Survival Basics Loadout | Tools Everyone Should Own

Saws guys, Saws. A lot of people are not bringing those and for processing firewood and building shelter it is far more usefull then axe and also safer. Sometimes, I am also bringing hatchet, but good saw like Silky Bigboy Outback together with chopper like Skrama 240 goes a long way and is far more versatile.

I am a lover of hiking and been going to the mountains alot (I was born and live in a mountainous area). For many years I have been obsessed with survival, prepping, "tactical stuff", etc. A couple of times I went to such remote places where I got lost, and had to stay there more than I expected. When I saw Josh's rifle and huge backpack at the beginning of the video, I knew right away that there was too much stuff there). I'll sharesome of my survival kit. I won't list something as trivial as a kit for fire and the like, but for example, I use a sniper's mat in addition to a sleeping bag for sleeping. I am a Ukrainian, so I don't have a "gucci" rifle, instead I use a good proven single barrel 12 or 16 caliber. And from my experience, the main rule I've come to is to have a minimum of stuff. The heavier your backpack, the worse. And the second rule is that even if you have a whole vanload of stuff, but zero skills, it won't help you. First skills, then equipment.

random little top for you, to help keep your water from freezing overnight put powdered drink mix like Gatorade in it and it lowers the freezing point by roughly 20 degrees. Also store your bottles upside down as water freezes from the top down and if its cold enough where its still gonna freeze some at least you'll be able to drink some of the water assuming it doesn't completely freeze

It's so funny that Drew brought all his tactical stuff. That would be me. I'm glad we gun guys are getting out of our comfort zone and taking classes like this. Thanks for the great content, guys!

The more I see your videos on camping/outdoor survival, the more I can tell you guys don't have much experience backpacking. It will be interesting to see how that changes in the future

A lesson I learned snow camping in the pa mountains-if your feet are cold, you're cold. Extremities are great at leeching heat.

I went hammock camping in Upstate NY at 30 degrees for my bachelor party the night before my wedding. Got married right when the Salmon run started. I got the GI cold weather sleep system. I used the green bag and let my brother (from NC) use the black bag. Needless to say, I was cold all dang night, but it was a great time.

Cold Steel shovel is my #1 tool. Refinish the handle with linseed and keep the edge sharp, it'll dig, cut, or chop just about everything.

Huzzah to whomever brought their son to participate! I miss the America I grew up in and it's great to see it still survives in some places.

Before bed, fill a water bottle with hot water and put it in your sleep system by your feet. Will help keep your feet warm all night. Good video.

I'm in central Kentucky, I'm gonna check it out. I have a 350 acre farm that could be a good place to do a class. Thank you guys for keeping us informed on cool shit like this

The husqvarna forester’s axe is a good bang for the buck. I don’t leave home without it.

I am starting a new base camp in a week on a friend's property and this video reminded me of something I knew but had forgotten..."Don't pack your fears - you can't carry it all: increase your knowledge, not your base weight". BTW, as cold as it might have been on the perimeter of the shelter, I would have preferred that than to need the bathroom at stupid O'clock and have to roll over those between me and the exit LOL

I go backpacking pretty often so I'm set. I will say that saws are more energy efficient than axes. Silky saws are some of the best. Another useful tool is a settlers wrench.

Finally! Someone addressed bringing items for allergies. 😃 Almost no really gives that any major thought or discussion, aside from saying they include a couple of tablets of benadryl, unless they have them. Eye wash is another big item. Get something dirty or irritating in one or both of your eyes and you'll quickly realize how important eye wash, rinse is.

It makes me happy to see civilian gear still being g used and performing well with all the tactical craze going on lately.

Something we used in Alaska was put your poncho down (if not using as shelter), then sleep pad, then woobie, then sleep system (which ours included the goretex bivy) and that system worked pretty good when we had to sleep outside in the open one night when it was like -21. Or put poncho, then bivy, then the rest and it works good as well.

Enjoyed watching your loadout video. In my younger years I did a lot of backpacking, seven times down into Grand Canyon, a couple of times in the Superstition Mountains and other various trails throughout Arizona. I had to laugh at the size of your pack outs and the large variety of items. When hiking I tried to keep my pack at 31 lb. With experience I learned what to take, essentially what you actually used and what you should have left at home. Making a detailed written list and checking off the unused items after returning from my trips helped a lot. We usually had 6-8 guys in our group and always held a prep meeting prior to a hike. It was especially important to stress to any "newbies" how to pack as light as possible (such as no 32 oz. cans of beans). On one particular trip into the Grand Canyon, I caught a nice rainbow trout in the Little Colorado River. When I walked into camp with it, one of the non-fishermen in our group said "how are you going to cook that large fish in that little backpack skillet", I responded "I'm go to fillet him and cut him into smaller pieces". The "newbie" in our group took off running to his tent and when he returned said "hey use this" as he handed me a 10" cast iron skill. I guess he missed the speech about packing light.

"The big thing here is, we didn't die," haha

Videos like this prove how much you people making these so called ‘survival’ videos dont know and how green you are to the entire ordeal. Id be embarrassed if i was you guys. Throughout this entire video, i felt like i was watching a sponsored ad that was mostly buy this and buy that to fill a bag up even though i dont know what im doing or entirely what i could want/need.