The Most Underrated Survival Tool Ever for $5! 

You'll be single-handedly responsible for the uptick in orange t-shirt sales!

"Individual Survival Experience May Differ" 🤣 Must always read the fine print! 😉

Like the bandanna it has hundreds of uses. Limited only by your inventiveness. Great video. 👍

Your best video yet, your humor (👍), editing, delivery.

Do you make any infographics for your skill demos? I'm working on educational materials for my family and friends. Already got them the SAS 3rd eddition, but I think smaller, bite sized lessons might work better for them. Teaching Scouts and Vets is much easier than loved one's.

Drone footage adds a whole new dimension to videos. The possibilities vary greatly.

You forgot one other use. That bright orange t-shirt goes well with your bushcraft designer jeans in case you stumble onto a cave party

AFantastic video, just great to see valuable survival techniques being demonstrated in an upbeat way, without the moaning and griping about algorithims and views we have to listen to elsewhere...

Wasn't it Mors Kochanski who said the more you know the less you carry? Guys like Kit Carson and Jim Bridger could probably walk from the East coast to the West coast with just the clothes on their backs and a good knife. The biggest problem I have and a lot of people I know are we really don't have a place to practice bushcraft, and very few places within an hour or so drive, reading, watching videos, and even practicing in your back yard isn't the same as being out in the woods, we should learn our area, find out what restrictions there are, like are open fires allowed or fishing, trapping and such. Get out in the woods, if not now then come spring.

Gosh, I love being right… I AM learning from your channel… ~you’re an amazing teacher… As always I look forward to next week’s video… Be safe and God bless you…

Hi Andrew, You have an uplifting and calming way of teaching a difficult and scary subject. Plus, you have a great smile! I've been traveling out west the last 4 years and have done lots of overnights in the desert/forest/also stealth camping along the way. Your survival tips have made my journey much easier. Knowing you are an expert and have actually used these skills gives me confidence I can do it! Thank you for helping me.

Votre style est unique et vos techniques contiennent une combinaison d'originalité et de simplicité. J'adore.

Great ideas! Personally I don't think I would waste energy in a survival situation to build that chair. I notice that you held your offhand in the correct position for knife fighting when demonstrating with the shiv, keeping your palm towards your face protects the veins in your wrist.

Good experience view with the drone footage Thank you very much!

Another top-notch presentation, Andrew! It's great to see someone who not only "talks the talk, but "walks the walk" as well! I recommend your channel to every outdoorsman I know. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

I love it. While I have a blaze orange panel that can be used for a flag it is basically a panel on only one side of me if I pin it on. I thought about orange t-shirts but never thought about getting a super size one to fit over any jacket. With the extra large size one can cut strips off the bottom and still have a working t-shirt left. ***Link to the type of webbing you use?***

That 'bush craft chair' looks like an AWESOME set up to construct pre-season as a deer stand chair in the woods!! Just carry the shirt pre-rigged, hang & hunt. Thank you. Great channel, keep plugging!!

Drew, I'll never take my 100% cotton T-shirts to Goodwill again! This was one of your best videos ever!

You have made my day, again Sir. I have had safty orange, or yellow. Long sleeve t shirts. In all my kits, for years. Brovo, for the improvised, great ideas. Cheers 🍻

Hey great video, I have a challenge for you take one of those plastic sacks that crawfish or oranges come in and turn it into a survival/bushcraft item with at least two uses

So many great uses for a orange cotton t shirt,thanks for your knowledge Andrew.🇺🇸👍

Hey Andrew, this class was one of the best I see from you.. everything goes on point. ⭐⭐⭐

Melhor canal de tecnicas de sobrevivencia parabéns !

Surprised you didn't show how to turn the shirt into a fanny pack. Especially since it doesn't require (though could be improved with) cordage to make. It also puts the weight around your hips which is what most backpacking packs do, keeps your center of gravity where it should be, and frees up your back and shoulders for anything additional you wish to carry. It's also super simple to make.

LOL! Ya, the lowly T-shirt, *LOTS* of uses. Keep one in my backpack. Have puled it over my head, tied the sleeves behind my head so that the neck forms just a slit for the eyes for protection from the sun, can also be used the same way for improvised protection from a dust storm or play ninja in a paint ball battle, just about any way a shemagh might be used, including concealment (well, maybe wouldn't want 'orange' for that). Can be used as a carry sack for walnuts, apples, tinder, those fish you caught, whatever, even carry water short distances. Pot holder or improvised glove for hand protection. Improvised plate carrier? Fill it with rocks or sand, use it as a weight for tie downs if you're in a place where tent pegs wouldn't work (rocky or sandy...). Counterweight for a snare? Saw one vid where a guy filled one with sand, used it as a round mold, pounded wet clay around it to make a bowl in a longer term survival situation. No paracord? Make ties out of it. A towel. A washcloth. A dish rag. List goes on and on. You can even wear one like a shirt. 😎

Amazing. Your ideas and the way you explain them is one of a kind. I look forward to each new lesson. Thank you.

Thx Andrew, I like your videos. Always very interesting and reasonable. The drone footage was super professional 👍🏻 please keep on doing your instructional videos 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Excellent video! I loved how you took 1 item and showed many ways to use it. I would like to add. You could ( if you had to) cut it into strips to tie things together. It may not be paracord strange, but it would work for many items. Love your channel.

Loved the video. I actually voted for the orange shirt! Great to see. The new drone footage was brilliant!

Great work as usual! My dad always said "if it ain't broken don't fix it", but I never listened to him😀. Have you considered a collaboration with someone you respect. I think seeing you interact with new people/skills would be great to see!

toe nail clipperes, you ever try to mantain with 2" toe nails, BIG PROBLEMS

Excellent! That video demonstrated not just knowledge, but a thorough depth of knowledge, which showed that the one item did not just have a few uses, but many uses beyond the usual signal, char cloth, water filter so often seen in videos. 👍

Another great video Andrew! Any item that has multiple uses is always good to go in my book! BTW it's called fishing and not catching, hunting and not killing - sometimes it doesn't work out, but you tried!!

Just a thought, can you use the hem from the t shirt, twist it and use it for make shift cordage for a bow drill set? Great content as always, stay safe and keep them coming.

Be advised, multiple knife hand projectiles spotted in the AO.

So, could the drone be the most underrated item for survival? Nice shots. She seems stable in the wind.

Excellent teaching, it is amazing how something so simple can be used in so many ways to save your life. Thank you for sharing this Ranger. I am buying a Orange shirt or two this week.

Might wanna buy a few shirts. Could get pretty beat up

AWESOME AWESOME video👍😃👍

Excellent discussion! Some of these were familiar, others were new. Thank you. Your ability to impart information has always been great, but now your video skills have reached another level. Great channel. Been with you since the start and very happy I subbed when I did.

Happy holidays Andrew, thanks for this video and the drone footage. What about using Firecord, instead of Paracord? It has a flammable strand that can be used instead of char and could save some of the shirt for other uses.

Thank you, Andrew, a large-size orange Tee shirt is an excellent Christmas gift idea for all of our young troops plus the nieces and nephews. The "outlaws" children get curious when they see our family practicing skills. We enjoy gifting them small items so that they may also practice what they see our young ones doing. This is our gentle way to introduce our extended family to the idea of skill-building and emergency preparedness.

You kinda sound like Snake from Metal Gear Solid

Colonel, I always love drone footage. So cool, but I can take it that you always wanted to be Air Force, , lol. Cool vid bro, thx for the vid

Very good survival information Andrew. Keep up the good work. Rangers lead the way! Don from Oregon

@Ranger: What pen did you use to write the map?

Hi RSFC great video Cheers Jc🇬🇧

Nice to see someone with an original post . And not following the crowd and just repeat what everybody else It's doing .good job .

Definitely an Under rated item & Thanx to your tutorial,It's now a Preferred item to include/have with us.I'm thinkin' long sleeve,orange t-shirt is optimal.Now that you got a drone,I'm guessing we will be seeing you at the "LZ" rather than the drop zone,as the word drop doesn't sound viable when piloting a drone,lol! Xlnt class today,Thanx Andrew!!

Great ideas. I think your camp chair was very cool. Since most of your weight is taken by the cross piece, I think one t-shirt would have been adequate to take the weight of the backrest. I can't "weight" to try this out.

Thanks for the video, I really Iiked the chair,but it was great 👍

Thanks Andrew, awesome job 👍😎

Another awesome video produced by a guy that knows his stuff .. I know most of us prefers the concealment colors .. but you have made a great point with the orange tshirt .. a buddy just hiked a section of trail and forgot any orange and it’s hunting season where he was hiking .. I’m going to suggest this video to him

Ok, ok, ok… I’m one of the few that voted for a nalgene and cup… I’m just old fashioned that way! Lol… great points on the orange t-shirt, excellent ideas! Outstanding drone use too! Glad to hear it’s going to be staple going forward. Keeo up the Fire!!!

I definitely prefer this style of video where you talk, but I can imagine the voice-over style is way easier to make. It's deer season so I need something orange, why not that? I don't hunt but I'd hate to get shot accidentally. My only fear on the torch is that as it starts to go out, someone will attempt to dump more fuel on it. Disastrous. Beautiful land you're on, do you shoot primarily on public land? Access to private land? Your own? Just curious! Thanks.

Thinking of the bungie cord as a survival option reminds me of Ron Hood who I think was the one who recommended using surgical tubing as "boot bands" to blouse trousers over combat boots. Provided tubing for getting water out of rock seeks and such, be used for sling shots, spear guns, crossbows, engines for various traps, blow air into a fire, use as a thin tourniquet and as I found fun to play with and shoot at things like a giant rubber band.

Andrew, another excellent video. To be honest, I was surprised that the T-shirt was not higher on the list. Look forward to videos of the other items that you had listed.

Awesome video, Andrew. It's amazing how something so simple can be so useful. Drone footage was 😎 you have a beautiful place. Keep'em coming!

time to check out corporal's latest :)

Excellent video, thank you.

you could also use that shirt to help build a water filter. some sand some charcoal some small rocks

thank you. great vid as usual. ive never actually thought of using a cloth to hold ice/snow at top of tripod above my fire to melt water passively . using bit longer poles and can add shelf to hold cup. dry socks etc. also i do like drone footage :)

LMAO "Individual survival experience may differ " Hehehe

Hi Andrew, here are two survival ideas that I want to share with the gang. You can turn your USGI Canteen pouch and/or water bottle pouch into a "possible bag" to carry tinder or wild edibles that you have harvested along the way. The water bottle just needs to be tied with a paracord to be hanged on your shoulder. You showed us how to make a "fishing gill net" in prior videos. Did you know if you tie up the 2 ends to trees you got yourself a Hammock for sleeping. Love your videos and thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Thanks.

Awesome uses with something so simple. Your knowledge and skills are top notch!!

When using it as a flag....cut down a small tree to use as a flag ' pole' It becomes even more visible.

God damn that beautiful mug of yours, it just can't stop spewing genius

Andrew, awesome aerial recon footage...I always either learn a new skill or remember one I forgot about.. The trimmed look is cool, I recently did the same ( wife says I look 10 years younger, biased opinion).. Thank you for all you do..stay safe and have a Merry Christmas..

Oh shit that was your survey. I thought that was grunt proofs. Opps yours is much better. Double click on the like button.

Just awesome, I love it!

Great suggestions 👍

Really clever concept this. I'd like to see more videos where one resource can be used in so many different ways. The addition of the drone is great, too. But the best thing is seeing your old mug again with the odd smile now and again. It's a winner.

Outstanding work. Awesome progression into new stuff. Love the drone footage. Learn several things every time I watch one of your videos.

What are your thoughts on using the hem of the tee shirt for bow drill, anyone think it could be a possibility ?

Love this type of video!

Great video as usual love the drone view 👌

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Brilliant use of an everyday item. I have been retired for ut 12 years and still carry an OD cravat in my kit. Now I have to get an Orange t-shirt. thanks

I drove by a Christmas items tent that was blaze orange. It was impossible to not see it, in fact quite obnoxiously so. Which is the point. But not to sell Christmas. RTLW!

I learn something new every time you put out a survival tutorial video. Thank you sir for sharing your knowledge and skills with us. They are unmatched and life-saving ! Much love from Boston, Massachusetts.

The chair is a work of art bro 👍

Always the best video of the week….

I carry a 3X Safety Orange Tee at the very bottom of my ruck. I bought it for the purpose of making myself visable should I need to be found. It will fit me no matter what I am wearing from heavy coat to nothing. All these other uses, I never considered half of them. I do carry 5 20"x20" 100% cotton bandanas in all 3 tiers of my loadout 1:1:3

Outstanding video

Awesome concept. Thank you for the episode. Salute 🦅🇺🇸

Hello Andrew Hello from Detroit Michigan brother 94/275 thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise and for taking us along with you on your adventure through the woods

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I guessed bike tube even though I suppose they're technically *free. The drone footage is a nice supplement 👍

I’ve had one of these with my kit for a while. Enjoyed the video. Actually voted for the tube anyway, just because I recently put it back into my bag, and looking at my most likely bad day scenarios, black smoke is my back up comms method, wearing the shirt for third - if I’ve got a pocket shiny blanket and tourniquet, too. Nevertheless, I really must agree!

Hey, the t-shirt is what I voted for. Right on 👍

That was a GREAT video. Something that came to mind regarding the bushcraft chair 24:21, I would think you could make one of the legs of your tripod shorter than the other two to have more of a lean-back, provided you planted the two longer poles well enough in the ground so as not to kick out on you. Guess you could sharpen those edges and wedge 'em pretty well with not to much effort.

Awesome video Captain. Best I've seen on the uses of cotton fabric, one of the ten C's.

Great ideas, Skipper! I have always worn an orange T-shirt for survival outdoors in shooter country. Now I will take a second one along. Military recruits on the way to basic training: wear two T-shirts in case the friendly (hah!) instructors tell you to clean the barracks but refuse to issue cleaning rags. Been there, seen that. Char cloth training goes back generations. I recently bought a can of Altoids for charring purposes and found that peppermint oil is used as an ingredient. Possibly useful as an anti-viral.

Thanks for putting these videos out. You make McGuyver look like like a little school girl. Stay frosty sir.🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸

Great video (as always) very informative. A question, what jacket are you wearing ?

Good stuff. I have always carried an orange pillow case for similar use, the T-Shirt may be a bit more versatile.

Dicas maravilhosas, parabéns guerreiro, eu estou aprendendo muito com vc, grande abraço.

As always a great show indeed, never fail to entertain your viewers with valid survival skills. You're a true Digger mate. Bicycle tubes are the best. We also use it as a water container, in summer we freeze it & use it to cool ourselves down. In winter we use it as a hot water bottle to keep warm in our shelter. We also use it to carry grain food etc. Love your t-shirt tip, always thinking outside the box..! Warm greetings from Australia. Have a great & safe Christmas. Cowabunga Major.!

It's not a purse, it's a satchel. Indiana Jones had one. Lol. Thanks for a great video. I'm definitely grabbing a XXL orange shirt.

Hey Sir, first of all great content. I accidentally stumbled onto your channel a couple of months ago and have been binge watching ever since. I was wondering if you've done a video focusing some of the "not so obvious" uses for the Army Singnal Panel? I would really like see that.