Stuff I DON'T Take Backpacking 

Bruh you’re recommending that people to buy a $73 straw through your sponsored/affiliate link instead of a $17 water bladder. What a joke 😂. Lost all credibility and respect right there.

These aren't recommendations he is making for beginner campers or even recommendation to any campers. These are personal choices he has made and decided to share with his channel. If you watch his recommendation videos he includes several options at several price points. @MyLifeOutdoors - thank you for sharing!

This link right there is the real reason this guy made the video, the other "tips" are just fluff to mask the fact that this is an ad. This guy isnt a camper, he's a seller in a camping outfit.

@@beaver_warriorfacts

$73 is a bit steep for a tube attachment.

Well said.

Exactly. That’s why I’ve packed a hammock for 40 years

😂 canvas 😂 I have a surplus Vietnam era tent I use it all year round it came with the stove too but don’t use it because it’s heavier then a bag of rocks I use a folding tent stove that fits with the tent

‘I have a lot of expensive tents and I don’t use footprints’ how many of those have you paid for ?? This advise could cause damage to someone’s tent that might not have the means for repair.

duct tape is good too

It matters if it’s so heavy you never leave your car..

@@coltiscoolify 🤣🤣🤣

@@coltiscoolifywhat the?? Get strong baby back

I mean yeah, no, just take what your experienced with really is what I think, if you know how to use shit that has MULTI use then you’d have a lesser load, higher knowledge to do more things

Pack weight matters after a certain point, but you're also not wrong. Someone with little experience really doesn't know what they're going to need and if they find themselves asking themselves "Do I need this?" the answer is "Yes, you need it, at least until you know that you don't." Comfort items are also more important for the novice because they're already going to be dealing with more stress and anxiety than their more experienced peers, so it's okay to bring something to increase the enjoyment they are getting, like a chair or a comfortable pillow.

I was so confused about this in the video! I’m happy I’m not the only one who thought condensation was the main reason.

I use a piece of Stego Wrap under my tent!

​@randyandy4827 same. Mine was a tyvek sheet I bummed off a local home builder.

That’s interesting… I just switched to a single wall this year. I was disappointed with all the moisture especially when not under some trees. I never use a barrier. BUT, thinking now I’ll give it a try. Thanks.

And moisture protection between the slab and subflooring, but some subfloor systems have it designed in

😂

Sandals/barefoot hiking can be a lot of fun!

My wife is a surgeon.. I have her ampute my left arm at the shoulder before I go hiking.. She puts it in the deep freezer then she just thaws it out and reattaches it after I'm finished.. That lightens the load on my legs by like 15lbs and I can carry an extra two cases of brewskies without expending any additional energy..

Don’t wanna be over encumbered

@@MarkLadaHomie I’m sorry. I really thought it was pork shoulder, and brought it to the church Potluck

Just wanted to add that I do agree that a footprint isn't a necessary item to bring. Tents are already made to last, even the expensive ones. I just didn't think that the argument you used was realistic when looking at the majority of the outdoor community. *also sorry for the mistakes in my first comment 😅

@@TheDemolitionStudiowho are you talking to tho

He's talking to the video creator

My tent came with a fitted footprint to also attach to the tent poles. It wouldnt make sense for me to not bring it. I think it's a 40 dollar tarp but still cheaper than my 120 dollar tent.

I’m right there with you. I don’t have a footprint for the whole underside of the tent, only for the part most likely to get a lot of traffic (the part right by the entrance) and it’s Tyvek so it only weighs like 200 grams. Additionally, for times when you don’t expect bugs, you can set up a tent with just the fly and footprint to save a bit of weight.

Everything you have said is 100% TRUE! Black bears are cute and cuddly and crave close human contact!! Everyone who has moved here to Montana from California has been made aware of that Good News!!

I mean, I’ve come face to face with black bears multiple times. They just don’t WANT to kill you. They’re little babies 95 times out of 100. So bear spray is just unnecessary 🤷🏼

​@@deezdezraAnd what state?

@@deezdezra Fun fact: The majority of human deaths from black bears were from being preyed upon. I don't carry it most of the time but if I were far into the Canadian backcountry where they aren't familiar with humans I would. I would also carry in places where they're TOO familiar with humans.

😂

I don't know if you've heard about it, but there's a better option.

@@---cr8nw now if they would only make one of those “better options” look like a walking stick so you could carry it incognito . . .

@@georgiabelle3717, they can't. It would violate federal law. And it would be incredibly dangerous to bend the barrel or plug it up with mud. Just carry in a holster.

@@---cr8nwIt's not always better.

@@percyfaith11a gun is infinitely better than bare mace

How is this an argument? The ground cloth is the same material as the floor of your tent?

I use a ground sheet to protect from rocks but I don’t think the ground cloth helps with condensation. It sounds your daughter’s tent had double the water vapor (aka humans) as yours, I suspect that’s the culprit. Humans emit a significant amount of water as we breathe. When done all night long in a small, enclosed, poorly ventilated space… that is where a lot of the condensation comes from. Another major source (in cold weather) is the colder exterior temperatures causing the wall of a single wall tent to be colder than the inside air. Just like the condensation on the outside of a cold beverage that’s been outside the fridge for a bit.

It can also work as an emergency shelter or rain cover for the tent for more ventilation.

Isn't it illegal to use bear spray on mountain lions?🤔

@@stepanbandera5206I’d rather not be dead

@@brianwatts5951 😂👍

​@@stepanbandera5206who is telling? The mountain lion?

@@IscariottActual 🤷

Best comment

Great idea bro

And the tyvek has so many more uses than just a ground sheet.

Try getting a slurpy and a moon pie . Bladder head . . Hahaha 😂😂😂

I am a big fan. I have water bladders for my motorcycle tank bag and my hiking and mountain biking backpack it is just nice to carry something that doesn't require a specific shape, and it carries more water.

Oh shit bro 💀

Cause and because are different words with different meanings.

I’ve yet to have a water bladder not leak on me, I like them but can’t bring myself to pay the money for a really nice one knowing it’ll probably fail

Exactly. Same with my MSR tent. I mostly camp/Backpack in the Rockies so rain often isn't an issue much of the year but it's saved me a couple times in the past.

7g max

Yeah but then you don't look like grizzly Adams lol

That soup strainer he's wearing can really stink up the forest.

@@stepanbandera5206 can you grow a soup strainer? : )

@@bcamping1 yeah, between my legs.

It's less bulky insofar as it's not taking up space inside your pack.

@@Im_With_Stupid you people have a lame excuse for everything! All you did was move it to the outside, the weight does not change. Most of you are to scared to de an individual and run what works best for you, you have to do what everyone else does! Lemmings

​@Im_With_Stupid dude the bladder holding the same amount as a full bottle would take up the same amount of space. Now it's a different story if you drink the bottle and the bladder... the bottle is still in bottle shape and taking up a bottle of space

@@worlore1651 The bottle doesn't go inside your pack like a bladder does, so it doesn't take up space inside your pack.

@@Im_With_Stupid in the video, he said "heavy", the water still weights the same in the bottle. going to assume he misspoke in that instance.

Well, that's one way to save on weight 😂

45 super is pretty decent aswell

we call it Second Amendment Bear Spray

JohnNivek, thank you for pointing out that black bears are much more inclined towards human predation and that tendency has become more pronounced in the last 20 years, according to Stephen Herrero. The nature of grizzly attacks has not changed in that time.

@@henryrodgers1752 it's just something I have to be more worried about because I live in black bear country. There are a few cases of reported grizzlies but officially they aren't considered to be in my state. If you go camping where I do you're actually very likely to see a black bear. Due in part to the fact that there's a lot of farmland and popular hiking trails where I live so they aren't as skittish around humans which can get dangerous. The rule of thumb in my community is don't go into the woods without a firearm. My sister was followed back to camp by a black bear the last time we went camping together. The deterrent shots for only seemed to scare it off for a while because it kept coming back. If I was out solo and that bear was around there's a good possibility that it would've just attacked.

I don't know about this. I'm gonna have to research. It sounds kind of wild. I live in black bear area and blackbear's always run for me my whole life. I literally legit called them to me at this point I have videos of it and they run. Not saying you're inaccurate just something I never knew to be true

This is not true, brown bears attack "unprovoked" if you go too close to their cubs for example. This can happen without you even seeing the cubs.

@@maxuli21 then it wasn't "unprovoked" because that's yet another case of someone fucking up, by not paying attention. Even if you don't see them, bear cubs make a lot of noise especially when separated from their mother. Noises that are super easy to identify as bear cubs. At no point should you ever let your guard down like that in the woods.

I'm new t hiking Nd camping any recommendation on a gear list

I mean I knew he was full of it when I saw him replace a water bladder with.... a water bladder with extra steps...

@@jcdenton6074 are little bags like that worth using ? Or just bringing a heavy duty clothes bag

​@@codyfournellcsrf5164Anything someone is trying to sell you in a youtube short won't be worth it. Influencers like him are paid to sell items. In this short, he's selling that water bottle thing.

tbf historically he’s correct. black bear predation on humans has increased in recent times, likely due to higher exposure to humans making them less skittish around them. Out where I live they’re still pretty scared of people, have had to spook a few away before, they largely are just curious not aggressive where i’m at. Don’t think a Grizzly would’ve been spookable in those scenarios due to size. Obviously though a wild animal is a wild animal, they’re never really predictable and anything that big is always potentially dangerous.

Firearms have been shown to be less effective in a bear attack than bear spray because most are are not calm or capable enough to accurately shoot at a charging bear. seen seasoned hunters freeze at a charging Kodiak, always have a backup unless you want to be dinner

@@oldankh yes but bear spray can only be used up to 10-20 ft out. 10mm can go a lot further a lot faster, and the noise of a gunshot is often enough to scare most bears.

@@austink4712 No offense Austin but you don't understand bear behavior, warning shots very seldom do anything to scare off a bear especially a brown in August/September or a Kodiak. It'll do nothing more than piss it off and increase its aggression. Let alone placing accurate shots at a charging bear is insanely difficult and rare, the best hunters around have frozen or had a firearm jam. There is a reason when we go hunting we have bear spray too, on top of having a long gun and a handgun. But you bet your ass we are reaching for that spray first, it IS more effective than a firearm in a short distance. Please do research and ask local rangers before you go into Bear country

​@oldankh these guys are always the same they think they are big and bad for carrying a pistol thinking they can dome a charging grizzly from 60 yards out with a 10mm

@@tylerprice6063 Definitely overconfident, I always wonder if the people who comment things like that have ever actually been around a bear or ever been in bear country. I'm from Montana so this information was taught in public school, as early as 1st grade. And when their negligence leads to a bear attack or death, the bear is located and put down. It's not fair for anyone involved, that's why I'm so passionate about bear safety and education.

All done with the molesting?

That video of that guy being followed and threatened by a mountain lion was horrifying, I'd totally have it on hand if I was in their habitat

Good thinking. Some hunters concern me as well.

good luck spraying them with bear spray from 50 yds when they have a rifle@@scojo6377

If you surprise a mama bear, you’re probably getting chewed on until she decides you aren’t an issue anymore.

That is a common misconception about black bears. Mother black bears with cubs are highly unlikely to attack. It is much more true with mother grizzlys than black bears, with 70% of people killed by grizzlies being in defense of its cubs. There has never been a recorded death from a black bear defending her cubs. In the case of a confrontation, the mother black bear will have her cubs retreat and will show harmless bluster out of anxiety, which makes them appear ferocious. They will make motions or vocal warnings at most.

by the time your spray doesn't work I doubt you'll finish it with a gun in time unless you got dead eye

@@drucastellon4904 Thats why you have the spray in your offhand and gun in the other.

@@ColorblindBullpup Ahh yes. The do everything, but none of it well method.

yeah I'll be damned if I let some morons rules keep me without bear spray or a gun. sorry rather be fined than mauled

Why not a third option . . Tickle the bears b-lls and give him a happy ending and he'll leave you alone . . Hahaha 😂😂😂

Please don't poach ❤

​@@PredictableEnigmaToo late 😊

@@PredictableEnigma its not poaching if you get charged out of nowhere they have no more right than we do to be in the woods

Hear me out, a 10mm or a bush rifle with bear spray attachment 😂

@@Jay_Mac1775 Give this man an award

I have no idea how people have so much problems with their hydration bladders. I have 3 of them in 3 different bags, all of them are the Osprey type with the ziplock style closure. I never put anything in them except water, and I've never had to clean a single one. I just drain them when I'm done. Eight years later, the first one I got still has never had a mold issue. Why do people have so much issue? Did they put Gatorade in them or something?

@@timlong1462 intermittent use is the biggest issue. If you don't use it for extended periods and it's damp or wet it will get nasty when left stored like that.

Eh, it's not that bad. I'm Canadian and nearly everyone hikes and camps without protection.

@@MacLeodddd I'm sure it's fine 99.9 percent of the time, but I'm not keen on being that .1%

@@Cueil I don't think you understand how hard it even is to kill a bear. A gun or knife won't always do it anyway.

@@MacLeoddddpeople that think they’ll even be able to shoot anything less than a six foot group under the pressure and shock of being charged by a bear is staggering. As if anything less than a 12 gauge slug would do more than give a bear a headache even if your aim was perfect.

Real

I always carry in the backcountry, and pretty much everywhere else. But I did read an article years ago that said bear spray is better at deterring an attack than a gun. Supposedly, a gunshot wound might not be immediately noticed by a charged-up bear, but the pain of pepper spray is instant and impossible to dismiss.

@@TDC7594also because you can’t really miss a can of bear spray.

@@TDC7594yeah the power is spray is so fascinating to me when I see examples of it on humans and animals. There’s so many instances of like people getting in fights with police and being shot many times but still up and fighting but seeing big ass pp or people high as snoop get dropped by OC. It’s so odd how animals can ignore certain things but others will just stop us in our tracks

@@TDC7594idk from personal experience I fell wayyyy more comfortable having my 10mm on my hip than having bear spray, but I do get the instant stopping power when all the bears senses are fucked up

number two is just a container shape choice. not sure how cylindrical things are more wasteful than flat things. especially if you're just getting water from the same sink to fill both. good bottles can be reused plenty. something that's difficult to clean may cause it to need replacement, causing more waste.

For fucking real.

Glad I was able to help

This, black bears can be nasty fuckers

Yeah the whole black bear won’t attack is pretty off the mark

You shouldn't be getting close enough to bears to be smelling their armpits anyways.

@@HepCatJack 100% agree, but sometimes they sneak up and want to force you to smell their armpits

This is objectively an incorrect statement. Bear spray will always be a better option unless you’re a professional and are carrying a rifle. Spray > 7 rounds from a .44

​@@skreelthebarbarian😂😂 these comments got me 💀

Seems like I would rather have BS and not need it than to need it and NOT have it. Pepper spray saved me recently from an unleashed pit bull in full on attack mode. I had to deploy it twice before the mongrel would retreat but so glad I had it and was able to defend myself.

Care to list all those videos of bear spray not working?

you know not everything is on video but a lot of people who used bear spray were still attacked by a bear. its not full proof.@@percyfaith11

Really? Care to show me a video of bear spray not working? I know you want a reason to carry a gun, you don’t need to make stuff up for it though

nobody is making anything up. bear spray doesn't always work and that's just a fact. its best to have both for the times it doesn't. @@es0x

I’ve never had a problem with bladders. I still use a bladder my dad bought when he would go backpacking as a young man. They are more versatile and environmentally friendly than plastic, and your water doesn’t have microplastics in it

Some people insist on being stupid but to each, their own. He can go undefended in black bear country. You and I know better.

Its just as easy to have a water bottle. Takes maybe a second to grab it if your shoulders are flexible enough

@@EthanDurant for me the problem is quantity. And for me I’m more inclined to drink when I feel thirst if the water is effortless to access

@@calebfeliciano2099so you can bring an extra bottle to hold more water, still weigh less than the bladder and use the quick attach to make those bottles “bladders” but whatever works for you is the best way man keep going outside

​​​@@mattpassos5689bro wdym, 1L of water bottle weigh the same of 1L of water inside the bladder. What changes is the bladder has more capacity

Much easier to fill a water bottle. The bladder was the first thing I ditched, mostly because it broke.

Damn I wish I could afford one. 9 mm is better than a stick I guess

​@@paulriccio5333dude theres plenty of affordable 10mm handguns out there doesnt have to be glock 45 +p works too