Keep the amazing content up! These are very useful for the community! I know these kind of vids don't get hundreds of thousands of views, but people watching these are forever thankful and your family's work will spread throughout the Bushcraft community. I've tested some of your fire techniques and I'm amazed by the results. I was able to light up some materials that I wasn't able before. You are doing a great service by making these videos.
Loved this! This is how I've known to make fires for quite a while as my family used to heat our house with a wood stove, where a fire like this is very helpful due to the long low maintenance burn time. Only comment that I have is that you restate a lot of points, like how wet the wood is, which does add emphasis but with enough repetition seems to cheapen the meaning. The conclusion was great though, very concise and very representative of the pros and cons.
I'm over 50 years old, and have been into bushcraft and survival for many decades now. I've seen your "classified " video you mentioned! You guys are doing some Amazing work! Definitely going to put you into a class by yourselves! Outstanding job gentlemen! Keep up the great research!
@@wildernessstrong6131 You are destined for greatness! But to be great, you have to put in the work, and yall are killing it! ( a great thing!!) 👍 Thank you for posting and sharing your results 🙏🏻 ❤️
As always really interesting and important research about essential survival skills. I’ve never heard or seen this technique before and I never would have thought it possible for a fire to burn so long with wet wood. Great work. Thanks .
Great stuff like usual. I have a twist put soil or sand or ashes in between the wood pieces, this will slow the fire dropping serval levels too fast and will more than double or triple the burn time of an upside down fire with dirt between the round pieces. However, it may need to be built with drier wood than you used because only the top 2 levels are mostly burning.
My wife and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary outside in January (yes, we got married in January, willingly, no shotguns, lol) at 40 below (Celcius or Fahrenheit, 40 is 40...). Cooked a stew, had some 'chilled' wine, and hot chocolate. Our upside down fire lasted 5 hours. We were cozy, and had a great time. They sure are a marvelous type of fire. Thank you for your videos and all you show.
Awesome! It would stand to reason. When you're burning out in the yard. All the old debris, and blow down can be quite old and nasty like you picked up off the ground. If you put enough dry on top and light it up, it can burn all night. I never thought of doing it in the wild. But, as you have shown, it must be assembled properly to work with control. It all burns in a raging forest fire. Why not in a controlled fire. You've opened up a whole new fire lay for me in the great outdoors. Of course, great care must be observed when trying something like this. A clear burning area. Including above the fire. Constant visual awareness, or line of site to the fire, to insure that it doesn't get out of hand. Thanks for all you guys do and for sharing w/us. I learned something new. Awesome!
Is it good to make a smaller version of this? Like starting with medium sized sticks at the base, and when it takes good, you just turn it to a normal campfire adding wood. So you keep the benefit of the easy start, because you don't struggle with the oxigen by starting from the top, and turn the advantages from the autoburn to a good fire for cooking in a pretty fast time¿
I agree, for a camp fire for fun, not the best, but in survival situation, thats crazy good! A fire that will keep you warm all night, with no maintenance, even with wet wood? Thats crazy good for survival! It must also smoke like hell, making you easy to spot
I've tried this several times myself now. With different woods. Things were going pretty badly with what we had lying around in the german forest. Two out of three attempts didn't work. Still a fascinating and very good method. Takes some practice and need some modification depending on the type of wood, for example with more thin wood and a little more dry wood if the wet wood isn't as good. That is then a question of practical experience. Thank you very much for sharing!
Really appreciate the update. I’ve had several unsuccessful try’s with wet wood as well. In times where I was unsuccessful it was usually as a result of trying to jump from too small of dry wood on top to too big of wet wood in the layer below. If I have a hot enough fire on top with big enough wood it usually gives me enough momentum for success. Curious what kind of wood you used…
@@wildernessstrong6131 I used spruce, pine, ash, birch and beech. Especially with the conifers, I would have thought it would be easier (because of the resin), but it also didn't really go well. I also think that the transition from the dry wood at the top to the wet wood at the bottom is the critical point.
Wood is like a heavy, tight, dense bundle of straws. The material is called lignin. They are cross linked cells that are very stable. And thats why moisture comes out the ends as it cooks in a fire.
It's always done wrong on YT sorry. You want to put dirt between the logs so that it doesn't burn too quickly. You speak about efficiency because it burned everything but you could triple the burning time by preventing falling coals from igniting the base. Please try again. You are not building a foundry
Perhaps you can start your own UA-cam channel and show everyone how to do it your way. I thought it was another high quality video that did a fantastic job showing how he made a fire with soaked wood.
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That’s a pretty cool system for fire !
I’ve read about the upside down fire but have never tried it !
Keep the amazing content up!
These are very useful for the community!
I know these kind of vids don't get hundreds of thousands of views, but people watching these are forever thankful and your family's work will spread throughout the Bushcraft community.
I've tested some of your fire techniques and I'm amazed by the results. I was able to light up some materials that I wasn't able before.
You are doing a great service by making these videos.
We enjoy your comments. Thanks for taking time and supporting/encouraging us!
this burn is what I knew as a kid, as a Indian (native American) smokeless fire. Hello from Denmark
Loved this! This is how I've known to make fires for quite a while as my family used to heat our house with a wood stove, where a fire like this is very helpful due to the long low maintenance burn time. Only comment that I have is that you restate a lot of points, like how wet the wood is, which does add emphasis but with enough repetition seems to cheapen the meaning. The conclusion was great though, very concise and very representative of the pros and cons.
I'm over 50 years old, and have been into bushcraft and survival for many decades now. I've seen your "classified " video you mentioned! You guys are doing some Amazing work! Definitely going to put you into a class by yourselves! Outstanding job gentlemen! Keep up the great research!
Thanks for the great compliment! We appreciate the kind words.
@@wildernessstrong6131 You are destined for greatness! But to be great, you have to put in the work, and yall are killing it! ( a great thing!!) 👍 Thank you for posting and sharing your results 🙏🏻 ❤️
Excellent demonstration. Thanks for the video.
I love the ideas you present in your videos, very original and useful.
Thank you for sharing!
As always really interesting and important research about essential survival skills. I’ve never heard or seen this technique before and I never would have thought it possible for a fire to burn so long with wet wood. Great work. Thanks .
Your videos are a treasure!
Absolutely amazing content, very useful.
Huge compliment! Thanks so much.
Great stuff like usual. I have a twist put soil or sand or ashes in between the wood pieces, this will slow the fire dropping serval levels too fast and will more than double or triple the burn time of an upside down fire with dirt between the round pieces. However, it may need to be built with drier wood than you used because only the top 2 levels are mostly burning.
My wife and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary outside in January (yes, we got married in January, willingly, no shotguns, lol) at 40 below (Celcius or Fahrenheit, 40 is 40...). Cooked a stew, had some 'chilled' wine, and hot chocolate. Our upside down fire lasted 5 hours. We were cozy, and had a great time. They sure are a marvelous type of fire. Thank you for your videos and all you show.
That’s fantastic! Thanks for sharing.
Awesome! It would stand to reason. When you're burning out in the yard. All the old debris, and blow down can be quite old and nasty like you picked up off the ground. If you put enough dry on top and light it up, it can burn all night. I never thought of doing it in the wild. But, as you have shown, it must be assembled properly to work with control. It all burns in a raging forest fire. Why not in a controlled fire. You've opened up a whole new fire lay for me in the great outdoors. Of course, great care must be observed when trying something like this. A clear burning area. Including above the fire. Constant visual awareness, or line of site to the fire, to insure that it doesn't get out of hand. Thanks for all you guys do and for sharing w/us. I learned something new. Awesome!
Great comment, thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video.
I will gather my wood and do a fire like this. Great video. Keep them coming. Please.
Thank youuuu.
This is a great, informative video. Thank you!! New Sub.
Wish you guys would write a book regarding your findings. I would be the first to buy it.
If you’re the first to buy it I’d definitely be the second and I reckon there would be a big long queue to buy a copy. Outstanding information.
Thanks so much!
Awsome! I'll deffinitly try this!
Right after I managed the stinginge nettles... I hope I'll get it right next weekend...
*Camps wild crying🍻
Is it good to make a smaller version of this? Like starting with medium sized sticks at the base, and when it takes good, you just turn it to a normal campfire adding wood. So you keep the benefit of the easy start, because you don't struggle with the oxigen by starting from the top, and turn the advantages from the autoburn to a good fire for cooking in a pretty fast time¿
I agree, for a camp fire for fun, not the best, but in survival situation, thats crazy good! A fire that will keep you warm all night, with no maintenance, even with wet wood? Thats crazy good for survival! It must also smoke like hell, making you easy to spot
Super good video explaining "how to" and showing the positives with a fire like this one. 10/10 video
I've tried this several times myself now. With different woods. Things were going pretty badly with what we had lying around in the german forest. Two out of three attempts didn't work. Still a fascinating and very good method. Takes some practice and need some modification depending on the type of wood, for example with more thin wood and a little more dry wood if the wet wood isn't as good. That is then a question of practical experience. Thank you very much for sharing!
Really appreciate the update. I’ve had several unsuccessful try’s with wet wood as well. In times where I was unsuccessful it was usually as a result of trying to jump from too small of dry wood on top to too big of wet wood in the layer below. If I have a hot enough fire on top with big enough wood it usually gives me enough momentum for success. Curious what kind of wood you used…
@@wildernessstrong6131 I used spruce, pine, ash, birch and beech. Especially with the conifers, I would have thought it would be easier (because of the resin), but it also didn't really go well. I also think that the transition from the dry wood at the top to the wet wood at the bottom is the critical point.
Great video!
Wood is like a heavy, tight, dense bundle of straws. The material is called lignin. They are cross linked cells that are very stable. And thats why moisture comes out the ends as it cooks in a fire.
nice info, thanks!
Council fires are awesome
It would probably burn even longer with green wood rather than wet wood that is decaying
True. Would be a good experiment to mix in some green towards the bottom/middle of the stack.
Russians lay a punky rot log on fire to keep a ember till morning 😊
It's always done wrong on YT sorry. You want to put dirt between the logs so that it doesn't burn too quickly. You speak about efficiency because it burned everything but you could triple the burning time by preventing falling coals from igniting the base. Please try again. You are not building a foundry
Perhaps you can start your own UA-cam channel and show everyone how to do it your way.
I thought it was another high quality video that did a fantastic job showing how he made a fire with soaked wood.
I started to say some good sticky resin laden fatwood would get that top hot, maybe down into the first layer or two!😆😆