All videos for the tag : Fire (512 videos) - page 4

  • This time: Fire-starting with a Fresnel Lens. A Fresnel lens will save on using matches for cloudy days or nighttime while during sunshine you can start a fire for free. The compact and lightweight design of a Fresnel lens along with being inexpensive makes it a perfect addition to your survival kit. The Fresnel Lens…

  • The candle emergency lantern, made of a old tin can, a candle, and a bit of wire for handle, is a device that will be found to be very useful in an emergency. The whole thing was a boxed light, shining ahead like a searchlight.

  • Various methods to make water from snow. Demo of “Water Generator” construction & use. Also wet & cold weather firelighting tips. Slideshow of pictures with educational sub-titles, and music. These were taken the same day as my “Update & Survival Commentary” video. Check that one out if you haven’t. I explain my current camera issues…

  • Soldier emergency tinder. Snipers, combat medics, even Mantracker carry the same good fire tinder with themselves. Few of them know it. (repost)

  • Demonstration Of A Few Handy Rope Knots For The Outdoors. Also A Signal Mirror Demo, And Other Wilderness Survival Information. Knot tying is a valuable skill to learn. I will post more knot videos in the future. I recommend practicing these until you have them memorized. The 3 knots shown are: -Sheet Bend -Bowline -Clove…

  • How steel wool and batteries can save your life if you are soaked and ice-cold temperatures require a campfire to dry the clothes and for warming up yourself. Remember: Add some tinder to the steel wool, before you use the batteries (2 x AA). Birch bark is well suitable. As soon as the steel wool…

  • This time: Once you get to your bug out location – how will you be living in? Do everything you can to take care of yourself, now more than ever before. Security: Make sure that the rock structure is solid and there are no rocks poised to fall from the roof on you while you’re…

  • When you think of planning a bike ride, generally you just think about what you will need, to get from one point to the next point. As a survival cyclist, you plan to use the bike as a tool for survival when circumstances may not be predictable. Here i show you a important survival technique….

  • Evasion bug out bag. Let´s say you are isolated in hostile or unfriendly territory and try to avoid capture – with the goal to return to friendly areas. You are challenged by the elements, terrain, hostile military forces and the local populace. You should carry evasion aids on your person, because isolation is usually sudden…

  • Power Blackout! Here’s a way to lighten up the situation: The “All in One” Survival Lantern. The key to it is a butane cigarette lighter! Cheap, simple and effective. Tell Us What You Think: How would you prepare in order to survive a long-term blackout?

  • This time: Don´t burn your fingers! Some have already tried this trick, and burned their fingers. So it’s time to show the trick again. Cut a strip from the aluminium foil of 10 cm and fold it in half lengthwise, in order to make a kind of butterfly bandage. Leave a thin “bridge” in the…

  • If your BIC-lighter runs out of fuel or you’ve only got a spark, you can still light a fire. The lean-to is a classic shelter around the world. But is not quite as efficient of a shelter as the TV shows and books would lead us to believe. It offers little in the way of…