thanks NHMIKE
I have been on a SAR team for over 15 years in Colorado . Majority of our call outs are above 13k feet. I can share our SAR bag pack list with you if your interested.
Once again a good vidio . I moved from a flat area in North Germany to the mountains in Austria. I hunted alot as kid , fish all my life . Because im grown up in South Africa i was allways interested being outside . Survivel was a isue. Also because i dont know in wich way the Politic is going here it could be importent . I just startet to get my kit together for a few months . Thats why i like your vidios but also the way you present it . Excuse my Englisch. Not alot of experience the last few years . I also lived in other countrys like Gambia and Australia so i can do a littel bit of a few but nothing perfekt. But i know people will understand it . Thanks for the vidio .
You should check out the cnoc vecto 2 and 3 liter bags to carry water and attach the sawyer filters. That's what I use. Way more durable than the sawyer bags and real easy to scoop water out of a stream or puddle. Highly recommend.
Awesome video as usual Andrew. I'd go heavier on rations plus hot drinks. And dedicated first aid. I have a project coming up I'd like to see your treatment of
Hi Andrew ☺ good layout, and talk about the components, and uses of your kit, I was quite surprised you didn't include a s,s steel water bottle, for boiling in , use as a hot water bottle on a night, and obviously a second water carrier, I would check on your water purification tablets as some types don't kill Giardia, and cryptosporidium, this is not a criticism, just my two cents worth, otherwise I think you got it covered, after the basics it's always down to personal preferance on what extras your willing to carry, bearing in mind this video is about trying to keep the weight down,which is a never ending battle I find, but a couple of days and nights in the sticks soon teaches a person what he realy needs . As always, instructive ,useful , information is much appreciated Andrew, looking forward to the next one, stay safe mate, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart.uk.
Best spoof of Corporal's Corner I have ever seen!!! The descriptions, the talk, the detail keeps me laughing!!! Great job Bro!!!! Keep up the comedy!!!!
If a person is injured, lost, in a real emergency situation, if you are serious about getting rescued, one item does it. Get a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) and take the 30-37 seconds required learn how to use it. It sends signals to the satellites, works world wide, tells NOAA where you are. When registered with NOAA, they also know who you are. Several makes out there. I carry an ARC Res Q Link. It’s only critical. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying.
Good to have and I do agree in those that are able have one however, they are not as reliable as simply leaving a map and details with someone at home combined with search and rescue as a matter of majority of rescues. A combo of a PLB and leaving details behind would be prb be best. An example I ran into looking into the rates of rescue via source PLB vs. SAR: in 2017 there were approximately 200 uses of a PLB resulting a couple hundred rescues. The majority of those were used by people on sinking ships/coastal regions. In that same period nearly 3500 people went missing in national forests. 97% were found within 24 hours as a result of search and rescue. Something of interest was that the majority of deaths in a national forests were a result of drowning and exposure to heat or cold ranked 6th and 7th. I thought that was interesting.
Outstanding! Good, well thought-out, well organized kit, we'll presented. My only issue is that I would like to have seen more links to somewhat obscure items. But that's what search engines are for. Thank you.
Great video as always. I thought of a couple things that usually don't get talked about in kits. Eye pro, sunscreen and range finding. would a relatively cheap pair of sunglasses be a valid choice? also, a small bottle/few packages of sunscreen and maybe a small pair or binoculars or a monocular make sense? not much weight to add...and relatively small as well...oh and maybe add a small piece of a hacksaw with the ferro rod...in case you lose/damage your blades...
Two items. Fire a pencil sharpener. either a standard or carpenter one. Makes finer shavings than feather sticks even faster. Leaves a pointy stick for arrows or small spear. Even with wet wood only the edge is wet. Second replace the thread in the sewing with silk. Very strong an what they use to use for sutures.
Great great video presentation buy I would have a more robust knife , and with the IR equipment, some of us are not military and don't understand these items , I always leave the house for a adventure with a solid 10000 + battery bank and a great headlamp and shorty cables to charge all these things
I enjoyed your video especially having a good saw, very sharp knife, fire making stuff and water supply stuff. I would recommend that you Please stop teaching people about "batonning" UNLESS you have a blade robust enough to handle it in addition to the really sharp one. Even a standard Mora is not a full-tang knife and prone to breaking if hit too hard (found out the hard way). If all the fire wood you have available is very large or wet and you have to cut into it for dry stuff and the Mora-type knife is all you have, start your fire with dry, breakable deadfall branches, if possible, to start a coal bed going. While that is burning down, use your saw to cut a kerf around a short log (about 30cm or 12in long and 10cm or 4in diameter) long enough for a handle. Increase the kerf as needed and Keep paring (splitting) off chips (use for coal bed) from the handle diameter with small, push only strokes until a comfortable handle diameter is achieved. Fashion some wedges and use the mallet with them to split larger log/branch sections. It is surprising how short a time it takes to do this. NEVER risk the only knife you have for batonning; even if you can't cut/split the firewood to a convenient size, most forested areas have dry limbs or standing deadfall available that can be snapped shorter with two close trees or rock clefts. Remember, the best equipment you will ever have with you comes from in your head - knowledge and practiced expertise BEFORE you need it.
Get some rice and ten big slimjims some spices. Cook it up and tell me what you would rather have . Maybe catch a fish. Two pounds of rice for a dollar can't go Rong. From Glenn CATT in Massachusetts. Great video good job well done.
I like that Sawyer filter trick cut into the Camelbak line; however, Seychelle makes water bottles and filters far superior to Sawyer's which filter out even radiation, Seychelle Extreme filters, used by DoD. Peace.
I liked your kit. One suggestion, Get Energizer Lithium AA and AAA batteries. Worth the money. Lighter, last longer , longer shelf life, they will not leak ever and lastly, in an emergency they can be dismantled and put in container of water to cause a chemically activated fire. Good job.
Love this kit andrew! 😊💚 and love those very sexy and supple warrior lips you got goin' for yeah...lol alŵays a fan keep up the awsome work and thank you for all you do💜
I would only add a few more items. Antibiotic ointment a few various band aids ibuprofen aspirin a few Vaseline cotton balls an extra pair of socks and of course my woobie because you never go in the outdoors without that
I live in south africa some of our water sources has little too heavy polluted water. Water tablets fitlers is perfect too use. Ive built my kit what you have shown in recent too late videos.
Which gloves to bring always throws me off. Should we concentrate on warmth or protection? Should they be waterproof or just water resistant? Buy protective with optional inserts? Suggestions?
My M.O. is to carry two sets of gloves in winter and one set in summer/spring. I use shooter gloves like mechanix brand for warmer months and for routine camp tasks during winter months as well as a large pair of Hunter/arctic mittens or gloves in winter for travel and sleep. I opt to have shooter gloves because the palms are usually protected more for barrel heat and then subsequently for vegetation. They dry fast after being wet which is nice.
Great kit Andrew! I really like the CamelBak MULE hydration pack, its an older model that I use for bikepacking and short trips, and of course it has the 10-Cs!!
Another good video Andrew, I enjoy your content and you have a good way of getting your point across. Would you consider doing a video on land nav, w/ compass and map.
I like your thinking. I have a suggestion. Carry duct tape even more compactly. Not on a roll. From a plastic, gallon, milk bottle, cut out a smooth panel about 2”X6-8”. Wrap tape around that. Can easily put 1/8th to 1/4th of a large roll on here. Packs flat and flexible. To save cuss words, I double over 1/8” on the tip end to make it easy to start pealing of
I would add a poncho to the exterior. Easy access, save your drum liners for the browse bed, maybe keep your fire or fuel dry. I try to have a poncho with me even in the city though. You never know and it's light in weight. Call me Linus, it's a security thing.
Andrew,,, in regards to the 55gal drum liners,, Shawn Kelly makes a raised bed with them. Two lashed tri-pods on each end. 2 poles, through opposite sides, inside the liners.lashing the 2 poles to the “A”, of the tri-pod. You’ve probably made one already,,,, Great Video and ideas,,, Joshua
11:07 Finally, someone that knows how to use a F-Rod... YOU PULL the ROD and keep the Stricker still.... PS: why focus on so much "How to be FOUND" VS. how to survive ! FOOD, FORT, FIRE...3,2,1, Water, Weapons', and Where how.
You may be able to cut down the amount of time you HAVE to survive if you are immediately ready to signal any signs of civilization. I tell people to be prepared to signal anything and everything. A speck moving on the horizon might be a deer or a coyote.....or another person ....no reason not to be able to signal at anything.
@SavageHenry762 my SAR training goes back to the late 60z. Its very hard to find someone from the air. Big bright signals made our job easier. Camo vary difficult. There was a reason that the AF flight jackets were reversible, green and orange. Whistles carry farther than yells. But can't be heard inside an aircraft.
All three! I think each is good. I like the Surge (basically a larger Wave), but I do not like the saw. It has a flimsy attachment and can come loose. The Wave is great, but lacks a reamer/awl. Not a deal breaker for me, but it would be nice to have. The Super Tool 300 is great and in MHO out ranks the other two… barely. I like the 300’s saw as it is fully attached. Only downside is the tool has to be opened to get at the smaller implements.
