IRR Camouflage explained - Basic infrared knowledge

[@MrTangent]

The one thing you failed to mention, which is essential: washing your clothes. Most modern detergents have optical brighteners, which help make your clothes look cleaner, whiter and the colors “pop”. It also makes them light up in the infrared spectrum. I use old timey detergents on my Bug Out clothing for this reason, to keep infrared signature to a minimum. I use Nellie’s Detergent, fyi.

[@mudweiser007]

Borax i have herd is a good alternative as well

[@BuckFoeJiden]

Hot water, and unscented bar soap is what I use on my hunting clothes. Keeps the IR signature down on every type of IR device I've used, from digital to tube.

[@everettduncan7543]

@@BuckFoeJiden how visible would it be in winter?

[@BuckFoeJiden]

@@everettduncan7543 as long as the colors are the same or similar to your environment, it should blend pretty well.

[@BuckFoeJiden]

@@BungSpoot eww.

[@ambersmollett3708]

Your english is good bro', don't sweat it. Good vid.

[@diojibarker9892]

His English is much better than my German.

[@raphaelguardado2787]

English is big brother's language, today, Nazis are anglo-saxons.

[@toddburley2174]

Your English is better than most Americans

[@toddburley2174]

@Christopher Cook ahhahaha

[@glenopolis1147]

Oh yeah

[@garrithsmith799]

Honestly as a civilian, and with all that is happening right now, I've taken a keen interest on survival videos. This is a good video!

[@frankbrown9618]

Expecially if you live in the old continent...

[@wildcat8598]

It’s always a good idea to hope for the best but prepare for the worst. As someone who lives in a somewhat free state in the US and don’t have a lot of the stupid stuff going on here like some other places on our country I still would rather be a warrior in a garden than being a gardener in a war. Honestly other than the real important stuff like food and water protection takes training. Can get whatever brand or whatever gear one wants but unless we are training, getting better and actually using our stuff to see what works and what doesn’t it won’t matter. Will just be a loot drop for someone who has trained and practiced

[@Одесскийждун]

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[@getl0st]

Instead of being a Coward, you go get some Rope and some Friends and deal with the Sick F^cks who have currently taken over the Governments 🤮

[@recon1986]

You can also make your own gillie suit using a survival blanket or "space blanket" as an inner lining to hide you from IR and night vision and also hides your heat signature from drones

[@BlameCo]

I love how clear and detailed you are with your videos. Also the fact you get the audio sounding so good in a forest is outstanding!

[@Funkteon]

As an optics engineer, I should produce a video in response to this one (and a bunch of others here on KZbin) which don't really cover what IRR camouflaging or thermal image camouflage really is/requires. This video literally only tells you how one might be slightly less visible (when perfectly still) to a black and white CCTV camera with IR 'night vision' mode. The info in this video is actually useless to anyone wanting to achieve thermal image (which relies on the IR spectrum) camouflage.

[@jamesmurray116]

@@Funkteon I also thought the video was about how to not be seen by inferred.

[@Funkteon]

@@jamesmurray116 The video is not only filled with half-truths, it contains no helpful information for those wishing to evade thermal (eg. FLIR) or other infrared imaging devices. The video producer is an armchair expert with no real working knowledge of the science, but has cobbled together a bunch of info from the web and presented it in a way that makes it pointless and often nonsensical.

[@reihleoberle8702]

As a semi-fluent German speaker, I love your German videos, but a lot of the specific vocabulary can be confusing. I’m always so happy when you post an English video.

[@mattfleming86]

I have zero problems with your presentation, and you have a fantastic accent. No worries. Thanks for another great video!

[@dontall71]

Very well explained and I've not seen this demonstrated in daylight. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge of the subject with us

[@kweeks10045]

Get a laundry detergent that is made for removing whiteners/brighteners from clothing. Generally it will be in the section with scent removers in the bow hunting section. It makes most natural fiber clothes non-reflective to UV light which includes infrared illuminators

[@thomas.thomas]

interesting

[@KlausKlauskinski]

interesting indeed!

[@johnrobb9408]

Must rub in new born feces. Any mammal species.

[@hellcatdave1]

You got a brand name?

[@michaeldaltonsr8954]

Ab so lute ly!! Long time hunter. Buy fancy new "camo" for "Stylin &Profiling" w/buddies or out in public. Choose your camo carefully, and buy those w/o "high-lighted" ( color-enhanced dyes) for concealment.

[@Rule-of-Threes-Survival]

I've been watching your videos since you were a child its great to see you have grown into a responsible and educated young man, keep up the amazing videos.

[@brazzy1467]

Awesome video I've experimented with I.R. camo myself. The best thing I've used is military camo nets. I purchased a bunch of the new style desert camo netting that has some radar deflecting capabilities and made a jacket and a pair of pants out of it. It does help hide you a lot more than a regular Gillie suit. That's just what my buddy and I have found out. It's not 100% but that's why you must have more than just one skill or tool in your toolbox to be successful. Awesome video.

[@Mars21681]

Good English, stay on it.. it continues to get better and it's by far better than most I've spoken with in DE. Went ahead and gave you a sub, good info you're putting out... Although it's easy to think we've already learned these things, there's plenty who are still learning and I'm glad you figured out a way to share without compromising yourself. I hope you've made sure your VPN is solid while you upload, and keep all your videos on external drives instead of on the laptop 😉

[@BelloBudo007]

That was a really good effort mate. I could tell you were sometimes frustrated & even amused with your English language 'challenge', but you were nice & clear, and covered a lot of information. I have often wondered about infra red and what will and won't work, and you covered that nicely. I didn't know anything about the 'cat eyes' before and can see why they have become redundant.

[@ba-ba1193]

The Czech M60 camo from the cold war has a Strichmuster style camo scheme for daytime use and a "hidden" IR camo for the night. I think quite unique for its time.

[@PMunkS]

I particularly appreciate the hand gesture employed at 5:28 when describing the features of the infrared patch and the use of infrared by the "good ones".

[@seand.5535]

yes very based

[@matthewwagner47]

Thanks for sharing. Very informative. The German fleck camo works well for infra red-lowlight scopes.

[@richardackerman6151]

Excellent video. ThankQ very much. Night vision is so expensive, and so is thermal. But, with both night vision and thermal, you own the night.

[@dongrider9040]

04/06/2022 ripperkon. I have been trying to train my 3 grand nephews 7 yrs old for woodsman ship and common stuff like play hide and seek in camo. It is fun for them and they are learning bush craft and camping skills. These guys will be good in a couple years. They will be wise and stealth. I do not have any thing but woodland camo for us. Thank you for showing the differences in the camo. Don

[@ifell3]

IR is a complete different game changer for your wardrobe, then they use thermal cameras and your screwed.

[@Mr.Miyagi907]

That's how it works....eat ore become eaten 🤓

[@Funkteon]

As an optics engineer, I should produce a video in response to this one (and a bunch of others here on KZbin) which don't really cover what IRR camouflaging or thermal image camouflage really is/requires. This video literally only tells you how one might be slightly less visible (when perfectly still) to a black and white CCTV camera with IR 'night vision' mode. The info in this video is actually useless to anyone wanting to achieve thermal image (which relies on the IR spectrum) camouflage.

[@ripperkon]

I would be happy to see this. I am sure, the title says „basic“ clear enough. And I even mentioned the Thermal. This video ist just basic knowledge. I didn’t want it to be too detailed ;-)

[@Funkteon]

@@ripperkon It's not difficult, you simply need to have something between you and the capture device that will not reach the same temperature as your body and give away your recognisable human shape or heat signature based on a surrounding area pattern differential, this means covering and/or surrounding your encampment with with thick foliage at least 1.5m from you so as not to absorb ambient heat from your body temperature. In essence, other than covering yourself in the world's thickest ghillie suit and staying perfectly still, there is no way to hide from thermal IR imagining using clothing that rests against your body, as even cheap retail-grade FLIR cameras will pick up the heat signature differential. This is why even today, special forces operatives still learn how to create a hide using foliage, as there's no wearable material that can prevent body heat rising to the external surface of the material and appearing as a distinct human shape on thermal imaging.

[@userequaltoNull]

@@Funkteon maybe mylar, spaced away from the body somehow, and covered up with modern camo?

[@aloofsive1140]

The best non exotic material I've discovered to use as thermal camouflage is glass. It has one of the lowest permission ratings and if you get the right type of fiber optic strands will also not conduct heat from your body too much.

[@Funkteon]

@@aloofsive1140 Yes, exotic and highly expensive and incredibly difficult to fashion into a portable tool for thermal obfuscation... A golf umbrella and a 3x3m camo net costs less than $50 USD and is far easier to build in a pinch, which is usually the case with these matters...

[@tomasteply1956]

Thank you very much. I just started to be interested in night vision, how it works, how it's made etc. so the timing of this video is on spot👍

[@travislupum]

Night vision is alot of fun and once you start playing with it you'll start looking at thermal I started with a cheap night owl unit and now I have a pvs-7 and 2 thermal imagers my girlfriend says I have enough now 😫

[@tomasteply1956]

@@travislupum I'm a student so all I can is gather some knowledge on this topic before that one day comes and I'll be able to purchase some of this fun stuff.

[@travislupum]

@@tomasteply1956 it's totally worth it I wish I would have done more research but I went at it like a bat out of hell just buying and trading like crazy you will ensure you have a good experience with researching before buying

[@Tenskwatawa4U]

Thank you very much! That was quite informative, and I appreciate the visual element with IR equipment.

[@MrRugercat45]

Please don’t worry about your accent, we can understand you perfectly. My mother is terribly embarrassed by her thick accent all her life and it makes me mad. You can’t help the accent, and you can speak at least two languages, so that’s something. Personally I’m used to accents and grew up around many languages, English is my second language even though I was born here in the US. Love your video! Great work.

[@KevinFlores-vq7zp]

For the basics, I honestly thought it’d just be about night vision goggles but learned more with you sharing about reflective materials lol great work fam

[@dennismacwilliams196]

Just found you, great video. From the USA

[@snowshark156]

Literally everything you said stood out actually blended in and everything you said would blend in, stood out under NODs.

[@ripperkon]

Then luckily this is a video and not a podcast 👌🏻

[@arsumbris6392]

Love these videos, you make them with dedication. Very informative.

[@recceactual1416]

Stationed in Germany for 4 years. These videos are awesome reminds me of some good training days in Wildflicken with our German brother’s.

[@preacher1776]

Loved this discussion about IR camo!

[@ericjohnson8001]

I had desert storm issue nv camo coveralls with a grid pattern on them and alternating light and dark spots-- it looked pretty good with passive soviet era ny goggles and the top was really cool by itself-- they were given to me by a Ranger neighbor in Columbus GA and I really wish I could find another set--

[@sisuriffs]

I, like many Canadians, lost family members in both World Wars, and grew up watching innumerable films and tv shows set in those conflicts. It is oddly reassuring that Germany and Canada, two thriving democracies, are such strong allies today. Thank you for your service.

[@phil9.894]

Lange nichts mehr gehört und gesehen, das Video wurde mir gerade vorgeschlagen und es hat sich wie immer gelohnt. Danke für die wunderbaren Videos. Wenn ich dass so sagen darf, waren deine How to make a Ghillie Suit, eine wahnsinns Inspiration und ein Schritt in die richtige Richtung. 2016 habe ich mit meinem eigenen Ghillie angefangen und dieses Jahr geht es zur Scharfschützen-Vorausbildung. Dann bin ich meinem Lebenstraum einen großen Schritt näher. Klasse gemacht, man konnte alles verstehen und ich konnte meine Englischkentnisse ebenfalls auffrischen und erweitern👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@lewisgarland4025]

with the proliferation of night vision gear on the civilian market this is a great video thanks sir

[@evangraham]

It's nice to see something very informative on IR camo

[@ProApto]

A large amount of visible light is playing its role here. Night comparisons and more sensible IR devices will be needed

[@ripperkon]

Yes, and a lot more KZbin-Money is needed for these sensitive devices 😁

[@rolfnilsen6385]

@@ripperkon And then there is the Thermal Camouflage video.. Even more money needed :-)

[@sorincaladera936]

@@rolfnilsen6385 they're really not as expensive as people seem to think, even Civilian FLIR is only $300-1000, sure you can buy one for $20k, and it will last you your life, but cheap thermals are 1000x better than 0. And if you're in a situation where you need em, $1000s is worth millions.

[@JosephStealin]

My troop Sgt said “I didn’t see you at camouflage training this morning Smith!” I said thank you Sgt!

[@ccevans55]

Great video! It's hard to find info like this, thank you!

[@AZTigerMMA]

I wish your website had English so we could order as well

[@apos3536]

I love this jacket! Where can i buy it?

[@Fng_1975]

Please understand that IR patches and IR light will not be seen by all NVDs. It has to do with the spectrum in which one or the other is designed for, so like FLIR will not not see IR light like your ambient light spectrum NVDs will. What works well with one type of NVD will not always work with another type. This is why dual or multi spectrum NVDs are becoming more common, preferred and sought after, but are highly expensive. IR gets oversimplified by just saying it sees heat, but it is more complex than that. Everything gives off infrared radiation, even cold things. Spectrum of the device you are using is important and knowing how it can be defeated or spoofed/fooled is as well. Also, hopefully, some of these devices will start being used during the day by your basic grunts and that their daytime use will become much more common. I can’t believe how we started to put thermals and FLIRs away when the first rays of daylight were beginning to come up. To many times I had to teach and reteach the daytime capabilities of these devices and still was met with skepticism because Soldiers and Marines alike, were taught since day 1 only to use them at night. Smh. We lost a lot of knowledge after the Cold War when those vets and the cross over guys, like myself, left the service during GWOT, and now we are having to relearn lessons learned about visual sensors, uses, and best applications/employment of them. Even though the tech has significantly advanced for our visual sensors, unfortunately I don’t think our understanding and uses of them at the tactical level has.

[@ripperkon]

Thx. I also love this place.

[@Rangetechus]

Excellent and to the point as usual!

[@MZ-mu6om]

Yes good English, I understood everything. This is a great video. Thank you friend!!

[@sween187]

0.47 spotting a human by its heat signature, this line made me think of predator. Great vid 👍

[@gottmituns3225]

I have read all the comments and i really wondering : -BUT... DOESN'T ANYONE HAVE THE GUTS TO QUESTION THE CAMOUFLAGE SYSTEM of the YAUT'JA creature, as in the hunter from another world / planet /solary system [ the Predator ] ??? ; ))) p.s. I saw that movie 33 years ago, i was pleasently surprised, i'm a huge fan ever since, it's like i was mesmerized, no kiddind

[@mari.be.86]

Yes, in the production of uniforms and military equipment, not only functionality, comfort when wearing, but also the color spectrum, both visible and invisible, must be taken into account. Not only the infrared, but also the UV spectrum is now being addressed. Not to mention that the colors have to be color-blind too. Because it is known that even if you can't see anything, a colorblind person can see the difference in shades. It reminds me of the fiasco in the Russian army, when the new uniforms did not take this into account at all and so the army got new uniforms, visible in the IR spectrum, they literally shone like a beacon.

[@AZTigerMMA]

The plant chlorophyll we say the same in English ! We followed you 100

[@JackSparrow-yt3qw]

Thanks for the interesting video. Couple of quick questions: (1) IR have three classification (near, mid and far), in order to develop IR stealth material/uniform which one of the classes shall be focused? Isn't it that if someone make far-IR stealth then it will cover both near and mid IR stealth as well? (2) Which of these three classes (Near, mid and far IR) are used by military for detecting enemies?

[@johntoothman4888]

Interesting!! Awesome video! Thanks for your time and effort!!

[@alphaomegasurvivalsupply6548]

Excellent video, there is not to many videos covering these kinds of topics. Usage and tactics of nightvision deployment would make for good videos as well I think, more so than different nightvision units there is tons of videos out there on that. Keep up the good work 👍

[@nightcall7398]

Very good video. Much love and respect from United States

[@wildcat8598]

Great video. As someone who got his first NV setup recently I’ve been wondering what clothing I should look towards as I’ve seen some clothes stand out like a sore thumb under NV. Now I want thermal. At that point it doesn’t matter what one wears. Thermal is starting to be as popular or even more than NV these days as a lot of people have NV these days thermal will be the ultimate cool guy tools

[@KevinFlores-vq7zp]

Lol tru about the thermal optics

[@lenorelestrange]

Now you've got me thinking about FFI devices and how it would be possible to make something that made sense.

[@Nate_Gray]

What brand pants are the ones with the knee pads.

[@PARRISHMELLOTT]

Love your videos bro! awesome English as well, keep them coming.

[@christopherpearson3511]

Good job explaining how certain camo works. And, due to technology, it will always need updated with newer generations. It's amazing how serious that becomes when there are bad guys looking for you.....and, not to say "welcome to our country"..lol

[@johnspence3275]

Great video very informative certainly puts a new perspective on things for non military people 👍

[@lewisjardine3624]

Nice topic for a video and I think you chose well to focus on near IR (0.8-1.4 micrometers) and the chlorophyll edge (reflection) 0.7+ micrometers. This is an area where clothing dyes and paints can be very effective and of course an area where cheap night vision is readily available. Maybe it is a bit too theoretical for this video but it might be worth explaining that although the IR spectrum is continuous only certain sections are usable due to low atmospheric transmission in the other sections and how things get much more tricky in the thermal bands (3-5 and 8-14 micrometers)

[@adrianleader784]

Something you seem to have forgotten, Camouflage is only effective if you remain still also when wearing garments to hide you do not use garments that show a human shape. Change the shoulder area's to make you look as though your head is to one side that way you become less of a target and do not forget, do not move when you are in position.

[@James225]

And after all that you STILL have to consider thermal imaging, that makes all this obsolete if your opponent is using thermal.

[@cognitivegyre5770]

Good work. The topic of IR clothing is seldom discussed well. Danke

[@Jumpman1up]

Does IRR work under thermal?

[@ravencreekoutdoors7775]

That's the most informative video I've seen about infrared camouflage. Thank you. I e watched a lot of your videos and just realized I am NOT subscribed. So you now have a new sub!

[@claytongreen9630]

Super informative and interesting. Glad this popped up in my feed.

[@preacher1776]

Actually, IR patches are super important. IFF is critical when you get into a fight. At night, yeah cool, good guys and bad guys have night vision ability, but, the patch or strobe is what keeps you from shooting your friend.

[@pascalr.5756]

Well done! Hope to see more! All the best from Switzerland

[@troyjackson3164]

Best way to not show your body heat signature is fire anything else details you. You can even make your self visible even if you are able to eliminate the heat spectrum. Fire or laser at the IR will be the only thing that can change you as a target

[@aminshakeri7438]

Glad to see you again bro .

[@timschor8159]

Welche Jacke trägst du? Super Video!

[@Boon202]

Great video as always! what brand of pants are they?

[@shawnm5692]

4:34 where can that jacket be bought?

[@williamkuhns2387]

Buy mylar space emergency blankets at camping supply stores. Measure your clothing dimensions, cut out sections with Fiskars wheel fabric cutter, reinforce all edges with Gorilla Tape ( mylar is strong but cut edges fray and tear easily) then sew sections sandwiched together in between cloth material. Make sure you incorporate a hood to get full coverage. Don't allow mylar to be in direct contact with body as it does not breath and sweat will accumulate on its surface leaving you feeling "wet". Also you can make a mylar shell for sleeping bags/ tent/shelter.

[@RoberinoSERE]

Good job Hans! Great presentation.

[@jimf1964]

Canada stopped allowing surplus clothing to be sold once they started to use infra red camo. Not comforting to know they want to be able to clandestinely keep an eye on us. Thanks for the explanation.

[@orion3253]

lol, as great as CADPAT may or may not be, the infrared signature on Canadian Army uniforms has absolutely nothing to do with the Canadian government's covert domestic surveillance capabilities.

[@darrencole2000]

Those fabric treatments / dyes they use wash out, if its a well used surplus garment, then don't get excited about it's IR beating ability.

[@CaptnHampton22]

I just found your channel and it's great content. Thanks, keep it up! (from US)

[@blackheart1137x]

Great info..who makes the pants?

[@ripperkon]

UF Pro ;)

[@user-ze6yk4sd5g]

Bro you speak it better than me. Good job😊👍

[@debrouillard7]

Got one question what is the brand of your combat pants at the start of this video , Thanks

[@nelson8527]

Good English, I am interested in the camo for the wildlife. I’m a hunter and camo is always been a issue.

[@jamesblonde8741]

Can you please post a link if possible for the jacket you are wearing in this vid. Thank you for all your hard work making these vids.

[@EX22SNIPER]

Your English is better than most of my fellow Americans'

[@Dang3rMouSe]

Great video, good breakdown. Might want to change your title for the spelling error, "knowlegde" to "knowledge" Keep up the good work

[@ripperkon]

Thank you!

[@mlbreel]

Enjoyed your video Brother and have subscribed so as to follow your future efforts. Thank you.

[@outcastcwd]

Great video! Very informative!!! ... What is the brand of the pants that you held up?

[@macilaci3812]

Sehr informativ danke für's Video

[@swisswend8177]

Very good info. Sounds like the dude on Texas Jagd.

[@TinkerPrepper]

Excellent explanation! I appreciate you sharing this info

[@Afro408]

Good info in this, but no matter what you wear, when you move, you will be seen and identified. In the early 60’s when I was a young scout, our scout master taught us a lot about this. He must have been in special ops during WW2. One bright moonlit night at the scout hall, we boys were given a challenge. The scout master would hide on the river bank next to the scout hall and we had to find him. He was wearing light coloured cotton overalls and we just couldn’t find him. After half an hour of fruitless search, we were all grouped in a small clearing where several trail met in a grove of prickly pear cactus. We were all cursing him and voicing our thoughts of him, when he appeared to materialised out of the ground beside a cactus right next to us. You can imagine the screams and chaos! 🤣👏👏 we were plucking cactus spines out of each other for ages. 😂😂 That’s nearly sixty years ago and I can still see it. That man taught me a lot about bushcraft. 👍🙏🏻

[@mrgordonjohn6143]

Movement is the giveaway. If you understand anything about ‘snipers’ you will know they have to remain still and not move, be able to perform bodily functions where they are, possibly for days, being a marksman is secondary. Maybe modern tech will make the motionless sniper very visible, I hope not.

[@ajaxmaintenance5104]

Good video.

[@chk6194]

Nice, informative video like many others you have, question, what about that oneleaf camera you used? Do you recommend it for purchase? Practical max range? A review from you would be interesting and also if you have tried out a thermal equivalent, thanks

[@slavistoyanov432]

Very helpful. Thank you for making this video.

[@FOXTROTECHOMEDIA]

Hey =) Könntest du bitte verraten, von welchem Hersteller das Rucksackcover ist ? Hey =) Could yopu please tell us the brand of the Backpack cover ? Thanks!

[@ripperkon]

It’s from Tasmanian Tiger ;)

[@XxxXxx-c1t]

Hello, I have a question please. is there any imregnation on clothing and equipment that will prevent detection in night vision, ? for example light looking equipment darken in some way? thank you for your reply and have a nice day

[@scienceMicroguy77]

What brand names are going to camouflage you and both the end the infrared and the visible normal light? I'm looking for a poncho and poncho liner and a camouflage net and a Gillie suit and BDU's with Woodland pattern

[@deshyvin]

Im interested in knowing if infrared dyes can be used to make a tye dye garmet that creates the contrast necessary on say a fleece sweater.

[@AZTigerMMA]

English is good ! For sure ! Respect

[@rockymountainhigh1207]

Great video camo that hides the IRR awesome

[@oliverbailey5582]

What brand clothes would you recommend/military brand

[@punkinhaidmartin]

We give credit for twenty extra IQ points for an accent like yours here in the US.

[@udp1073]

Amazing video, interesting and "high end" topic! well done, subscribed. Btw, can you share the brand of trousers you are using? thanks

[@ered203]

"I am looking forward to being watched by you again." That just sounds dirty...but I'm OK with that. Giggity.

[@je4922]

형님 열감지는 어떻게 피할수 있을까요? 궁금합니다!

[@ericcheng3143]

Hi. Does the mylar blocks heat emisions?