Mors Kochanski - 2 Kilo Survival Kit - Four Dog Stove Company

[@Outdoorpro72]

This man was an absolute legend

[@hakuso.3]

Candles are very often overlooked. I've actually made it through a pretty miserable night before with just a few tealite candles under a poncho to produce some extra heat while it kept the freezing rain off of me.

[@fromtheflightdeck252]

I remember on a Outward Bound course during solo how a candle was invaluable

[@donkemp8151]

Years ago in the Army’s Ranger School, I was always cold & wet in the North GA Mountains. When we got a break, usually early in the morning after moving all night, I’d put a heat tab between my legs while sitting cross-legged on the ground. Because the heat tab was toxic, I’d drape my poncho around me and seal it at the neck. The steam would roll off as that small heat tab dried my clothes and me.

[@lindatisue733]

Yep, candles are under rated for heat. Came back the university dorm a day early before they turned the heat back on, lit four candles, it was warm enough. Told my soil science professor about it, he didn't believe it helped heat.

[@americanslime]

The whole idea of wrapping yourself in mylar never made sense to me. Cool to see a thorough explanation for this concept. This is what I love about watching Mors talk. He'll take a straightforward concept and teach you a million things he's learned about it nobody else would've even thought to research. Completely changed the way I think about learning survival skills.

[@keshikesh8667]

Nice video. You may also want to checkout the review of survival kit on my blog at *carlreviews. com/survival-kit-review/* Thanks, Leland.

[@gordontyree4308]

Awesome video! RIP Mors! Just ordered my “Mors Pot” from Amazon. Since Four Dog no longer sells the original pot, I ordered the Pathfinder pot. Almost identical to the pot Mors used. Can’t wait to get it and put together the kit! My only problem with the kit Is the cheap, orange 6 in 1 “ survival tool”….simply junk! Otherwise, great video and information!

[@thomasmusso1147]

True. Those 'multi-purpose' combos are often cheap junk. Best to source each item individually .. Compass - Whistle - Waterproof Container - Matches - Striker - Mirror. Besides being able to pick each item specifically for one's needs, as Mors mentioned, lose the gimmick and one loses six items.

[@fscii71]

Best advice here is to wear out your kit. In other words have used it enough in practice so that its second nature when you need it.

[@wanderingthewilderness]

I've had his pot for about 3 yrs and it's probably one of my favorite pieces of kit. It's a work horse for the woodsman. Four dog makes a great product and with the design help of sure a knowledgeable man as mors how can you go wrong.

[@rickyfargason8859]

Wish I could buy one of his pots. They don't make them anymore. 😟

[@wanderingthewilderness]

@@rickyfargason8859 sorry to hear that. I didn't know it. Had mine for a long time and cooked many meals out of it. It is one of my top 5 favorite items I carry in the woods.

[@rickyfargason8859]

I found an old aluminum camping pot that has all of the same features, a bale, butterfly handles, secure lid, and a pouring spout. And is about the same capacity. Very light weight. Just needs a little cleaning and it will be good as new. You would amazed what you can find for bushcraft in antique stores. I found an entire nesting cook camp kit.

[@wanderingthewilderness]

@@rickyfargason8859 that's great. I look at alot of yard sales and estate sales also. Glad it worked out.

[@jackvoss5841]

I carry duct tape in a flat pack. From a 1 gallon or 1/2 gallon, plastic milk jug, cut a flat strip about 2” wide X 4”-5” long. Wrap, say, 30’-50’ of tape around the strip. Fold over the end 1/4” onto itself so it is easy to remove a strip. Make several such packs for storing in several different dry bags. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

[@rachavya]

Though these suggested additions won't all fit in the pot: (1) spare pair of glasses if you're useless otherwise, (2) Morse code "cheatsheet" (credit-card size, covered in clear packing tape to keep dry), (3) bankline for shelter-building and other uses where moderate strength but long length is the dominant need (also carry a shorter length of 550 cord to complement it, since both are useful), (4) a stick or two of fatwood for tinder (max you'll pay is US$2.2/pound on Amazon). Also, I recommend a serious signalling mirror (source: Howard Glass), versus the hard-to-aim el-cheapo substitutes.

[@Stevenowski]

Raphael Frommer , A DVD or CD covered in Mylar works great for a signaling device. Weighs almost nothing, and it's cheap!

[@GAUROCH2]

Nice video! Mors is an "Old Fox" that knows and teaches more asleep then the "Bollywood" fancy stars awaken!The stuff is nice, practical and useful, but Mors' words and explanations are the essence of the kit!Thanks, I've learned a couple of things more!

[@fromtheflightdeck252]

He is The GOAT you are saying?

[@jelkel25]

If you're in an emergency situation and get the others to use Mylar you can just knock one on the head occasionally and roll them straight on to the fire, there's your meals sorted out!! A great labour saving device and inexpensive gift!

[@treeefrogUK]

And help reduce overpopulation at the same time! You sir, are a genius :D

[@tomcoyle7365]

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying your FBI agent is getting a warrant. I'm not saying I agree with you, but I keep spare mylar blankets for other people.

[@GamingLoadown101]

good instructions, nice, well thought out teaching unlike alot of rambling i see on youtube today

[@fromtheflightdeck252]

A great instructor..straightforward and succinct

[@benitoriviera3157]

Awesome video master kochanski.

[@Vx777infonet]

Great Vid Mors, I really enjoy watching your wisdom on these topics

[@SuperDeut4]

Great video! Thank you so much!

[@RallohE]

Great product, good information ... and more important ... great to see another of your videos!

[@dandowning83]

great video, thanks for the thorough description!

[@Maedelrosen]

I like the way he says the mylar isnt best put to use as a blanket. Its wall material, works in conjuction with radiation from heat sources. The more surface area exposed of this material the more effective it is

[@55Quirll]

Yes, add a clear drop cloth to a lean too and you have the makings for a super survival shelter. A reflector and a fire and you will stay warm at night, just keep the fire going. A great video and wisdom.

[@thomasmusso1147]

​@@55QuirllYes, a fire with visible flames aka emitting light .. the more, the better, is the most effective.

[@burkena]

The instructions pamphlet can also be used as kindling..

[@richardramey5943]

In 20 ° & less temperature the heat from the candle you can only get what is going straight up from the candle and only maybe 6" above, and about an 1" to the sides to feel any heat. Have tried the candle a couple times in 20 degree & less and the only heat you get is just inches above the candle. It WILL NOT warm up a tent or car in these low tempts. You have to hover over the candle to get any heat.

[@robbabcock_]

Mors is the man! Great video, great kit!

[@leighrate]

Add a very large brew kit. Tea's, instant coffee, hot chocolate's. Lots of suger's as well. A good hot brew works wonders for your moral. Don't use all the spare space on paracord. Screw your nut and add as many high calorific food bars as you can get in there. Nothing under 120 KCal per bar. 2 bars and a hot chocolate loaded with sugar will give you around 350 to 400 KCal. That's like a good breakfast.

[@ronnibuck1504]

The most important survival tool is your brain. Your brain needs food to function. Anyone can make cordage from bark, vines, leaves, reeds, etc with a little bit of knowledge. Take maybe 50 ft of paracord (enough to make a shelter) and if you need more than that make cordage while you're sitting at a fire. It will keep you occupied, which has a calming effect and actually boosts confidence when you can make another 50 feet of cord in an hour or so. Buckwheat groats is an awesome food source that can be prepared by cooking or simply by adding water and waiting 4 or 5 hours without heat. Take a kilo of grouts, a few tins of canned pork (high in fat) and a few packages of dehydrated soup mix and you have 3 days of food eating normally and can ration it to a week if need be. Having food keeps your moral up and allows you time to concentrate on other things while conserving energy from trying to collect food in the wild, which isn't as easy as most people believe. Anyhow, that's just my opinion of what works for me even though it doesn't fit into the 2 kilo theme of this video. If you're making a "Five C's" pack (cutting, cover, cordage, combustion, container) and have room left over, fill the voids with food.

[@thomasmusso1147]

I like your choice of foodstuff. Buckwheat is a definite inclusion as with the dried soup mix .. 'OXO' / Meat Cubes too. If really pushed, I would ditch Coffee and Tea, despite their morale-inducing / stimulant properties .. and replace them with meat cubes / mix, at the very least, the fat and salt content being more beneficial. That food choice will ensure that (as Ragnar Benson once commented on his, similar emergency food stash which was for a group of four for one month), "one will not get bored and eat everything in three days" 😏.

[@talkinglens1]

Excellent. All points WELL made! Thank you.

[@cindyneely6087]

this pot gets hot well is it safe to eat out of far as toxcity

[@kevincarr5648]

RIP Sir :(

[@wheres-myangels4986]

If you take an old knife holster and grind a 90 on an old file, you can both make fires and use it as a scraper to make bows and debark saplings for bows and arrows.

[@micheloff-grid4248]

I will used the orange garbage bag why not have a flashing colour it will do the same purpose..also the ferrorod can be used as a light signal try it at night thank you Mors also for tread I used 100% spectra fiber..can sow and fish also I like to Cary real honey a table spoon and activated charcoal...

[@corleyoutdoors2887]

Informative and beneficial video

[@fromtheflightdeck252]

Mors is the GOAT

[@realgoshawk]

Thank you, excellent vid, as always... I just checked the website but couldn't find the kit or its components, except the pot itself. Will there be an update ? Andreas

[@pupapupa4844]

I like very much, but this is like winter type survival kit. Can you make some for jungles or desert area, Thank you.

[@larryvet53]

In some of your video presentations on water consumption you talked about bullion for survival food. Could you explain how much to consume daily if that is all you have? I am learning a lot from your instruction. Thank you

[@earthprisoner]

Only problem with the pot, it does not hang level from the bail , it tips way.... toward the handles

[@GetUpTheMountains]

Anyone reading know a place you can get a good quality version of the pot seen here? Four Dog no longer has them available.

[@isawthelight]

Pathfinder 64oz bush pot is about all I can find.

[@kevindominey225]

R.I.P Mors.

[@lamesalegend]

Strongly agree, the Mylar "blankets" are useless as a blanket

[@maninblack2436]

A tip for bandaids. Finger bandaid or other types, cut lengthwise almost to the pad and you end up with a much more useful bandaid. Acts a like a knuckle bandage.

[@thx5001]

Knuckle band aids! That's what I need. Forget the rest. My knuckles always end in a mess.

[@Benny1581]

Is this pot still sold by 4 dog stove?

[@darrylviljoen6227]

nope.

[@cindyneely6087]

he says it best

[@TheKimjoh560]

I can confirm that no one in Sweden believes that you can substitute a wool blanket with tin foil ;)

[@NoKamalaIn2025]

I definitely didn't know that about candles

[@Caintuckee64]

*THE MORE YOU KNOW, THE LESS YOU CARRY*

[@tomcatt1824]

Now if i had 2 girl's 2 share my tent with me I'd B a HAPPY CAMPER !!!

[@darrylviljoen6227]

better than two candles and poor reception :P

[@ourtechwriter]

first time I could actually hear the audio! Always before it was so bad; it wasn't worth straining to hear.

[@earthprisoner]

Sorry, Unless it is full!

[@Petey_Ouspensky]

Hello! I have subsribed to your channel on the strength of a recommendation by Wiltshire Man. I look forward to learning from you.

[@max_fjellstorm]

I want such a pot so bad

[@max_fjellstorm]

Got one !

[@GetUpTheMountains]

@@max_fjellstorm got a link bro?

[@elohansen8971]

Why are mylar, been more thin, now? I bought one, for 30 years ago. This works, like mylar now - but this can, used on a trampolin - so strong, is it. Not this thin crap. But much, strong. And fills up, a little moore.

[@darrylviljoen6227]

"used for catching whales" 😂

[@allenwilson5235]

"Unless you lose it." Or your buddy steps on it.

[@Coyotehello]

humm I a m wild man bush guy, but my flashlight just failed should I walk back to my car (about a thousand yards) or 'tough it out' until the morning?? ...Just go home.

[@adventureswithfrodo2721]

This is amazing as Prepardnsss 101 it making the 5 lb survival kit is his idea. But you kava videos like this or Cody Lundine way predating his video. If you paint a pot or let blacken in a fire you may actually be insulating the pot. This looks to be hard anodized not painted.

[@dandetande288]

Its funny you compare Preperedmind101 with Mors...Chris Tanner from Preperedmind101 is a joke in the preparedness community man lol he steals ideas from other and put them on his chances....dont compare him with Mora, just dont

[@bashkillszombies]

Flat white paint will reflect better than mylar. Don't believe me? Ask the indoor growing community who will point you in the direction of scientific testing of different materials. There are super expensive indoor hydroponic grow materials that is better, but mylar is as low as alfoil for reflectivity, which is very, very bad. So a literal white sheet will reflect far more. That said using mylar as a blanket will be better because it's plastic so it releases nothing, it's non permeable. But by the same token a mylar sheet painted white, or a white sheet of plastic, yeah. You get my point. Edit: The sticky side of duct tape is NOT an antiseptic, wtf. That's the stupidest claim I've heard watching 'survival gurus'. You better pray you brought antibiotics if you follow this advice.

[@darrylviljoen6227]

That is an interesting claim about the white plastic, could you throw some sources my way? also for the tape, i think the adhesive is mildly toxic so that may give it an antiseptic effect, kind of like silver.

[@captskippy6841]

Jezzzz, its sucks a shame that someone or whoever kept dragging Mors out and (it seems like) making him review and try to talk about this stuff. He struggles with things to say and sometimes seems like he's seeing the item for the first time. You can see him lose his train of thought and just struggle ...... sad!

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

Doesn't sound like he's struggling with knowledge. He was getting towards the end of the trail as it were. If anyone was yanking his chain, they'll answer to the Almighty for it.

[@tomlambert1833]

ALL GREAT INFORMATION

[@KrispyChiquen]

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