30 Coffee Filter Uses for Survival

[@justinolfart5431]

After you soak up the grease off the bacon you can save it and use it as a fire starter

[@ejames6431]

Harsh Reality - True, but ya never know.

[@zecekobold2140]

@Harsh Reality It doesn't have to be specifically bacon...

[@BangleWish]

Just saw your post after I posted mine. Jinx!

[@obiwanfisher537]

@Harsh Reality The three most important things for survival; Water, shelter, Bacon.

[@WalkInFreedom]

Harsh Reality pig farmer

[@apvan9586]

Put one serving of rice in the filter, tie it off, put in soup can full of water, cook over campfire...when done, remove from can, open filter, then eat the rice!

[@kevingee4294]

AP Van the best one I've seen thanks for the tip...

[@robertgoodrich8953]

Definitely a good tip

[@mysilentprayersalways1913]

Absolutely wonderful idea that's a new one on me.

[@curiousone4757]

Great idea....something most ppl don't think about❤️

[@mamashanshan2772]

Thank you!!

[@howardjohnson2138]

Not a preppier thing, but I use them all the time as a cover for food I'm rewarming in the microwave.

[@robinbird6279]

I do that too! 👌👍😊

[@leal536]

I do as well! I don''t even have a coffee pot that uses them!

[@vancolucci5949]

What a great idea! Thank you for the useful tip. I’ll have to try that.

[@nchevrea]

That’s a good idea.

[@howardjohnson2138]

@@vancolucci5949 My pleasure.

[@jeanjackson2324]

Beautiful dog, neat ideas, thank you ...........On a cold snowy day, my daughter and I would cut the white ones into snow flakes......put a little Elmer’s glue on and sprinkle glitter on top of glue , using colors .........Let dry, hang them in your window, or on the Christmas tree........little children love them.....So simple......Memories ....

[@MrBrown-br7sh]

For the last two decades I've used coffee filters for homemade desiccants. Put a couple tablespoons of silica cat litter in it, staple it closed, and now you have a 5 cent desiccant. Every crate in my basement has a few, I put them in my shoes after I take them off, and leave one in every bag/backpack I own (get-home bag included).

[@johnlord8337]

31. Use paper basket and string make a face sun shield (winter frostbite). 32. Fold and string up making snowblindness squint sunglasses. 33. Same head wipe, but moisten basket and put into top of boonie hat for a cooling pad, and allow boonie to convection heat from heat away. 34. Grind wet gun powder into basket, roll out, and use strips for fast sparking or fire lighting tinder. 35. Two bottle osmotic filtering fresh water. Roll up 2 piece basket into strip. Bad water in top bottle. Insert wick into bottle and hang outwards into lower second bottle. Paper filter will pull down water, and fibers will stop movement of particulates. 36. Fold basket and put into cast iron dutch oven, osmotically drawing out moisture from interior when closed up. 37. Nobody believes it, but the same osmotic process for gun cases and padded rifle/pistol carries. Put into final zipper area, and it pulls out moisture from case/carries. 38. Same issue for ammo and plastic/metal ammo cans. Roll a wick, put across box rim, close box, and wick keeps moisture down. 39. WITH SAFETY PRECAUTIONS (and no other viable screwdriver, plastic funnel, roll a wick, insert into dry vehicle battery and SAFELY and SLOWLY pour sulfuric battery acid down the paper wick into the battery cell. Close cell cap. SAFELY dispose of now sulfuric acid paper wick. 40. Inside vehicle misting up, condensation wipe paper towel (when missing a small cotton bath hand cloth). 41. Baby wipes, like rest of hygiene uses. 42. Dog-doo pickup paper. 43. Outback bison/buffalo/cow chip picker upper paper for campfire tinder pucks. 44. Strong paper funnel types, use in dug-out ground quail/pheasant trap. Hole, paper funnel downward in hole. Stake funnel into ground. Animal pokes down to eat grain/lure, head/feathers through funnel neck, caught, darkness, animal can't see/fight, goes to sleep - voila food ! 45. 2 paper baskets, unite together and put tea candle or small LED flashlight through bottom - greater white light illumination on paper - like the white plastic globes. Makes small windproof Japanese paper lanterns. 46. Tear small pieces for paper ear plugs for the firing range. 47. Not easy to do with small rubber band, but place paper basket over ears (frostbite) and rubber band in place - keeps cold air off skin, and mini-warm air chamber keeps ears warmer. 48. When wearing multi-layer socks in boots, place 1-2 papers between sock and next outer sock (NOT paper next to skin and sock !) paper absorbs and pulls moisture away from first sock, keeping feet dry, and sock loose and not rubbing on hot spots - dispose or dry near fire for reuse. ... just a few more possible uses.

[@SensiblePrepper]

Wow John! I could make at least one more video just on your suggestions! I appreciate the input Brother!

[@johnlord8337]

49. Spray painted blue/black both sides, then tanglefoot spray both sides, hang from tent in wind. Biting flies, deer flies, etc attack moving and dark shapes - get caught on tanglefoot. 50. Spray with tanglefoot, hang, and catch all those GD shitflies that keep flying in a sequestering zone at the camp. 51. Spray tanglefoot onto both sides. "Moisten" with 7 up, coke, pepsi, or other sugar-soda drink fruit.citrus flavor in the wind-breeze. Yellow jackets, hornets come to the smell, get caught on tanglefoot - no bees at camp. 52. Spray tanglefoot around edging on side of paper- put honey water or soda water in center. Ants come to paper and get caught - no ants at the picnic - very same for fire ants. 53. Deer (and other critters) away. Pee on paper, hang from camp perimeter at low (small critters) and shoulder height (deer etc) - smell human and stay away. 54. Really want to get nasty and multi-purpose - do dookie wipe and hang in trees/shrub - no critter coming near !

[@patmaier6917]

Those are great! Thank you! And all the hints.

[@cindyrobertson3798]

Dang! You need your own videos!

[@globofgreen]

Why use lot word when few word do trick?

[@bearfootoutdoors5566]

When its hot out, take one of the bowl style filters, wet it down, and place it under your hat. It really helps to keep your head cool.

[@michaelwier1222]

Bearfoot Outdoors..... Do the same thing but with a disposable diaper. The diapers hold much more water.

[@michaelwier1222]

Lexi San Diego... Learned that one while in the Army

[@rowleysandra]

Would it negate the tinfoil though?

[@MiddleEastMilli]

@@rowleysandra LOL! Thanks, I needed that!

[@anthonytripp2251]

Makes a great yarmulke

[@emanonfox1709]

I use them to filter cooking oil as well, just line a sieve with a coffee filter, place over a bowl and let drip overnight, it catches all the burnt bits and makes the oil useable again. In a survival situation oil would be important to conserve. Then just use the oily filter as a fire starter.

[@yubisakireno]

I do this too after I used the oil to deep fry!

[@Tombstone03]

I’ve work in a restaurant and they use coffee filters to polish glassware Wine, Champagne whiskey glasses etc etc even to get the grease of your hands or certain foods maybe not health inspection approved but it does work.

[@Katesharpandvoice]

If you wet stained coffee cups, a dry coffee filter will remove the stains. Just rub it out.

[@ronaldjackson5641]

The large 13 inch filters from Gordon Food Service can be placed into a food colander and set on top of a Berkey water filter to prefilter very dirty pond water to prolong the life of the Berkey filters.

[@dlighted8861]

Those filters are brown because they haven't been bleached. They can also be rinsed out and used again three or four times.

[@rebelbecky276]

Did not know that they could be used again. Will try that.

[@starrynight2600]

Kevin Rowe very true. People need to start thinking in resourceful ways and learn to make do like those in the Great Depression did. The old folks saved things like containers and rubber bands and things you would just normally in this day and age throw away or put in a recycle bin. I remember my grandma would save plastic yogurt cups after they were empty and wash them out and use them as cups to serve juice to her Sunday school kids. She did that instead of buying disposable styrofoam cups. She washed them and used them. Problem solving skills and using resourceful thinking is what will help people survive and flourish in a crisis. What can we stop wasting money on? What is most important to be using our money on? Things that won’t help your family during shortages is not wise to spend on. Sometimes you have to go without your comfort items or luxury items. These people who are freaking out about toilet paper.... Realize you can find other ways to wipe your bum. Toilet paper is not your only option. Think outside of your normal routines of doing things. Food, water, shelter and medical supplies are what is important at this time... not your entertainment, your buying of seasonal fashion clothes. Your vacation trips. Not your latest tech gadget or any other non necessity spending. What foods can you get that will stretch longer? People should eat their perishable foods up first before dipping into their nonperishable food. Be smart, be creative, use practical wisdom and use your problem solving skills during this world wide crisis. That’s what will make life more bearable and if you are in a position to help the elderly, a single parent or your fellow neighbor in need please reach out to them by giving a word of encouragement or praying for them and if everyone shared a little than we all will be okay. I remember the times when a neighbor would knock on your door asking if they could borrow eggs to bake a cake or a cup of sugar. We need to bring that back to our country and unite as fellow neighbors and citizens. We’re all in this together. We can do this. America has always been the country known to rise up and help one another and overcome. Love one another. Let go of differences of opinions and fighting over different beliefs or political correctness and fighting and just come together as one nation to see each other through. Our history in America has always been that we come together and unite when crap happens. God bless you all and God bless America.

[@blackhatbushcraft]

@@starrynight2600 God bless you as well for sharing and for your mindset.

[@user-or1ye3iz6d]

@@starrynight2600 I LOVE your comment! ❤️🙌

[@oneeyedjack9168]

Campfire coffee in an enamel pot where you boil it to percolate. Put coffee in the filter and fold it like a tea bag and staple it up. Helps to prevent coffee grounds in your cup. Same idea as tea bag only larger.

[@lesliepaulkovacs6442]

Use it to gather Tinder, when it's Full of Fine Stuff, take it back to Camp and light your Fire. Instant Bird Nest!

[@glutenfreeappletree]

Add a few drops of essential oils and place in the dryer, instead of a dryer sheet.

[@Jessamer]

In a dryer? With WET clothes? I think you would see thousands of tiny little bits of brown paper in your laundry. It would smell good, though!

[@glutenfreeappletree]

@@Jessamer I use the white ones. They didn't fall apart.

[@MsDOT-ic7dz]

Thank you, that's a great idea. I'm 73 years young and learning everyday. ☺☺☺☺☺

[@davida1679]

Thanks. Good idea!

[@chutzpah5603]

I use the cheap basket type double or triple thick... you could also use them after you use as a coffee filter... to line bottom of flower pots. It helps keep from washing the soil out of the bottom when you water your plants.

[@ludwigbooth4882]

At first, I thought Sootch was kinda corny. But the more I watch, he's just a big kid with a good heart and an important message. I think he'd be fun to hang out and make videos with. Long live the Republic!!!

[@lastniceguy1]

I put spices in a filter like rosemary etc and tie it with kitchen twine when making pot roast or stew.

[@m.b.g.2235]

lastniceguy1 ...great idea.

[@lastniceguy1]

Also the spices that come with corned beef. I hate when they get into the cabbage and you bite down on a peppercorn.

[@vivianp5962]

Good 1

[@candaceaustin4258]

Excellent idea!

[@---nj7hl]

lastniceguy1 Ty! Now I know how to not make my rosemary go to waste when making my hair growth concoction! 😍

[@selenepickins4874]

Sootch, loved this vid. Am an old prepper/subscriber here in Alabama & we're sending you all the support we have both to this channel as well as your other one. Hang in there. Have faith. Things fall apart so things can fall together.

[@FlashPan73]

I know a little off-topic but when she as a smoker my mother outlaw would dry out the used coffee grinds and place in the bottom of the ash tray. It helped to reduce smoke smell (and old smoke smell) from the ash and the stub.

[@curiousone4757]

Thanks❤️

[@---nj7hl]

FlashPan Wouldn't that be a potential for a fire though?

[@Lisa54321]

I just realized the other day that I probably have over a thousand coffee filters in my emergency storage and was thinking will I ever need all these? Now I know the answer 😄. Thank you for the great tips🙂. God bless you🙏🏻❤️🙂

[@Katesharpandvoice]

Use them to wash windows and mirrors.

[@hoosierarcher]

After you use one to catch wax from a candle or dab grease from cooking or wipe the cast iron skillet you have even better fire tinder. You can also do with coffee like you did with the tea. I personally think it makes both weak tea and weak coffee but it does work. You can also make a "bug bag" catch beetles, ants, spiders, etc. Put them in the filter make a bag with twine and you can use it as a scent bait for a fish trap. When foraging you could use one as a gathering basket for the wild edibles you find. You could improvise a minnow dip net out of one to gather bait for fishing. You could use one as a root ball wrap for transfering a plant from one location to another.

[@darlenesweigard3627]

My tip is for household use when planting or transplanting flowers or houseplants. To prevent dirty water from seeping through the drainage hole and making a stain on your floor or carpet I always wet a coffee filter, place it in my empty pot poo dressing against the sides then place the dirt on top. I still use the little round plastic trays to catch the drainage after watering the plant, but it does protect the floor surface from black or muddy dirty water coming through. Works great for me.

[@spyderxtra777]

I use a coffee filter for survival every morning!

[@sootch00]

Agreed : )

[@ejames6431]

spyderxtra777 - Good one! ☕️

[@JudiChristopher]

LOL "Amen"... I Agree!!!

[@ruthiemay4799]

🥰🥰🥰

[@coolwater55]

I know this is an old post, but spot on, someone had to say it!!

[@michaelmclaughlin6]

At camp outs you can keep ants out of food by placing table legs in vegetable cans and fill with water.

[@bonzaibb12]

For the ladies 😊 Use them on top of Any absorbant tp or paper towel as a Sanitary pad. This way you dont have broken pieces of tp all over the place. It would also serve as a baby diaper liner to easily clean cloth diapers or remove number 2 to extend the time of disposable diaper.

[@thepad4197]

I HAVE SEEN YOU ARE A FIRM BELIEVER IN "NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION". REALLY LOVE THE INVENTIVE WAYS YOU ARE DEMONSTRATING COMMON HOUSEHOLD ITEMS CAN BE PURPOSED INTO A MULTITUDE OF USES. THANKS SENSIBLE PREPPER!

[@katherinerush6973]

I just love you! Your information is invaluable and your laugh is highly contagious!!

[@cavaughnhaynes]

One of those white covfefe filter bowls can come in handy when working with small and easy to lose hard to find screws, pins, and springs. Ask me how i know.

[@SensiblePrepper]

Thanks Brother! Good idea!

[@Lisatwade]

You made a trumpism

[@abelokopitskymedard7842]

Great idea and the trumpism made me burst out with a chuckle

[@sallyhover8173]

Cavaughn Haynes Covfefe👍🏻👊🏻

[@codaffairs8936]

Use a muffin tray☺

[@megandersen3]

I dry seeds from produce. Tomato seeds and pepper seeds. Coffee filters really wick off moister very nicely. Get lots of plump golden beautiful seeds that will grow very nicely. Store the seeds in small zip bags with a label for which vegetable and year number. Good luck every one.

[@darksoul479]

If that candle burns all the way down that coffee filter will catch on fire. I actually learned that one the hard way, so I thought I would pass it on.

[@barbaravick5634]

Truth Troll That was the first thing I thought of when I saw that.

[@robinbird6279]

Yes, always use common sense! 👍

[@phillipdavis5241]

😂😂😂🔥

[@lauriecederstrommatson1043]

Wet the coffee filter and squeeze out excess water before using!

[@johnnymwillis7133]

I enjoy watching your channel. One item I haven't seen, aside from the prefilter, is to filter water after boiling. Though I realize it isn't necessary, I do it anyway. Great list of ideas.

[@judithstorck5195]

GREAT IDEAS !! Thank you. We have maybe 600 of the round white ones (but no more Mr. Coffee maker) - put them in the SHTF cabinet and now we will know how to use them.Thank you thank you. Judi

[@chiefkirk]

Really enjoyed your video. I also subbed. One quick thing though. As a life long wearer of glasses and according to every eye Dr I've visited, they recommend not using any paper products to clean your glasses. Paper is made from wood and leaves scratches. Use soft cloth. I suppose in an emergency situation you use what you have and hope for the best ha ha.

[@veronicadiaz9411]

All good ideas

[@anyviolet]

6:08 ** speaks in British accent while filling a cup that says "Long Live the Republic" ** - lol what a great set of videos -- being able to improvise with what's on hand is one of the best survival skills. Just earned yourself another subscribe. Thanks for posting.

[@theartofprepping]

Enjoyable video, thanks brother. You could use coffee filters to make an eye patch and wrap toes to reduce friction that may develop into blisters 😆. If you got really desperate, you could tape them together and form a blanket or make clothes, not that I ever tried that 😉.

[@SensiblePrepper]

Thanks for the additional ideas! Good stuff!

[@curiousone4757]

🤔

[@ronndapagan]

I have used a few of the uses of coffee filters in Scout camp out but there were some uses that I did not know about. Thank you for sharing this video.

[@brokendolly6967]

You can use them with a couple of rubber bands to make a low grade mask for sanding, dust storms, etc. as well.

[@ejames6431]

One of the best channels to know how to do things proper and live the right way! 🇺🇸

[@lamypie6338]

Good ideas and laughs. When I was married, we homesteaded as much as we could. Although this is not a survival tip, we used to make maple syrup and would use the coffee filters to filter out the sugar sand before canning the syrup. Good memories/hard work/raised good kids.

[@PRINCESSDREAMYLYN]

great tips :) i use coffee filters for single serve cups of coffee and i don't even have to leave the kitchen ;p i boil my water and use the filter with coffee like you did with your tea... lol it's cheaper then Folgers single serve and accomplishes the same thing. I'm not a fan of instant coffee .. that's just Yuck in a survival situation a high energy food is fat, it will sustain alertness and cognitive thinking. so what ever you do don't waste it soaking it up with a coffee filter or anything else unless you plan to use it as a fire starter if it gets nasty for some reason. fats from meat sources can be drizzled over fresh greens to help with intake of oily vitamins like vit A and E found in many veggies with out the fat we don't absorb them as well. Fats can also be used for skin protection and healing. oils and grease can also be used as candles and like the chicken you eat it gets ya all greasy brush off the crumbs and rub into your skin instead of wasting it on your filter it's as good if not better then lotion. lol your right about improvising... if one cant do that they will not survive for very long.

[@abelokopitskymedard7842]

Great point about fat.

[@dorothyparker8675]

Iam full time rv. With my daughter n son n law. This will help out. Thank you.

[@oldtimerlee8820]

Always appreciate videos like this one. Often learn a new - to me - tip or technique. I keep both cone and regular filters in my kits. As you demonstrated, some shapes are better than others for applicable tasks. Also have a wire mesh coffee filter - to use as intended or becomes a source for very fine metal mesh, if the need arises. Have seen some folks cut it up for pre-filters in water filters that can accept that mod. Prefer to leave the wire mesh intact and filter through the whole thing into a container. Then run the water through the water filter, itself. (Hope that filtering filtering makes sense.) Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[@SensiblePrepper]

Thanks for the additional info Lee! Merry Christmas Brother!

[@armorvestrus4119]

Here is a tip for you, clean your phone on your shoulder a cotton shirt will not damage the screen as a paper product will do. Paper cuts into the screen and leaves marks on it.

[@hrmagoo]

1: put toothpaste in filter then brush teeth if no toothbrush is available 2: put cornstarch with a few drops of essential oil for body powder duster 3: grind up cinnamon into a powder & put in filter for make-up 4: dry flower petals, put in filter then drop in a hot bath 5: grind up oatmeal & put in filter-drop in bath to soothe poison ivy 6: if you have no dry socks, put filters in your shoes to absorb foot moisture 7: lactating mother’s, put filters in bra as the filters absorb longer than paper towels 8: perfect container for berry-picking 9: fill filter with sand & tie to make a ball to play catch to distract children from impending DOOM lol

[@Dotfsh]

Women dont use paper towels anymore. There are special breast pads now.

[@wmluna381]

@@Dotfsh What part of SHTF/ survival did you miss here?

[@SurvivorMetalMan]

Nice! I was just given a huge box of coffee filters, great ideas!

[@SensiblePrepper]

Thanks for watching!

[@Chggy317]

my wife and i would take coffee filters and small cups to the movie theatre that had unlimited refills. we would then distribute the cups for soda and filters for the popcorn and have the kids go up for the refills on the bucket. with 6 kids, it really saved us money.

[@shilohlainek9564]

Love your Thumbs Way Up shirt! Pretty good tips! Thank you and God Bless!

[@joeybowman4631]

I may have missed it, but I put coffee in my filter ( enough for one cup) and use a bread tie, and then drop it in the boiling water as you did the tea. This will keep away the caffeine headache! Thanks

[@fayshaw1]

Thanks! I don't drink coffee but I knew I was supposed to buy these for some reason. Now I know.

[@nickkazarian3334]

Excellent as always, Sootch! Thank you for making great videos.

[@SensiblePrepper]

Thanks Nick!

[@bobbyharper8710]

Hey! That dog food bowl trick saved me lots of washing for sure. And roasted yaupon leaf tea is next to be experimented with.

[@lauriehurst2022]

My two non survival uses. Place one institutional size in a colander to strain the whey out of yogurt. (Homemade Greek yogurt without the thickeners. And cheaper than national brands. Take a couple spoon fulls with a few drops essential oil, twist it closed with a recycled bread twist tie to hook on an air conditioner intake. Filters out tobacco smoke and gives the air a light scent. Also cheaper than retail room fresheners and it removes the smoke. P.S. sometimes I just add a few drops of essential oil directly to the coffee filter on the AC intake. The suction holds it in place.

[@nicholasdesnoyer8505]

Good for creating charcoal water filters

[@AMcho]

How, please?

[@SW-ii5gg]

@@AMcho probably using the coffee filters to hold charcoal and other filtrates.

[@emmapeel1075]

Dental floss is a prepper must as well !!!!!!

[@midsouthhomestead9180]

I have a Sun Oven. In the summer I put 3 Quart mason jars in the oven with coffee in a filer tied with string. Put in Sun for a couple of hours. Take out the filter. The BEST coffee ever. The left over coffee will last a week in fridge.

[@starrynight2600]

I think that if you use several layers of coffee filters you could possibly make masks to protect your face from viruses. So many people can’t find n 95 masks anywhere. But the smaller ones is possible to fit around the mouth and nose. The paper is breathable. You could staple or tie elastic to them. I would recommend a thick layer. But seriously it could be an option if you have nothing. I was just telling my husband my idea yesterday and then saw this video

[@curiousone4757]

Your face mask idea sounds workable,🤔❤️

[@starrynight2600]

curious one it could be better than nothing. Also coffee filters are cheap to buy. You can use them as toilet paper too. I wouldn’t flush them in the toilet but they could be useful if there is none available. Coffee filters are cheaper than toilet paper right now. Just a thought

[@curiousone4757]

@@starrynight2600 Kind of rough for toilet tissue... I would wet it first💩

[@nitagordon9659]

You could place a women's pad in side as well....

[@Jaynes-Path]

The virus is so small, it can go right through a coffee filter. Not a protective device. If you are sick and coughing or sneezing, it will stop your phlegm from flying out and onto others.

[@sondar2000]

Why would anyone want to thumb down? This is genius.

[@CLCinflorida]

I use the Round ones to put between my Good China Dishes in my China Cabinet to keep the scratches down... and for long storage, I put paper plates between them... 😉👍

[@elizabethwutzke9040]

Not a coffee drinker but I use the filters to strain my home made yogurt... works great

[@jannswoodbox]

I know this is an old video, but so FUNNY. YOU alone are a stress reliever. Thanks for the info

[@drdianneLc]

They aren’t “undied” filters. They are unbleached. And yes, they are definitely healthier to use. Lots of good ideas.

[@Alwis-Haph-Rytte]

Yes the brown ones are unbleached, but not healthier. They use 2 common methods of bleaching, but there is a third Chlorine that molecule that makes Chlorophyll green and the liquid that is used to "sanitize" food & water plants so we don't get sick. Chlorine can be hard/bad on the environment. Paper mills pollute the water ways with it. But the 2nd substance used to bleach paper filters is Oxygen and "might" not be harmful to the environment or people. I use it every day. A lot of the Oxygen I enjoy daily comes from plants using their chlorophyll containing chlorine. Now if hemp filters are used, H²O²/Hydrogen Peroxide can be used to bleach them. Do you think H²O² is as unhealthy as Chlorine and Oxygen? Or just bad for the environment?

[@Jessamer]

Symantec's are PARAMOUNT in a survival scenario...

[@stevenvicino8687]

@ 8:35 kudos to you for mentioning this. A friend of mine and I loved coming up with camping hacks. It was a contest. I produced a couple of sanitary napkins. Is there a better and more plentiful light-weight emergency bandage? I won the contest that day.

[@BialyEuropejczyk]

When you used all coffee filters for something else, then you realize, that you don't have them to make a coffee, you can use white paper towel, to make an coffee filters 👍😄

[@SensiblePrepper]

Agreed! Thanks Troy!

[@Jazzywazz]

Use un bleached napkins. Paper towels are bleached

[@MusickLB]

The filters also make a great pocket for holding sandwiches.

[@johnbrowniv]

While not SHTF, cowering items in the microwave to prevent splattering.

[@kareneckels4453]

Great idea!!

[@user-or1ye3iz6d]

I'm really getting into this kind of video these days. I've been knowing the time would come for years. But now, I'm really loving learning from off the grid channels. This is good. I'm becoming a lower maintenance woman. 🙌🙏😄

[@livinglifeoutdoorstv6550]

Make your own camp coffee brewer: Gatorade bottle Hole poker tool Knife Cut the bottle in half Poke a hole in the cap Poke a hole in the bottom side Place filter and coffee in the funnel Place the bottle bottom over the funnel. Put funnel over your cup Pour hot water in the top The water drips down into the coffee in the funnel then drips into your cup.

[@mauricepowers3804]

If you have plastic lenses in your glasses you’re going to scratch the lenses

[@박윤기-t3q]

I don't like your Sootch channel getting a strike, but I like that you get to work on this channel more. I really missed the "improvise to survive" series of videos.

[@SensiblePrepper]

Thanks Yungi! I love making SP vids so I'll be a little more active here. I appreciate you watching!

[@박윤기-t3q]

Thank you for being such an awesome youtuber.

[@americanpatriot7734]

Yungi Park I agree. I want to how to make survival stuff out of stuff in my house

[@michaelrutledge7048]

What happened to the Sootch channel??

[@joeyhardin1288]

Heirloom seeds can be dried on filters and they will come off easily. They stick to paper towels.

[@Alwis-Haph-Rytte]

Thanks I'll try that. I usually use wax paper, they stick to it too, LOL

[@---nj7hl]

Joey Hardin What is the difference from heirloom seeds as opposed to regular seeds?

[@joeyhardin1288]

@@---nj7hl Heirloom seeds will reproduce itself. Hybrid seeds will grow a pretty plant but will produce no fruits. This goes for any fruits, tomatoes, peppers, watermelons, whatever they are. I have some bean seeds that my great, great grandfather grew. This also goes for flowers

[@DogWalksMe]

Great now I need to stockpile coffee filters 😜

[@hazztv6317]

MurphTX yes😂

[@trextrextrex]

I already was. Coffee is #1 survival prep

[@cbass2755]

Excellent video. I love these straight to the point video’s. Thank you!!

[@ancientgamer3645]

The white filters are bleached. The brown ones are unbleached. The brown ones will leave an aftertaste but are environmental friendly. Keep up the good work. Save the old basket when you get a new coffee maker: You can remove the bottom flow stopper, and use it to hold the filter on a container to filter just about anything.

[@Melanie-ix4nq]

Thanks for that info, I have a lot of filters let over from other coffee makers. Glad I kept the filters. I will put them to good use.

[@morgan10152]

After you have used to clean grease or as a candle holder, save and use as fire starter. Grease and wax will both increase the length of the burn.

[@madeucedancinclub2452]

The great coffee filter , I have used them to clean the barrel of my shotgun ( smooth bore ) when short on patches . I never tried it on a gun barrel with rifling . You can wrap them around "HOT-HANDS" hand warmers to keep them from burning your skin , the filters allow them to breathe .

[@sandracorless6186]

How about if you're out camping just take a small piece ball it up and put it inside your ear so this way no bugs can crawl in your ear

[@forpetessake3532]

Sandra Corless but then ya can’t hear the BEAR 🙃

[@benjaminjarrett5705]

I've been known to make combustible cartridges for black powder revolvers with coffee filters lol. There are so many uses!!!! 😆😆😆😆

[@donnavictorian8810]

Thank you for sharing this video I knew there were a lot of uses for coffee filters but I really found out some new things. It was very helpful appreciate it!

[@kylehuang2361]

You can roll up the coffee filter and use it as a wick in an oil lamp or candle or you can apply oil to carbon steel knives with it.

[@nikis222]

"If I dont have my coffee in the morning, it really is shtf." lol. Scooch is awesome.

[@emeraldgypsyheart]

I don’t drink coffee but I ALWAYS have coffee filters on hand. My Mom taught me many of these tips as a kid...

[@stormygirl1704]

EGH Video Production That’s cool she did that

[@johnwunder3521]

Put some kitty litter in coffee filter staple shut for desiccant for ammo storage,you can even get fancy and use the kitty litter with the green moisture alert thingers .......another use filter for dirt in diesel or gas.(.a funnel helps).then have a good fire starter

[@trevaldez1960]

for the excess string on the shoe odor absorbers put anoter one for both the left and right shoe and pull them out together.

[@jeanetteschulthe1andOnly]

I use coffee filters opened up in a (Jose? Ferrer? gold foil choc candies-murdering the name and spelling) candy tray that has a bottom and lid that fit together and put it slightly ajar to dry herbs, seeds. If a jar or bottle of sugar gets damp you can put a filter in it to absorb the moisture. Out camping and it rains, throw one in the fruit loops, by golly!

[@jardinero9112]

Excellent video. Glad to see your still with us bro......

[@justmona9647]

On those small coffee filters and can run a stick through the top after you put 2 tablespoons of regular coffee then you only need to add hot water and you have a huge mug of coffee. They are simple enough to turn into baby wipes by just putting some water on the filter and a tiny bit of baby oil or Vaseline. you showed how you can put the baking soda in the coffee filter then take the odor out of your shoes, but don't throw it away when you're finished. Afterwards you have a great firestarter with just a dab of hand sanitizer or Vaseline.

[@cherriemckinstry131]

Coffee filters for bottom of pots to keep dirt in.. used coffee filters will work too.

[@duanehamdorf2228]

In shtf , you won't be dabbing the grease off the bacon you'll be licking the pan!

[@lindarobinson2299]

lol

[@daveedwards4898]

I think we all can agree, it’s number 1 in my book for filtering good oh water in the bush.

[@AffordableREI]

The seed starter and tea strainer was what sold me.

[@bonzaibb12]

Baby diaper liner. On cloth or extend the use of disposable ones when you have no other option. Easily clean up those #2's

[@mikehoward8201]

I do agree, coffee filters are a multi-use paper, from firestarts to toiletpaper substitute, they have many potential uses. Some are now using them with a little modification as filter masks! Buy the cheapest you can get in a bulk pack!

[@Mrgunsngear]

brilliant

[@richardcranium8408]

It can be toilet paper too! Cut out a small hole to fit over your finger. Dig out what you have to then roll up the paper over your finger to clean off your finger, but don’t throw away that cut bit. Use that to clean under your fingernail. Presto!!!

[@beverlymichael5830]

I also must have my coffee. It is necessary to start the day.

[@KimTownsel]

Enjoying watching you enjoy the coffee and bacon! 🖤🍵🥓

[@SensiblePrepper]

Me too! Lol! Best part of the video.

[@timbaka1480]

For fellow BOB builders - about the cheapest water kit you can make - and I include this in every kit : Get a stand up sealable bag - a "whirl bag" , or a heavy duty zip seal bag (I love WalMart's smoked almonds, and keep the bags - great 1L stand-up zip bags) from nuts or whatnot, some coffee filters, some chlorine dioxide tablets, and some clips (acco clips, paper clips, sewing clips) and you are good to go. Stand the bag up, put the filter in the mouth, hold it in place with the clips, pour water in with whatever is handy . . . a soda can or water bottle or whatever . . . . once full, take the filter and clips off, put a chlorine dioxide tab in, seal it up and in a couple hours, you have a liter of drinkable water with no camp, no fire, no problems. Note, there are different treatments out there, including the venerable iodine, but the only treatment that will kill bacteria, protozoan cysts and viruses is Chlorine Dioxide. Anyway, I take a bag, put in a handful of clips, three filters and six tabs, fold it up (takes up about the size of a deck of cards and weighs about 1-2 oz) and voila! There's two to three days of safe water . . . . provided you aren't at the ocean front or downstream of a chemical plant . . .

[@wmluna381]

Good idea. I just got a sealed bag of breast milk storage bags at the thrift shop last week for $2 for 50 bags. They are gussetted at the bottom as well so they stand. They have the zip top & come sterilized to boot. The ones I scored are a minimum of 8 oz. Not sure if they come in a bigger size. Although they do leave extra room above the line since people do freeze their breastmilk. So maybe I can cut the water tabs to match...? In any event they are still quite functional for general water procurement, small 1st aid kits & other storage / item protection. Pretty nice quality overall. I will be keeping an eye out for these and take periodic walks in the baby aisle from now to see if I can catch them on super sale or clearance.

[@SkyKing101010]

One thing I like in any item is versatility. Thanks for the tips.👍