An Old Can, A Candle, and an Emergency Blanket?

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[@epicmarketer]

Good stuff. Love the emergency bivvy as well. Also works with a wool blanket n candle! :)

[@GandalfandShadowfax]

Excellent tips. Just goes to show you that survival is a state of mind...use what you have in creative ways to stay alive.

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Absolutely, and Thank you!

[@alf3553]

I picked up a couple of the SOL poncho’s a few years ago. One to leave packed & one to play with. I carry a double SOL blanket & the poncho, seems to be a good combo. I can use the blanket for shelter or to wrap up in & the poncho over top.

[@Stoney_AKA_James]

Yep, we were taught that technique for staying warm using a candle at military SERE (Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape). Granted back in the 1970s we didn't have mylar so we used a poncho liner. Good tip using a coffee can, makes since.

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Thank you! Amazing how much a single candle can help when enclosed.

[@hotshot791]

Very interesting, very successful series of experiments. Seems like you could have went down to just one wick to save more candle hours! Adding a MEST poncho if it were raining/snowing would be a perfect addition. A couple of large candles in a coffee can has been a long-standing part of vehicle winter survival kits in Minnesota.

[@danielcharbonneau222]

Good job Dan nice tip with the large can. Gotta love Spam!

[@starlingblack814]

Thanks Dan. Lonnie from Far North Bushcraft does something similar using a large contractor trash bag and a small candle. Certainly a lightweight survival shelter that could save your life in a pinch. Again thanks for the video.

[@Cale_Davison]

Cavers call it a _Palmer Shelter_ after Dr. Palmer.

[@forestcamper3574]

I do this with a GI poncho when hunting in cold weather…great tip

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

I'll have to try the poncho.

[@ericwright6568]

Nice idea for emergency. To get warm up.

[@raymondgatley8793]

That's the old mountain man trick but a couple of candles in the ground sit on your pack tie yourself to a tree put your blanket around you get your feet off the ground they said it feels like being in a long room doesn't take long at all

[@user-eq7wk4qe4q]

Thank you , awesome 😊

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Thank you!

[@peterloichtl4512]

Very good demonstration, can also make small fire with small sticks careful to keep your head outside only clench blanket around neck when using wood fire. I never seen it done with plastic only with wool blanket.

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Thank you!

[@patriotpreacher43]

I’ve been working on something similar. Using an original style UCO candle lantern (flame is basically contained for safety). Under poncho. Just ordered a reflective space blanket just a little more substantial with grommets. Going to cut a head hole and make a poncho liner. Can add an insulated poncho liner, too. Will be trying it soon, hopefully. Thanks for adding to the knowledge base!

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Sounds like a pretty good system you are working on. Should be warm. I'll be doing a second part to this video soon. Finally getting the survival kit for the can all put together.

[@patriotpreacher43]

@@ochocobushcraft1742 also thinking about implementing a small travel umbrella deployed inside the poncho as kind of an internal framework to hold open an area to work in. We’ll see!

[@devildogsbushcraft7898]

It's great when you actually got outside and do the real deal. There's nothing like a little science.

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Thank you! And thanks for subscribing!

[@devildogsbushcraft7898]

😊looking forward to watching more of your video's.

[@Cale_Davison]

7:08 ❤

[@nutthrower4415]

Good stuff thanks Dan

[@gymbagg8716]

You could wrap yourself in the space blanket then put your outer coat over the blanket ....the blanket your body heat and the cold would hold the warmth in These space blankets were made to be close to your body not wrapped outside of your winter coat take you coat off and a sweater then wrap the blanket around you then put the sweater and your overcoat on

[@Cale_Davison]

Mors Kochanski supershelter?

[@dn88s]

I'll try it that way instead of poncho

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

It does a great job of reflecting the heat.

[@brenka4572]

Another great video!

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Thank you!

[@devildogsbushcraft7898]

Awesome. Thank you so much for test. I'm a new sub.

[@ecm958]

This is great!

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Thank you!

[@aemiliadelroba4022]

So…. What do you do when it is freezing cold and snow ❄️ + blizzard 🥶 windy conditions that you can’t set up your candle and your hands are frozen ? 😮

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

You just described one of my most favorite times to be in the woods. Most often I sit in a lean to, with a fire in front, and enjoy the storm while drinking hot cocoa. Now someone new will have to learn many things and spend much time to get to this place. I've been enjoying the winter snow storms in this way for decades. If you spend enough time there, it just becomes home regardless of the storm.

[@MrDkgio]

In a survival situation, I’m pretty sure that trumps national park rules…

[@ochocobushcraft1742]

Absolutely!