That poncho seat shelter is very useful for emergency survival when combined with a candle. A lot of ultralight trail runners will carry one of the thin plastic ponchos and a couple of candles in the outside pocket of their waist pack.
a ''trench candle'' will do better... is just cardboard wrapped inside a tin can, filled with wax... it doesn't melt away, it lasts longer, and heats better...
@@user-McGiverNo it wouldn't. I've made those many times in various sizes, but even the smallest cat food can ones would be way too big compared to what they carry, and way too smokey to boot. The point of the candles are they're small and can be burned inside the poncho without melting it. It isn't meant to start a larger fire, just heat the area immediately around your body to keep you alive until help arrives. There isn't always fuel to burn where these people are trail running (not many trees in a slot canyon / desert / etc.), and the amount of space they have to carry things is extremely limited. Imagine a tight fitting waist pack similar to a money belt, it can't bounce as they stride so it has to be light and close to the body. Typically can only hold 2 or 3 decks of playing cards total, just enough for a car key, a GPS emergency beacon, a 12oz water bottle, a disposable poncho, a small candle, a mini BIC lighter, a couple of energy gels, and a few Band-Aids. Besides, if you're willing to make a trench candle, you're better off leaving out the cardboard in favor of more wax, and instead using a bit of lantern wick to make it burn longer and cleaner.
Good job Jason! For those who may not know, the knot Jason used to connect the 2 ends of the 550-cord is called a square knot and the poncho shelter configuration is called a plow point.
I go solo camping alot in my car (female being independent) . I can’t wait to go to my land and just try to spent time there simply like you are doing. FYI my highlander can’t traverse my land easily (at least I am not willing to at this time). But hiking/camping - i can do :) thank you.
just the way you keep saying ''my land'' [and not ''my property'' for example...] shows how much you love and miss it!... go on then... small weekend escapes can lead to something better!...
Knowing what grows in your area that you can eat. Also if you find grape vines, cut the thick ones for fresh water, and you won't have to boil. And since we just rode out Idalia and we live in the swamp, I'll never be without a sharp machete. The locals get fiesty ya know 🐍 Also, my son and I years ago got one of those big projector TVs off a curb and took the glass lenses out. Great fire starters!
Could you please show us the pros and cons of a 3x4 tarp? I need protection from the sun and there aren’t many trees here in the desert, Love the content and it not being a gear commercial!
Will do. Thanks. I have bought 99.9% of everything that I use regularly. We won’t ever become an informercial and promote products bc someone has given them to us or wants to pay the owner of SD to advertise
Always enjoy the content. Simple knots and stakes work. The M81 military poncho is longer and wider than the military style ponchos being sold today. If using a mil style poncho I would mate two together by sewing matching Velcro on each poncho to form a small tarp for rain or snow rather than just relying on its snaps. Switching your head around to the smaller end of the poncho shelter or tarp shelter and getting into a 55 gallon drum liner bag works for windy conditions and will protect both upper and lower half of your body. A Small Dakota fire or wood stove just under the front of the poncho works as well. Wearing a wicking first layer and bringing a dry fleece shirt or jacket to change into works when it gets cool. I typically wear a poly cotton military BDU top with DIY hood for cooler weather and light drizzle and dry it later by a fire. I get way to hot and sweaty in a rain jacket. I do bring my gortex jacket and rain pants for expected nasty weather. Otherwise my poncho will take care of a temporary downpour. I do treat the BDU shirt and hood with silicone spray.
Wrangler Star has a good video where he shows how the U.S. Forest Service makes tent pegs in the field. A good companion video to this excellent video. I'd like to see a video where two ponchos are used to make shelter.
I learned a different way to hank chord. What you do is wrap the chord in a figure 8 pattern around your pinky and thumb. You can find the beginning end and pull it until you find the loop on the opposite side and feed the free running end through it after you ran the wraps around the hank and pull the beginning end until the loop captures the finishing end. Then, if you need to pull a little out, just pull the finishing end out and then pull the beginning end. It won't tangle. You can put out as much as you want, retighten the wraps and resecure the finishing end. This works particularly well for finer chordage that you might want to cut and use a little but not all of it. It's also nice that you can pull it all out without tangling, twisting or knotting.
Great content. I have a bad neck and need a pillow. I have a few portable inflateable pillows that fold up and weigh next to nothing and take up as much room as a bandana. Theyre great and rugged. Never had one pop. Ive also in a pinch used a gallon zip lock freezer bag and closed it about 90% and then blew it up like a balloon. Then i taped the zipper and wrapped it up in my bandana to keep it safe fom the ground it worked surprisingly well. surprisingly well
👍👍👍 .. good Tips / Reminders of stuff forgotten. Closed Cell Foam Mats. Notwithstanding the comfort and compactness of the modern Inflatable Mats, Closed Cell is still my first choice. As a 'Boomer' (DOB 1950), back then, the inflatable 'Plastic Lilo's' had a terrible reputation for going flat whenever it suited them. Those memories have stuck with me 😏. Thanks for sharing .. take care ..
I have used the old square knot and half hitch and bow tie for tieing your shoes all of my life, they are my favorite knots, a million and one uses for them.
Hi from Malaysia..I enjoy this sort of survival video where we can learn or be reminded of what and what really needed in real life situations...over here we have to sort of sprinkle some salt and sulfur around the camp to avoid leach and snakes... Good job!!!
I love that you explain this information in such a way that even children can grasp it. I say that because I had instructors that taught me a lot of this, when I was 9 and upward. Some, taught as you do and that remained, others not so much. When I was 15 I was brought on to Scout summer camps as SAR and outdoor camping survival. Mainly I think to show if I could do it so could they. That was over 50 years ago. Thanks for putting out this style of video!
Yep!... I know!... we all count on our houses, our cars... our weapons... our buddies... but when it comes it comes just for you and finds you unprepared, with all your ''preps'' out of reach, and maybe even dangerous to come close... then all you have is what's on you, what you've stashed away, and what you can scavage... there's no time or way to hunt or fish... all your gear is home, and you don't even need the exposure those activities will bring... but you can trap, both on land and water... and you can get lucky finding ''precious trash'' to help you get by, until you find the way to get home when is safe to do that... ''Survival'' is nothing ''social'', but ''private'' and different for anybody... I really like your Down to Earth approach J.S... It's so... ''Natural''
I love the tone you use to teach these knots with. It is quite a bit different than the NCO's at my Army repelling school used.😆 Great content! Keep it up!
Gutting a T-Rex is my favorite shelter. It’s warm, fairly dry and it you build your fire right my morning a lot of the meat is smoked. Enough of the nonsense. You got a great channel. Awesome information.
Another great video Jason. You are one of my favorite outdoors folks to watch. Been following you from the start. Good practical advice, great skills. But dude...the sandals... LOL
When I was in the army 08-2013 in basic and ait we would have our vests on and go back to back sitting on the ground to get a few mins of shut eye if we had the chance and worked out great lol.
I once told a film student that my favourite movie was Terminator 2, they laughed and had me pegged as just a dumb action movie enjoyer (which I am) but when I broke it down as to what makes it so great and why Sarah Connor in that film is how you portray a strong female character they actually came around.
@@SurvivalDispatch I wished they swung by me and brought me over with them. The UK is a cesspit now. Hope your friends continue to love being in Georgia.
I carry a sea to summet pillow. It is small enough that you can put it in your pocket and it weighs nothing. I think I paid $50 for it, and I really love it.
I love all the great videos y’all make. It’s very informative and entertaining as well. I have been looking all over for a good poncho. Where did you get yours? There’s so many options and I’m not sure which is good.
Great video my favorite movie is star wars cause I fell in love with princess Leia plus my family saw it 13 times at the drive inn back in the 70's ,in your next video you should ask everyone what movie scared them the most, do you have a video about an inch situation and what you would carry
Hi Jason! Just viewed this video tonight. I'm in a suburban area and feel that IF I needed to sleep out, I think I could use this set up to protect me in one of the many parks in our South Florida area......but would be concerned about the "critters" like snakes, gators (yes! they come out at night too) and some crocs too.....anything you could suggest to give more protection? Thanks for all your posts! Please tell Maggie, she's so special! ALL THE BEST!
One of the best, down to earth YT channels around. No hype, no self-grandizing or shilling for a product line.
Thanks!!!
It's really cool how you talk from experience and demonstrate stuff at the same time. Keep it simple and fun.👍🏻
Thanks! Simplicity is my middle name
Survival Simplicity Dispatch does have a ring to it 😉
That poncho seat shelter is very useful for emergency survival when combined with a candle. A lot of ultralight trail runners will carry one of the thin plastic ponchos and a couple of candles in the outside pocket of their waist pack.
a ''trench candle'' will do better... is just cardboard wrapped inside a tin can, filled with wax... it doesn't melt away, it lasts longer, and heats better...
@@user-McGiverNo it wouldn't. I've made those many times in various sizes, but even the smallest cat food can ones would be way too big compared to what they carry, and way too smokey to boot. The point of the candles are they're small and can be burned inside the poncho without melting it. It isn't meant to start a larger fire, just heat the area immediately around your body to keep you alive until help arrives. There isn't always fuel to burn where these people are trail running (not many trees in a slot canyon / desert / etc.), and the amount of space they have to carry things is extremely limited. Imagine a tight fitting waist pack similar to a money belt, it can't bounce as they stride so it has to be light and close to the body. Typically can only hold 2 or 3 decks of playing cards total, just enough for a car key, a GPS emergency beacon, a 12oz water bottle, a disposable poncho, a small candle, a mini BIC lighter, a couple of energy gels, and a few Band-Aids.
Besides, if you're willing to make a trench candle, you're better off leaving out the cardboard in favor of more wax, and instead using a bit of lantern wick to make it burn longer and cleaner.
@@LoreTunderin you're right!... I didn't count the smoking part... just the extra heat...
Looks cozy enough. Especially with Man's Best Friend for companionship.
She loves to snuggle and keep me warm
Good job Jason!
For those who may not know, the knot Jason used to connect the 2 ends of the 550-cord is called a square knot and the poncho shelter configuration is called a plow point.
I go solo camping alot in my car (female being independent) . I can’t wait to go to my land and just try to spent time there simply like you are doing. FYI my highlander can’t traverse my land easily (at least I am not willing to at this time). But hiking/camping - i can do :) thank you.
Great! Get out there and practice. Thanks for watching.
just the way you keep saying ''my land'' [and not ''my property'' for example...] shows how much you love and miss it!... go on then... small weekend escapes can lead to something better!...
Is that Abigail and Sage’s turtle that they released back into the wild? 😂
Favorite movie "Man in the Wilderness" with Richard Harris. Stay safe out there. 🤗
Tell me one of your favorite survival tips.
Knowing what grows in your area that you can eat. Also if you find grape vines, cut the thick ones for fresh water, and you won't have to boil. And since we just rode out Idalia and we live in the swamp, I'll never be without a sharp machete. The locals get fiesty ya know 🐍 Also, my son and I years ago got one of those big projector TVs off a curb and took the glass lenses out. Great fire starters!
When i can't see Maggie on camera I picture her holding a boom with an overhead microphone.
Ha! That would be nice.
Could you please show us the pros and cons of a 3x4 tarp? I need protection from the sun and there aren’t many trees here in the desert, Love the content and it not being a gear commercial!
Will do. Thanks. I have bought 99.9% of everything that I use regularly. We won’t ever become an informercial and promote products bc someone has given them to us or wants to pay the owner of SD to advertise
Hello 👋 my outdoors friend, thank you for sharing this informative video. You featured some vital tips. All the best to you. Stay safe out there. 🤗
Most informative and entertaining real teacher that I've seen on youtube.
Thanks
Great job Jason! Those ponchos are totally life savers!
Thanks
Always enjoy the content. Simple knots and stakes work. The M81 military poncho is longer and wider than the military style ponchos being sold today. If using a mil style poncho I would mate two together by sewing matching Velcro on each poncho to form a small tarp for rain or snow rather than just relying on its snaps. Switching your head around to the smaller end of the poncho shelter or tarp shelter and getting into a 55 gallon drum liner bag works for windy conditions and will protect both upper and lower half of your body. A Small Dakota fire or wood stove just under the front of the poncho works as well. Wearing a wicking first layer and bringing a dry fleece shirt or jacket to change into works when it gets cool. I typically wear a poly cotton military BDU top with DIY hood for cooler weather and light drizzle and dry it later by a fire. I get way to hot and sweaty in a rain jacket. I do bring my gortex jacket and rain pants for expected nasty weather. Otherwise my poncho will take care of a temporary downpour. I do treat the BDU shirt and hood with silicone spray.
Love the simplicity, light weight, and multi-functionality of the military poncho.
Thanks for the silky knife sharpening tip for the convex knife blade.
Love the plow point .Verry efficient .
Great information and examples of what can be done with a poncho.
Wrangler Star has a good video where he shows how the U.S. Forest Service makes tent pegs in the field. A good companion video to this excellent video.
I'd like to see a video where two ponchos are used to make shelter.
I learned a different way to hank chord. What you do is wrap the chord in a figure 8 pattern around your pinky and thumb. You can find the beginning end and pull it until you find the loop on the opposite side and feed the free running end through it after you ran the wraps around the hank and pull the beginning end until the loop captures the finishing end. Then, if you need to pull a little out, just pull the finishing end out and then pull the beginning end. It won't tangle. You can put out as much as you want, retighten the wraps and resecure the finishing end. This works particularly well for finer chordage that you might want to cut and use a little but not all of it. It's also nice that you can pull it all out without tangling, twisting or knotting.
Great content. I have a bad neck and need a pillow. I have a few portable inflateable pillows that fold up and weigh next to nothing and take up as much room as a bandana. Theyre great and rugged. Never had one pop. Ive also in a pinch used a gallon zip lock freezer bag and closed it about 90% and then blew it up like a balloon. Then i taped the zipper and wrapped it up in my bandana to keep it safe fom the ground it worked surprisingly well. surprisingly well
Thank you very much for simplifying everything, especially the knots. Your content is very helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
👍👍👍 .. good Tips / Reminders of stuff forgotten.
Closed Cell Foam Mats. Notwithstanding the comfort and compactness of the modern Inflatable Mats, Closed Cell is still my first choice.
As a 'Boomer' (DOB 1950), back then, the inflatable 'Plastic Lilo's' had a terrible reputation for going flat whenever it suited them. Those memories have stuck with me 😏.
Thanks for sharing .. take care ..
Thanks for sharing!
Good introduction without any fuzz. As long as the simple solutions work stick to them!
I have used the old square knot and half hitch and bow tie for tieing your shoes all of my life, they are my favorite knots, a million and one uses for them.
After seeing one of your other shelter videos, I taught my 8 year old how to build it. He loves doing these "adventures".
Another great basics video. Thanks for pushing the poncho shelter--they are super quick and easy to set up!
You bet! Agreed. My favorite fast shelter set up
Hi from Malaysia..I enjoy this sort of survival video where we can learn or be reminded of what and what really needed in real life situations...over here we have to sort of sprinkle some salt and sulfur around the camp to avoid leach and snakes... Good job!!!
Thanks for watching!
One of my favorite movies is galaxy quest. My wife and daughter hate it, but that just makes it better.
Good tips . Love camping out.
Me too. Especially, during a thunderstorm
@@SurvivalDispatch No sleep like thunderstorm sleep.
Just bought that poncho, thanks for the tips.
Hope you like it! You’re so welcome
A fero rod works great if you don't have a saw or something .like that .and your ax hatchet too love these bids man just plain tips and while your out
I love that you explain this information in such a way that even children can grasp it. I say that because I had instructors that taught me a lot of this, when I was 9 and upward. Some, taught as you do and that remained, others not so much. When I was 15 I was brought on to Scout summer camps as SAR and outdoor camping survival. Mainly I think to show if I could do it so could they. That was over 50 years ago. Thanks for putting out this style of video!
Yep!... I know!... we all count on our houses, our cars... our weapons... our buddies... but when it comes it comes just for you and finds you unprepared, with all your ''preps'' out of reach, and maybe even dangerous to come close... then all you have is what's on you, what you've stashed away, and what you can scavage... there's no time or way to hunt or fish... all your gear is home, and you don't even need the exposure those activities will bring... but you can trap, both on land and water... and you can get lucky finding ''precious trash'' to help you get by, until you find the way to get home when is safe to do that... ''Survival'' is nothing ''social'', but ''private'' and different for anybody...
I really like your Down to Earth approach J.S... It's so... ''Natural''
Outstanding AF, instant click when I've seen an S.Dispatch video drop!! Always full of common and not so common sense information! Thanks Jason.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the support
One of the best videos I've seen in a minute. Keep the great info coming!
I love the tone you use to teach these knots with. It is quite a bit different than the NCO's at my Army repelling school used.😆 Great content! Keep it up!
Great instructions! Its full of the K.I.S.S method. Excellect! Pretty pup!
Great pieces of edvices. The plow point shelter is also my favourite configuration with a tarp or a poncho
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Great stuff Jason. That plow point is always a winner. Favourite movie Raiders of the Lost Ark
Nate
Thanks. That’s one of my favorites too
Another excellent informative video, thank you Jason.
Gutting a T-Rex is my favorite shelter. It’s warm, fairly dry and it you build your fire right my morning a lot of the meat is smoked. Enough of the nonsense. You got a great channel. Awesome information.
Hey Jason been watching your vids for the past month and I enjoy them a great deal very informative brother keep them coming
I love the minimalism
Great video with good information. My favorite movie is enter the dragon.
Another great video Jason. You are one of my favorite outdoors folks to watch. Been following you from the start. Good practical advice, great skills. But dude...the sandals... LOL
They’re safety steel toed sandals. Approved on all 50 states. Thanks for the support.
Always like your videos. You explain and show very well the things you put up.
I appreciate that!
When I was in the army 08-2013 in basic and ait we would have our vests on and go back to back sitting on the ground to get a few mins of shut eye if we had the chance and worked out great lol.
Great refresher for some basic knots.
Summer is nearly gone here but still time to get out doors and practice!!
:)
Yes indeed!
@@SurvivalDispatch Still time for a spot of tortoise soup as well!! In a survival situ that's one unlucky tortoise!
Thanks, I always learn something new from your videos. Among all the other things, i also learned that Maggie is awesome 🙂.
Excellent video with great tips. Keep them coming!!
29:43 Maggie is thinking "Who is he talking to? There's nobody there!?" 😂
Thanks for all the helpful info! Love videos like this!!
The G.I. poncho and poncho liner, can't beat em when you are out in the bush, what ever the weather my be.
Thanks Jason and Maggie !
Anytime
Simple 😊 thanks. Last movie I saw was Star wars, yes, the original lol
Classic!
I once told a film student that my favourite movie was Terminator 2, they laughed and had me pegged as just a dumb action movie enjoyer (which I am) but when I broke it down as to what makes it so great and why Sarah Connor in that film is how you portray a strong female character they actually came around.
Lol. Great movie
I appreciate all the information & lessons learned👌👌👌👌👌 Love it❤️
Don't always comment, Jason. But I always watch from the UK. Love SD and On3.
Great vid again pal!
Much appreciated! I have some friends that just moved from the UK to Georgia. They’re loving the change.
@@SurvivalDispatch I wished they swung by me and brought me over with them.
The UK is a cesspit now.
Hope your friends continue to love being in Georgia.
Thanks Jason for this knowledge....
You bet!
Tis was great info and entertaining. Great dog
Thanks Jason
I carry a sea to summet pillow. It is small enough that you can put it in your pocket and it weighs nothing. I think I paid $50 for it, and I really love it.
Good to teach my grandchildren.
So easy and useful, more please.
More to come!
I love all the great videos y’all make. It’s very informative and entertaining as well. I have been looking all over for a good poncho. Where did you get yours? There’s so many options and I’m not sure which is good.
I’ve had good luck with Helikon.
Jason, could you tell I was jealous of your hat...LOL Thanks!!!
Lots of good information in this one. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great ideas. Thank you.
A lot of great tips. My favorite movie is The Quest for Fire.
Thanks. Lol. I’ve seen that one.
Not only is the ground hard where I am, there's a dearth of sticks as well...and cactus needles do not make good stakes.
Great guidance!
Thank you.
Much appreciated 👍
Good stuff Jason.
Jeremiah Johnson... Another good video too.
Thank you for the tips.
Good show.
Maggie is a super star.
Thanks for the solid advice
Any time!
Great video my favorite movie is star wars cause I fell in love with princess Leia plus my family saw it 13 times at the drive inn back in the 70's ,in your next video you should ask everyone what movie scared them the most, do you have a video about an inch situation and what you would carry
Thanks
Keep them coming
Good tips! Cool dog. Favorite movie? Coroline
Love the Basics
I love teaching them. Thanks for watching
spider hats at TRC Outdoors!!!! YEAHHHHH!!
Hi Jason! Just viewed this video tonight. I'm in a suburban area and feel that IF I needed to sleep out, I think I could use this set up to protect me in one of the many parks in our South Florida area......but would be concerned about the "critters" like snakes, gators (yes! they come out at night too) and some crocs too.....anything you could suggest to give more protection? Thanks for all your posts! Please tell Maggie, she's so special! ALL THE BEST!
Thank you
You're welcome
Great video.
Great suggestions
Thanks.
I like the plow point shelter too, but my hammock has spoiled me.
That’s very good information! Thanks i learned a lot!😊
Glad it was helpful!
Great tips!
Glad you think so!
Another great video. Easy to follow and execute. Thumbs up.
Thanks. I try to keep things simple
Very cool
Good job!
Thank you! Cheers!
As always Jason you give us great tips thank you very much brother
Any time!
Great video brother. I wonder if Maggie is wondering who you are talking to when you talk to the camera. Lol. 😂
Probably