💣Camping TRIP ALARMS using over-sized powder loads

Trip Alarms Co. wanted us to demonstrate their new "gen 3" Quad trip alarms. We thought it would be fun to make some really heavy loads using unusual stuff too. For science. Remember these are not toys and one should use extreme caution when using these.
I can not post a direct link but you know how to find these with 5 seconds of determination.
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[@noneyabiz8225]

instead of flour or cornstarch, ya should have used dried coffee creamer. I do not know what makes it flammable but the stuff i was sprinkling over an open flame was most impressive. I like the Cayenne pepper idea. Keep up the entertaining content, thanks

[@SilvaDreams]

It's a matter of being a super fine material and the right ratio of air to particulate.

[@sumoneelse6881]

Try saw dust.

[@RRTSBloodyknife]

That or cinnamon works good too

[@ricovali9245]

That or talcum powder

[@SharpiesERA]

I believe this only works as a very fine and dispersed dust (if you throw a handful of coffeecreamer in a flame, only the fine particles catch fire) so I think this wouldn’t work too well as a compact bomb. But would’ve loved to see them try these yeah!

[@beauleidig8670]

If you guys ever want to do this again with a big fire ball, do the same thing you did with the black powder set up but with non-dairy coffee creamer. That stuff really puts on a show.

[@ajrey8457]

was just gonna say this coffee creamer pretty flammable

[@Simon_Nonymous]

Or custard powder I think too.... in fact I have some out of date powder that needs disposing of. EDIT ah you did corn starch, it's virtually the same thing

[@curtiskemmerle8870]

Same here - non-dairy coffee creamer powder can produce a nice fireball

[@mr.shannon6137]

When I was a teen would often grab extra creamer packets from gass stations or restaurants. Opening a few in my hand gently throwing in air and lighting with a lighter was always cool. If done right produces nice fire ball.

[@Backroad_Junkie]

Hollywood uses coffee creamer for explosions. Fun stuff! 😁

[@kodiakkeith]

I just put some similar ones in my orchard to keep deer out. I replaced the shot on a standard 12 gauge with chili powder, sealed the cut cap with silicone, and then slipped the whole thing into six inches of 3/4" pvc pipe to make the chili directional. It is aimed at where the deer most often jump the fence. We await developments...

[@scottroder5516]

Let me know if it works

[@brendandor]

Why not just make the fence higher?

[@kodiakkeith]

@@brendandor The fence is already six feet high.

[@stephenwilkinson1254]

@@kodiakkeith ...so...all you need is a few inches more? ( that's what she said!)

[@swayback7375]

Updates?

[@destro1503]

it brings a smile to my face to see yall are still making videos I've been watching your content for 10 years at this point

[@taofledermaus]

thanks!

[@Vid_Master]

Same, someone replied to one of my comments recently on a video from 2011 lol, it was the fly in slow motion next to a target. Taofledermaus calculated the amount of time it took the fky to react, it was incredibly fast!

[@mrnobody5381]

@@taofledermaus Hey, have you tried powdered suger, the highly refined kind.

[@OfCorse76]

Non dairy creamer usually makes a pretty good fireball. I know some guys who did pyro for stunt cars and that's what they used to enhance fireballs.

[@jameswedler2189]

Yeah that coffee whitener powder burns real good. We used to get it in the food rations when I was in Air Force Cadets and we would pour it on the fire when we went out on our camping/survival training weeks. It definitely makes a nice fireball.

[@TheGeekiestGuy]

Happy 4th, guys. I still have my trip alarms I picked up when I watched your videos way back in the day. The new gen looks like they put a lot of thought into them. Thanks for letting me know they updated them. 🤙🏽🧨🎆

[@Rokomarn]

Not that much thought if they aren't just using primers

[@TheGeekiestGuy]

@@Rokomarn That is a little surprising. At least the triggering plate is a step up. I kinda wish mine came with a rimfire adapter but I can just make one like the rest of the weird crap I've made for my old setup. Have a good one. 🤙🏽 Regular shotshells should still fit. They just don't have any affect other than the noise.

[@Ding_Bat]

Being from the southern tip of Africa, my first thought was that this is to protect you from people wandering into your campsite. Animals never even crossed my mind… 😂 Those fireballs should look pretty epic at night!

[@jimmyrustler8983]

Works for both! They're also great as intruder alarms on shed doors and stuff, probably best to just use primers for that, though. Now you just need to invent an anti snake landmine 🤣🤙

[@mattsonrj1]

I’ve been told, during the depression when money was tight, the old timers would load their shot shells with part black powder & part flour,corn starch, or corn meal. You showed that cornstarch burns. I’d like to see you try shots shells or slug loads loaded with corn starch mixed with powder.

[@Numl0k]

I'd be interested in seeing a source and reasoning behind that. Cornstarch *is* flammable, but only when the fuel/air mixture are correct. It has to be dispersed for that to happen. You see this in action with the blue powder. There was a delay before the whole load went up in flames, because that was the point when it was properly dispersed. If it were loaded in a shot shell mixed in with blackpowder, it would NOT burn in any meaningfully energetic way. The only reasoning I can think of that makes any sense is using it as a filler to increase the volume of the load to fill up space in the shell, but that would probably screw up the burn rate of the powder. Maybe it would work if they layered it so the cornstarch wasn't mingling with the powder.

[@Earthshipowner]

The cornstarch/meal was to take up volume in the case... when loading reduced powder charges the danger with black powder, or a quick burning powder is keeping the least amount of air in the case.. it will cause the shotgun to omnidirectional...

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

after working as security/bouncer in nightclubs and strip joints -- off and on -- for over 30 years, i have a deep-seated, primal hatred of glitter. as usual, i enjoyed the vid. i hope you guys had a safe, fun, and rejuvenating "Burgers, Beer, and Explosives Day."

[@martinsonofwar395]

I never worked any of those jobs, but I hate glitter, too.

[@RichardCranium321]

Was hoping you'd mount a Roman candle to one for the 4th... 👍🏽😉

[@jamesh5460]

Where we live there are lots of problems with bears coming into campsites at night and these would make me sleep better. Very cool.

[@aveleziii]

the glitter slo-mo was one of the best shots so far. just really good cinematography

[@ghostwalkerairsofttech1947]

The problem with the flour cornstarch experiment is that you need something to disperse the dust before the explosion..

[@Grand-Massive]

Those homemade ones are awesome. I think you could make a series out of this.

[@oldtimefarmboy617]

Glitter is the bane of custodians as well. It sticks into every joint and crack in a floor and gets hung up in the fibers of carpets. That makes it almost impossible to get swept up or vacuumed up. I cleaned up a theater for years and they would have children's dance classes come in and display what they learned to their parents and the general public. And they loved glitter and sequins. And the hallway behind the theater was carpeted. The carpet was vacuumed at least 5, or more, times each week. About the time the vacuum finally got most of the glitter out of the carpet in the 4 months between classes, they would do it all over again.

[@maxmccain8950]

My granddaughter came over the other day. She had glitter all over her. Saying goodbyes she gave papa a big hug. I later went to the grocery store where I got a smile and laugh from a woman walking the other way down the isle. I didn’t realize until I got home that I had glitter all over my beard. Now I understand the laugh in the store!

[@dtaggartofRTD]

having worked in a craft store, that glitter capsule probably qualifies as a WMD.

[@Gondryn]

I am curious what a dragons breath slug would do in that thing.

[@jimmyrustler8983]

It'd create plenty of new real estate in Kalifornia.

[@cascadianrangers728]

Would sure ruin everything else around it

[@computerman200]

secondary charge is needed for arolised fireball.....primary disperses the powder, secondary charge should help with the fir ball aspec of things 😊

[@jimmyrustler8983]

Like a fuel-air bomb? Yeah, that could likely be achieved with a primer for the primary blast to disperse the fine powder. Good thinking.

[@LS1LE]

Lol, officer Greg says “marriage is an uncomfortable situation” I’m giggling my ass off

[@joshuagibson2520]

5:30 I bet that wasn't the first nor maybe the last time OG gave it a "tug" that day! Lol.

[@benjaminparness4047]

Those look great. The ones I have have a single tie point and just use the 209 primer.

[@grapeape_76]

"I don't know what this is made of but I like it." Classic comment. Another enjoyable presentation!

[@Rusty.1776]

That gender reveal charge was at just about the right height to create a new gender for officer Greg.😆 Thanks y'all for another great video, hope everyone is doing well. HAPPY 4TH! 🎆 🎇 🧨 ❤️🤍💙

[@erict3728]

I was thinking the same thing. Gender reveal? More like gender removal

[@michaelmoorrees3585]

I don't get the whole gender reveal thing. When the kid becomes a teen they'll reveal their "identified gender" anyways. Save your money for therapy. Yours, not the ungrateful brat's !

[@christianjesse8980]

@@michaelmoorrees3585 ungrateful for what, a party lmao

[@ivysinistra]

​@@michaelmoorrees3585 I ain't having kids but if any of them came out to me as trans etc. they would be loved and accepted because that's what you should do, not calling them ungrateful and being a dick about it

[@MobiuSphere]

Ramsets have notoriously hard primers. I've used them many times in a starting pistol, and I dont think I've ever got through a full cylinder without at least one misfire

[@jimmyrustler8983]

They're even fuckey in open bolt guns too.

[@enochofmi]

I think the issue with the flour was that the ignition was finished by the time the flour was spread apart enough to get a good oxygen mixture. Maybe larger magnesium shavings?

[@LifelongExperience]

Blank 12 guage cartridges in the UK were shorter and known as "Blank Saluting cartridges". I used to use them until the mid 1990s in a trip alarm, but our local yacht club used them in a tiny replica canon to start their races.

[@moparedtn]

Somehow, glitter and Brandon just seem a natural pairing. Is it just me? - Ed on the Ridge

[@dougalexander7204]

It’s just you.

[@heywardmorgan7699]

Never a dull moment with you guys, always something new and informative. Have a great 4th of July and be safe.

[@johnl.5117]

Good fun. The cornstarch created a small dust explosion. When every once in a while you hear of a wheat processing plant building explosion the dust was ignited and blew the bldg up. Kind of a poor man's thermobaric bomb. Powdered iron or particles should be flash spectacular.

[@malanok]

I'm curious about how dragons breath would work with these, feels like it might just become a poor fire starter

[@crankygunreviews]

Very cool! Nice idea on the trip alarms. I like the 4 direction plate. Always fun putting powdery stuff in them to make a bigger distraction and scare people

[@yekomsdej3453]

Love every content you make guys. Keep up the good work, greetings from Holland and happy 4th of Yuly!

[@georgepap5454]

That thing could use an additional safety pull out pin cause people should keep their thumbs. Amazing slow motion on the dust fireballs, so called flour detonation or something im sure that was the goal... That's what changed the grain sylos design a few decades ago. Good fun as always!

[@kiarawhalen1544]

The tarp and rifling comments got me good haha

[@marblemarble7113]

Mouse trap claymore >:)

[@420BulletSponge]

Hmm, the things you could do with this and tannerite.......please don't shoot my dog.

[@bmstylee]

ATF has entered your perimeter.

[@AL-RCjunkie]

I'm currently binge watching several months worth of your videos. This one seems like the one most likely to finish with an ER visit and OG picking digits up off the dirt. I'm really glad everyone walked away still able to open ketchup bottles unassisted. Great video! Exciting to the very end! 👍

[@patmancrowley8509]

Jeff and O.G., I was hoping that you'd try flash powder from fire crackers. That'd be a GREAT flashbang!

[@MRCOLOURfilld]

Maybe coffee creamer would make a fireball

[@joshuagibson2520]

From what I've learned it's the best actually. Kroger generic creamer to be specific.

[@joshuagibson2520]

I'll take a break from (my own) explosives and lead launchers to watch this. Love you fellas. Hope your Independence Day is a great one!

[@lukearcher886]

Thanks for bringing back Brandon. You guys rock!

[@daniel_f4050]

Most underwhelming for camping in certain area. My family often vacations on an island that was the site of a former theme park. We’ve found that surrounding the tents with Claymores is really much more effective.* *RIP Uncle Bobby, we learned our lesson.

[@nerd1000ify]

In Australia we used to do that, until the emus learned to disarm them and steal the C4 inside. No grain truck was safe...

[@jameslowe3792]

😂😂😂 I hate glitter.... It gets in everything and everywhere😔😔😔 Happy 4th of July to you, Jeff and Greg.

[@scrotiemcboogerballs1981]

Thanks for sharing love watching hope everyone has a great 4th of July god bless America

[@jaycousland9835]

I used to buffer my trap loads with all purpose flour. It produced a wonderful mushroom cloud of flame. Also, wood ashes act as a catalyst for powdered sugar ignition.

[@jimcDelta]

I worked a job designing and building Point of Purchase displays. One year we got an order that required us to buy glitter by the ton.

[@ThePronkMVP524]

If you wanted a good fireball, try lycopodium powder. It’s super finely divided and therefore very flammable.

[@MeleeTiger]

If you ever feel like trying the "fireball" cloud again, I might suggest powdered non-dairy creamer.

[@jefferymekinda14]

Great video! As always, entertaining and fun for the whole family.

[@dehypnotizerz]

This stuff is amazing. Thanks for showing this in action. Btw. love your sense of humor, guys.

[@GordonPhillips]

Melted and Twisted was my stage name in the early 80’s 😉👍 Another great video!

[@xxxdiresaintxxx]

oh goodie a new video 🎉 I think, as you probably already know, the lack of combustion on the flour was probably just due to a lack of the correct air/flour mixture and I believe almost any fine particulate can explode if done correctly. fun video fellas, happy 4rth! 🎉

[@xxxdiresaintxxx]

@Paul Thiessen I can't say definitely one way or another but I did just do a quick Google search which says it is. But I have not in fact tried so like I said I can't prove it.

[@xxxdiresaintxxx]

@Paul Thiessen not necessarily, but it is possible. I trust the internet as far as I can physically throw it so unless I can confirm something from personal experience I take everything I get from Google with a handful of salt. Huh... I wonder if powdered salt is flammable? For science! 🧪

[@GrassPossum]

@@xxxdiresaintxxx No. It isn't.

[@zunedog31]

This would scare the bejesus out of me if I was sleeping in the woods in the middle of nowhere.

[@youbetterwakeup2449]

Yup, but that's a lot better than being snuck up on.

[@Mitchell_is_smart._You2bs_dumb]

How would you set it off when you were sleeping? Do you sleepwalk?

[@therealkillerb7643]

Thanks guys for another great video. You two had me laughing the whole way through. Nice way to end the Fourth!

[@Fudmottin]

Lycopodium powder was the stuff for making flash bangs in high school. It is naturally oily which provides the fuel. You could load marine flares in those trip alarms when it's particularly dry and lots of expensive housing is nearby. This should make you very popular if a flare manages to start a brush fire or forrest fire.

[@chuckaddison5134]

Happy Fourth to the Taofledercrew and families! Once again, a different and interesting video. On the trip alarms, I've seen some on other channels that seem to have a rotating retainer for the shell or round. Are you aware of these or am I seeing it incorrectly?

[@SteelWolf13]

I think i liked the cotter pin design from previous videos. This plate thing seems flimsy and might fall out to easy.

[@SamMurphyHSV]

This was great. Gregg was on a roll today!

[@taofledermaus]

thanks!

[@Sabi1234567890Asdf]

My first episode since danny. I have to say its bitter sweet. I started watching in the early days. Its hard to not see danny in the video. Rip good buddy

[@obsoleteoptics]

Can y'all test the Triple Doom shell? I left a comment about it in your previous video, but I don't know if you saw it. 😅

[@joshuagibson2520]

There are a couple YT shorts of that round, but not much else. I agree, we need the masters of this craft to give it a test.

[@obsoleteoptics]

@@joshuagibson2520 yeah, I saw those

[@madpatriot7464]

Thanks for another awesome video guys. Always happy to see new vids from you in my feed. Takes my mind off of this profoundly sick world for a while. Great job fellas. Wow, no love for my comment. You don't like me any more bud?

[@brown2889]

We need to keep OG’s fingers as they make things so much more fun!😂👆🤣

[@ghostwalkerairsofttech1947]

One of the best demos I've seen !!

[@viscache1]

Viewers should be aware that using a shell with pellets would be considered an explosive mortar. That is a weapon used in war and highly illegal…AND…if you trip your own alarm…could cripple you for life or worse. An empty shell with primer and a bit of explosives grade aluminum/magnesium for flash and brilliance, or corn starch or bakery wheat …would be more than adequate to frighten most people without endangering anyone.

[@OGsDangerShow]

We tested the live shells. Not really all that dangerous without a barrel.

[@bullittdog4352]

I’ll watch with eager anticipation whenever Brandon is in harms way…one can only hope!

[@David_Vander_Vliet]

I've considered this countless times! Glad you made it into a video!

[@hakansoderholm6514]

Brings up memories from when I was in the military. Larm mina. (Alarm Mine) Lights and a big screaming sound. Best was when one of our Captains whent wrong way around a trea 😀 it was a loud presentation 🙂

[@jtjjbannie]

I can see that device being used maliciously.

[@tommyfred6180]

i used to use this kind of kit when i was a gamekeeper. the ones i used had a plat pin same as these do but didn't look so good. the plat pin makes them way more useful than the ones with a splitting pin in the bolt. UK law requires them to be set pointing down into a hole. if you use them in another way they are a class 5 firearm.

[@tomhubbard353]

WOW Brandon took that glitter shot well! Thank God there were NO stairs leading to that table! OOOOF!

[@twigglykevin]

The glitter idea, I'd imagine would work well with that UV powder stuff. Except it would be all over the area you set it up and get tracked everywhere well after the fact.

[@jimmyrustler8983]

Yeah, glitter's a nightmare. One birthday card is two weeks of hell with all the glitter that falls off of them.

[@ianfinrir8724]

Glitter is the herpes of art supplies. It gets everywhere and you never really get rid of it.

[@ktm42080]

Soviet bakers compromising my perimeter....😁 You guys have the best commentary!

[@joemccarthywascorrect6240]

Completely different subject, but concerning current events, namely the farmers protesting in The Netherlands: it would be interesting to see the effects of various LE rounds on loaded tractor tires (“loaded” tires are filled with liquid rather than air, to provide added traction and counterbalance when using tractor attachments). Maybe some farmers out there who have tractor tires that are due for replacement can loan a tire on a rim or two for testing before new ones are installed? Or if there is an old relic in someone’s tree line that could be a donor? Just spitballing a test idea. Love the channel!

[@eastvillepark6037]

Why are the farmers protesting ? Lack of coverage in u.k.

[@pasqualguigano6315]

If you want a huge fire ball use coffee creamer (dry powder). That’s what they use in the movie industry for pyrotechnic effects

[@dougalexander7204]

This channel just keeps on giving. Might try a chaw of C4.

[@anthonywstanton]

Excellent content as always gentlemen!

[@justinoliver1984]

Need to use non-dairy coffee creamer!! Makes a monster fire ball when released under pressure with air and a road flare.... Courtesy of mythbusters lol

[@davideasterling2729]

Awesome video guys, as always! The cayenne "module" was like an upgraded version of the Modern Rogue's "PEPPER HOORAY" device. I would LOVE to see a TAOFLEDERMAUS and MODERN ROGUE collaboration, especially with the Trigger Canons and the Quad 12 Gauge Trip Alarm devices!

[@dlby3]

They're exotic dancers OG! haha I might have let few invade my perimeter once or twice HAHA

[@shareurtube]

Man the Corn Starch effect would have been a blast at night. That definitely was my favorite.

[@carlbrown8830]

I'd like to see what a Dragons' Breath round would look like fired from that gadget. Might have to save it for a rainy day, though.

[@Intrepid-ty1mg]

Brandon won’t be fight’n Corn Pop any time soon! Great, fun vid. I compulsively went and purchased a bunch of their goodies. I literally couldn’t hold back. Thank you for depleting my savings, but saving my perimeter. Best!

[@jmac3693]

Another hit! Thanks man.

[@JFKeNn3dy]

So I guess getting attacked by a pissed off glitter covered bear would make a pretty awesome story.

[@mcpitala]

As usual, all great videos...I still miss Danny. God bless

[@WEKM]

Glitter, the herpies of the craft world.

[@WolfoftheWoodsAirsoft]

Tugging on the string - a history of OG's failed music groups. Available from OG's Danger Show and a payphone in a Turkish gaol, ask for Mmhet, and no where else. Oh these would be fun at my favourite past time...especially the glitter bomb

[@OGsDangerShow]

😆👍

[@DUKWAK]

Cool video, guys. Happy 4th of July as well. Thanks for dropping a new video!

[@andybreglia9431]

I used to rig booby traps like this with hand grenades with just the fuse and no powder in field training exercises. All it had to do is make noise and not kill anyone. You tie the string to the grenade pin.

[@dmaxm2498]

That blue fire was Gnarly. You sold me. Happy Independence Day

[@galendeig6747]

Powered Coffee Creamer makes an AWESOME FIREBALL.... You'll just have to take my word on this one. ;-)

[@CarnivoreRonin]

Sweet video! Thanks for giving us the search terms so that we can find the product, that's very helpful too. 👍🏻

[@taofledermaus]

Also look at the Fift Ops trip alarm. I think it is built better.

[@sexxemann77]

Powdered coffee creamer should make a decent fireball. Also you can dry lactose that can be purchased from companies selling firework chemicals.

[@seeratlasdtyria4584]

This device needs one more safety 'pin' to secure the plate after insertion. The pin can then be removed remotely by a separate string. Imagine setting one of these up in the dark...dangerous as hell, without that additional pin holding the plate till you're ready to 'arm' the mechanism.

[@joeyhardin1288]

Thanks guys. Hate glitter, the bane of humanity! Happy Independence Day! God Bless and stay safe.

[@taofledermaus]

thanks Joey

[@Almightyrastus]

Gets home, Wife - "you're covered in glitter... You've been with that OG again, haven't you?"

[@thedolt9215]

“Jake from State Farm”……..LOL

[@Smallathe]

A VERY cool video. Loved the brilliant idea of glitter, smoke and all the rest! Super creative :)

[@taofledermaus]

Thanks so much 😊

[@JimOrr_OK]

Thanks guys! I enjoyed it.