STAY WARM AND ALIVE - Why You Should NEVER Throw This Away!

[@HAXMAN]

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[@lordmalthus4720]

hey guys one way to always have good tinder is to take a half full vasoline container and heat it until the gel starts to break down a bit. then shove shredded dryer lint in it. that stuff will burn for 4 times longer than paper and will get super hot.

[@jillhull7358]

Wow this is the best survival teaching

[@truth431]

Hello my great prepper friend just popping in on another one of you're great videos here from Canada once again simply to offer you a suggestion although I've yet to try this method myself personally but from what I was told about it on another survival channel that as when it come to using Isopurple Alcohol for making fires as such as you raised here a very good point being as its difficult to see the flame!!! And its been said as the simplest Soulution for that is to simply add a bit of salt in the can ahead as it illuminates the flames so as to be able to greater see it and wiser the point being as will even prevents or safe guards oneself from the dangers of possibly getting burns !!!! try this method and simplly see if it actually does the actual job !?! Ok Then please do me a favor along with all you're great channels veiwers and let me and everyone no the overall re-salts/ results lol and one more kind tip set aside those potato chips experiment and simple try using CORN CHIPS instead they do work wonders in fact they will in fact surprisingly prove as to burn quite along enough time to get a nice warm and cozy blazing fire started !!!!! THANK YOU and Hope you and you're great Family has a very 🎄Merry Christmas 🎁and a🎉 Happy New Year 🥂Cheers !!Truth Out!🍁

[@danishgirl4781]

I am going to order it🥰

[@HAXMAN]

@@danishgirl4781 Thank you so much! 😃

[@jaytrent62]

This reminds me of USAF survival school, which I did in the winter. A cool item I carried was a ziploc bag full of sugar cubes soaked with lighter fluid. I could stomp a hole in the snow, drop a cube in my metal canteen cup, light it, and huddle over it with my poncho over it like a little tent. Stayed warm in 15F that way.

[@HAXMAN]

Very cool! I’ve never heard of that before.

[@2ballsyourjaws]

Absolutely works wonders too brother I did it too . My papaw said they used tea candles in Germany under their big ass cold weather issue coats

[@danishgirl4781]

Wow! Good info also😊

[@DeeMoback]

@@2ballsyourjaws YUP.....I am 70.....we use wool blanket and tea-lite candle in hunting stands to this day.....stay toasty

[@chriskourliourod1651]

This is why I have a beefy candle in my truck.

[@fredericduane5910]

What's even more important here than staying warm is the time a Dad spends with his daughter and the love and admiration she shows in return.

[@respondingtoit]

I love the funny voices too! Makes my day.

[@kasession]

You noticed that too!!! 😍

[@eva_marie633]

Yes!!❤

[@JohnSmith-td8wq]

💗💗💗

[@MamaMudskipper]

Initiation

[@Mr.Event501]

bushcraftsman here. if you cut out a spot in the cans side u can feed it twigs like a stove . put metal top on it and u can heat up stuff like coffee and all too

[@katylox1604]

Rocket stove😊

[@EvrySingleTime]

A winter life hack from New England- I had to spend a winter homeless, in a tent, in Northern New England. What got me through was a box of hand warmers and my sleeping bag. 2-4 warmers a night, just activated and having 1 by my mid section and the other up by my chest. Changing them out for new ones once a night. I found those hand warmers a pretty cheap life saver.

[@hope4ourfallen]

The Army hand warmer was peeing in a bottle. Squeeze as much air our as ya could then tighten the cap..Put the bottle in your armpit, or groin area to warm the large arteries❤️ For the groin one, you are aiming for hip crease when ya pick your knee up.. But the armpit one worked best if ya had to be mobile while warming up👍

[@drehardin]

Glad you made it out 💪🏾

[@plutoslikk1404]

Thanks for you guys advise seeing I'm sleeping in my truck temporarily

[@ahsnap9103]

@@plutoslikk1404 I like the oil lamp and alcohol candles, haven't made one yet but lots of ideas on yt video's

[@moonxshakti]

@@plutoslikk1404 if you have access to a microwave at a store, take soda bottles full of water, like two or three and microwave them for about 3 minutes till they are hot but not melty, and use those as hot water bottles to heat up your sleeping bag, put them by your feet and or your core You can reuse these without refilling them and just reheat them every night, they will go a long way to making you comfortable

[@lovebythemoon5230]

I saw a survivalist and he taught this for body heat if you’re stranded or have to walk in the snow for long distances . Save plastic grocery bags. Take off boot or shoe, put bag on each foot. Want to make sure air is out & snug around foot. Use handles to tie around ankles. Put on boots or shoes then tie a bag in the same fashion around them. Will keep you warm and avoid frost bite. I’m not good at explaining sometimes so…lol you all get the point.

[@lindasmith9950]

❤

[@dsimon33871]

Your creating a layer of warm air and trapping it between the two bags. By being snug all the work that your foot does goes past that first bag and creates a nice warm layer which is held in by the second bag. Makes perfect sense

[@hoppes9658]

Us kids way back used bread bags. It worked.

[@doreenchiasson2878]

As a child, in a family of 8 children we had one pair of boots each; in order to keep our feet dry and warm, we wore bread bags on them inside our boots🤓🇨🇦

[@ladydhayney3700]

@@doreenchiasson2878 we had a wooden trunk full of men's/boys galoshes with the metal closures. No girls boots. Some girl at school made fun of me. Some people are just not kind.

[@emmcgowan1708]

Just admire a dad who teaches his daughter like a son!!!!! Gif bless you$

[@naima4656]

❤❤❤❤

[@jimbusmaximus4624]

One day there's gonna be an emergency and that girl is gonna save some lives. Great job dad!

[@annjohnson4776]

Your daughter will remember these skills for the rest of her life❤️

[@HAXMAN]

I hope so. 😃

[@thewiredfox2691]

And he will remember it for the rest of his life after she burns the house down! ;-p Lock that steel wool up!

[@iskrastankova7809]

@@thewiredfox2691 😄😄😄

[@jum5238]

Teach her that alcohol burns mostly invisibly. There have been a few drivers in races in the past who have been badly burned in plain view of everyone, and nobody knows what the heck is going on as the person is flailing around.

[@CrappyBuilder]

And hopefully the memories as well.

[@Cetok01]

I think the best part of this video was his being a Dad, including his daughter and teaching her life lessons and survival tactics along the way. With Mom behind the camera this was a real family affair.

[@rmp7400]

Hey it helps me too because he explains with very simple, well demonstrated & easy to follow steps 👍

[@foofghtr]

She’s gonna be a fighter her entire life, it’s amazing she’s learning so young.

[@13r12ad]

Tea light candles, a couple of bricks and a ceramic flower pot. Excellent heat generator.

[@MissyQ12345]

Candles and bricks - yes. Use a can of crisco - melt it and stick a candle taper in it. Let it set and It makes a huge candle and burns a long time.

[@saigyl9149]

don't forget the most important bit of information. just about everything that burns creates co2, so if you're doing this indoors, always have some sort of ventilation to the outdoors if it's bigger than a candle to protect your life

[@pawpawstew]

I think you mean CO (Carbon Monoxide).

[@joeshmoe7967]

@@pawpawstew ...but, you will also be in trouble if a build up was C02.

[@timsolomon8352]

If you burn the rubbing alcohol by itself without any filler, it does not create CO , it's burns completely clean.

[@iffykidmn8170]

@@timsolomon8352 Try to find and use 90% alcohol rather the typical 70% as it burns cleaner.

[@shawnkelly695]

Put a hood above the fire and add a pipe to vent outside. I personally rather a chimney to vent smoke outside then leave windows open. Without a chimney even open windows wont stop you from breathing co2 unless a hood over the fire and piped outside. Be sure pipe high enough so not so much back draft and sucks the smoke up not back draft back into the room

[@jameslow5536]

I survived the great Texas Whiteout for just under 2 weeks with out proper power, water, and heat. Do not underestimate the weather.. it does some crazy stuff.

[@crystalmasters8582]

That was wild, very eye opening.

[@ShannaM1]

Sadly, our government has been doing it for years...weather manipulation. Look into Project Popeye & CERN. They create the crisis so they can give the solution, which always means taking our rights.

[@GenRN]

Same. Still dealing with the damage to my properties.

[@wcares8062]

Grateful I am not totally dependant on the electrical grid. I used lots of these tips. No longer relying on the central heat.

[@chelshops]

THEY do some crazy stuff. Our government hates us.

[@tectardedprepper8954]

Love the way you get your kids involved in prepping . They are our future caregivers. And I am happy to see them learning the old ways

[@lukecage3485]

Sorry but there isn't going to be a future. God is judging the US using the POTATUS.

[@NorthernKitty]

When I was a kid we simply called that "scouting", i.e. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. 😋

[@Boobtube.]

@@NorthernKitty in today's world, boy scouts and girl scouts are the same thing.

[@roxannpennington8418]

@@Boobtube. you have to get your kids to work with you and then they will know more about survival of the way things are going to be in the near future.

[@john-vw1ry]

Hi

[@XxAlphaDevilxX]

Tortilla chips light on fire! Down in San Diego, this Mexican restaurant used a tortilla chip on the dessert as a candle for my friends sisters B-day when we went for lunch. My friend and I were laughing so much cause we hadn't seen that done before.

[@countyourblessings9241]

LOVE his choice for Assistant ! That is a very important "take away"❤

[@Stran8n]

When I was a kid in Scouts, we made sterno burners using tuna cans, corrugated cardboard and paraffin wax. Cut the cardboard in to long, thin strips as wide as the tuna can is tall. Roll the cardboard into tight coils that fit snugly in the can and dip them in melted paraffin. Lightweight, compact, packable heat sources.

[@David_Rafuse]

Yep, a tried and tested old technique, known by many as a 'buddy burner.' It's mentioned in Dian Thomas' 'Roughing It Easy' book of camp cookery. A book well worth obtaining for anybody interested in this sort of thing.

[@cherylsavage3434]

We did that and also used a coffee can as a stove that was heated with the burner

[@davidcarothers3311]

No you didn't!!

[@kareno7212]

@@davidcarothers3311 I did the same thing in Scouts. We would take an old coffee can, turn it upside down, use the pointed end of a can opener and open little holes all around the top sides of the can. You could put it over your buddy burner and cook on the top. We cooked hot dogs on them.

[@ambrosemclaren145]

@@kareno7212 Also called a hobo stove.

[@EileenPurdy-q6z]

In Girl Scouts, I learned to cut the cardboard toilet roll into 3 pieces then stuff each piece with dryer lint, melt some candle wax and pour on dryer lint, then take the cover for the toilet roll or newspaper to cover and twist the ends to use as a fire starter in a grill or fire pit or use a old food can. The grill and fire pit was the best for this kind of fire starter. Love your videos.

[@virgil3241]

I live in Alberta Canada, hit with alot of -39 with no wind chill. I have in my truck always a tin can and small tea light candles when I travel, as well as winter clothes and some granola bars and bottles water And I have taught my kids as well/ Thankfully I have never had to use this stuff due to car maintenance. But nice to see some new things as well.

[@IrishAnnie]

Better to be safe than sorry.

[@visamedic]

Just good common sense. I live in Ca Central Valley. Super hot in the summer, mild to below freezing in the winter. But I’m always in the sierras. We’ve already, in October, had 14 degree weather, no snow, at 7400’. In both of my vehicles I have an “extreme cold kit”. Spare heavy jacket, winter warfare pants that can go over my jeans, food, water, blankets etc etc. either vehicle can bug out for a minimum of two weeks. The only limit is fuel for either vehicle.

[@merrycraker1262]

My Dad taught us to always have an old coffee can (the actual metal kind, obviously not the plastic) with candles, matches, aluminum foil (light the candles, tealights or votive or jar candles work best, and place in the can and place the foil partially over the top to conserve the heat and help warm the coffee can) and bottles of water. Since we live in the Northern US we never know when the weather will change suddenly and with this kit plus a blanket or 2 you could survive for a while if you slide off the road. I've added an emergency blanket also.

[@cherrybell2995]

Don't forget the emergency blankets and maybe even a first aide kit bandages and neosporin and little scissors and gauze and small and large bandages. Etc. Extra medications aspirin or some painkillers fever reducers. Of course water jugs is most essential to survival. And a small pan heat things like snow into water and coals and some ligter fluid I guess. A good knife and rope. Masking tape blankets food cans like sardines and protien food chill in cans and hand can opener. Things like fishermen use to pack in tool boxes and tools of corse crow bars. Matt's flares lights. All kinds of things people can prep for. Don't forget a pistol is still useful. And like if a wolf or bear decides to attack maybe shot gun warning might run them away from a person stuck in situations.

[@davidcarothers3311]

@@merrycraker1262 Remember toilet paper, eyedrops...

[@pogojet]

Bacon grease and cotton works. Love the father, daughter thing.

[@guyfish2637]

During hard times trash could become treasure

[@DreidMusicalX]

Smearing some Vaseline on a log in a few places near the top and lighting it , then turning the log over after it catches a bit by soaking into the wood also works well. A nice size jar of Vaseline is always kept in my backpack bug out bag. A good warning for your kids: Also with alcohol like this you be very careful to not get it on your hands because you cannot see the flame or that you're on fire until you're actually on fire.

[@houseportraitscalligraphy7474]

Wow.

[@Superduper666]

Yeah, an autistic boy doing a tiktok challenge found this out the hard way. A very important piece of information you brought up.

[@kmg024-f4j]

You can used cooking oil on your wood to start fire in wood stove.

[@picklechip5462]

This is also why you need to be very careful when throwing 9volt batteries in trash without electrical tape wrapped around the end area. I seen on tv years ago where someone’s entire house burnt down because they had some 9 volt batteries in a grocery bag with some other things, hanging on a hook in their garage and after investigating, the fire department explained that is where the fire started and to always take a small piece of electrical tape and put on end when storing or throwing out because it’s a possible way to start a fire.

[@MissHeird]

Great to know this! Thank you.

[@joyfisher8008]

Thanks! I never knew about 9volts starting fires or using electrical tape before disposal!

[@downbntout]

Whoaah!

[@pagevpetty]

I put them in a little zip lock bag.

[@dawnanewday9671]

You're supposed to recycle used batteries. Our garbage company collects them with other recycling.

[@granny4751]

A slight expansion for the paint can idea. Get a 1 gallon paint can and a 1 quart can. in the bottom of the gallon can add 2-3 inches of sand. Fill the quart can with TP and 91% "isopurple" (lol) alcohol. Place the quart can INSIDE the gallon can on the sand, with lids on. I DON'T live in the south, so this makes a great emergency heater to keep in you car when it is like 20 below zero and you have car trouble! Blessings to you and your lovely family. Thank you

[@HAXMAN]

Thanks for the tip! Same to you!

[@jeffsmith8127]

You can use a metal coffee can or big can from soups,stews,and juices works good and gives longer burn time.

[@granny4751]

@@jeffsmith8127 I totally agree with you Jeff. I guess the reason for the paint cans is that they seal tightly and prevent evaporation of the alcohol. Blessings to you.

[@fatillacing4131]

Why not just leave the alkihol in the bottle until you're ready to light it?

[@noconsentgiven]

@@fatillacing4131 What are you going to pour the fluid into or are you going to light it inside the plastic bottle🤨?

[@shelleyw5951]

There was a comment on another video I watched, where the poster said that you could make your own stove fuel by using epsom salts in a can and pouring alcohol over it. I'm thinking of trying that experiment to see how it works. Thank you for your awesome emergency tips on staying warm. The cotton balls with the Vaseline Incorporated really seem to burn for quite a long time as well. Really great to see that you incorporated your daughter into this. As a young child who grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan I was always jealous that my brother got to go "work" in the shop with my dad when we were young and being a girl, I had to stay in the house and do dishes. Didn't stop me though later from becoming fairly handy. 😊🔥🙌

[@jeanbrown8295]

I remember as a child we made fires in the fireplace using newspaper ,sticks and coal,it worked every time

[@RLeeVanCamps]

Great ideas. Best part is a dad showing his daughter how to survive!, you go dad!

[@TheOriginalFreak]

Egg carton fire starter: Coating the egg carton voids well with melted wax before stuffing the lint/hair/etc. in the voids and then coating them with more melted wax will help ensure that if the carton or the individual pods get wet or moist (everyone's new favorite word!!) there is a better chance the interior of the pods will stay dry and ignitable. Great video!

[@alomaalber6514]

also the inside roll thing when the paper towels are done. little "faux" logs that make good kindling.

[@kerrynikki]

You can also just tear the individual filled pieces off and then dip them with a pair of tongs into a pot of melted wax...job done in one swoop.....works great with toilet rolls too....Maybe you'll think I'm off the wall, but a great way of processing a death/separation of a loved one....get the kids (and yourself) to write an authentic letter to a deceased/estranged relative/friend, maybe writing how much you'll miss them at Christmas and you'll be thinking of them etc....(a picture will suffice for the younger ones) then roll into a scroll, stuff with lint (maybe from the tumble dryer or dired grass) then dip into the tube into wax quickly and leave to 'set'. Then this can be used to light your fire on Christmas Day/Birthday/Feast Day etc....there is something primordial, ritualistic, ceremonial, cleansing about lighting a fire with intent and love. x. I am an Art Pyschotherapist and have seen first hand the therapeutic benefits of ritual in processing a beareavement or separation. Hope this helps...Greetings from Co. Kerry, Ireland. Blessings to all who read this x

[@SamFreedom]

​@@kerrynikki that's very thoughtful

[@ppjt6018]

Egg carton and dryer lint make for great fire-starters

[@matthewpeterson3329]

I have found that corn chips work well. More so with Fritos rather than tortilla chips, which are both made from corn, but the sugars in the corn used for tortilla chips is mostly processed out and they don't have as much oil in them. Fritos have high sugar content, as well as oil, which I believe to be the contributing factors in their flammability. The egg crate trick is great... save your old candles and melt them together to pour over the dryer lint in each of the pockets. They don't work great to start fires, bur they help make a small fire burn hot enough to get larger kindling lit, and they are mostly waterproof. For those of you not familiar with "fat wood", you can buy it or harvest your own from really sappy pine called "pitch pine" Any overly sappy wood will work, and the saturated wood burns awesome. If you do a lot of wood working, save some sawdust and mix it with some melted candle wax in an old ice cube tray. They burn great and are water repellant. Thanks for another great video!

[@JaredAllegretta]

I used to work at a Frito Lay distribution center - Fritos are a straight up fire hazard.

[@Horseluvver]

Fritos!!! 5 bucks a bag now. Cotton & Vaseline sounds good...

[@judithlocke3094]

Orange peel will burn also

[@AnneMarieBibby1966]

The best part of this video is your daughter learning survival techniques. I absolutely love this! ❤✌

[@donaldford2519]

I really have to say your a good example of a father

[@HAXMAN]

Thank you. That’s the best compliment I could ever hope for.

[@Boone22]

Praying EVERYONE IS PREPARED FOR THE STORM COMING THROUGH THIS WEEK, please get food water,extra fuel now. Stay safe everyone!

[@Timetraveler1111MN]

Thank you there’s a stray cat 🐈‍⬛ been coming here for months poor thing out in zero now. ❤my husband built a cover over patio table and plug 🔌 in kitty bed 🛌 yet didn’t see prints, I pray outloud and pray to the gods but I see in s eyes the struggle is real. We named him MAGNE- Thors son.

[@rainbocatz6376]

I have saved dryer lint for decades. It's great to use under kindling to get log fires started, and you can also add used or rancid cooking oil to the lint to keep it burning longer. Rancid cooking oil can also be used in oil lamps, so don't discard it. Also emergency candles can be made using Crisco and a taper cande as a wick in a mason jar or used, empty can. One or more emergency candles can be used to cook on. Just get a metal stand or make a "fire pit" with two stacked bricks each on three sides to place your candles in, then place a wire rack on top or put your cooking pot right in top of the metal stand. Just make sure it's stable.

[@MamaKalash]

We have made large, and small generic Crisco candles, for a heater. These also use terra cotta clay planter pots, which the candles heat up.

[@smileallthewhile]

5p note oil smokes alcohol burns clean and the soaked TP tho extinguished, can then be reused extensively

[@tajmajal4197]

yep, dryer lint, been collecting them, too.

[@christaj1754]

I stuff lint into toilet paper rolls and put them in stackable empty cans, like psyllium that our dogs get to prevent anal gland issues & eating poop.

[@dr.froghopper6711]

Put the quart can inside a 1 gallon can. In the big can, put 1/2” holes around the outside, bottom and top. You now have a stove in which other survival supplies can be stored when you’re not cooking. I keep one in my kayak for kayak camping. There are numerous nifty things you can carry with you in your 1 gallon stove that can save your life. Pack the larger can with flexible bags that are waterproof. Coffee, food, medical supplies etc can all share the big can for traveling and all can be removed when you need the big can and the quart alcohol source for cooking or heat. If you really want to get froggy, buy a steel 5 gallon can. Those are very handy for storing your stove and enough food for you, your family, emergencies, camping trips.

[@King.DAVid.III2022]

I put 5 gal metal bucket wood stove inside 55 gal which then use PC fans to draw heat inside tent, cabin, box truck, camper.

[@valeriehancotte-galan4790]

Make a video for us 😊👍

[@King.DAVid.III2022]

@@valeriehancotte-galan4790 I sure will gathering pieces for stove now

[@taxiridefun]

@@King.DAVid.III2022 is video almost ready?

[@King.DAVid.III2022]

@@taxiridefun Good morning not yet but really gonna need one this week end. I sleep outside most every night 😴, but last night was nice in a storage building. I have everything except the 55 gal drum for plenum.. I was hoping to have a welder by now, but I've always built without one. The welder is for reconditioning off-grid batteries makes them like new. Welding with it is a bonus 🤓 but the can can be built in 30 minutes. Any metal box works to catch the heat sheet metal box.

[@marisavandiver2164]

The steel wool and battery was amazing

[@anjabrown7868]

My boyfriend who’s served with all branches of military service , Marine, Army , Coastguard & Air Force didn’t know about the battery one I always enjoy watching these videos , especially with everything going the way it is . This country sadly is so crime ridden and divided I worry especially with rents being so high as well as food and living only on disability ppl think everyone that’s homeless ppl assume they are crazy or addicts but most have either lost their residences due to fire , natural disasters etc . Enjoyed this video and keep making them .👍👍👍

[@Heseesyou]

Perfect example of why I build my house on the rock rather then sinking sand.. because when the storms of life come the holy spirit will guide your path straight through a relationship with Jesus Christ!

[@pilarq7886]

​@@Heseesyoutell it !!

[@campsamaisan]

4 branches of our military service? Highly unlikely. How did he do that?

[@Grandma7T7]

Awesome idea! I also try to instill in elderly that they should put on layers of clothes and socks and warm slippers but do not just get into their pajamas and go to bed!!! It is important to have this discussion. It would be a great service project to go to senior centers and remind them of survival skills! Great for a high schooler who needs a project.

[@GeckoHiker]

Growing up in central Florida made me into a forever prepper. We would be without power and the roof torn up enough times that you just kept supplies for every possible disaster. Then there was the backyard fallout shelter. Winter tornadoes meant having cold weather gear and supplies. This mentality has worked well for every place I lived subsequently. Now we are in the Ozarks and losing power is life threatening in the winter if you don't have a woodstove or three. We installed tent sized woodstoves in the family room and largest bedroom to supplement the kitchen and living room wood stoves. The can idea works for vehicle travel if we were to become stranded. Carefully!

[@candyhawkes2319]

We made the alcohol/TP stoves in a tin can like he show at 14:00. We learned to store the alcohol separately in it's original bottle. If you pour it on the TP and put it away to store, the tin can will rust.

[@judyjackson2260]

I would just hate to burn tp. I mean in a disaster tp pretty important for its intended purpose. Lol😂

[@jtc1947]

I guess that NO paint cans are stainless steel ?? PLS ADVISE??

[@christinekoenig5669]

Prob.tin cans ​@@jtc1947

[@bbb-1-2-3]

is this 70% or 90. % alcohol?

[@duanehamilton496]

Great video! Don't forget salad/cooking oil. If you saturate a paper towel with cooking oil and put it under quartered, seasoned cordwood, it will start the wood without kindling. Half fill a coffee cup with oil and soak it all up with the paper towel/s. Also, wrap an inch or so of candle ( maybe what is left in the candle holder) wrap with paper towel and twist both ends like a candy. Light one of the twists and it will also get quartered, seasoned cordwood burning.

[@ukskywatcher9598]

You can twist toilet roll to make a wick too learnt that in prison 🤔👍

[@visamedic]

Probably my favorite fire starter is taking soaked paper towels. Whenever I make bacon, and I love bacon, I place 3-4 paper towels in the pan to soak up the oil. I don’t like putting the pan in the sink with all that crud. When everything is cool,I take that out, roll it up, and stick it in a ziplock. THE BEST fire starter. And it smells like bacon 😁👍

[@ML-ks2lj]

When you strike Ferro rods hold the rod and striker rigid together and actually pull the rod towards yourself with the pressure against the striker with the Striker being held in place by the other hand. Find which hands it's comfortable to do it that way. The sparks are more controlled along with the whole process really. Try it I promise you you'll get a better more concentrated and controlled spark into the area you want them to land.

[@patriciatinkey2677]

Thanks for this tip. My sparks have just been all over the place. Great to know a way to 'herd' them in the right direction! 🙂

[@jonz01]

Great advice! We used to make alcohol heaters back when coffee cans were metal and stuff a roll of tp in it. Made a perfect deer stand heater.

[@bryanseeds2222]

1 thing I didn't see that may or may not meet the criteria of household items, but if you unroll a cotton ball (yes they're designed to be unrolled) & fill it with rust on the inside of the unrolled cotton ball, roll it back up & then rub it between 2 small pieces of wood, you're able to start a small fire that way as well & then build it up with small tinder. So if you're stuck/stranded in your car & you have rust somewhere on your vehicle (normally underneath somewhere) & you have something easily flammable like a cotton ball, you can keep yourself warm that way. Survival has many ways, and most of them are from thinking outside of the box.

[@cristymenapace677]

Great tip! I do survival and the didn’t know the rust hack!🙌🔥❤️

[@udumkopf8217]

Dryer lint is like gold when it comes to starting a fire. Wow so everybody remember to empty the lint trap in your dryer so you don't catch on fire.

[@brokenbravo83]

Hold the striker in place and pull Ferro rod backwards. Still makes a spark but you don't knock everything over pushing striker forward into bundle

[@sandyca1106]

A video on how to stay warm inside your home when there is no power or woodstove. My one odd suggestion for sleeping is to flip the couch and sleep in the 'V' shape space. Most are aware of sleeping in a tent inside the home, but add a second smaller tent inside the larger one. I have no idea other than using candles on how to have a safe fire inside a home if you haven't a woodstove or fireplace.

[@patriciatinkey2677]

Your couch idea is brilliant! If there's no tent available, your "couch flip" & any heavy cloth, (&, if possible, plastic), on top, draped over it. That's a Lifesaver! Hope the somebody, somewhere, who will need this this winter, reads & remembers your post! Good Luck, All, & Stay Safe Out There!

[@patriciatinkey2677]

Sometimes marketed as "canned heat" sometimes sold by restaurant suppliers for buffet warmers, those alcohol burning cans work with those (cheap) little folding square camp stoves. They are safe indoors, & will give some heat while warming up a small- medium pot of food or drink. I'm in Florida, we keep ours on hand for hurricane cooking, but they make so much heat that we just wait out the storm, then use them outside. Different locations, different problems! 🙂🍀🙏

[@Grandma7T7]

Awesome idea! I also try to instill in elderly that they should put on layers of clothes and socks and warm slippers but do not just get into their pajamas and go to bed!!! It is important to have this discussion. It would be a great service project to go to senior centers and remind them of survival skills! Great for a high schooler who needs a project. 🤗

[@Great_Wall_of_Text]

Indoor tents work, and you can make your own. Here's a fun story to illustrate the point: When I was a kid my family home used gas from our own property, which meant that it was free, but also meant that we were responsible for maintaining every part of the gas well. Generally, this was great. Our house was the warmest I've ever lived in most winters. Wood stove? Who needs a wood stove when you have free gas? Turns out, we did. Sometimes condensation in the well would freeze and block the pipes. This left us without cooking fuel or heat. My dad knew this, and he knew how to fix it, but he also had a seriously inconvinient habit of dying whenever I was seven years old. True, he only did it once, but that was enough to put a damper on things. Among other problems, this meant that whenever it got really cold (we live in Ohio, so "really cold" is -20 degrees American) the heat would go out because mom didn't know how to fix it. We'd have to call my twenty somthing brother-in-law to help. He always came quickly, but he wasn't always available, and ince he got there he'd have to hike a couple hundred yards intonwthe woods with tools, and that took some time. That meant some cold days and nights. I made blanket forts...for survival. Some of my family would bundle up and pull the blankets up to their chin. Noobs. Smarter kids would pull their heads under as well. I made a forteess of warmth atop my bed, under which I could play with my He Man action figures. Sure, it was cold at first, but it got warm pretty quick and I had room to play. Turns out the human body is a pretty good heater, especially when you're working up a sweat beating the everliving Hell out of Skeletor. I eventually learned how to clear the blockage in the gas pipes myself, and later moved into a home of my own with a wife, two kids, a wood stove, and a couple cords of "emergency" wood out back that we never really need. I still like to hang out under blankets. It's where I write most of my youtube comments : )

[@terryfrisk287]

Very insightful and resourceful.

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

Just be careful and keep in mind that burning anything, especially alcohol, will produce carbon monoxide. *_ALWAYS_* have a CO monitor. In my "shed" (about 12'x10', no windows), burning alcohol like that set my alarm off in only about 5 minutes. Even with a fan circulating air, CO ppm at head level (about 4' from the ground when seated), the alarm reached 165ppm in about 4 minutes, and triggered the alarm at 200 ppm just one and a half minutes later. I was burning denatured alcohol, not isopropyl, but I'm sure it would be the same.

[@slc1161]

If you’re burning any of this stuff, it’s very likely you have no power, which means a CO monitor, which plugs in, will have either no life or very limited battery life. In fact, you’d probably want to save the batter for other items.

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

@@slc1161 It's battery operated.

[@cmwHisArtist]

My husband laughed at me because I wanted to buy a few bags of charcoal briquettes just “in case”. But he bought them. You can do a lot with just a couple if you’re careful. It’s interesting that THEY want to make everything electric, while at the same time, THEY warn us about solar flares and EMPs that can destroy all electronics. At the same time encouraging us to hurry and make all our $ digital. Yeah, I believe that the same way I believed computers couldn’t be hacked.

[@angelaleblanc6584]

We r government we r here to help lol

[@cmwHisArtist]

@@angelaleblanc6584 …..right. And that’s spelled Hell - p.

[@jude1515]

So true.

[@lesliecurran1704]

Never use charcoal briquettes indoors. I almost died from using them indoors when I was a teenager. I don't know what my parents were thinking but.... I was unconscious from the CO2 just never use them indoors.

[@mlisaj1111]

Maybe just me, but I have never heard of a “they” wanting me to make money digital. And it’s controversial, as we haven’t had a large scale EMP to see, but most say it’s not “all electronics” or cars that could be harmed. The risk is often exaggerated by people selling anti-EMP advice or devices.

[@bubbamell50]

I love that you and your wife are sharing this with the world. But love you’re involving your little girl and teaching her survival skills. The kids will love the fact she’s a survivor and the closeness of your family. This is what our kids should be doing and not spending time on their pads and phones. I learned a few things from you so thank you.

[@michaelhutson6758]

Be advised that while _cotton_ dryer lint is a good firestarter, lint from synthetics like polyester are more likely to just smoke and smolder.

[@333whiteraven]

My favorite firestarter is dryer lint stuffed in a toilet paper tube with a birthday candle in the center. I save all our used up birthday candles, toilet paper tubes and dryer lint! I call it my toilet paper "dynamite firestarter." It's fun and functional! XD

[@jillhull7358]

You are the most practical and straight to the point teaching by example ive every seen

[@bryanburcham1381]

Love this kind of stuff...showing the next generation how to survive. That young lady was very attentive. Warms my heart knowing that she'd stand a pretty fair chance of survival if, God forbid, it ever came down to it. Keep doing what you're doing brother. Much love and respect. No wise man ever regretted being ready.

[@312af]

I don't really watch many of these beginner videos (steel wool and such). Your's was well done. I also enjoyed the father / daughter aspect. My family just came apart and it was pleasing to see. You are a blessed man.

[@cindyd003]

May God bless you and your family and send His Holy Spirit to Co.fort and guide you all

[@steveharris9610]

I think it's fabulous that you had your daughter help u,and actually do some of it herself. Not only could it possibly save her life someday, you are buying special memories that will last a life time!

[@unfi6798]

Hello Haxman & family.! Found your channel by accident & love it so much. It's simple but very informative. It's great to see the young ones interested & intrigue with survival skills. We are also very interested in that childrens book, will definitely get a couple soon & will donate it to the local pre-school whre we live. By the way you can also cut strips of carton boxes, roll it up & place it in th tin instead of toilet roll. It's a case of " rather have it when you need it than not having it!" Wiping your behind with leaves just don't cut it mate.!! Anyway congrats, you now have a new sub (there's three of us) Stay warm & stay safe. Warm greetings from Australia.

[@HAXMAN]

Thank you so much! 👊

[@alysem135]

Ordered your moms book! It looks super cute. I’d pay just for all the info you share and you charge nothing for it so this is a win win for me. Always glad to support someone following a dream. I actually have a little one not yet in school but I’d buy it and donate it even if I didn’t ❤️

[@HAXMAN]

Thank you so much Alyse! That’s so nice of you.

[@lasgsd1]

I jam a paper towel in the empty toilet paper cardboard roll, pour in a little vegetable oil (to soak the towel) and then use that at the bottom of my fire as a starter.

[@ChristieAphrodite]

This is awesome you are teaching your daughter this important information. I didn't get to figure it all out till my 40's when I was homeless for the first time in my life. What I can say about the can and alcohol is that it will burn forever in a tuna can, much better than a taller can because of the air flow. After trying all types of cans due to necessity, being my only way to heat myself and cook food for several years, a simple tuna can with 3 indentations on the sides and alcohol is all one needs. It makes like a burner and allows air flow which is one of the main ingredients in fire. :) Depending on how long you need it to burn or what you need it for you can add things like a clay pot and footers, I always did this on a tile to ensure nothing catches fire in case of spills...I could boil water like this in less than 5 minutes and did on a video when I lived in my van. One thing people really need to understand about alcohol fires is that the alcohol burns.........no matter where it is...and you can't blow it out. lol I've had a few fire leery people near me in these days who panicked, then dumped the alcohol over and couldn't figure out why they couldn't blow it out. hahahahahaha too much to write in a comment, but I promise all one needs is a tuna can and alcohol...can heat your tent, van, storage unit, etc. :)

[@sam12587]

Dunno if you’ll see this question, do you recall the name of your tuna can video? I’d like to try it for emergency cooking, better to practice before the power goes out. I have kids and want them as comfortable as possible in an outtage.

[@mach37]

It's pretty likely a kitchen has a cast iron skillet or pot that you could use instead of aluminum, or to hold the aluminum to protect whatever surface you start the fire on.

[@sondrabradley8040]

I love that the dog is smiling when your reading him the book!

[@alfredobatista9818]

Quick tip: Rayovac batteries are made in the same plant as energizer batteries. Check the back labels. We pay more do to marketing. Hope this helps. Thanks.

[@pattijesinoski1958]

Energizer batteries are made in usa?

[@dianep1385]

Seeiing you two together reminds me of why I miss my dad.🥰 He's long gone now but he's still in my ❤ 💙 💜 Thanks for the great tips!

[@DeAnnaG_KissingFrogsMedia]

potato chips wont burn well, but CORN chips will. Also Mylar emergency blankets or those shiny foil party table cloths under clothes or just wrapped around you help to block wind/rain/ice and reflect the heat.

[@shawnroberts6931]

Teaching ways to make fire are essential. I like that you are sharing the correct skills of using what is available to give your child the knowledge of making fire. Great job!

[@CATownsend777]

You might want to try and build the clay pot heater. Basically, use a large clay plant pot, a big one, and also have a clay plant water drain pan that normally fits under the pot. Place your heater can in the center of the clay drain pan. Flip the clay pot over and find a way to suspend the clay pot over the fire source leaving a gap of may be two or three inches for air. You can use something like bricks that won't burn. You must leave a gap to not smother your heat source. You could build a brick stand for the pot to sit upside down on. The clay pot will heat up and put off alot more heat than that little can. Try building a couple on the corners of your patio and see how warm it will get. The fire source can even be tiki candles, use two or three under each clay pot. I would also suggest, as you were doing your testing, time how long your fire soure will burn. Then figure out how many of your fire sources you will need to last a week or longer. When the power goes out, no telling how long it will take to come back on. That February freeze was ridiculous. By the way, neat trick with the still wool and the 9volt. I have never seen that before. That I will take away and use, thanks.

[@iffykidmn8170]

How many people throw away 9volt batteries that still have a charge in them?😉

[@NanaWilson-px9ij]

They all still have a change in them.

[@tea-chip-cookies]

It's honestly so cute the way your daughter is sitting with you in the end.. It reminds me of when I was younger, I couldn't stop following my father around! Lol. Bless you both.🤗

[@ruby7741]

Thank you! Ridiculously GOOD ways to teach US and the kids how to be prepared and I loved the idea of gifting it on to someone. I LOVE the way you Work with your kids and how fun you make it for them and for us. Your a great daddy and it's nice to see this. :) A Michigan Mom.

[@HAXMAN]

Thank you so much!

[@charliecox839]

My 10-year-old son learned this in Boy Scouts I never went when I was a kid so I stay and watch every class with him so I’m also learning at age 48. It’s a lot of fun.

[@VintageFordChannel]

Its called a woodstove. I have one, a reburner, in the city. Free wood from an arborist every year: 5 chords free a year. Haven't paid much for natural gas for 3 years now and its fun splitting wood.

[@newenglandman2413]

Unfortunately, many municipalities in cold climates prohibit the use of wood stoves.

[@everysingleone8714]

Wish I could install a wood burner in my fireplace but I rent rooms downstairs and the tenants would freeze! 😂

[@jackychandler8594]

I'm 60 and was shown the toilet paper trick 46 yrs ago, but forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me. We used it to keep hands warm while working on motorcycles, and vehicles outside in cold weather. The alcohol is a very clean burning fuel.

[@Kuessemir]

Congratulations to your Mom on the children's book, that's awesome!

[@HAXMAN]

Thank you!

[@CynVee]

What a wonderful experience for your daughter. She will never forget these moments with you, her proud papa. This brought back memories of my dad teaching me how to fix broken things, change a tire, use power tools, paint things and other such important life skills. I was just a young girl but that didn't matter to my dad. He passed 25 years ago, but I will always remember those times, the skills he taught me and how proud he was of me. Thanks, dad, miss ya ❤️❤️❤️

[@Bob-lw2kt]

You're a good dad. All Dad's should pay attention with this type of behavior and pay pure attention that is being given to his child as he is. Thank you. I could have used a dad like you. But I'm ok. Regardless. Marine Corps Grew me up.

[@susantodd7169]

So cool u r teaching your daughter all these survival techniques

[@Mama420Redneck]

The knowledge you are passing on is amazing, as well as the daddy daughter time she will remember the rest of her life!!

[@cartercarter6126]

I was 7 when I was given the task of lighting the campfire. It's great your are showing your girl some skills. 1 thing I was taught in survival was to light a bonfire then with a good bed of coals, stoke the fire and cover half the burn area with leaves to create large amounts of smoke when lost in the bush. And stay put! Secondly keep a long branch lit on the end to ward off wolves, coyotes etc. By waving it back anf forth in front of you... Just sayin..... Carter Canada

[@better_days]

Freaking awesome! For anyone who remembers the Blizzard of '93 in the south. Yep, it's still talked about to this day and I lived 30 miles North of Birmingham Alabama. No power for 2 weeks in North Jefferson County. Great tips. Now that I live in NC, I will be preparing lint balls and I have a ton of hair from my Australian Shepherd.

[@sereneisme718]

Awesome tips thanks to you and your beautiful daughter

[@SetchiPaunda]

just a little note. if that 9 volt battery was in your trash and has a charge on it. With no tape over the terminals. Not a good scenario. Fire fighter told me one cause of house fires is 9 volt batteries. When they are placed in drawers or wherever with no cap or protection on terminals and they get shorted out.

[@mrs.manners6344]

💯✅👏🎈🙋Thanks for giving us your time. Excellent sharing.

[@mycofairbanks3321]

ohohoho. Your daughter is adorable and looks like you a lot. it's soo good to see a dad and his daughter working close together. you both made my day.

[@pattiannepascual]

Your little girl is so precious and what a joy! she's a little survivalist.And eager one at that. Not scared of fire.What a blessing.

[@kathleenoconnor8155]

You can use cheese balls as fire starter. The cheap kind that come in the big plastic barrel under a generic name. I buy them for fires not for eating. I found that out one year when I bought them to snack on in the winter. They got stale so I put them out for the squirrels. They would not eat them! They laid on the ground til Spring, having gone through several snowfalls and NEVER broke down! I do not know what they are made of but I sure won't eat them anymore!

[@hope4ourfallen]

Even on the coldest days them warm hearted momments with our ragrats will always bring us comfort. Best wishes to you and your lil munchkin❤️👨‍👧❤

[@cindydavis597]

When I saw the fire in the cranberry sauce can I thought that you were going to light the sauce. Now that would have been neat! Thank you.

[@steveharris9610]

Thank God, your daughter is learning real-time life skills,instead of having her head bent over a Dumb- Phone all day! Congrats!!

[@5-minute-witness356]

What an awesome "fortuitous" trash bag of totally random things !!! I enjoyed this very much - and learned a new way to light a fire, too (though I've been a prepper for a long time). Thank you!!

[@edgarlick3200]

Dude as a father of two girls and a grandpa of four sweet hearts and one grandson, a great granddaughter and another one on the way. I have to say that the favorite part of your video is the love she has for you! I already know most of the stuff you're showing. I just noticed the love,👍

[@HAXMAN]

Thank you so much

[@claudinedecarlisle8647]

Thanks!

[@HAXMAN]

Thank you so much!

[@carmenroupp653]

I saved your video here and am going to check out your other videos. It is always wonderful to know that people still show their children things like this , just in case its needed even years from now , she will fondly remember this day and tell her children even her grandchildren this and they will say thats cool.

[@TheAntHill184]

Thank you for the very nice non evasive doom and gloom video. It was very refreshing and family friendly with GREAT unique ideas.

[@kentneumann5209]

Flameless compact portable heat for emergencies that works in single digit tenperatures and is free, is plastic shopping bags like you get at Walmart. You can squeeze the air out of them to make the compact and portable. When faced with freezing temps, stranded outdoors, pull them bags out and fluff air into them. Get as much out of the wind as you can. If you have your thinsulate boots and gloves on, and your hands and feet are freezing despite that... Remove your boots and gloves and pull a few bags over each foot. Then make a loose fluffed ball of several more bags and stuff those in around and inside of the outer layer you are wearing. Tuck the open ends under your pant legs. Repeat process with hands. Your feet will be warm before your done doing your hands. You can do the same thing with your entire body if your clothes are loose enough to stuff gobs of loosely balled up bags into. I had winter coveralls on when I did it. I discovered it out of necessity one winter night in Minnesota. I was homeless, out dumpster diving for money, and realized too late that I was too cold to make it back to base. I jumped into a construction dumpster to get out of the wind. There were several kitchen garbage bags stuffed with shopping bags in there. I felt immediately warm on my backside when I plopped down into them. I was in real danger of frostbit toes and fingers. My cold boots were making my slightly sweaty feet unbearably cold, so I removed them and plunged my feet into the bags. Ahhh. So instantly warm. I nestled down into the (clean) plastic bags and got so warm I fell asleep for a brief nap. My hands and feet now warmed, I stuffed my coveralls as described and headed for my base. A long walk ahead, but I got really warm, and pulled out bags as needed to adjust my temp. The bags block the wind and trap your own body heat at the same time. Its the best thing for staying warm when you can't legally light a fire. Honestly, its warmer than a small fire.

[@kathleenschaefer7012]

Thank you!!!

[@crazychicken4063]

This just gives me more reasons to save those bags. Thanks!

[@iffykidmn8170]

works great unless your clothes start getting damp from trapped moisture.

[@kentneumann5209]

Before trusting your life to it, please everyone, experiment with it at home, in your garage or back yard, under safe conditions. Make damn sure you give it a practice run at a time when you don't need it, so you know what to do when you do need it. It was an emergency fix to a situation I got myself into that would have otherwise possibly resulted in frost bite on toes and fingers. (But probably not, cuz I would have lit a small fire before I let that happen.) Which I had done in the past prior to that experience. I have used the shopping bags warm up since then, with no problems. Only yummy warmth on cold toes. The name brand insulation of outdoor gear, Thinsulate, only works so far, before it fails utterly. I suppose its only designed for a certain temperature threshold, and nothing lower. Ever accidently rip one of your Thinsulate gloves open? See what's inside? A very thin layer of styrofoam and a very thin, wispy layer of plastic around it. That's it. Anyway, common sense... Do a practice run. This will also help you figure out how many bags you will need per person.

[@brianduffie8200]

You can use strips of corrugated cardboard and fill your can with it ,drip candle wax on top filling the holes.Leave one piece of your center cardboard taller to be a wick so you can light it.The wax can also be melted in a double boiler and poured on.

[@karengirl52]

Love your humor 😂 and nice loving family ❤God bless you all 💜

[@NobodyOwesYouAnythin]

If you want to build a long lasting, zero smoke alcohol fire, you can make what’s called a Cat Food Can stove. You can cook on it or just keep warm with it. It uses that pink insulation instead of the TP. Save that for what it was intended for. After the first time you use it, it’ll form a hard surface on top of the pink insulation. I’ve made one with the smallest cat food cans, and the next size up sized can. I’ll start making useful Camping videos so people can see what I do out in the field.

[@LittleCarol]

You are the best Dad any young girl or boy could have, such brilliant ideas. I have leaned so much. Thank you so much for your fantastic ideas. I love the egg box one. I am going to use that one for sure. Love from Grandma in the UK. xxx

[@muzzlevelocity4397]

I knew most of these tips already, but this is still an excellent video tutorial. Well done.

[@TheBohemianVegabond]

I love your character. What a good guy you appear to be and would be fun to hang with. Even better is that you appear to be a great father. God bless you my friend. You inspire me. Thank you.

[@joelspringman523]

Kids are a great gift! Cool that you are doing this together.

[@j.l.emerson592]

Compliments of the Boy Scouts of America: A Buddy Burner... Get a rather short empty food can, cleaned out. A favorite is tuna cans, but I use larger, taller cans. Measure the inside height of the can. Next cut long strips of corrugated cardboard to the same height as the inside height of the can. Roll the cardboard into a cylinder, adding new pieces until it's slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the can. Place the cardboard cylinder into your can. Melt some wax in a double boiler & pour over the cardboard until it's saturated & won't soak up anymore wax. (The wax can be broken crayons, old candle stubs, Gulf Wax/paraffin, etc.) You can add a wick but that's not necessary. Put the can lid on top of the waxy cardboard, (just to protect it from dust & dirt) add a lighter or some strike anywhere matches, toss into an old resealable food container to keep it dry & toss into your car trunk or wherever you think you might need it. You can use it as an emergency food warmer, heater, for light like a candle & you can also use it to start a larger fire. Easy peasy & cheap, reusing items that would probably be tossed in the garbage anyway.

[@j.l.emerson592]

A nice fire starter idea: buy some plain makeup remover pads, the 100% cotton ones. They can be either round or square, it doesn't matter. Melt some wax in a double boiler & dip those pads in the melted wax. You can dip only half the pad in wax or the whole pad. Then place on a rack or a piece of wax paper to dry. When they're dry, pack in a waterproof container. They make fire starting easy, especially the ones that are only half coated in wax. If you dried them on wax paper, just roll them up in the wax paper before storing them.