As for the firelighter test: a normal store bought tealight burns about 4 hours and it's only made from wax and wick. So you should probably take your design closer to those. I do understand and share the appeal in making stuff yourself or recycle/upcycle stuff, so don't misunderstand me when I say that you could just use the store-bought tealights as starters, like I occasionally do.
Great video - don't try this at home kids..... Or at all 😂😂 . My wood/wax cubes lasted roughly 30 minutes but weren't contained so did get a waxy blob on the floor after clearing the fire. Still grinning (inappropriately) picturing the panic when the gas can lit up. Many thanks again for the great content. Edit - my memory must be as bad as I think it is as I lit one today as a test and they (the ice cube tray wax and wood shavings) burn for 5 minutes NOT 30 .
For the temperature I think your gear was overkill : jacket , liner and defence 4... I reckon miltec bivy isn't tje most breathable but all the layers you had actually prevented the inner of the bivy to warm enough to evacuate at least a little bit of moisture. At -2 , i sleep in my defence4 with a beanie , a pair of boxers and big socks, all inside the miltec bivy. I won't lie my mat and rhe surface of the defence 4 were a bit damp but not to this extent:) . Did you get another bivy ?
You're dead right, but I was paranoid about R values underneath me and wanted overkill for obvious reasons. I'm learning to trust the Defence4 a lot more, I'm not going to need the Def6 for the camps that I do. Haven't got another bivvy yet, spending all my money on slingshots atm!!!
I know about the miltec bivvybags m8 there not breathable at all they should be taken off the shelves you be wet through every time, I use the British army bivvybag no zip I know but makes it fully waterproof used them years and not let me down, the original us mss also is goretex like mine and very good wouldn’t recommend anything else for durability, breath ability and waterproof 👍
Glad you said it 😃 I have a Carinthia surplus bivy and the quality is impressive. 20 ys. old, but still in great shape and the Gore-tex is quite breathable. Mil-tec isn't considered a very good brand.
I have tons of bivvies... The Miltec and Carinthia included. The Miltec is nice for its sturdyness , and to reduce condensation, i use a sleeping bag that is a bit colder than the one I'd use, and i open the zip on the side ( both zips are up, so that the Bivvy is still closed but there is more air in it). I close it more if it rains on me. Had fairly acceptable results with this method:)
The Mil-Tec Bivvy is good, but if you can get a russian one (RATNIK BIVY BAG), you will be good. The sponje/self infating mat is good foi isolation. The Savotta Sleeping Pad is from heaven. Check that.
As for the firelighter test: a normal store bought tealight burns about 4 hours and it's only made from wax and wick.
So you should probably take your design closer to those. I do understand and share the appeal in making stuff yourself or recycle/upcycle stuff, so don't misunderstand me when I say that you could just use the store-bought tealights as starters, like I occasionally do.
Great video - don't try this at home kids..... Or at all 😂😂 . My wood/wax cubes lasted roughly 30 minutes but weren't contained so did get a waxy blob on the floor after clearing the fire. Still grinning (inappropriately) picturing the panic when the gas can lit up. Many thanks again for the great content. Edit - my memory must be as bad as I think it is as I lit one today as a test and they (the ice cube tray wax and wood shavings) burn for 5 minutes NOT 30 .
Camera quality is Brilliant
New sub. First video watched. Sp far so good
Awesome! Thank you!
Cool camp👍
For the temperature I think your gear was overkill : jacket , liner and defence 4... I reckon miltec bivy isn't tje most breathable but all the layers you had actually prevented the inner of the bivy to warm enough to evacuate at least a little bit of moisture. At -2 , i sleep in my defence4 with a beanie , a pair of boxers and big socks, all inside the miltec bivy. I won't lie my mat and rhe surface of the defence 4 were a bit damp but not to this extent:) . Did you get another bivy ?
You're dead right, but I was paranoid about R values underneath me and wanted overkill for obvious reasons. I'm learning to trust the Defence4 a lot more, I'm not going to need the Def6 for the camps that I do. Haven't got another bivvy yet, spending all my money on slingshots atm!!!
I know about the miltec bivvybags m8 there not breathable at all they should be taken off the shelves you be wet through every time, I use the British army bivvybag no zip I know but makes it fully waterproof used them years and not let me down, the original us mss also is goretex like mine and very good wouldn’t recommend anything else for durability, breath ability and waterproof 👍
Thanks man, much appreciated, will get a surplus one
Glad you said it 😃 I have a Carinthia surplus bivy and the quality is impressive. 20 ys. old, but still in great shape and the Gore-tex is quite breathable. Mil-tec isn't considered a very good brand.
@@robintemmink2143 yeah sorry pal I forgot about the carinthia bivvybag like the Dutch one there bomber👍
I have tons of bivvies... The Miltec and Carinthia included. The Miltec is nice for its sturdyness , and to reduce condensation, i use a sleeping bag that is a bit colder than the one I'd use, and i open the zip on the side ( both zips are up, so that the Bivvy is still closed but there is more air in it). I close it more if it rains on me. Had fairly acceptable results with this method:)
The Mil-Tec Bivvy is good, but if you can get a russian one (RATNIK BIVY BAG), you will be good. The sponje/self infating mat is good foi isolation. The Savotta Sleeping Pad is from heaven. Check that.
Get Mil Sup (military surplus), not mil-tec😅
Thanks, need to replace it soon. POS...!!