IRR Camouflage explained - Basic infrared knowledge

With our eyes we can only see a super small area of the electromagnetic spectrum. With night vision devices or special cameras we can see even in ultraviolet or infrared. Some animals don't need these devices, they just see a wider range of wavelengths than we do.
I tried to break it down in this video, what IRR Camouflage is about. Super basic and hopefully easy to understand.
Make IRR Camouflage yourself: • Paint your Tactical Ge...
Here you can see my infrared pictures:
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Article about NIR photography:
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The Camo Poncho with IRR Camo:
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The NVG I used for recording:
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[@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

[@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

[@dfgdfbsdfvv832]

baking soda and vinegar...

[@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.

[@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

[@user-gn3xl1jl4f]

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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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 🤓

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@arsumbris6392]

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

[@Tenskwatawa4U]

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

[@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...

[@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👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@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 😉

[@evangraham]

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

[@preacher1776]

Loved this discussion about IR camo!

[@PrecisionRifleGroup]

Excellent and to the point as usual!

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@johntoothman4888]

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

[@ccevans55]

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

[@matthewwagner47]

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

[@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 👍

[@claytongreen9630]

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

[@aminshakeri7438]

Glad to see you again bro .

[@PARRISHMELLOTT]

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

[@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

[@pascalr.5756]

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

[@xSP3CTREx]

Excellent! Love this and appreciate the knowledge

[@MZ-mu6om]

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

[@AZTigerMMA]

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

[@lewisgarland4025]

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

[@TinkerPrepper]

Excellent explanation! I appreciate you sharing this info

[@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!

[@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

[@RoberinoSERE]

Good job Hans! Great presentation.

[@nightcall7398]

Very good video. Much love and respect from United States

[@slavistoyanov432]

Very helpful. Thank you for making this video.

[@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.

[@CaptnHampton22]

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

[@johnspence3275]

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

[@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--

[@dennismacwilliams196]

Just found you, great video. From the USA

[@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.

[@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

[@cognitivegyre5770]

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

[@mlbreel]

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

[@macilaci3812]

Sehr informativ danke für's Video

[@lenorelestrange]

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

[@palodoxaliqua5809]

Interessant und gut erklärt. Thx!

[@AZTigerMMA]

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

[@brandyhouston2105]

Thanks for making the video.

[@hvyduty1220]

First time here very good video.....

[@thomasmarable6927]

Good job. Great information

[@highlyalloyed9296]

Great info, thanks man

[@danielarroyo233]

Great video. Thank you sir

[@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.

[@alexperepech1023]

Cool 😎 Thank you for sharing!

[@georgevanaken925]

Well done. 👍

[@JosephStealin]

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

[@GawgaCracka]

Very informative, thanks.

[@steveosharrette2170]

Very informative keep it up brother I like it

[@mr1234tempo]

Excellent info thanks!

[@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)

[@ComboMuster]

thank you, very informational.

[@rockymountainhigh1207]

Great video camo that hides the IRR awesome

[@Thafuface]

Great Demo. Thanks

[@Suasponte-rm8mz]

Great work.

[@zdravku]

This is quite cool.

[@troybradshaw8781]

Great job

[@danielforrest3871]

Really cool... thanks.

[@johnclark1925]

Good stuff. 😎🤘

[@justacollectionofvideos2306]

very good info....very useful. thanks

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Great info!!! Thanks!

[@papatriots3529]

Very interesting!

[@Florjack2756]

Very good information

[@user-ze6yk4sd5g]

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

[@wesspence]

Nice work. Subbed

[@user-cj6vl4dh1o]

Good information.

[@stephenmcvay5368]

Good video. Thanks.

[@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 👌🏻

[@n01n00bgmaeing]

Good information I appreciate ya

[@m005kennedy]

Very good video

[@AZTigerMMA]

English is good ! For sure ! Respect

[@ajaxmaintenance5104]

Good video.

[@user-cl4kc4st7z]

Thank you for information 👍

[@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

[@mr.blonde66milkyway66]

Good stuff, thanks 🙏🇺🇸

[@tom_olofsson]

Well done.

[@reneewood3171]

Thanks for sharing

[@Stealthmodeactivated-h8w]

Excellent video brother 5. *****

[@cecilpotter1229]

Outstanding 😲😳😆

[@swisswend8177]

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

[@TheYeti308]

Good Info .

[@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.