Shadowing Practice: Solo Overnight Building a Budget Survival Kit From Menards - Learn English Speaking with Video

All right, so time again, time for the Soul Overnighter in the Woods.

And I'm thinking we do a Menards Overnighter.

So let's get to it.

All right, here we go.

Back in the woods now those that watch my channel you know from previous videos

that i've done several overnighters at lowe's harbor freight dollar general i believe family dollar thrift stores goodwills things like

that salvation army

but what i have not done in the past i don't believe i've done it is a full-on menards overnighter

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most of these videos they stick with a hundred dollar budget

which is realistic to a point then again it's not because

if you currently look at your overnight bag your bug out

bag your camping kit etc etc you know for a fact

that you have more than a hundred dollars worth of gear right there

some backpacks are 25 to 50 bucks right there boom so half your 100 budget is right there

so what i wanted to do with this video here is make it more realistic i offered myself 200 bucks

or less and what i noticed

that menards was they actually are trying to up their game they took it up a notch

and they have several camping aisles now

that cater to outdoor activities not just camping they have a

lot of other things going on out there fire pits etc

so i combed through all of it

and i found one main aisle dedicated to strictly camping so i gave myself that $200 budget and came way under.

I was actually impressed.

All right, let's go ahead and kick this off with a backpack.

And why start with a backpack? because the backpack is going to carry all the items that we purchase.

Now, when purchasing any type of backpack, there's several things or several factors to consider.

The most important is it has to carry all the items that you have, right?

Next would be comfort.

You're going to be wearing this thing.

And it doesn't mean wear it from your vehicle 100 yards over and you're camping for the night.

It means if you had to carry this 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 miles, is it comfortable enough to do that?

Most of these backpacks that are around the $20 to $30 range are generally the same.

You might find some that are a little bit larger, but they're built almost the exact same way.

They have this mesh on the back right here.

They have padded shoulder straps here with the same type of mesh on it to make it breathable.

You have a few compartments.

And if you're lucky, it has a wide base like this one right here.

So the more items that you stick in there, it will actually go outwards.

We have one large dump pouch right here.

Inside, there's a small pocket.

On the outside, you have a smaller pouch.

Roughly about two-thirds the size of this one.

And then you have a real small one on the top here.

That's the size of my hand.

So if I were to guess, I would say this takes probably about 25 liters altogether.

Maybe 30 on a good day, but roughly 25.

We're going to work through this in no particular order and start off with containers.

Now, there were no single wall stainless steel wide mouth bottles at Menards.

They were all double walled.

An easy fix.

You drill a small hole in the double wall so it won't crack.

There's a theory or a rumor that they will explode.

I've never seen that happen.

I have seen them crack.

So if they crack, no big deal.

The outside wall cracked.

The inner wall should be fine.

But to save yourself the heartache, popping a small hole in it relieves that pressure and you should be fine.

But plastic ones, five to seven bucks.

Like this one right here will hold a quart.

Sturdy, secure lid.

All you got to do is boil your water, which leads you down the road of a secondary container, which is what we have right here.

now we have this stainless steel i want to say it was a good 24 ounce

but there's no markings on the inside of this

when i filled it up earlier 16 brought me to

that rim right there so if you look at

that volume wise that's at least 20 ounces probably 24 so you're under a quart however

you know filling this up one and a half times should fill this bottle up

and then it can cool down

but looking at it it's very sturdy construction it's from a

company called standsport you have a flip handle right here

that holds that lid in place you got four holes drilled in it right there so you can drink from it

and the best part is inside of this they had two extra stainless steel cups

so you could technically boil water in all three of these containers

and maybe all three of those would fill this up real

quick before we move on there's a lot of commentary online about this type of bottle of that bottle, filter this, disinfect that, purify over here.

And I have several videos talking about the difference between filtration, which is purification, and disinfecting water.

They're two separate things.

If you're going to purify water, you need some type of filtration system to remove everything from that.

And it makes the water look and taste like bottled water.

We don't have that option here.

So we're forced to disinfect or kill everything in that water.

It's still going to look like crap taste like crap smell like crap, but it's disinfected and considered safe and

When you only have a plastic bottle to work with you're forced down

that road Like I already mentioned of some type of stainless steel bottle to disinfect

that water and then transfer that water

Either while it's still warm or after it's cooled down

Into a plastic bottle Once you do that you can carry this container with you and you have water on the move.

Now, like we talked about several times in several different videos over the years,

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the bulk, meaning the size, the bulk of every single kit is going to be your shelter or sleep system.

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Will that be a hammock and a tarp?

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Some type of packable or portable tent?

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A simple wool blanket or fleece-lined blanket or sleeping bag liner, poncho-poncho liner, and so on and so forth.

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That's going to be the bulk of your kit.

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Not necessarily in weight, but it's going to take up the most room.

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What I've seen over the years, I've seen individuals dedicate several videos to actually proving my point, and they agree.

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and I've seen individuals want to argue that.

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If you tend to want to argue it, go back and look at your kit and pull out everything to do with a sleep system,

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meaning tarp, ground cloth, sleeping bag, hammock, the tarp for the hammock,

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under quilt, over quilt, and most likely you're going to see what I'm talking about.

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The bulk of every kit is your sleep system.

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Now what I've done here is We're late summer, approaching early fall.

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It's still warm where I live.

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It's not as hot.

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The humidity is actually dropping.

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Nights can be cool down to maybe, you know, high 40s to high 50s, 60 if you're lucky.

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That's in Fahrenheit.

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And you may or may not, depending on what you're using,

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you may or may not need some type of blanket just for that morning chill. To each their own.

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What I found here was a 6x8 5mm tarp.

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We have grommets in here.

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This could be used as a ground cloth.

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It could be used to store firewood.

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It could be placed over top of a tent.

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It could be used for several different configurations, lean-to, plow point, or even an A-frame. And it's camouflaged.

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There's still green foliage out here, so those that enjoy stealth camping, you could probably use it for that.

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To add to our tarp, I found a beach tent at Menards in that camping aisle.

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And I've seen this a long time ago

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and I was hesitant to buy it for the reason that it says on there, the bottom is waterproof.

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But what about the top and the sides?

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I don't know.

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There's nothing on here to indicate that it is or is not.

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but being that there's still mosquitoes out here it's that time of the year where i could have a

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campfire at night

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or not um it could rain maybe it will maybe it

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won't why not check it out it was relatively cheap it's

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packable it's lightweight you throw it down use your shock cord poles

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and it pops right open it's one and done so we'll go ahead and put this up later and check it out.

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We just talked about the weather.

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There is a fleece.

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It looks to me like a sleeping bag liner.

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It's not advertised as that.

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It's advertised as an actual fleece sleeping bag, but it's lightweight as well.

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It fits in the bottom of that backpack.

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So this time of the year, why not?

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In any kit that you're carrying, whether it be short-term or long-term survival kit or bug-out bag, you need some type of cordage.

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This is 550 cord, approximately 50 foot.

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You know, it's standard.

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It's in Walmarts, Lowe's, Home Depots, and Menards.

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Why not have something in case you need it, being the fact that we're carrying a tarp?

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Let's say the tent is not waterproof.

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I want to a frame that tarp or fly that tarp over

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that tent to shed the water or give myself extra shade

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or a bigger footprint that I could get underneath and do some small tasks or eat my chow, relax next to the fire, trap the heat back onto the shelter,

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etc, etc. I'll need some type of cordage to span the distance between two trees in order to do that.

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In any type of go bag, bug out bag, camping bag, emergency bag, day bag, etc. etc. In my humble opinion,

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you need some guaranteed way to start a fire.

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And that guaranteed way means exactly what it says.

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It's guaranteed, meaning inclement weather, rain, wind, snow, damp wood, and so on and so forth.

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This pull start fire will do exactly that.

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think of taking a road flare

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which is basically what this is shove it into a wood pile

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and lighten it and then walking away it's going to continuously burn until it dries

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that wood out and ignites we're talking about starting a fire instant gratification first time every time

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big lighter these come in packs of twos and fours over at menards i believe there was a pack of six

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So i'm gonna just toss one in my bag from my

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house There's no need for me to buy a pack of two four

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or six when I have probably 12 of them sitting right there But if you were a couple dollars, why not again instant gratification?

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It's a one and done Let's go ahead

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and talk about headlamps now I'm a fan of headlamps

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because i'm hands-free I can put it on my head on

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my hat walk around I can actually tie this to a tree

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and get whatever task done at night I need to or navigate if I had to.

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Now, the benefit of this one right here, it's called Lights All, and it was $9.99 at Menards.

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There were cheaper options.

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However, for $10, it was two for the price of one.

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We have a standard headlamp right here with four settings on it.

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and the second headlamp right here gives me the option to

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place it into a tent tie it to a tree

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so I can find my camp or light up the inside of my camp

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while I still have my other one I can conserve for later use

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most compasses you find in stores like Menards and Walmart, in my opinion, they're not worth a damn.

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And not saying that they're not going to work, they'll work maybe to a point or they're not 100% accurate.

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And when it comes to land navigation, being a former military in the Marine Corps infantry in the 90s, that's how we lived and died,

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was going out there analog, doing the math, and shooting the azimuths, reverse azimuths, to get to where we need to be.

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Now the main purpose of a compass is to walk a straight line.

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Some want to debate that, but down and dirty, you want to walk a straight line.

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That way there's no lateral drift or the wandering around the woods.

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This one right here will actually do that.

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It's a liquid-filled compass or a base plate compass.

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So it's liquid-filled dial on a base plate.

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You have a large magnifying glass right here as well that can be used to start fires.

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However, most magnifying glasses, if not all, that are attached to a compass are a map reading tool.

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That's what it's for.

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You have increments on here for measurements on a map.

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And I believe it goes from one to four and a half inches.

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You have a bezel ring right here that will actually rotate with 360 degrees on here.

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It is a functional compass that is accurate as hell.

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The one thing I do not like is on most compasses you have a tick mark when you rotate your bezel ring.

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That tick mark tells you the direction of travel, where you want to go.

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This one does not have that.

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However, there's a center dot at the top right here, and I'll show you that in a minute,

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that you can line up with and put your red portion of the needle into the green doghouse.

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Instead of red in the shed, it's red in the green doghouse.

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Same thing.

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And once you do that, you can walk that straight line through the woods.

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Here's that dot that we're talking about.

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There's our green doghouse.

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So let's say we want to go 120 degrees.

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I'm going to line it up with that dot.

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Then take the red portion of our needle and we're going to rotate it until it lands in that doghouse.

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Now I know that that direction is 120 degrees.

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The Stansport Folding Saw at Menards.

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we're looking at around 12 to 14 dollars

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and that's right in the price range of a budget folding

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saw think back to about two months ago i did a

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video on budget saws i did not go to menards

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and now i wish i had this saw right here has

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an overall length of 15 inches blade length of seven inches folding length of nine inches

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and the blade itself is made from carbon steel a lot of is a stainless steel.

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This one is carbon steel.

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And it's actually made to where it will cut on the push and the pull.

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In addition to that, we have a sharp 90 degree spine in the back,

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which will tear up a ferro rod and rain sparks. so Let's

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go ahead and get the receipt out.

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Because now, I said $12 to $14, and now I'm actually curious.

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Camper saw, $12.99.

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I am happy with that.

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And another saw to add in my collection.

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This actually ranks up there with my Walmart saw so look forward to seeing these in my videos

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I'm all about saving money and you should be too Check them out Menards Stan Sport folding saw so

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this knife right here of all the items i purchase is by far my favorite one it resembles a mora

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if i saw this in somebody's hand at a distance i'd be like they got a more companion spark

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because it has a ferro rod wrong answer this is a camelis

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and i believe it's their felix i'm going to read this off on here

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because i've never seen this before or even used it it's a stainless steel blade

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and blade length is three and a three quarter inches overall eight

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and a half comes with that plastic sheath

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and this one here is titanium bonded and their claim is in doing so it's stainless

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bonded with titanium to make the blade last longer i guess when you sharpen it

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it's supposed to stay sharpened longer my question is after repeated use six months a year

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does the titanium wear down i don't know

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that process i don't know exactly how that is or the metallurgy

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if you know let me know

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but that's their claim just using this before this video it's

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razor sharp like i said it's like a mora i would

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think this is a carbon steel blade on a mora

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so i'm happy with that i'm very very happy with

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that we have the fire starter in the back just like a mora

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and you know it does exactly what it's supposed to do it's even got

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that sharp 90 degree spine back it's a fixed blade 420 stainless steel again three

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and three quarter inch blade it's dual injected handle has that polymer plastic stuff on there with rubber

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has the fire starter and a molded sheath with a belt clip

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and you can't beat that price 15.99 the cheapest more companion spark that i could find was 26 bucks on Amazon.

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Same color and everything.

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I'm happy with this.

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Feels good, looks good.

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Appears to be a Scandi grind on here.

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It resembles a moor, like I said.

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You can just drop it when you're done and be back in the game.

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And that sharp spy on the back, you can hear that.

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That's going to tear up a ferro rod.

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I'm

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going

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to go to the next video.

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So the one thing I failed to talk about was a fork and knife and spoon set.

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You could simply grab a fork or a spoon out of your drawer at home and be good to go.

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But this was sold at Menard so I grabbed them.

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This is a Yuko fork, knife and spoon set.

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The spoon and knife are attached and they fit inside where the fork goes and they nest inside each other.

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Just toss it into the backpack and you're golden.

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I've shown note taking gear in several videos over the past decade at least.

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And the military is responsible for that.

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They've ingrained that in me from the very beginning.

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When you become a team leader, squad leader, you gotta pass information down to your fire team or squad.

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And you do so back in my day with a notepad and pencil.

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Nowadays, who knows what they use?

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Probably your iPhone.

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With that said, you can't go wrong, especially doing any type of land navigation, by carrying some type of notebook,

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pencil, pen, something to take notes with.

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Does it have to be right in the rain?

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No, it does not.

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I've had a higher usage rate of these versus regular paper when it gets wet.

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If you look at this, it has horizontal lines that you can write on, and you have dashed lines going vertical, which gives you grid paper,

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and there's a ton of uses for that as well.

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You can mark trails, azimuths, back azimuth.

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What did I find on that azimuth?

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How far did I walk?

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Very worst case, you could tear a sheet off, crumple it up, and leave it as you move.

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Any type of search and rescue can come behind you, and they can see that, hey, we found this.

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Leave a note on it.

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hammer it to a tree using some type of wooden nail.

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You know, there's a lot of things you can do with a notebook and pencil.

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Very minimum, keep your own morale up.

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Take notes, write messages, things like that.

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Keep your head in the game.

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So one thing I always want to try to carry with me whenever I can is some type of chemical light.

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Either a full-size one like this or those mini ones.

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these have a range of options from simply marking a campsite

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so if you wander off at night to use a latrine you find your way back

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or mark that latrine and mark the camp or

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if you have more than one person

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and you have to walk at night you can strap this

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to your body put it in your backpack on the outside of it let it dangle off there

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so the person can see where you're going see and follow behind

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or think of it like this if people are searching for you at night

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and there's a high probability that someone's looking for you in early morning hours or right when it becomes dark

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popping one of these

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and they're using some sort of night vision they're going to see this it won't show on thermal

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but it's going to show on some type of night vision binocular scope or binoculars.

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So it's always a plus to have something like this.

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You can just crack it, snap it, shake it up, and wave it around or at least walk around with it if you had to.

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And the chances of being seen or being used as a signaling device

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will increase your survivability or the chance of being found that much more.

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last but not least we have food and i wait till the end

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because there's a lot to talk about here with this first off i had no idea

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that ready wise actually made their version of an mre

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which is exactly what this is there's two meals inside here there's a dinner

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or a main portion

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and some type of dessert now i have not gone on

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the website to actually see what all meal options are available yet, but I will later on.

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And I plan on doing a separate video with things that are like this.

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Other companies that are doing similar things, we'll do that in the future.

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But we have two meals here.

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And on the back, it says self-heating meal kit.

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It gives a nutritional breakdown.

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All together, it's about 500 calories for this one here.

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And we're looking at about 600 calories for this one right here.

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It's not a lot, but it's not a lot in the scope of things.

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Now, if you're like me, and you're eating four to five meals a day, and they're five to 600 calories a piece, this is perfect for one of my meals.

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Now, if you're just a regular average American, and you're like 500 calories, get a rope.

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And you're used to sitting down to 2,500 calories per meal, and you're eating three, four times a day, you might be packing around a few extra pounds that you probably don't need.

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So something like this is gearing more towards what a meal should be.

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And the serving size says one serving.

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So it's geared towards one person.

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And from the sound of it, it sounds like you have to add water to this and then warm it up.

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Now here's the benefit of something like this, along with MREs or similar meal options.

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I mean, similar, it could be canned goods.

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If it were dumping rain right now and I couldn't get a fire, can I still eat?

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Yes, I can.

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It's flameless.

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just like busting open a can of chili or raviolis things like

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that can of tuna something

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that does not require open flame to cook is always your best option

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and should be your first option just in case you can't get

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that fire or the opportunity to get one isn't there you lost your lighter your ferro rod

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so on and so forth you can still eat

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and have a full belly and hopefully water as well and sleep that night and then get up and start fresh

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so anytime you have an opportunity to get something like this that requires no open flame

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my opinion do it first time every time

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i filmed the meal and a couple other scenes underneath

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that tarp and you couldn't hear a word i was saying

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so we're going to go ahead and omit those

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and then i went back and checked the progress

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that we have showing everything doing everything we're sitting at 20

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plus minutes the rest of the half of the video is going to be another 25

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or 30 minutes

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and i already know from experience most can't watch 20 minutes

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we get a three to four minute watch time now

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so i'm not going to bore you with the extra 20 minutes

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if there's a good demand for this video for this stuff for this gear

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and a bunch of people jump on it

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and they want to see a part two i'll give you part two

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if not and most don't want to watch it we're going to move on to something else

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what i am going to do in the future is i want to go ahead

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and do a full meal review with those meals

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and other ones just like them comparing to mres also i love

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that knife love it to death so just like my budget saw

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or folding saw video sometime in the future i want to

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throw together a budget knife video i think that'd be kind

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of fun to do um we'll just see the different features

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and how they look versus other ones and see how they perform

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because i'm actually very impressed with that camelus

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that might go in my bag in my harness i'm happy with that

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