Love your intro picture! That’s very true! Do your thing on the runway . . . We call it garbage bag fashion! It’s the best! There you go, survival supermodel! Wooh, baby! Oh, yeah!

@SurvivalSchoolHouse

Жыл бұрын

Lol, need to get out on the runway!

Some good information there, keep up the good work. Putting a candle inside your trash bag shelter is called a "Palmer Furnace". Other uses for the trash liner bag beside the poncho & tarp you show...Transport leaves to make natural shelters (debris hut), door plug for a debris hut, floatation device for stream crossing, water carrier, tube tent (two bags taped together), sleeping pad (insulation), and if you use clear bags (as I carry) then it can be used as a transpiration bag to make water from non-toxic trees.

@SurvivalSchoolHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Good write up, I appreciate the additional information!

@wmluna381

Жыл бұрын

What trees would be toxic to not attempt transpiration on?

I always carry three garbage bags. One for my pack, one for my torso and one for my legs.

Another good video, good advice. In the Army, we always carried a poncho folded around our web belt. It payed off many times.

@SurvivalSchoolHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I have used ponchos a lot as well, a durable one can be a good piece of kit.

Really well explained. Dummy cord all your PPE survival essentials into your coat/jacket/pants. At least you will have your back-up knife . compass and lighter on you.

@SurvivalSchoolHouse

3 жыл бұрын

For sure! Dummy cord or lanyards are not used enough these days, especially for kids, remember how much we lost as kids? I lost one of my dad's hand made knives, not good...

Love the bag idea

9:03 !!!! I lost it. I laughed so hard! His kid knows the true score. That was priceless! The kid was wondering if he could make it home if the weather turned bad.

I just found your channel. Really interesting information that one never knows when the need would call for it. Not that i plan on ever being in a situation such as this; however, it is always better to have the knowledge just in case. Thank you. Now i plan on binge watching the rest of your videos.

@SurvivalSchoolHouse

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I agree, you never know when you need it and prioritizing your needs is seldom talked about but extremely important, spending too much time on the wrong survival need is costly.

@kascension

2 жыл бұрын

True! Spending too much on the wrong survival needs. This video, for instance, I thought 'Really, a plastic trash bag?' But you proved me happily wrong. My son nd i go for walks in a nature sanctuary. It isn't too treacherous, but ya never know. Thank you so much for these videos. Just know you are making a difference.

Or like a small candle. Great video.

I spent the night in a trash bag. Pulled it out of a can in the park. 55 gal

@SurvivalSchoolHouse

9 ай бұрын

Gotta survive the survival sometimes

@williamstowe1085

9 ай бұрын

@@SurvivalSchoolHouse I was in survival mode 100

If in rain with lots of mosquitos in a non snowing environment use a mosquito head net while in the bag.

Wow, snow like that or a rainstorm, that's a survival situation that completely changes one's appreciation for trash bags, doesn't it? all the tips in your video were excellent and may save a few lives. There were a few thoughts I did have. In terms of people standing directly over embers, or worse a fire flame. We learnt after placing the "poncho" on our selves, to make a fire and heat up some dry stones (in the rain dry ones are harder to come by but not impossible, you'd look for them in the spaces between 2 exposed surfaces.) 1 or 2 hot stones at a time, under the bag can warm you up enough to either get rescued or become warm enough to build a better shelter without risk of smoke filling up the bag. You'd want a relatively dry spot for the stones, as steam could also fill the bag and get you wet or burnt. A spot on the floor that's dryer is best. A candle is also preferable to the embers, but candle fumes could also fill the bag. No matter which method for warming up, awareness and alertness is key. As pointed out in the video. Never a live flame though, as plastic is very flamable and gas is releasing aswell. Fire can catch on and progress incredibly fast given that kind of fuel, even under heavy rain. For shelter, I would collect some sturdy banches to make a raised bed, if at all possible or make an A or C shelter, where there is a bit of plastic over the ground or raised bed, and add boughs, moss, needles, etc. With a fire accross, it should be a little bit more comfortable for sleeping, enabling one to get feet off the ground, shift position, stay warmer. The black bags reflect the heat nicely, not as well as a mylar blanket, but well enough. A second bag could be a bivy bag, and smaller bag, can shelter the fire and reflect heat toward you too. I carry a large mylar bag from lays chips or similar, for that purpose, or to collect items like materials, wood, food, water (and it can be used to boil water too, with hot stones and a hole in the ground, or some sticks to hold it upright.) But if you don't have a mylar bag, any bag or plastic like a grocery store one that is larger than a quart, even tin foil can provide your fire some protection from the rain and wind. Ideally these are part of a EDC type kit, I definitely would say minimum 2 large contractors trashbags, just sturdy enough if you are in any place where rain or snow are likely. Plus a mylar or other bag, plastic, foil, and a fire kit. One last note, if I only had the one large bag, I might opt for a tube tent style, but still would try to create a raised bed or at least seat, under a tree with no widow makers, if at all possible.

@SurvivalSchoolHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Great comment! Thank you for the advice, I agree however, I have not boiled water in mylar with rocks, I need to try that, it would be real fragile so I imagine lining the inside bottom with grass or something similar to keep there rocks from melting the mylar, what do you think?

@DR-bp1yu

3 жыл бұрын

@@SurvivalSchoolHouse Thank you. Grass at the bottom is a great idea. I never tried it myself, I have just used the rocks so far, the water prevents the mylar from melting. But mylar bags can be so flimsy. I select the sturdier restaurant size ones for this reason. If I had a regular every flimsy one, I think your idea is excellent to keep the rocks from tearing up. Another great option are the packages for boil-in- the-bag trail meals. They tend to be smaller but sturdier.

Surprisingly, this is not the first lesson I have learned from a man wearing a plastic trash bag! :)

@SurvivalSchoolHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I know, thanks Vern, I need to do a nest shelter sometime...

I just had an experience on the AT in Georgia, where I was wearing a rain suit, but it was so cold, that I put my down jacket on under the rain suit. The jacket got wet and wouldn't keep me warm. Things were getting severe and risk of hypothermia was real. Hiding in a privy to survive the night. To avoid this in the future, I am modifying the plastic bag poncho idea. I have ordered a mylar bivy sack and I am going to cut it down to torso size and cut holes for my head and arms. In cold wet conditions, I will wear the mylar sack poncho under my rain suit to keep me warm and "NOT" wear the down jacket.. Down is good in dry cold but useless in wet cold.

@SurvivalSchoolHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Great idea! It will be difficult for your skin to stay dry under two layers of impermeable material though, it may work to sit still and survive that way but the tradeoff is breathability, the SOL bivy will work better and allow a little more air flow. You could also add more weight to your pack and get a synthetic jacket so it stays warmer if wet, what do you think?

@willong1000

6 ай бұрын

That vulnerability of down getting wet and losing all of its insulating value is why I switched to high-loft synthetics more than four decades ago. For a slight weight penalty, and a more significant bulk penalty (can't compress the synthetics into nearly as compact of a volume in one's pack), the extra margin of safety, especially in wet weather or where accidental immersion might be a consideration*, was well worth it to me. Likewise, is the value of wool in cold and wet conditions. In my seventies now, I don't know how many outings remain for me; but, if I ever use down-insulated clothing or sleeping bag on a backpacking or camping trip again it will be for very cold AND DRY conditions, and not for remote wilderness trips of long duration. That last point acknowledges the fact that a person's perspiration and condensation from their breath will gradually infiltrate down and degrade its R-value unless the adventurer is able to periodically and thoroughly dry the down-insulated sleeping bag and clothing items. * Such accidents as plunging through thin ice, getting swept off one's feet while stream crossing, capsizing or swamping a canoe or etc.

I would carry a bag of ten plastic garbage bags they can be cut open to make a cover for an A frame they can be used as a hat and scarf You can fill a couple of bags full of debris and used as a stuffed comforter or a mattress Several bags filled with debris dirt leaves pin cones can make a quick wall against a fallen tree and you have instant shelter without having to run around looking for branches or sticks

Lol, this is why some people see Bigfoot. Some guy wandering around in a Hefty trash bag. 🤣

@SurvivalSchoolHouse

Жыл бұрын

Well, sometimes I go rogue lol.

Always though they were a promising idea.... can't source them in UK (biggest bag is only 54" long)

@SurvivalSchoolHouse

2 жыл бұрын

Oh well, a military poncho is a good option then

FIRST in my purse o protection needs then FIRST take my purse o protection n2 fire cuz if not FIRST in the bag of purse o protection FIRST

@SurvivalSchoolHouse

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it’s your first line of defense first

❤️👍🤣🤣

@SurvivalSchoolHouse

Жыл бұрын

That was fun to do!

Can some explain to me why there's a talking trash bag? Lol text book survival video bro keep them coming

@SurvivalSchoolHouse

2 жыл бұрын

Lol! Yep that was me just hanging out in a plastic bag

@pattrickmartin2818

2 жыл бұрын

@@SurvivalSchoolHouse no disrespect though my brother, my dream in life to become a expert survivalist or amateur lol maybe some pointers or advice from you I'd be forever in debt to you sir

@pattrickmartin2818

2 жыл бұрын

@@SurvivalSchoolHouse man I've used plastic bags for deer hunting as ponchos they do the trick no doubt

@SurvivalSchoolHouse

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, I know you mean none, whatever advice you need I'll try to help

😂😂😂😂

@SurvivalSchoolHouse

Жыл бұрын

I know right

The tree is a wind shield that's the first thing amatuer

Make a shelter straight away bloody hell your worse than Rambo 😂😂😂😂😂😂