I was happy to see the use of a pencil sharpener for the outdoors. I always carry one with both the large & small sharpening holes. It is aluminum so it won't rust, is very light & won't break like plastic can. They have an infinite amount of uses in the woods.

Once you think you know everything you always learn something new. Improvising is a few parts common sense, thinking outside the box, technical knowledge, experience, and art. Thanks for sharing!

@SensiblePrepper

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Shawn!

Always remove the childproof mechanism off the Bic lighters. If your fingers are numb from being cold you will never get that lighter to spark. been meaning to mention that for some time.Love your videos!

I used to use Vaseline, now I use vic vapour rub. The oils in it make for easy work starting a fire as the run and drip. Especially a wet wood fire if you put a few small blobs on the wood as the flames catch it , it ignites and drips spreading the fire. Better, far better than vaseline and the vapour keeps bugs away. It also has many other uses for survival prep.

for the zipper breaking hack, instead of use a paperclip i use a strong key ring, and even let me "close" both side of the zipper.

2 long candles in 6 lbs of crisco can give light for 72 days

I have been using plastic trash bags for a makeshift poncho while riding a motorcycle. If it starts to rain and the temperature is dropping. You can use it to keep your core warm as you ride.

@jdc8352

4 жыл бұрын

You ride around without a poncho but with a garbage sack? 👍 Interesting

@Anthonybrother

4 жыл бұрын

i guess i don't understand motorcycle owners

@bachfan7537

3 жыл бұрын

Why don't you just get yourself a real poncho? WTH?

@547Rick

3 жыл бұрын

@@bachfan7537 I did that when I was young and dumb. I have rain gear now.

@547Rick

3 жыл бұрын

@@jdc8352 One must be prepared. I have rain gear today but when I was poor, young and dumb I was no very prepared.

My favorite firestarter that I carry in my backpack is hand sanitizer. The schmoo can be used as hand sanitizer, but it's the easiest thing to start a fire with. I even use it for charcoal lighter. A handy thing to keep, that is also used for hiking, is to buy a Sawyer mini water filter (~$20 at Wally World). If you have a problem with municipal water supply, then the Sawyer can filter out down to bacteria sized particles.

I like the butter candle idea, it's like something MacGyver's great granddad would have done.

Just wanted to drop you a big THANKS for all the free knowledge you have given me over the years.

@sootch00

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!

On the order of priorities in a survival situation, I would think that eating the butter would be more important than using it for a candle lol

@sootch00

7 жыл бұрын

You can live 3 weeks without food but only 3 hours in harsh conditions. Fire trumps food.

@MoreAmerican

7 жыл бұрын

sootch00 Yeah, but you started it with fire, therefore I assumed that we have that handled.

@ILkaterlyn

7 жыл бұрын

MoreAmerican i thought he meant to use the butter for breakfast after it melted?

I kid you not... I was at a kids birthday party and my friends had forgotten to get a birthday candle. I took out my lip balm, painted a piece of rolled paper, and we shoved it the cake. GTG.

@teofiloaviles8002

5 жыл бұрын

David MN what are the many useable things that can be done with paracord

@jasonwaterman3070

4 жыл бұрын

@@teofiloaviles8002 to many

Another good video. I've done the paperclip zipper thing in the past, even before I started prepping lol.

Cool stuff. On the can, I was thinking instead of cutting through the thick metal ring at the opening, leave it and instead cut out the four holes on the sides. It would give a bit more structural integrity to the stove. Would be bad to put something just a tad too heavy and have it all tip over because one of the four supports gave out, leaving the ring would help a lot. Now I'm gonna have some fun and horrify my wife. HEY HONEY? Where's the butter and tissues?

@blueeyeswhitedragon9839

4 жыл бұрын

Arcane Mining:- Your idea is better/safer.

@valerieannrumpf4151

3 жыл бұрын

If you have an old fashioned two sided bottle/ can opener, use the pointy end to punch through the can to make the vents instead. You can find those openers at walmart in the kitchen section.

Really liked the Paracord in a water bottle, and the pencil sharpened wood 😀👍

If you can't find your candles? Put them in the fridge next to the butter . . 😀🇺🇸🔫

@quidestveritas8713

7 жыл бұрын

Chaplain Dave Sparks 😂😂😂

@tripeee58

7 жыл бұрын

cut out the middle man! Feed the tuna mayonaise!

@carolynsparks3164

5 жыл бұрын

Chaplain Dave Sparks lmbo.. good one.

@Lazydaisy646

4 жыл бұрын

The price of butter these days, that's an expensive candle

The Macgyver of survival. Many good improvised stuff. We need more on animal catching and traps!

Learned the pencil sharpener trick 50+ years ago. Great vids Sootch!! Love the way you laugh at some of your tricks/tips.

First, thank you so much for demonstrating how to get petroleum jelly into the cotton without a huge grease pit forming. Second, I'm not sure "style" means what you think it means, Mr. Fashion Plate! :-)

Love how you go in detail, whe showing it. It helps me understand more.

Always good to get a refresher course. Top notch boss.

@SensiblePrepper

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brother~

Amen! Blessings and thanks for all the great ideas 💡!

The cotton balls are great. Once as a teenager I cleaned off my nail polish off with np remover and wondered...so I lit it and it burned for ages...and cracked the ashtray! So a small bottle of acetone/thinners works amazing too. Love the Vaseline tip, will try it soon. Awesome tips!

Great vid Sootch! A couple suggestions....switch to the old paper stem Q-tips. After installing paper clip to zipper, put heat shrink tubing over the whole paper clip and leave it permanent. ;

Very good tips, a couple I had forgotten about. Great video and thank you for doing what you do.

You have the one thing we all need in hard times - a good sense of humor 😉

Unique and useful tips. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome video as always....thanks Sootch!

Thank you, loved your video. I like the butter and the black bag usage.

Love the butter/candle and lip balm/candle hack . Very useful to know

Good stuff, brother. Loved the butter candle. You never disappoint. Keep them vids coming, i'll keep watching. Thanks, bro.

Love the content been a prepper in thought for years. Just now starting to implement a plan and your content is full of great information and tips. Subscribed and clicked the bell

Dear SensiblePrepper Just a quick line to say thank you very much for showing some of your survival hacks... I shall be placing some of what I have learnt tonight in to effect by the end of the week.. Thanks again

Great hints. The paracord in a bottle is a great one.

loving that bluegrass pickin..

both the butter candle and the pencil sharpener fire shavings ideas are very cool, thanks for sharing.

Great video once again! Love it!

Some of the survival hacks you have shared have really helped me out, thanks much!

One of the best videos I’ve seen!

Nice work, a little bit of humor and some information

In my world I'm always the weird one for coming up with things like this. good to know there's a lot more people that enjoy and appreciate unique uses of items. Yes helpful in a real situation but also just awesome and fun! Well unless I actually need them of course

Great video Thanks sensible prepper !

Another Excellent Instructional Video. Thank you again. DWW

These are some very good tips. Thanks for sharing. I think most of these will come in handy one day.

this channel is awesome you can learn great thing from here.

Cool video, thanks!

Thank you, brother for those survival tips.

thanks - that was helpful!

Really enjoyed the video. Please keep them coming

some really good ideas thanks

love ur vids!!! keep up the great work!!!!

My favorite fire starter is using dryer lint and you don't have to mix nothing with the dryer lint, just fill up a small container like a medicine bottle or any other waterproof container.

Great ideas!

I like the butter 🕯 candle idea. Thx 4 sharing. Do more new ones plz. 😀

Thank you, lot of this stuff I didn't know.

Love your video's!

Fun video brother! Thanks for sharing!

Awesome Ideas

Great ideas. I'm probably not the first person to suggest this, but you could punch some holes in the lower part of the can stove (on the sides) to improve air flow. Thanks for sharing your hacks! Always enjoy your videos.

Great video!

Just a thought on the can stove. You could use a church key to cut wedges around the bottom of the can's wall and end up with a more ridged structure.

brother.. Another great video saved to my survival list

@aimeeatwell3011

7 жыл бұрын

DOCSAFETUBE same

Awesome video thanks for sharing ✌🏽️

Well, almost all of these you have already shown in all your different survival hacks videos, but you refilmed the clips ! xD Even if a couple of them are common, this compilation is just great. Good stuff right there !

Good stuff as always.

some great ideas

You have very good ideas. Thanks

thank you so much for all you do sir!!! God bless and keep you!!

thank you for your great useful information. great job.

Superb video... keep it up.... God Bless you and yours.

I have always heard that in a true survival situation you shouldn't burn anything that you can eat. Your body can gain more from using the butter within than is gained from the heat of being burned. So eat the butter and find a pinecone to burn for light. Lol When I was a kid we made more stable and safer stoves by using a church key to make the holes in a can but I guess church keys are no longer a common piece of kit.

Great recap

Keep making videos like this, because this thing can save my life in the forest or go hike ! Thx

I think I would rather eat the butter and sit in the dark..lol. :-)

@SensiblePrepper

7 жыл бұрын

You can live 3 weeks without food, 3 hours in harsh cold. I'll take the candle.

@yoyoglock4

7 жыл бұрын

SensiblePrepper I think you missed the joking aspect to my comment.. Never claimed to be a comedian. :-)

@yoyoglock4

7 жыл бұрын

SensiblePrepper Also, now that I think about it, I can not imagine a scenario where I would have butter but no heat source. I am no "super prepper" but I have multiple ways to obtain heat. Gas furnace, propane heater, kerosene heaters, wood stove, Silverfire Survivor stove and even enough handwarmers to cover myself with from head to toe.

@SensiblePrepper

7 жыл бұрын

It's not about what you think but being able to improvise. No one knows the future so be open and learn.

@yoyoglock4

7 жыл бұрын

SensiblePrepper Absolutely.. That's why I watch darn near every video you put out and have done so for a long time. You always have a bunch of great tips.

This is the kind of thing I subbed for two years ago.

Great video, thank you

I love ur videos about survival

Very good!

i saved this is very good video keep doing this bro

Thanks for the great videos

thanks for the video.🤠

Nice job!!

Very good information.. Thank you.

Less than 30 seconds in and you have a new subscriber. The pencil sharpener with a small stick for tinder? *Amazing!* I am one who uses unconventional items for prepping, (I dont think I need to spend a ton of money and be weighed down with huge packs to be prepared) and seeing the 1st 30 seconds of your video, *huge fan already* :)

@ChrisGilliamOffGrid

6 жыл бұрын

Ma'am, I do believe you would love my channel. :)

love the videos bro

another good fire starter or candle or even emergency cooker....... collect candle stubs or tea lights and melt the wax in a pot then get a small tin or empty clean food can (not too tall the biggest i would be comfortable with would be a coffee mug size) and a strip of card board now tightly wind the strip of cardboard into a tube till it fills the tin or can now top up the can with the wax until it reaches the top of the card board......the cardboard will act as a wick and the wax the fuel and you can a candle or something to cook over just be mindful of keeping the top clear for the flame can burn free.

hahaha love it!

Have you ever heard of spacepaste? It's dehydrated toothpaste chew tablets. I add them to my vehicle kit. Never get stuck without good oral hygiene. I also have marked steel flasks full of peroxide and the other rubbing alcohol.

Yes sir. That trash bag has a surprise use. We were in review at the NCO Classes. (Circa1987) And rembering that bag i put in one of my pockets. That expensive class"a" was going to get ruined. So on it went. The captain later wanted know why my "a" was dry as he rembered the storm that drove us inside. Once again I pulled out the bag. And we laffed . As the cycle closed. Several of us had a bag in there "a" uniform.

I don't know what I'm gonna be doing whithoute your channel :-D Keep the good work man :-) And please more videos this is really relaxing to watch

I HAVE DONE THIS TIPE OF POT STAND EXEPT THAN I DON'T CUT THE TOP RING AND I MAKE 4 CUT TRIANGLES FOLDED INWARD TO KEEP THE TOP PART STRONG, REALLY GOOD NICE IDEAS FOR SELF RELIANCE .

I Enjoyed ur Video thanks

@SensiblePrepper

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Laura!

I love these hack videos

Good stuff

Awesome I'm a teen prepper you help all lot

Nice to see that SC patch on your bag. Looks like mine.

For fire starting, I always just bring a can of sterno. Scoop out a chunk with a stick, light it on fire, stick it in my campfire to be, always works great. Could probably just bring a jar of vaseline and do the same thing...

Cool by the way fav KZreadr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great video and information. Thanks.

I would have cut the folding tabs below the rim and left the rim intact to make it more sturdy...