Pro tip for ballistics gel in hot weather: set it on a piece of glass, cover it with white cloth, then rotate it so the smooth bottom is on the side for filming. Every time you rotate it, it will get smooth on the bottom again.

@boccci

8 ай бұрын

boost

@MattH-wg7ou

8 ай бұрын

Thats a good idea!

@valdemar91

8 ай бұрын

Upvote for the boys to see!

@fernando47180

8 ай бұрын

Cool tip! to the top with you!

@Lesardah

8 ай бұрын

Have an upvote, my friend. I'll remember that.

Sometimes I forgot he was an actual demolitions expert

@LordSvzklx

8 ай бұрын

I know right? You see them just mating around being a couple of doofuses and you forget that they are both fiendishly competent in their respective field until all of a sudden they do something to remind you

@Lab_Dad

8 ай бұрын

As always, that was awesome. Thanks guys! 🎉

@Sednethal

8 ай бұрын

If you could go back in time and show them this video back when they started. They'd be SHOCKED at how much smarter they sound now. Hahaha.

@The_Curious_Cat

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, they just make it look so casual but both are incredibly competent in their expertise.

@lasagnahog7695

8 ай бұрын

I didn't even know until somewhat recently. I'm sure the knowledge came and went from my brain at some point but with all the firearm stuff lately it's been coming up a lot.

the best thing about dan and gav is that they haven't changed a bit even after their KZread success

@kibukun

8 ай бұрын

Not even their labcoats!

@Arte550

8 ай бұрын

Why change something that ain't broken

@numbr17

8 ай бұрын

Agreed. I love that.

@thisisnotdom

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's probably the KZread channel I've watched for the longest, because it's just consistently good!

@laurafromliverpool

8 ай бұрын

They really haven't and i love them for it.

"Don't put you're finger on it".. classic from these two. These guys are hilarious.

Dan's absolutely flawless timing on that countdown!

@Max_Jacoby

8 ай бұрын

He was offcamera so it might be overlayed countdown

@friedrichrubinstein2346

8 ай бұрын

@@Max_Jacoby Technically yes, but Gav's reaction seems to indicate otherwise.

@hajkie

8 ай бұрын

Honestly not surprising since he was an ammo/explosive expert who served in the british army, in the royal logistic corps.

@Steamrick

8 ай бұрын

@@hajkie I doubt he fired many black powder cannons while in the army, though...

@RyzawaVT

8 ай бұрын

@@Steamrick you'd be surprised

Honestly, I think Dan has to be one of the best combination stuntmen/practical effects guys in the business at this point. The way he's able to nail the timing, placement and focus on these shots which take fractions of a second is honestly so impressive. He's always up for doing whatever is required to get the shot. What a guy

@louisvictor3473

8 ай бұрын

He is a British military (forgot which branch) explosives expert. His delivery though, so lovely. Honestly, when I first heard he say it, I thought it was a joke, because he is such a lovely fun puppy that my brain just didn't recognize him as "former military guy" at all... then it sank in it wasn't a bit. What a guy indeed.

@007tallguy

8 ай бұрын

He certainly does the tough stunts and experiments! His lab coat is living proof.... there's stains, cuts, rips, tears from almost every session they've recorded! 👍👍🤣🤣

@chriswilbur1356

8 ай бұрын

And then there's Gavin having an aneurysm playing Bunnyman with Michael

We all should praise Gavs tremendous abilitys to bring the always convincing right sound into each SlowMo scenery .

@insanitycompromiseentertai7665

Ай бұрын

Bro I forgot he did the slow mo sound effects

Can't believe you guys are still doing good stuff after so many years without losing inspiration. Do you still take suggestions? Watching the gel's reaction to the entering ball, it made me think of meteor impacts on earth. Could you use that same canon and shoot it downwards into dirt from a certain height to simulate an impact crater?

@charlieevergreen3514

8 ай бұрын

That’s a GREAT suggestion. Crater, please. crater crater crater. please. In what? Dense mud? Soft clay... amazing. But even rocky sand (like where they are) would be intense.

@Sudikinoko

8 ай бұрын

The ball will fall out of the canon.

@charlieevergreen3514

8 ай бұрын

@@Sudikinoko Hahaha! That’s true, but they could use wadding like the old days, and in front of the cannonball. But it’s a good point...

@gherbo1609

7 ай бұрын

@@charlieevergreen3514 or just shoot a hill lol

@charlieevergreen3514

7 ай бұрын

@@gherbo1609 Haha! Right. Simple.

I cannot wait to see Dan eating the gel, but in Slow Mo.

@The_Curious_Cat

8 ай бұрын

*Gav prepares the cannon with some ballistic gel inside and tell Dan to open his mouth. Dan: "What? What do you mean?"

@ireallyreallyhategoogle

8 ай бұрын

Nope, it went through.

@CaptainMarvelsSon

8 ай бұрын

At least e didn't say that he would eat the ball.

@ciCCapROSTi

8 ай бұрын

40 hours video on second channel, NOW!

@noahrobin1941

8 ай бұрын

“I chew better in slow-motion”

Always amazed at how much punishment the gel can take.

@caam0000

8 ай бұрын

It's ballistic gel. It's made to take a hit.

@perniciouspete4986

8 ай бұрын

It's designed to simulate the effects of bullet wounds on animal/human muscle tissue. In other words, it shows how your body would react to getting shot.

@mtrivelin

8 ай бұрын

@@perniciouspete4986 Except your body won't go back to its original shape with a small hole and a ball stuffed inside. Your guts would probably be strewn all over the place.

@robertschwalb4469

8 ай бұрын

@@perniciouspete4986 I find it hard to believe that my body would catch that first ball.

@brianhoschouer3665

8 ай бұрын

@@robertschwalb4469 well it would only catch it if you have 3ft of solid muscle for it to hit

Next video ideas 1.Shaped charge vs ballistic gel 2. Detonation of explosives inside ballistic gel 3. Discharging HV capacitor bank in inert gas lamp

Would love to see some videos with Adam Savage. I bet there's quite a bit he'd be interested in seeing in slow mo, and his enthusiasm and energy is always top

@billyjo9127

8 ай бұрын

Dang I literally just said that then saw your comment. Adam Savage is the absolute perfect person to be a guest on this channel.

@KhunKru

8 ай бұрын

Please make this happen

@GrecoRichard

8 ай бұрын

I vote these two become the new Mythbusters. Imagine the amazing nonesense they could do with a bigger budget and a team.

@cassandrakarpinski9416

8 ай бұрын

Omg i need a slomo guys × tested collab, stat

@JustinDrentlaw

4 ай бұрын

I'm super down for this idea.

I love how gav’s lab coat is SO much cleaner than Dan’s lab coat!! 😂😂😂 it really shows how dan is always the closest one to the experiment when it’s messy 😂😂😂😂

@pvic6959

8 ай бұрын

its a running joke now haha

@funky555

8 ай бұрын

Its a 15 year old joke now lol. go back in the videos and you will always see Gavs coat is FLAWLESS at the start of the video and dans coat is never washed. Its amazing

@SchlossRitter

8 ай бұрын

They both get new coats once in a while. Dan's never lasts long 😂

Dan is a total superman, precise shooter, his timing even when it comes to catching flying arrow, and what i like most he is good with explosives. Have a wonderful day guys.

I _love_ watching ballistic gel footage; it's _so_ fun to watch it bloop around like that. What I'd _love_ to see is what happens if the gel is clamp down, made immobile somehow.

Jesus Gav, I had never heard of the trauma you and Meg had gone through back in 2018. I usually don't listen to adverts, but it's certainly genuine for you to use this experience as a way to talk about it and I may actually look into betterhelp myself, it can never hurt talking to somebody. That all said, it's awful something so terrible happened to someone so funny and entertaining. We don't deserve you Gav, and thank you for continuing your content creation journey.

If Dan can eat ballistic gel, Andrew can eat the pencil ✏️

@Dan-Simms

8 ай бұрын

Haha, so I wasn't the only one who thought of that! So good.

@NibenonErurainon

8 ай бұрын

If you were a regulation listener before, you’ve just traded it in.

Just when you think the videos can't get any more impressive they keep delivering. What great content!

@mrb435

8 ай бұрын

😂😂 remember the days when they used to just throw a football at Dan's face.

Some of the coolest videos on KZread are from you guys - love it! Better Health were fined for selling sensitive user data while promising they weren't, be cautious using their platform.

@558vulcanxh

8 ай бұрын

NHS are very good , and free, but they cant sponser this video 😊, pity ❤

@adora_was_taken

8 ай бұрын

@@558vulcanxh god i wish we had an nhs in america

@Zeb70

8 ай бұрын

Free?? Must be nice to not get taxed eh?@@558vulcanxh

@yiff

8 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if it's betterhealth or a different service but I remember hearing one of these mental health type services had some very questionable phone staff to say the least (one comment I remember seeing a while ago mentioning that the one they got connected to sounded like they were annoyed at the call and in a rush to hang up)

Glad to hear you are doing better Gav. And I respect you for coming out and saying "I had a problem and I sought help". Tremendous respect to you for confronting your troubles. Keep up the good work and I pray to meet you and Dan one day youre in my state in US

@dodobean7620

19 сағат бұрын

what happened?

I can't describe the feeling of happiness in my heart when I see that you upload 😂

@VeneraBerens

8 ай бұрын

😂🎉❤EXACTLY STAY SAFE AND BLESSED AND HAVE A WONDERFUL EPIC WEEKEND

These are always so interesting! Ballistics gel is such a strange material and it's always amazing to see experiments done with it.

@louisvictor3473

8 ай бұрын

Now consider that it is a flesh analogue, and consider that is rather close to what the projectile would do to a person's flesh (sans interactions with bones and other tissues). Have a good weekend.

5:04, never heard about that incident but after looking into it and knowing why he did it(allegedly), the fact that you still do what you do gives me nothing but the highest respect for you. Rock on Gav, and stay safe.

@RDeathmark

8 ай бұрын

What happened?

@kabo375

8 ай бұрын

​@@RDeathmarkStalker, home invasion, victim hide, stalker out, is an awful way to explain it but I think you got the idea

@0860888080

8 ай бұрын

In broad terms, home invasion: some obsessive fan broke into his home with a shotgun (he shot a glass door to get in). Gav managed to hide, called 911. Cops showed up and shot the guy.

@tomektomek9836

8 ай бұрын

ohh god, sorry to hear that

@5456kevin

8 ай бұрын

Wow. Did not know that. The down side of having success in the public eye. You never know.

the fact that they do things like these for years and they still are excited its just wholesome

What happened to Gavin in 2018 that caused him trauma? I hope he's recovering alright. Kudos to him for being open about it -- that's not easy.

@okarakoo

8 ай бұрын

I'd like to know as well... I really feel affection for these guys after watching their videos for years

@Cheeseboardv

8 ай бұрын

Home invasion. Guy got killed by the police.

@zxggwrt

8 ай бұрын

@@Cheeseboardvthat’s awful! In the US?

@GryphonBrokewing

8 ай бұрын

@@zxggwrt TX; I *think* it was a stalker of his GF, Meg Turney. They hid, guy couldn't find them & left.

@danielkurac

8 ай бұрын

You can listen the whole story in AnthonyPadilla's video Home invasion survivors

I love how they have been leaning into Dan's weapons/explosives experience. Thank you for the years of content.

It's always reassuring watching a moving vehicle in the background as we're waiting for a cannon to go off. Top notch, guys.

@charlieevergreen3514

8 ай бұрын

Bet they knew the range of the road was safe, but yeah, I thought the same thing. I wondered if it was going to photobomb the footage, haha!

I'm glad you're doing well, Gav. Your guys' channel is easily one of the highest quality channels on KZread, and I always enjoy watching new stuff. Keep it up! :)

@crazialex

8 ай бұрын

what did i mess? i hope he'll be ok

@Insno

8 ай бұрын

@@crazialex Some other comments go into more detail about it, but simply put, he was the victim of an armed home invasion a few years back.

@evolicious

8 ай бұрын

@@crazialex In 2018, Gavin Free and his partner Meg Turney experienced a traumatic incident at their home. On January 26, 2018, an armed individual, described as an obsessed fan of Meg Turney, broke into their residence in Austin, Texas. The intruder was armed with a handgun and fired a shot while Free and Turney hid in a closet, immediately contacting the authorities for help. Law enforcement responded to the scene, and the situation escalated into a confrontation between the intruder and the police officers in the driveway of the couple's home. An exchange of gunfire occurred, resulting in the intruder being fatally shot by one of the officers. The individual had traveled for approximately 11 hours from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Austin, apparently motivated by resentment towards Gavin Free's fame and his relationship with Meg Turney.

Guys it's a jolly good day when the slow Mo guys post

@seedless-bud

8 ай бұрын

FACTS!

@user-zp5xt8em6l

8 ай бұрын

Ohh... I always love when their video's notification comes but now I'm kinda sad... I have been waiting for 1 second to one hour part 3 for over 3 months and they still haven't uploaded yet😢

@HawtDawg420

8 ай бұрын

Bloody brilliant innit, guvnah?

They blowtorched the ballistics gel to make it look nicer on camera. I hope this isn't taken the wrong way, but these guys have perfected taking a silly internet idea ("shoot a billiard ball with a cannon") and turn it into something of exceptional quality - and it's partly due to the attention paid to details that someone like myself would never notice.

I LOVE every time you try to reconstruct what happened from the physical debris before watching the video playback. Leads to such awesome moments of realisation.

First off, it's good to hear somebody talking about mental health. I'm sorry to hear of Gav's traumatic event. I'm glad he's doing better and continuing to get the support needed. Secondly, great content, entertaining, and interesting as always. Third, I want a full-length video of Dan eating that block of ballistic gel. Sort of like a Bruce Bogtrotter cake scene.

@Shaurya_Pant

8 ай бұрын

What was the traumatic event?

@Trecanan

8 ай бұрын

In 2018 there was a crazed/obsessed "fan" of Meg's that broke into Gav and Meg's house with a firearm. The police came, and after a shootout, killed the crazed fan in the driveway @@Shaurya_Pant

@MrBombastic799

8 ай бұрын

@@Shaurya_Pant home invasion

@jemdragons3120

7 ай бұрын

​@@Shaurya_Pantit was in the news. If you type up "gavin free" and then probably "police" or some such there should be an article. Bad stuff :(

Gel vs everything! You always nail the sound effects so well Gav!

Completely forgot about your home invasion Gavin. No one should feel unsafe in their own home. I hope you're doing better, PTSD is one hell of a beast. ❤

This is a certified cannon event classic.

Sometimes I forgot he was an actual demolitions expert. Gel vs everything! You always nail the sound effects so well Gav!.

In this fast paced world, you two made it slow for us

@Anchor2012

8 ай бұрын

Fantastic comment.

I loved this video. I want to add that the part where they guess what happened before watching the footage is my favorite thing ever. Please keep doing that.

Dan's delayed reaction to Gavs lamp comment was class.

I love how these guys have known each other for YEARS, yet it always seems like it's their 2nd time hanging out lmao it's so weird

So cool how the gel held the first ball in place after it shattered. That would absolutely make a kickass lamp. Hose the dirt off and maybe a light layer of uv resin? (I don't actually know what ballistic gel is made of. If it melts that easy, it might not be good to spray water on it)

It would be interesting to see a cross-polarization image of the first impact. Seen the stress in the gel when stop bounce back.

First time I've ever heard Gav mention what happened to him and Meg - well done for getting the help you needed.

I wonder if the surface tension of the cube restricts the expansion, so it's a little like a chicken or the egg when it comes to having the perfect size for the experiment.

Still one of the best KZread channels around after all these years. Amazing footage as always.

6:37 shout out to Dan PERFECTLY calling the detonation

The ballistic gel videos are some of my favorite to watch. This one and especially the last one were AWESOME! Please do more!

With how fast Dan said he would eat the ballistics gel you know that it was an intrusive thought he had for a LONG time

Slow mo guys is a forever resource. It could never dry up. Amazing videos every time. Infinite more things to see in slow no. Love it

It would be cool to see a full size cannon against a ballistics gel torso

@octomusdong

8 ай бұрын

Go watch Ballistic High Speed. They shoot a canon that fires bowling balls into a human-like torso. It was super cool!

@herrunbekannt7556

8 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/mpamt6d7fsfdd7w.html

@youtou252

8 ай бұрын

even cooler would be a ballistics gel cannon against a metal torso

@alphagt62

8 ай бұрын

Meanwhile, down at the pool hall, the owner is wondering what happened to all of the cue balls?

I love the way you guys hypothesize before shooting, then again before reviewing the slomo, and then revisiting your hypothesis after reviewing all the data. really enjoyable process to see

Still not over the joy of having these two back together after the dark days of Covid. Thanks for another great video!

what a cool way to visualize collision theory and scattering angles using the path in the ballistic gel!

Imagine getting hit by that. Poor civil war soldiers.

I love the Britishness retained with Gav and Dan. “Squeaky bum time”, “wallop”.

You can see a shockwave ripple through the gel as the second ball hits, I wonder how fast that shockwave is

9:40 - The 2nd cueball is released moving towards the gel, then a ripple gives it new momentum!

You should add colour to the ballistic gel to see how it compresses. Maybe inject ink lines to make a three dimensional grid. It should show how the gel warps around the projectile and the point when enough energy is lost that the gel no longer tears and starts compressing

Their excitement trying to figure out what happened is fantastic

pirates of the caribbean where they fired a bunch of cutlery, but into ballistics gel

The Slow Mo Guys always showing me something I didn't know I really wanted to see!!

Slow motion is one of the greatest information providers ever! Seeing so much happen in an amount of time so insignificant to our perception is amazing! I love this stuff! Really appreciate you guys! 🤙

Sound designer did a great job with that ball collision sound

@David_K_Booth

8 ай бұрын

True - that sound designer is Gav himself.

how is it that you guys get perfect accidental outcomes?!?! the slow-mo gods are smiling on you

Two friends, one that became a demolitions expert, the other a cinematographer with a proficiency in slow-motion captures. Perfection.

Not only do you have great ideas for videos but your footage is just unbelievable

The audio compliments the slomo perfectly. I love the thumps and “jiggling” noises to go with the carnage.

Did anyone notice the Shockwave that moved forward thru the gel at point of impact with the larger powder load? Check at 8:57 and watch ahead of the ball in the gel. It seems to be traveling faster than the ball?

@leocaseeno2763

8 ай бұрын

It seems to reflect and reverberate off the ball in the gel at an INSANE rate.

I have watched SlowMoGuys for years but i did not remember a traumatic event happening in 2018 that gav mentioned in the sponsor bit. If it is not too rude to asked, what happened?

@MrMikeT89

8 ай бұрын

Unfortunately same here. I simply can't recall what happened. When searching many incidents pop up and he was quoted along the lines of receiving more injuries from this show than his time in Afghanistan

@TheGregOtte

8 ай бұрын

Basically someone broke into their house with a weapon and tried to hurt Gavin and Meg. Police were called and it did not end well for the perpetrator.

@bloodwolfgaming9269

8 ай бұрын

A guy who was super obsessed with Meg and jealous of Gavin being with her drove a long distance to their home and shot into it while they were hiding. The guy then sat in his car outside until the police arrived. He didn't live. (I heard different stories of that he was shot by the police and that he shot himself. I just know he didn't make it).

@sikliztailbunch

8 ай бұрын

there is wikipedia

@bloodwolfgaming9269

8 ай бұрын

@@sikliztailbunch If you take wikipedia as a credible source of information....well....

6:30 Wonder what the person driving down the road in the background thought when the cannon went off.

the ball it's not getting sucked back, it's being pushed back by the displaced mass of the gel on the furthest part from the cannon. The gel is returning to its original position (elasticity) and pushing the ball back towards the cannon direction. There is no suction, because the cavitation (low pressure region)- bubbles are gone long before the ball is still actually moving. Great footage I love cannons! :-)

Came for the slowmo, left with much more respect for Mr. Free. There's a terrible stigma around men's mental health, and talking to the audience about it can't be easy. 💜

It's very cool how we can see the ultra-fast pressure on the second shot wave that goes throughout the gel in a split moment when the ball hits it. If you look closer, you can see small bubbles formed inside... Just awesome footage!

Once again I am fascinated, hypnotized, and ecstatic over things I have literally never seen before. Great work guys!

Something about these guys make me feel so relaxed when I’m watching them

You unintentionally invented a new sport: billiards inside ballistic gel.

2:17 ok so hear me out.....

@Jim_100

8 ай бұрын

I'm NOT hearing anyone out 💀💀💀

@IShowVelocity.

8 ай бұрын

9.11

@KaraTheGirlie

5 ай бұрын

I am a girl and I thought the exact same thing help

It's amazing to me that the Gel just doesn't explode & brake apart upon impact. I guest that's why it's called Gel! Another terrific video with the Slow Mo guys Gav & Dan! 👍👍

I would love to see a single photon going around a mirror maze.

I do indeed like watching you two send various objects into ballistic gel! Please do more

Have you guys ever done a ballistics gel and panes of glass combo before? I think it would be cool to see both in action at the same time.

Fun stuff! Yes, please shoot more things with the cannon and more things into ballistic gel!

Hands down the most amazing ballistics gel test I've ever seen. Wow

This is like a new art medium. The first cue ball stuck in the gel was such a wild thing to look at. I'd have bought that and put it in my room

Yes do more ballistic gel tests please.

I don't know how you'll do it but I wanna see some blade action with the gel. Maybe like tossing a brick of it into a fan or something

@FFKonoko

8 ай бұрын

Upturned lawnmower maybe?

@baptistedelplanque8859

8 ай бұрын

Some more shaped charge action maybe?

The only KZread channel where I make sure my video is set to max resolution.

I want a canon like that at my door to greet uninvited guests

I'm sure it would be wicked dangerous, but given the multiple cannon videos, I'd love to see them test the firing cutlery from a cannon schtick from so many movies.

Love this channel, you never know what's going to be the outcome! 🎉🎉

Ballistic Gel pool table with a positionable cannon for one of the most expensive games of pool you've ever played.

I love the epic music you get when you record in slow motion

just incredible guys. These past 4 or 5 episodes have just been amazing/

3:05 For those of you who are unaware, the "T-1000" is a fictional robot from _Terminator 2,_ which was popular film back in the late 20th century. The robot was shape-shifting and made of liquid metal. When shot, the impact area rippled and reformed, with the liquid metal healing and reshaping itself almost instantly.

“It’s melting in the sun.” *hits it with a blowtorch*

These are the type of ads that need more exposure. Bravo gents.

5:00, wait what?? What happened? :o

@DarkKnightDueler

8 ай бұрын

I looked it up apparently a "obsessive" fan broke into his home with a shotgun and he and his partner hid in a closet and after the police arrived the person then died from some fatal injuries form either police or himself.

YES!! now my week is made now I get to watch The Slow MO Guys!

Is now the show where “Dan does not eat the ballistic Jell“

Ballistic Gel in Slow Mo is the gift that keeps on giving