9 Backpacking Hacks Under $2.00 TOTAL!
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Ooooohhh, I like the PVC End caps!
The two-rock method, when you're missing tent stakes, is well known and time-tested. Not sure why so many people gave you shade for it. Maybe they haven't met the same mother we all have (Her name being "Necessity".) It works great, even in wind. I'm off to get a PVC end cap right now, having had a tent stake go through a flip-flop before (laziness, well, tiredness, on my part!)
To some extent it’s the nature of vertical content…everyone knows better in the comments.
For a cheap pot scrubby, try cutting a small section of the red netting bag that onions come in.
Now that is a great idea, ive just been throwing those away
I use those little insulated mailers to wrap frozen foods. One of my favorite backpacking tips is to pack in fresh food for the first night since... you can. I always bring a frozen steak and maybe a bell pepper or a zucchini or something. The steak will thaw by the time you setup camp then I just grill it over the fire. Can't beat a campfire grilled steak in the woods!
Smoked salmon for me. I don't do fires, and smoked salmon means I don't need to fire up the stove.
I use the foil bag to transport cold food at start of hikes, then use it to keep dehydrated meals warm, also stops you burning your hands on them. At the end of the night I put my battery pack or phone in them to protect from the cold (I mostly do UK winter camps). Anything that has multiple uses is worth taking.
"get bigger rocks" priceless
Annually for the past 20 years my buddies and I do a "canoe-packing" trip on the Buffalo National River. Camping on gravel bars we use the rock method and even in some pretty strong storms. Using big enough rocks and guying out a tent correctly, we've never had an issue.
I cut 9" (dinner plate size) circles of ultralight tarp material with a 2" hole in the middle to use as 'tarp stakes.' In the Sierra, tent stakes are often useless. The tarp stakes weigh less than even titanium stakes, a bonus.
For pot scrubbing I use the mesh bag that comes with the toaks pots or my mess kit. Yes, when not backpacking, I use a mess kit.
Just tried an old bottle cap, in lieu of the pvc end cap. Worked perfect! Even cheaper hack.
I bought the Etsy tent stake thing, It was 5.00, but total was 10.02 shipped. I could have dont the cap hack but I liked that someone with an idea and 3D printer had a good idea and wanted to pay them for it.
No harm in that at all.
OMG...why did I never think about the PVC hack???? That's awesome, thanks so much for sharing!
LOVE THIS. LOVE THIS!! I have literally punctured my trail runners by stepping on tent stakes. The first tip is a win for me, I am going to buy some PVC end caps, YESTERDAY. On a less serious note, the crack about eyes over here?! Keep it up!! it’s so important not to take things TOO seriously!! we are all lucky to be able to backpack, AND to enjoy videos like this. Thanks bro!!!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching
Rebar mushrooms and cheap to use on pegs to push and on the ends of poles to stop them sinking into the ground
Keep a few of those big washers around in case you need to extend a tie line to a different point or add a third tie point else where. If you stick two together they can make a cinch point as well.
Holy crap, that PVC end cap is so obvious, and yet...what a great idea!
Chair gang here!
Currently on day 7 camping and I've found even the frame to be so useful to dry my clothes. Free washing line, great when there's no trees.
Chairs work great to keep your pack off the ground if it won't fit in the tent with you, and you have to stash it inside your vestibule instead.
"Whoa whoa whoa whoa.... hey hey hey... eyes over here...." 😆Funniest thing I have seen in a while. Thanks for that Steven. Love the channel, keep up the great work.
@@officialMy-LifeOutdoors Let's! These tips were very handy btw. The PVC hack works so well and I never would have thought of that. Thanks again!
Buy a pvc T joint instead and push the tent stakes in w ur hands…works great
In Korea, it is increasingly used as a mat after peeling an umbrella fabric from a broken umbrella. It is known to be a very useful tip for amateur photographers, especially when taking small flower pictures. If you're bothered about getting dirty when you put your backpack down, or just need a tiny, light mat, look for a broken umbrella.
A 3d printer is a backpackers best friend!
I’ve used clear nail polish to stop the bottoms of air freshener canisters from rusting in the bathroom.
If you've ever been on a NOLS backpacking trip, you'll know that they don't carry stakes (at least in the 90's for Leave No Trace). Rocks and a truckers-hitch work great.
What do Tent Stakes have to do with LNT?
@markcummings
Stakes disrupt the soil, especially if the soil is rocky (more of an issue in some places than others)
Those coolers bags at the grocery store (1.99 at mine) are great coozies material and some have awesome designs. I have also used the cheap thinsulate lunch bags. All about repurposing. And I use produce bags for fuel cans. I have so many other hacks, I forget.
Great video!
Dan Durston was nice enough to answer me when I asked if I should fold or stuff my tent. I do not have his UL version but have the X-Mid 1. He recommended folding because stuffing could affect the zipper.
Eyes are over there
Get a car window heat reflector. Usually around $10 but I've seen cheap ones at the dollar store. Or try recycled reflective plastic from chip bags glued to cardboard.
I use it as a windshield for my stove. Heat retainer for sleep and a solar dryer for clothes.
Solar dryer for clothes? How would that work?
And Heat Retainer for sleeping? How would that work?
Thanks
@@markcummings6856 reflect sunlight to dry your clothes when you do laundry with the reflector.
cover yourself or sleep near at night use it to reflect heat from a heat source. Reflect fire onto yourself. Check bushcraft channels like corporals corner. Usually post it up behind you so it captures the fire heat. For small fires and stove use around heat source like a wind shield.Use solar/UV heat for everything. To get rid of mites or sanitize gear. On your toothbrush and bottles (w/ lid off)
Use to dry dirty clothes and help remove bacteria.
Get creative.
Thernarest makes a matt that's foam bumpy kind has a heat reflector side. Also emergency mylar blanket. Glue it or use a small clamp. Or a poly camp tarp with reflective side.
Honestly mylar blanket is most reflective and chip bags although noisy.
Using this tech is life saving and makes way more comfortable outside. Valuable to stay clean. Most people overlook it.
Clip these to a carabiner on the outside of your pack and add some glow in the dark paint to them, tie-down lighting.
Great tips, and a shout-out to GGG. I 3-D printed my tent stake pusher, with glow-in-the-dark filament. One thing I do NOT like doing is using a rock to hammer in a tent stake. It makes a mess of aluminum tent stakes, and creates sharp edges that could put tears in your tent fabric at some point. If the ground is so hard a rock is needed, place the cap over the stake, and pound on the cap instead. That will prevent damaging the stake.
I keep the cap for my fuel cylinder on it, and turn it upside down inside my cook pot when I store it. The depression in the bottom of the fuel allows me to store my burner and other things inside with it.
You could probably use a soda bottle cap or 2 liter or somthing similar for the "stake pusher" .
Hey, these were great. Some were things I already do, others new ideas. I use a discarded bottle cap for a stake pusher $0. A thick stick worked better than the tying a rock as your first stake substitute, if there are sticks available, but you'll still need a heavy rock to anchor the whole thing. The mini cooler was an awesome idea! I'd be cautious with putting plastic around the end of my bag. There are tons of uses for small magnets, by the way. Thanks!
Magnets. You started my brain gears
Similar to your tip with the washer, I keep a couple of quarters taped to my bear can. I use the back of my knife to open the can but if I lose it (I lose everything), I just peel off one of the quarters and use that
Not sure how smart it is to leave keys for the bear...
I've been using the reflectix mailers for years. My wife's side job sends them to her with their products. I recommend turning them inside out if it doesn't have the silver portion on the inside. Also, don't worry is the bubble seams come apart, it will still work. I used the same one for my entire AT thru hike.
The PVC cap thing is amazing! I was practicing my tarp pitches last night and my hands were sore as crap afterwards. I'm off to Menards!
Ditch the carabiner for loop of string to hold the washer.
Then it's ultra-light and quiter
That's what I use and with a neon color cord so it's easier to find
usefull. tks from luxembourg
If its windy and if there are enough rocks of the right size I put rocks inside the tent in the corners after I stake the tent down.
Good Ideas.
Gorilla duct tape can save your trip. So many uses.
Great video. I went to pick up a pope cap to push in tent stakes and found a COVC pipe tee right next to them. I picked up the tee because it has a wider "handle/step".
Sleeping bag is a big brand.
On the end you get a stone cabin!
Just lol
Great idea that dad told me as a kid!
I use a cut down pactowel in my cook kit. I put it around the bottom of the fuel canister when I put the fuel back into the pot. This towel ends up serving multiple purposes - a towel to wipe out the pan, keeps moisture down so the canister doesn't rust, and it stops the canister from clunking in the pot while traveling.
I also have a small pot scraper that I picked up at the dollar store for scraping out that sticky stuff in the pot should I choose to cook directly in the pot.
I like the PVC cap trick. I'll have to pick one of those up and get it into my stake bag.
I'm in Arizona and the ground is hard and full of rocks, so I use the toughest hardened aluminum Y-stakes I can find and sometimes use the big 10" steel nail stakes. For backpacking, I make my own hardwood mallets to get the best power per ounce. When camping at Picacho Peak, the worst I've seen, it still took about 10 minutes just to pound in the stakes. Not a chance pushing it in with my foot.
Top tips
Thank you
I bought one of those tent stake pushers. If fact, the guy selling them didn’t have one to fit my stakes, so I mailed him a stake and he designed one for me, which he’s now selling on his Etsy store. It works great as it custom fits the shape of the stake. At the time, I had not run across the pvc cap idea.
I use 9" (dinner plate size) pads made of ultralight tarp material instead of stakes. Rocks or bags of sand hold the pads in place better than stakes, and they weight less than lightest stakes!
I have an XMid, this is a great idea when stakes are not an option.
These are great!
Thanks
The sleeping bag is a big name brand.
I recall seeing a vlogger using his chair at end of bag to keep tent away.
hahaha YEZ... I made note of that episode! 😊 MyLifeOutdoors
#2 is big brand
Great video! Thanks.
The backpack is big name brand
Nice! Thanks :)
GGG happen sell an excellent stake driver, which also has a slot for those Ti poop trowels so you save your hand digging in hard ground
To remove the last bit of moisture after shaking out a clean pot I use my stove to carefully and briefly heat the empty pot… quickly evaporates anything away.
Hopefully it goes with out saying I am doing that holding the pot above the flame and moving it around while watching so I don’t damage the pot.
Bear can hack. I use the bow of my sunglasses. They are always with me never have to look for a quarter or a washer.
Just a wee note on the pot scrubber; if you're in Europe at least make sure you're using pine or cedar and not yew.
Yew is extremely poisonous.
May not be an issue where you are though but certainly worth a thought.
Thanks for the vid. :)
Tent is big company product
These are great! Didn't think to use the home-made food kozy to keep food cold, great hack. I put my iso-butane in a small sandwich bag in my pot to keep it off the bottom. Thanks!
Bungee cords for shock cords at attachment points to stakes, prevents breaking cords, tearing tents, stays up in high wind.
If you put the footbox of the sleeping bag in a non-breathable garbage bag then you will have a lot more condensation develop between the quills/sleeping bag shell and the inner of the garbage bag. I suspect body heat that’s escaping through the bag contributes to this.
If you wanna coat the bottom of your fuel can use primer.
YES!! Leuco and duct tape! Been doing that for ages, works a treat! Best is to double up: One layer of leuco and then a layer of duct tape on the outside. The leuco sticks to your skin better once you start sweating and makes the whole situation a lot more more comfy.
I wrap a thin bandana around my fuel before it goes into titanium mug. That way no rattle, no rust, and you can use it as a pot holder if handles get hot.
I use a windshield shade cut into a long rectangle and folded over, duct tape the edges and insta food container. I freeze a small juice bottle/juice shot bottle with water and use that for ice, then drink it. Keeps my lunch cold. I also cut the shade to foot size and put them into my boots in winter, especially if I decide to wear trail runners instead of actual boots. Recently discovered Swedish cloths and those work well for condensation and drying anything.
Bet number 2 is the big brand
The pvc tip! Will try it out.
Great tips, thank you 😁
Stuff sac is great too, no “muscle memory” by folding.
Came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed the tip of the hat toward Jason Camisa. Well done.
For blisters I always carry compeed dressings but the PVC cap idea I'll definitely try. Taping the bottom of the gas canister sounds like a good idea too, especially since I refill mine so only ever carry the same one!
Love this style of Videos! Thank you!
Sure! @@officialMy-LifeOutdoors
Driving metal tent stakes. A spent shot gun shell works.
a thin layer of Chapstick on the bottom of the fuel can will stop rust as well.
sand is best for cleaning pots and plates
Luekotape is the the tape to carry. Better than duct tape for all applications.
True!
Washer on the carabiner, brillant!!
I guessed the sleeping bag until you showed the web site a thought it was probably the pack.
As far as the pvc cap goes, you just gave me the idea to cut a pvc pipe to to store the tent stakes in so they won’t poke holes in thing.. it’s a fear of mine
It’s always a good day when Steven uploads
Great tips
Love it so much
I always just store my fuel cans upsidedown with the plastic cap that comes with the can at the bottom. There are probably some problems with that but its worked fine for me and doeent require doing really anything.
Try shepard hooks 👍👍👍
Nice hacks. Thanks!
I love it. Thanks for more quality content. I especially appreciate using existing or uncommon sources for hacks.
great stuff! you sure do some work with these videos! :)
I just use double socks for the sore spots, a more comfortable cotton sock, that wouldn't hold up well if used alone, inside, and a tougher wool sock against the boot itself.
I prefer electrical tape for wounds. If you use any color but black the sticky stuff is alot less. Got a few pvc caps going toss one in stake bag. I worrried about puttung it into foot and finding a rock as stated can be a hassle. Lastly to prevent issues with fuel can in pot i toss in bandana then fuel can. Bandana is my cook one.
so great!
The tent steak cap is genius. I'm going to the heard wear store right now!
Nice hacks! #2 looks like a Kelty bag, that's my pick.
Stuffing sleeping bags foot first and if it's a winter bag inside out makes them easier to stuff to deflate them 🍻
Hi
I Have Something Great for you -- a FIX for the inside condensation of a tent
the Fontus water Bottle -- they BOTH have filters
1) the Bike water Bottle refills itself with the movement of the bike
***2) the other refills itself by using a dehumidifier
you said our breathing will add a Liter of water per person
each Fontus water bottle will draw out 16 oz more if emptied
interesting, I'm going to look into this 😊
thank you @@jwmab
#2 is the big name gear😊
I have used the pine needle pot scrubbers so many times, works great and smells good too.
Not so good substitute for toilet paper though
Great tips! Thanks for sharing them. and yes quilts all the way👍
A piece of leather can serve as a stake driver too
Love the PVC end cap idea, gonna have to try that one. I often have to use rocks instead of stakes in my area because it's all granite hills above treeline where I tend to camp!!! It does take a bit of finesse, but I think I'll watch your short on it and see if I can improve my technique!
2:05 Now that's a hack
Good presentation. I would caution against duct tape directly on skin. DT is OK over another dressing, but manufacturers vary, and some of those adhesives are toxic, or heavy on latex, and there has been no skin testing for any of them. The infections can get nasty. Just buy a roll of leuko tape, or kenisio tape depending on your rigidity and latex preferences. I actually use micropore bandaging tape, but I must admit, it does not stick as well for as long as KT or LT, and may need changing after 10 or 15 miles. This doesn't bother me, as I like to check on blister dressings at least twice a day. (Ok, I'm a sissy, but 6 years as an EMT has me a bit paranoid about infections)
yes, good tip. i also use tenacious tape with a dab of chapstick on the sore spot.
A roll of Leukotape is currently $6-12 online. If using occasionally for blister first aid, you may never need to buy another roll. I cut strips and stick them to the backing paper from self-adhesive labels (as has been suggested by others), so enough tape for an emergency takes almost no room in my first aid kits (hiking, travel, car).
@@jimmeek8621
Great idea. I do something similar.
It works! 👍
@@jimmeek8621 That is exactly how I do it. I have never used mort than 3 square inches on a single trip. My wife uses more, but not much.
KT for me is great. I portage and they handle in and out of water well. If you buy the crazy colours they're usually clearanced here so they're cheap. I toss a couple strips in my emergency kit just in case.