Starting Fire with a Magnifying Glass! - Survival Guide

[@liendiep3404]

I love your humor. Thank you for making me laugh and learn at the same time.

[@JunkfoodZombieGuns]

Thanks for including Farenheit for us American bros. :)

[@Jesses001]

Here is a tip. Darker materials will absorb the light better than light colored material, and thus will burn more easily.

[@cottonmouth9874]

Good to know there is other ways of lightin' that spliff when times get hard. Awesome channel =]

[@Valka077]

YAAAY NEW VIDEO!

[@Valka077]

Please can you upload more often? I really love all of your videos :)

[@BillyMitchelluk]

***** yeah I agree one a day !haha

[@Valka077]

I totaly agree Vii TV!

[@blackgrass3158]

If you find an empty can of soda or beer in the woods, which is sadly real easy, you can use the underside as a reflector with the sun just by polishing it a bit with ashes !

[@thepoorlife1247]

He would be the greatest science teacher

[@mikeziter501]

I like the additional science lesson. Keep up the quality and humorous content!

[@Coockiez-007]

I always say its great to have one of these in a survival situation its a infinite source of fire

[@sarsaparila]

love the "next level of understanding shit" that you put into all your videos

[@jeffwright4410]

don't forget about pine needles

[@peteweimer2546]

Great Presentation Alfie!

[@zstick]

You've done it again. Excellent video. Keep'em coming. Where did you get that lens you use? Have you ever considered swapping it for a fresnel lens? It would be smaller, lighter, and less prone to breaking, but it doesn't look as hardcore as yours. It's a toss up, really, but just a thought. Great work!

[@ghostshamanburleson7]

No matter how many time's I watch this I am always humbled thank you so much

[@ghostshamanburleson7]

Actually I just now seen where I had put the comment with the wrong video, I am subscribed (my favorite go to guy for survival stuff)just saying.

[@recurvedranger1326]

Good shit, keep it up man.

[@knightlykin1499]

Magnifying glasses can also purify water without fire. The heat and ultraviolet radiation kills microbial life forms. Or you can just use the magnifying glass to make a fire and boil large pots of water.

[@keeganphillips7541]

To achieve BAMF stasis use a frensel lens

[@Muddlol]

You sir are smart! Nice vid!

[@kevinsmith7623]

Alfie, are you still making videos? If not you should. I have learned a ton from your videos.

[@Gonewithjon]

Yep. Nice bro. Have you tried it with water yet?

[@Gonewithjon]

Oh Touche. As in starting a fire by magnifying the light. PS: What kind of tard would boil water with a magnifying glass? ;)

[@seeds951]

GetOffTheGridGuy You could do it pretty quickly if you had a real big one, and if the water was in a metal container.

[@markswain5294]

GetOffTheGridGuy

[@Gonewithjon]

seeds951 You need a clean container to allow the light to pass through the water. It needs to be smooth and not colored (No offense to any colored glass here).

[@400txuser]

Great video, as always. Just the bit about the glasses might be confusing to some. Since you are holding a pair of glasses with concave lenses and and are talking about convex lenses people might get the wrong idea. What people can remember is: plus lenses make fire, minus lenses don't. Concave lenses have a virtual focal point, so when using a minus lens all you can make is an imaginary fire. To warm yourself by, with your imaginary friends. ^_^ Convex or plus lenses can be found in binoculars for example. Or magniffying glasses. Just disasemble eighter of those and you are good to go.

[@strangebird64]

Dude! You are so "The Man". You make me laugh by the way you say things. I'm from Philly USA and I can relate. Besides that, great video and thanks for doing what you do. I am now a subscriber and look forward to your videos. Best of luck to you. 👍

[@blacksheep6821]

That's why I watch your channel: Going next level!! Lol. Awesome! Surely you are a professor at some nearby school. Keep it up.

[@kan-zee]

Here's a challenge for you berry bee-itches..lol..make a solar fire using a 1. Ziploc bag with water 2. Plastic bottle with water 3. Make some ice in your freezer (hint; plastic lid) and shape it to a lens.. and burn up that patch of bush, good. Cheers

[@MintySanya]

Ziploc bag with piss works too lol

[@gabskings]

Badabing-badaboom! You make me laugh everytime man make more vid!

[@Chaucerfaux1]

best way to combat the blinding white light from the focused dot through the magnifying glass is to use a pair of very dark sun glasses or even a small piece of welding screen.

[@NebulousCat]

Love your dialog!

[@Utriedit215]

Thanks so much for adding the degrees in Fahrenheit 😁

[@adrianradford9519]

Hey bro, I was just up in the mountains and it was a damn pain to get a fire started with the cold, wet and thin oxygen, usually I get a fire started easy with strikers, any advice for those conditions. also in Australia we dont have flint lying everywhere any alternate rocks that are common that could be easy to make into a tool similar to flint

[@essexbushcraftsurvival2954]

Great video bro! I've got a Convex lens aswell! I like trying to make fires with a lens and Crampball is a great fungus to start fires...! All the best mate Georgie.

[@lockerdogs]

great right to the point

[@ElliottC97]

keep up the good work man!

[@ZoroX50000]

3:06 Spider casually walking by.

[@wolfmaan]

Very nice mate. Cheers!

[@missionvigyaan]

Whoa...so cool

[@derrickisbell3831]

Great stuff. Very funny. Very informative

[@billcproductions7491]

This video reminded me why I subbed

[@qsikbk1]

Fantastic video.

[@justwatchingvids8369]

Could you use the lense from your kills eyes to start a fire in the bush if you had no other way?

[@ehsanwedee5305]

I watched all of that to get my answer at the end. I bought a puny multi-tool that came with a micro magnifying glass (useless). Damn it! Your video was cool but you should have mentioned size in the beginning. Like I do before entering a relationship.

[@MrLeodot]

Awesome bro, love ur stuff.

[@Milosz_Ostrow]

If available, wear sunglasses while manipulating the magnifying glass, to prevent being dazzled by the intense light spot. Choose dark-coloured tinder. White toilet paper or paper towels are so reflective that you may not even be able to coax a wisp of smoke from them at high noon. I've had success with unbleached brown paper napkins and unbleached brown wrapping paper. Brown paper sack paper should work, too. Experiments were carried out on clear days in late October, about 3 in the afternoon at 37° N latitude, using a cheap credit-card-sized plastic Fresnel lens.

[@GamePhysics]

Be my science teacher in school, Alfie!

[@Frank-ISG]

Legend man

[@axerxes3981]

Nice discussion on the science of sunlight and heat. However, you didn't mention anything about the power of the lens you were using or that night be best for fire making; i. e. which power lens focus sunlight most efficiently and hence makes better fires. Disappointing.

[@barnzYT]

Someone was in top set science

[@barnzYT]

Well shit

[@barnzYT]

Btw, where is this where you create your content (where in england) because where i live, i burnt a stick and some guy came and had a massive go at me :P

[@joshbell4791]

Where did you buy your smith and wesson search and rescue knife from??

[@mel41138]

Should have name the channel... Badabee-badaboom 👍😉

[@Nothing55]

Funny and brilliant..!!!

[@owenswift1]

you coming to the the bushcraft show

[@leewarrenmusic2598]

I really only like survival tips if I'm insulted during. LOL thank you

[@wallyprichard7451]

Ive never heard of cramp balls. Do we have them in America and what are they?

[@hellojohnnymac]

Cotton balls??

[@Jaybird196]

Cramp balls? 'Sounds like some unfortunate medical condition, or something ;) .

[@Tekla6628]

Awesome

[@jacuhb8445]

I used a magnifying glass to make a fire with my friend in his backyard with cardboard and it got like 3 feet tall. His mom sadly stopped us because she thought it could burn their house down. 🙄😂

[@kaixesi_vibez875]

cool, my friends were scared at the thought of fire and turned my idea down before I got a chance to try so i still think you had a better time XD

[@jacuhb8445]

@@kaixesi_vibez875 interesting, usually kids like to play with fire lmao

[@kaixesi_vibez875]

@@jacuhb8445 lol ikr

[@pedallinraw]

Anybody know where a person can obtain a magnifying glass like that?

[@novemberflag1659]

I am cracking up hahaha

[@MintySanya]

U smart af

[@OriginalCovfefe]

This guy is hilrious but also helpful 😂

[@kaixesi_vibez875]

the people that haven't made fires yet (ME): omg how did he do that omg omg omg get me a magnifying glass rn omg dudeee- the cool camper bros that do this daily (PROFESSIONALS): Piece of cake bro

[@MrReaperscreepers]

Funniest fucker out there

[@olidi19]

Wtf, I tried to use a magnifying glass to make a fire but It didn't work. I checked if the heat was intense enough by focusing onto my hand, (I burned myself) and it was intense enough. I used paper and some grass but NOTHING WORKED. WHY?!?!?!?? IS MY MAGNIFYING GLASS NOT GOOD ENOUGH??? IS THE SUN TOO FAR AWAY? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. SOMEONE TELL ME WHY

[@KeenxLimit]

The thing you're missing is patience. I've fucked around with a magnifying glass a lot as a kid burning all kinds of shit.

[@olidi19]

@@KeenxLimit ok thanks

[@SgtBuzzsaw3820]

Mainly because lighter colours will not absorb much light like darker colours

[@triopical6884]

When using paper, I get a pencil and draw a black square to point the light since it absorbs better

[@brandonmccleery7549]

there is a spider at 3:05

[@politicalgeekery6801]

so uv sunglasses then

[@cchung8001]

wearing sunglasses while staring at the concentrated sun dot might be good for you.

[@GalekC]

SWAG !!!! This is defo 2014

[@OfficialMichaelMagi]

Don't fucking stop swearing! Your amazing you need millions of views

[@artwhat..]

I see what you're saying,ha..

[@tornuptom]

thumbs up if you saw the spider at 3:06

[@jimbobbydave]

love all the sciency shit :)

[@Keep_It_Real_Ministry]

niceeee

[@mel41138]

👍

[@infraredroblox9875]

true story my friend did this at school he got in trouble

[@DoomZoone]

Next level shit!

[@monkeyonthebranch]

Peace

[@JasonJonesoriginal]

i came here to burn not to learn

[@dylanherrell7898]

#taco

[@ZERO_Zero0]

2:39 made me die with laughter;)

[@ZERO_Zero0]

nathan vlogging and gaming - Six, years, ago..

[@romaniangypsy3640]

Thanks the ants didnt stand a chance

[@specificallyopened]

#SWEG

[@stylez914]

Funny af

[@Rzlickofficial]

But I don't want berries

[@coalsauce4457]

you are funny

[@eqlzr2]

After watching several of these now in the last half hour or so, I've pretty much determined that it is entirely possible to overly clever oneself. bye

[@vanbethel1059]

KML.!! this dudes makes me laugh.

[@TedsOutdoors]

My brain puked when you started talking science.

[@BlazingPJJ91]

To much cursing

[@dkwon8]

Was showing my small boys. Otherwise great video spoiled by unnecessary f bomb and other swear words. Totally gratuitous and wasn't necessary.