11 EASY Survival Hacks Everyone Should Know!

Quick Video showcasing a few Life Hacks I feel everyone should know in case of an Emergency! This is the Kickoff Episode to the "Life Hack" Series!

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[davomontgomerydard]

Great info man! one suggestion I would recommend is to keep the household bleach dark or opaque bottle dropper, instead of a clear bottle dropper... or just wrap some tape around the clear bottle to cover it. You’ll notice that bleach is never sold in clear bottles, thats because bleach degrades and looses its strength much faster when exposed to UV & fluorescent light.

[exgenica]

Might also be noted in later comments, but panty hose also makes excellent reusable, easily cleaned pre-filter for water, and it's elasticity makes for an extremely effective tourniquet even if you are weak and/or working one-handed. It also tends to keep its position as you work to tighten it.

[bcraig]

for the match stick hack, paint the whole match stick. prolonged exposure to water will let the water soak into the match head through the wood

[cthulhu]

I use nylon guitar picks, so the nitro-cellulose picks aren't normally in my pockets ( tho I do have 6 or 10 in my fire bag for just that reason). Cotton balls in a little ziplock baggie smeared with a bit of Vasoline is another fire bag item, along with 2 Bic lighters ( they really do work best), 2 military issue magnesium fire starters, a ferro rod, small bottle of Purell hand sanitizer, 60 milliliter squeeze bottle of rubbing/isopropyl alcohol, a "pen can" of WD 40, a little ziplock of dried pine needles, pine twigs, and a bunch of pine rosin coating it all, a small can of Ronsonol butane fluid and pipe Zippo lighter, a couple water proof bottles of 25 matches each of those military matches, a couple of tampons, small ziplock bag of dryer lint, a pad or .0000 grit steel wool, a couple pieces of fine sandpaper, some Wet Fire Tinder Cubes, a small magnifying glass lens, a round "chaw tobacco" can of char cloth, a tube of Fire Paste, and some other goodies, all kept in a U.S. G.I. MOLLE pouch as my " fire bag" that I keep MOLLEd onto another MOLLE bag that contains a fishing kit, redundant compass, wire saw, plus redundant other stuff ( I believe in the old "2 is 1 and 1 is none"survivalist rule ).


I maximize the room in my rucks/ backpacks by making full use of the MOLLE webbing and using lots of compression sacks inside ( attaching 2 MOLLE pouches together and putting a set or 2 or 3 or whatever, depending on the size of the compression sack, in each sack. I Ranger fold my extra clothing ( especially my sofies [under-garments, I generally will use the military recommended 2-3 sets of extra socks, boxers, and tee-shirts, plus an extra pair of BDUs/ cammos, a G.I mil surp poncho and "woobie" liner, Some Gore Tex plus a boot sock full of uncooked rice. The rice trick I learned from an old guy that was in the LRRPS/Long range recon patrols, in Vietnam]. I could go on and on, as if I hadn't already, but there are so many things most people can use as survival " hacks" that it should be 2nd nature. Maybe because I grew up in a U.S. Marine Corps family I know and think of things Joe Public in general thinks of for 2 seconds of his life, but to me, the stuff in this video and more are stuff I wouldn't have to think of, I just do

[michellemybelle]

I have another use for pantyhose, especially the Leggs Sheer Energy, they have a tighter weave making them stronger.My deadly departed dad taught me this when he would teach me things about my first car, a 1972 yellow V W Bug. You should always keep a pair of pantyhose in your trunk ( boot in the UK ) if you have a fan belt blow you can use pantyhose in its place until you get to next auto shop, garage or rest area with auto shop ! My dad use to be a racecar driver until my mom made him quit He was an excellent mechanic !

[sam.nothanks]

This videos of from two years ago and it still has advice that Ive never heard before. Thank you!!! I always appreciate original info!

[kirkmorrison]

I dip my strike anywhere matches in paraffin or beeswax. It works as well as the nail polish. If I use nail polish, I go at least 5/8s off the way down the kitchen matches they work almost as well as lifeboat matches.

[vickieadams]

Thank you. My favorite are the lint, was, egg carton firestarters and making matches water proof! I thought the ramen and antifreeze were for taking yourself out if things didn't get better!

[komradewatches]

You can also use the tights to catch eels, place some old rotting meat into them tie a not a few inches above the meat and some fishing line or paracord to secure it to the bank, eels have loads of small teeth which will become tangled in the tights weave. This may also work for crabs and shellfish.
Also take a couple of rat traps with some paracord attached and staked into the ground and set them up at night to catch what ever takes a bite.

[borg]

I like how you demonstrated every hack to fruition. Well done!

[ksanurse]

The best one of all was the water collection from a old plastic bottle. In Australia that could save a life!

[leonorhernandez]

This is one of the best videos ever, you did it all the way thru and it’s new stuff I haven’t seen elsewhere. You also kept it short and sweet, I’m so over utubers who talk too much 🙄

[Nookie]

I love the felt in the shoe even for every day for I have severe spinal problems and have been using slip in insoles but this I’ve now tried and Thankyou thankyou thank you because it gives me more cushioning and less impact on my spine when walking, even more then the price available insoles... my pain thanks you much!!!! Ps... where can I get the bottle dropper you used for your bleach??? Great tips all of them!!!❗️❗️❗️💯💯💯♥️ ohhh and I’d die before I used all the guitar picks I’ve collected from concerts I’ve been at bhaaaa but if it really came down to guess being a gruppie would pay off bhaaaa

[BlazingSun]

Dunno if you've heard of this or not, but if you mix soy wax and rubbing alcohol (the more pure the better) in a 3/2 ratio, it makes a really nice gel fuel that lights easily, and the wax soaks into tinder when you light it for a really good burn time. And since it's alcohol, it burns hot. I use it to light my fireplace, and it works even to light the bigger stuff.

[jfilm]

I've not seen many of these tips before. Many thanks.

[shirleydrake]

That stocking is going to scoot down and bunch up inside your shoe. Leave the elastic on, use a trouser sock or knee high. They will then stay up all day.

[bruceforster]

My wife HATES that I have Ramen in our emergency preps. She will LOVE that it can be used as Stove Fuel, LOL!

[stephenwilliams]

Panty hose can even be used for emergency fan belt, Or door latch, and a sack for carrying food stuffs or water bottles. Leaves for a make shift pillow.

[sempergumby]

One of my favorite hacks comes from one of my favorite snacks when I go hiking.

Tootsies rolls - they come wrapped in wax paper. I take a wrapper and roll my wood match in one (a good twist after wrapping it will hold it quick and easy)

I've started many fired this way with one match where many more matchrs or lots of extra time consuming prep work would have been needed.

[allentremper]

never waist food for fuel, just my opinion, thought the raman noodle stove is a neat trick.
Thanks for the video!!!