@@SleepyFenalthough that is definitely a good thing to know...if TRULY needed...in a pinch. And everything quit tomorrow...it would be fantastic to have something like this prepared to help ease the...transition from the "normality" (spoiled life) moat of us are blessed with. It's definitely helpful...And MUCH faster than rubbing two sticks together. But that's important to know as well.
@chiwawa130 Have you ever tried getting a real fire going with matches or a lighter? Even the lightest breeze is a battle when you're trying to start a fire. So I both like and dislike this, because it does take a lot of effort, and obviously needs fire to make fire, but yeah, if you have the stuff prepared and with you, this sticky, intense burning fuel just might save the day.
The amount of people not realizing you just take the tube with you when you go out is astounding. He just so happens to be teaching us how to make it while outside.
@@skorp265I agree with everything you said, but the bigger problem is meme/influencer/social media culture as a whole. At this point, it’s like trying to control a widespread wildfire - a futile endeavor. It will have to run its course until it falls out of public favor. Point is, commenters like the one being referenced are a product of meme/influencer/social media culture, and thus, merely a symptom - not the root issue.
it's too complicated... in Indonesia we use box soap and petrol, first cut the soap into small pieces then pour on the petrol, don't add too much, then stir until it becomes jelly and the result is the same as in this video, you don't use a lot of ingredients. just soap and petrol
Protip - just use tampons. It's actually an underrated survival tool. It can also act as water filtration medium and bandages for cut/wound. It's small, lightweight, and some brands are water-resistant from their individual packaging. Tear it up and it would catches fire very easily as well.
Yeah, that’s all good info, but tampons are expensive. Everything he has in this video I already have at home. So it will cost me nothing to make a tube of this and put it in my pack. Plus I have an entire first aid kit that takes up less space than a box of tampons.
@@80PercentScottishIf you're saying that Vaseline increases friction as opposed to having no lube then you're objectively wrong. That's complete bullshlt, have no idea what kind of Vaseline you're using.
You're not real bright are you? The idea is you have a source of fuel that won't be put out by rain. It's not for that moment, it's for the future, which is really important in survival planning.
@@lukearts2954 I grew up near Amish and had some Creek Native Americans kids and their family as friends. My personal tribes is cut off mostly with our traditions still to this day. But to learn what I did from those two cultures where extremely informative. Best survival method is to learn from having absolutely nothing to work with from the start.
it's too complicated... in Indonesia we use box soap and petrol, first cut the soap into small pieces then pour on the petrol, don't add too much, then stir until it becomes jelly and the result is the same as in this video, you don't use a lot of ingredients. just soap and petrol
I've seen variations on this before. Usually cotton balls were used instead of wood shaving. Also, you can stuff the mixture in a straw or straw sections no larger than a quarter. Then you can light the sections when needed or squeeze out if you only have a flight set. A lot of people are asking "why?". To make a fire you need kindling to light with your lighter. If conditions are wet or damp, then its much harder to do that. Have fun holding your hand sideways for a minute or two with the flame next to it. You'll get burned. The paste can be lit quickly and will stay burning for a while. Long enough to dry out the damp kindling to start the fire. The damper the area the more kindling you'll need to get the damp wood to catch fire. I can see from the comments that many here have never started a campfire except under ideal conditions.
@imnotacat5299 Yes, he or she also has enough sense to realize that, in today's world where camping trips are more likely to come at the end of a long, miserable run for survival, it's a good thing NOT to DEPEND on a home made kit, all fancy and nicely prepared.😉
I only thought of mixing that with wax to make fuel tablets, but making a paste was a surprise. This is a great second-life use for the toothpaste tube. Using that cardboard pad as a work surface on the stump was also a great idea. It's a tarp, but with a natural, wood-based colour tone to it. Practical and works well in terms of video recording for colour reasons.
I just have a container of vaseline and 3 packs of cotton swabs in case there has been heavy rain. Cotton swabs weigh nothing and are very flamable on their own.
It is also a good solution but I think this one is even better because the combustion of wood also releases flammable gases and the burnt wood will suck up the substance even better. So it's like a 3 staged combustion.
Fire paste is handy stuff for fire starting. I've never seen it re-packaged that way... cool. 🔥 (Fire icon for those who can't think above 3rd grade levels)
This is a fantastic idea. It takes a bit more work than many other fire starters but there is virtually no chance the contents of the properly resealed toothpaste tube will ever become compromised in any way. I was thinking that the sawdust/vaseline mixture could also be heat-sealed in pieces of large diameter plastic straws for your light weight mini-kit. You have excellent content, will now hit the subscribe button.
Dude... like how the fuck and why would you use straws? He already gave you a proven method... like why?😂 why why why must humans complicate things that dont need it
@@user-xh4hy9np4i Have you seen the size of mini survival kits? They are the size of Altoid cans or even smaller. They are only for emergency. That size of toothpaste tube in the video would be too much and too large to fit in the kit.
@@GTX311 You nailed it. I am no advocate for mini-survival kits for use by my family but our young troops do practice with them. No mini-kit is intended for a long term stay in the wild. The ability to reliably start one or two fires in our wet, tropical jungle (Philippine Islands) is all that we would expect from a pocket size kit.
@@chiwawa130 I think a lighter could be good but the fire starter should be the main focus as it's the thing being shown. The flint is just to empathize a survival scenario
Yeah but it works best if it's made well BEFORE hand because well you need fire to make the starter.😅 So make the starter before camping and use it all other ways to start the fire didn't work.😅
Yeah Vaseline never stops being flammable mor does saw dust could be a good thing to just throw into a pack and be able to forget about till you wind up needing it
I love how the survival tip is like : if you want to easily start a fire, start by heating up vaseline ... wait a second *stares at the fire to heat up the vaseline*
@@MAli-mj3yd so get a windproof lighter then, its not gonna be any easier to use a fucking flint and steel in high wind/moisture environments either you can dry out a completely soaked bic lighter in less than 2minutes just by rolling the flint wheel against dry fabric
I use paraffin coated cardboard from boxes used to ship cabbage and other vegetables to grocery stores in the United States. It can't be recycled, so grocery stores are happy to give it to you. Just ask for it whenever you're in the produce section of your grocery store. 😊
You can buy similar stuff at a store that also sells cheese graders. Its almost like you should just buy the thing from the store instead of buying something from the store that makes the thing
@@dariennepohatu6719 That's just a lot of Useless garbage to pack when there are other things you can take that will start a fire just as fast...plus the room that stuff takes up can be used to add other survival things to one's kit. I think most here don't understand 'survival'...usually this comes from something Very bad happening...like you lose your backpack in a fall, or that single prop airplane didn't make it, but you did, or your canoe turned over in fast water, etc. No one packs stuff like in the video for those kinds of real emergency situations - especially things jars of Vaseline and such. Even if hiking or biking, keep a spare lighter on your person...not just in your back pack. Ditto with a spare knife...you can usually collect enough fuel for a fire and make fire starter with a knife by scraping wood, etc. Again, this video is just gimmick stuff, and not going to be of any real help in a survival situation. You can 'play' at setting a fire with it, if you really want to stuff your back pack with just things...or your car is 20 feet from your camp site and you can just go get it out of one of the suitcases you packed. But real hikers, and people who want to learn bush craft survival skills laugh at foo foo stuff like what is in this video
One thing I learn about people in the comments... They won't survive long after an apocalyptic event... They'll probably be on their phone trying to order Uber Eats. 😂😂
That’s the problem though with these theories, we already saw how the pandemic felt… society is so used to doing what it does that even in the face of chaos we simply go about our routines… we are creatures of habit. Work for many is habitual… we wake up, we go to work or do productive things… so the likelihood of everyone quitting at once is lower than seems at first glance. But if there is a huge problem then there is typically a support response from those who aren’t affected. So long as one is not poor or of a different political ideology.
Like wood and grease does burn ? High temperature metal can sealed other stuff like plastic for instead , or that you can be outside and not on your phone ? So much hidden knowledge I know...
Pro tip: if you don't have a tube of toothpaste that's empty or if you don't want to worry about resealing said tube with heat and hoping that seal holds, then try looking up Matador Refillable Toothpaste Tubes. $10 will get you two different sized tubes, one full/standard sized tube and one travel sized tube that's TSA approved.
Absolutely 💯 correct. He is showing different skills that individuals might have on them . All different ways to survive . The fools that make fun , are the ones that wouldn't survive .
The reusing the toothpaste hack is genius! you sir are a gift to the world! Thanks so much for sharing this one! watching from the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver island in Canada 👍🏼🔥🇨🇦
O am an artist . I'm mixing to get the right color that takes time only to come back to continue later... I save any toothpaste empty tube and load it with THE! COLOR .that I use it many times even for many other paintings... this man shows the "how to " for the outdoor gear, not to carry with him the whole industry...😅
"We need a firestarter! This is an extreme situation and we could die!" "I'm on it! Luckily I have this fire to make a firestarter with using my other firestarter!"
That's what we think, because we don't know how to enjoy the outdoors. I think that people who love outdoor life enjoy this kind of behavior too. Let them do what they like.^_^
Actual best fire starter: Melt wax from old candles, dip makeup remover pads in it, and set aside to dry. It’s waterproof, easily packable in a tin, and simply tear it open and expose the fine dry cotton fibers to start a fire (catches sparks easily)
@@mrrobotto16 dryer lint is great for instant flame, but it burns out quickly. With the makeup pucks it burns with a constant flame for over 5 minutes!
@@mrrobotto16 The smell is not the best if you have dogs, though ... nothing like the smell of burning dog hair early in the morning. Of course, if you're hungry enough, it wouldn't matter.
@@dubsspilly5864Morakniv is the gold standard for bushcraft.. They're like $12. I spent many nights/days in the AK bush with one. Cheap doesn't always mean bad.
@j_ke True it may be his beater, but the worry is someone taking his advice when shit hits the fan. A knife that dulls faster than it should could become a problem in a real survival situation
I think it’s better to do it with strike anywhere matches. Just prepare them beforehand and then you don’t need to make a spark, you just bring those and you’re good.
I like how he uses articles of highly advanced modern life, tooth paste tubes, graters, magnesium rods, vaseline petroleum jelly, to create primitive things for survival. He's like a child that uses a blanket and pillows to create a teepee to survive in the living room!
@@mikevalls976 Really, do you have to ask that? Do I really have to explain it to you? What do they feed you as kids in your country? Powdered chlorine? Let me break it down for you like you're a 5-year-old: the man is using fire to seal the tube, so obviously he's not trying to do it with random stuff he found lying around in the woods. The advice is really good and practical; you make it at home, and you have a waterproof fire starter, doesn't take up space, and because of its composition, it should burn under extreme conditions. 10/10
Showing LOVE for the channel. Thank you for another great educational video for survival. Once again, man, I truly do appreciate my friend. Thank you, and have a blessed day, everyone.
Vaseline + cotton balls = Victory! Add a 9v & steel wool you da man! Now this I LOVE THE WOOD PASTE, and reusing the tube, yooooo it’s solid! Thanks for the short.
Years ago i picked up 3 multi - packs of bic lighters, so I still have at least 10 of those lighters everywhere...in the car ,truck , backpacks ,garage ,etc .😅
