12 Life/ Survival Hacks Everyone Should Know!

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  • @papabones-G48
    @papabones-G48 4 роки тому +44

    Regular old household Waxed Paper that you probably have in your kitchen works really well for a fire starter! Wet or Dry!! It also folds up pretty compact and a little goes a long way!! Thanks for the vid!!

    • @wmluna381
      @wmluna381 2 роки тому +1

      I use wax paper to wrap pieces of pine pitch 'drips' I pull off conifers in parks and parking lots. It allows me to keep the pieces contained and get everything sticky. You just shred up some of the attached wax paper and it goes up quick and stays lit for awhile even in damp weather. Adding little bits of dry shredded cedar bark is a little bonus. Just about as free/cheap as you can get.

  • @cherylbrowning2034
    @cherylbrowning2034 4 роки тому +10

    Empty toilet paper rolls filled with dryer lint make excellent fire starters!

  • @cdevidal
    @cdevidal 2 роки тому +4

    Potassium permanganate can also sanitize water and wounds. It’s quite multi purpose.

  • @richardshort4587
    @richardshort4587 4 роки тому +4

    Another good fire lighter is dried orange peel. Potassium Permanganate when wet will stain your fingers purple and takes forever to get off. If you make a solution of sugar and potassium permanganate, soak string with the solution and let dry you now have a lightable fuse.

  • @HillCountryPrepper
    @HillCountryPrepper 3 роки тому +4

    I really like that tuna fish "sterno" to cook the ramen hack. I was wondering if the tuna would burn, but I didn't. Great tips all.

  • @joebright4607
    @joebright4607 5 років тому +65

    You don't have to waste the Chapstick, put into cotton like you would petroleum jelly for a descent fire starter.

  • @PenntuckytheCrag
    @PenntuckytheCrag 4 роки тому +2

    Tuna and ramen idea was pretty cool

  • @lizmercado8178
    @lizmercado8178 4 роки тому +3

    I love that you get to the point! NO additional commentary - thank you :)

  • @kennethgorum6519
    @kennethgorum6519 4 роки тому +3

    I like the l bracket idea, here a hack for you get a pencil sharpener and find a stick that will fit in it and you can have fire starter material in no time, the money hack is a good idea but in a long term grid down (at least 6 months or more) paper money will be useless so I'd suggest having silver coins stashed away

  • @pernanjp
    @pernanjp 7 років тому +21

    I've heard of using tuna as a candle, but hadn't thought of it this way. The best thing about that is that you can cook the food without bothering with starting a fire. It uses its own easy and temporary fire. 👍

    • @DropForgedSurvival
      @DropForgedSurvival  7 років тому +2

      Exactly!!! It works out rather well!

    • @wickedmuffin76
      @wickedmuffin76 7 років тому +4

      Why didn't you add the tuna to the ramen first and just use the oil?

  • @joybogacki1232
    @joybogacki1232 4 роки тому +3

    I love that pizza pan, mine looks just like that have newer one but the pizza turns out better on that pan. Hahaha

  • @chuckfinley4243
    @chuckfinley4243 8 років тому +6

    Not all nail polish removers contain acetone, check the label to make sure you have the right kind.

    • @DropForgedSurvival
      @DropForgedSurvival  8 років тому +2

      That is true.. which is why mine was 100% acetone... Which I stated "the acetone in nail polish remover"

  • @theredbaron20
    @theredbaron20 7 років тому +5

    I never thought about using chips to help with fires but I may try that next time.

  • @joashloh8374
    @joashloh8374 5 років тому +5

    For the crisco hack, I recommend using a stick to push a piece of jute into the crisco. It will light more easily

  • @barbibutton9619
    @barbibutton9619 4 роки тому +3

    My brother super glued his feet, bottom to bottom, together when we were Young. I miss that guy. He always had " good" ideas like that, lol.

    • @mariatorres9789
      @mariatorres9789 4 роки тому

      My cousin superglued his teeth together, he ones in his mouth still.

  • @leojoseph6385
    @leojoseph6385 4 роки тому +1

    Liked the Cash Stash & Chapstick Stash! Battery & Gum Wrapper to start a fire was a good reminder. Tuna in Oil & Ramen meal was useful. Didn't know about the Potassium Permanganate & Sugar combination. Thanks.

  • @michaelzimmerman8959
    @michaelzimmerman8959 5 років тому +6

    Cool,thanks for sharing, I like the shelf braket tripod!😀

  • @lorianderson6072
    @lorianderson6072 9 місяців тому

    I loved the idea of using the shelf brackets as a stove stand, what a great idea💡
    Thanks for sharing these👍

  • @agh.abolfazl204
    @agh.abolfazl204 6 років тому +32

    the thing with the tuna and ramen was genius
    first time ive seen it, actually pretty good for emergency and massive SHTF stuff
    awesome

    • @biblebeliever4570
      @biblebeliever4570 5 років тому +1

      You must have never watched crazyrussianhacker he did this a long time ago.

    • @clintlarvenz2570
      @clintlarvenz2570 5 років тому +4

      Unfortunately burned away a lot of the calories killing the oil... better to just eat the tuna (which is already fully cooked), the dried ramen packets can also be eaten raw

    • @qweasd9407
      @qweasd9407 4 роки тому

      Clint Larvenz maybe you can boil pond water to drink when you absolutely have no other fuel sources.? But i have to agree with you on wasting calories.

  • @lisalee2885
    @lisalee2885 4 роки тому +1

    Love the soda can lantern 🌸🌸🌸

  • @judiththompson2423
    @judiththompson2423 4 роки тому +2

    With the crisco ...I go to Dollar Tree and buy packs of birthday candles.

    • @GythiaTorvay
      @GythiaTorvay 3 роки тому +1

      "why do you have your cupboard full of crisco and birthday candles?" Hahahaha

  • @jenjen4jesus939
    @jenjen4jesus939 4 роки тому +2

    The tuna fish hack was awesome!

  • @LassieGal
    @LassieGal 4 роки тому +3

    Cash stash.😂 All I need now is some cash. 😂

  • @3mtech
    @3mtech 4 роки тому +7

    Me: Damn, forgot my potassium promanganate at home.
    Homeless guy: Here use mine.

  • @nicktide1851
    @nicktide1851 5 років тому +126

    Wife would throw that toothpaste away no matter how many times i said not to.

  • @JohnDoe-ee6qs
    @JohnDoe-ee6qs 6 років тому +211

    if you get robbed by a guy with chapped lips you're screwed

  • @VAMobMember
    @VAMobMember 6 років тому +62

    Number 13. Take an EMPTY tuna can. Rip sone boxes into strips and wind them into a coil and put in the tuna can. Now poor hot wax over the box and into the tuna can.
    Simple heat and light source. A stove in other words.

    • @angiebaggett9223
      @angiebaggett9223 5 років тому +2

      PARAFIN WAX WORKS BEST!! HIGHER HEAT, EASIER TO LIGHT!!

    • @LassieGal
      @LassieGal 4 роки тому

      That sounds good. Thanks.

    • @SherlockJo
      @SherlockJo 4 роки тому

      Can you add a photo please? Thank you!!

    • @carolwolf4099
      @carolwolf4099 4 роки тому

      It's called a "Buddy Burner". Made my first one when I was 10 yrs. old. 60 years ago. Girl Scouting was my life as a kid.

    • @VAMobMember
      @VAMobMember 4 роки тому

      @@carolwolf4099 SCOUTING was my moms life for probably a decade. My sister is 4 yrs older than I am and my brother is 2 younger. I don’t know girl scouting but she was in cub scouts for about 5 yrs.
      Is he gave us Cubs lots of tips from the girls without telling us where it came from. Girls were ickey back then.

  • @shawncrowson1048
    @shawncrowson1048 5 років тому +6

    All I learned how to do is break out of handcuffs and start fires...
    Subscribed love it keep up the videos.

  • @alessioyautja612
    @alessioyautja612 5 років тому +7

    Brilliant video, the only point I'd raise is that instead of Crisco any kind of 'shortening' or any kind of solid fat would suffice.
    The tuna can stove is genius as well, never would have thought of that.

  • @drleo6409
    @drleo6409 4 роки тому

    I love your music. It takes the stress out of the situation. Good ideas

  • @Tarliamm
    @Tarliamm 7 років тому +78

    cash hack was great how you turned a 50 to a twenty was awesome lol

    • @fugly1971
      @fugly1971 5 років тому +7

      Toothpaste made change lol like a Piggy bank lol

    • @johnnierichardson1771
      @johnnierichardson1771 4 роки тому +8

      I saw multiple bills in that stack, hahaha

    • @valerieponce3712
      @valerieponce3712 4 роки тому +4

      Dan's Urban survival and Prepping i’m so glad you saw that, I know it’s been a tough day for me, with everything going on, oh my gosh, I thought I was losing my mind for sure when he pulled out the 20 bill, I said, to myself, that was a 50, I know it!!🤣🤣😂😂

    • @mywords07
      @mywords07 4 роки тому +2

      lol it was multiple bills lol

    • @EvilDwarf-pp5py
      @EvilDwarf-pp5py 4 роки тому +7

      My wife can turn a $50 into a $20 in the blink of an eye.

  • @Jayrey123
    @Jayrey123 4 роки тому +6

    The tuna and ramen noodles looked pretty good just throw in some crumbled potato chips and ur good. 😃😋👍🏻

    • @jeremiahacuna4698
      @jeremiahacuna4698 4 роки тому +1

      Drain the water from the Ramon add tuna Mayo hot sauce jalapenos whatever eat it on bread lil fold overs

  • @brucermarino
    @brucermarino 4 роки тому

    After starting a fire with the chips you could toss in the bag! Well done is always, my friend.

  • @TheKeeperMadz
    @TheKeeperMadz 4 роки тому +2

    The ChapStick one is fantastic really

  • @edwardseth1230
    @edwardseth1230 5 років тому +8

    Chewing gum...any chewing gum, is good to keep a fire lit.. for approx. 3 mins.. enough time to put your wood sticks to keep a fire going.

  • @RepublicofTX
    @RepublicofTX 7 років тому +7

    That tuna campfire is awesome lol

  • @SkywatcherSandra
    @SkywatcherSandra 4 роки тому +1

    Ty for sharing your videos and information with us ALL. HUGS and GOD bless us ev1

  • @pie448
    @pie448 5 років тому +1

    Every time I put a kit together I go back and re watch your vids! Lol

  • @evelynproud8792
    @evelynproud8792 4 роки тому

    So cute. He acts as if everyone doesnt already know this. Nice job kid, keep it up!

  • @fariborznajafi3810
    @fariborznajafi3810 3 роки тому +1

    When he burned those chips my heart broke💔💔💔

  • @rebeccapitre
    @rebeccapitre 6 років тому +5

    Awesome! Thanks for sharing these hacks!

  • @flext-rex8284
    @flext-rex8284 4 роки тому +13

    The music is giving me Halloween vibes and it's honestly iconic

  • @cyclingtigers
    @cyclingtigers 8 років тому +2

    Wow I never would have guessed how so many random items could be so useful! I am definitely going to start using lots of these hacks, thanks for the great video!!

    • @DropForgedSurvival
      @DropForgedSurvival  8 років тому

      Anytime. Episode 1 is in the Description box and episode 3 is coming soon

  • @Nerd_Gamer_Buddy
    @Nerd_Gamer_Buddy 5 років тому +2

    the tuna can is my favorite! so cool

  • @kerime.7861
    @kerime.7861 7 років тому +20

    in a survival situation ? already have a lighter ? burn your food !! :D

  • @lenald6618
    @lenald6618 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for getting to the point. Will keep watching 😊

  • @JonZDisability
    @JonZDisability 8 років тому +9

    Hey Chris! Another winner as usual! Glad to hear you're in a more upbeat cheerful mood 😊. Thanks for the learning experience, always fun to watch.

  • @alexanderweaver4838
    @alexanderweaver4838 7 років тому +1

    Chris, love these hacks, bruh! I will use most of them as I learn bushcraft skills. Thank you!

  • @ginaventura4166
    @ginaventura4166 4 роки тому

    wow love it all, but the potassium stuff and sugar , that was something. love yr energy. God Bless

  • @silaslongshot941
    @silaslongshot941 4 роки тому +1

    Sugar by itself is rather flammable.

  • @pmor5992
    @pmor5992 4 роки тому +9

    if you can get out of hinged handcuffs with the key in your handcuffed hand I will pay you $1000 dollars , I haven't seen anyone who could do it yet! but it is fun to watchem try ;-)

    • @xSikks
      @xSikks 4 роки тому +1

      I was wondering how you would even get your bracelet off to get to the key.

  • @adelejewer9706
    @adelejewer9706 4 роки тому +1

    Are you kidding?!! LOVED it.

  • @garrettmandujan9980
    @garrettmandujan9980 8 років тому +7

    i love these types of videos thanks chris and keep it up

  • @Redhunteur2
    @Redhunteur2 5 років тому +36

    Your hide a bank charges high interest; you put in a fifty and it came out a twenty.

    • @branchcore
      @branchcore 4 роки тому

      That's original did you read that in the comments?

    • @lovelures2012
      @lovelures2012 4 роки тому +1

      The wife knows this hack & traded with him!🤣😂

    • @SeraSophia646
      @SeraSophia646 4 роки тому +4

      It was a 20 and a 50.. the 50 was on the bottom of the 20 and you can see it when he flips the 20 and back, and then he quickly fans it.
      You have to be really paying attention.

  • @mariainman3618
    @mariainman3618 3 роки тому

    Wow… Awesome video…Never knew about several of these hacks

  • @richardcanfield2741
    @richardcanfield2741 3 роки тому

    Yes very cool stuff, loved tuna & raman noodles

  • @dlighted8861
    @dlighted8861 5 років тому +4

    Acetone is a nerve killer.
    Acetone shouldn't even be breathed in and even plain old varsol should never touch your skin.
    That bracket fire grill is pretty neat.
    Your tuna oil trick is great too.

    • @carlinlentz6849
      @carlinlentz6849 3 роки тому +1

      Nail polish remover is made of acetone, isn't it?

    • @kevinrowe3936
      @kevinrowe3936 3 роки тому

      @@carlinlentz6849 Yes but almost always not pure and it is buffered. You don't even want to be able to smell it. The only stench I know of worse than that is epoxy cement sealer. It's an instant headache even several floors away from where it is being applied. 😞

  • @gregoryhare6550
    @gregoryhare6550 5 років тому +2

    Very cool Chris thanks and PEACE

  • @pjcolella8190
    @pjcolella8190 5 років тому +7

    Rather than carry potassium permanganate and oil or glycerin just carry more matches. Lighter and more compact but not as spectacular. For the handcuffs, if correctly applied, you're not getting out without outside assistance even if you have a key

    • @leehymer415
      @leehymer415 5 років тому

      Potassium permanganate

    • @leehymer415
      @leehymer415 5 років тому

      Have not found it yet

    • @captainahab8444
      @captainahab8444 5 років тому

      its uncomfortable to get out but its possible. not with those hinged cuffs though, theres no way to twist urself so as to insert the key

    • @ladydragon7777
      @ladydragon7777 4 роки тому

      @@captainahab8444 if you can get them in front of you no problem.

  • @kipviteo2274
    @kipviteo2274 7 років тому +13

    Chap stick can also be used as a candle

    • @DropForgedSurvival
      @DropForgedSurvival  7 років тому +4

      Very correct.

    • @snowfleas5426
      @snowfleas5426 4 роки тому +1

      so can wax crayons.

    • @bezzerwizzer6448
      @bezzerwizzer6448 3 роки тому

      @@snowfleas5426
      But one cannot use crayon as chapsticks , tho...
      Not candle either. Ahrg. The new world will be full av chappy lips.
      Love from me✌

    • @snowfleas5426
      @snowfleas5426 3 роки тому

      @@bezzerwizzer6448 You are so right. LOL

  • @pjcolella8190
    @pjcolella8190 4 роки тому +1

    It is possible to carry a bunch of lighters in the space taken up by the bottles of permanganate and glycerin in the field. Save this for a lab demo

  • @randybennett204
    @randybennett204 5 років тому +3

    Thanks for the good info. The more that we carry in our brain, the less we have to carry on our backs. Thanks again! PLEASE tell me: how/where can a person buy potassium permanganate???

  • @BarbFichman
    @BarbFichman Рік тому

    Wow, this was a great post !! Thanks !!

  • @jameskleist4019
    @jameskleist4019 5 років тому +3

    I like the tuna in a can worm up 2 thumbs up for that alone 😜

  • @lindanerney9896
    @lindanerney9896 4 роки тому +3

    Never heard of any of these great hacks.

  • @drummer6219
    @drummer6219 4 роки тому

    Great job and great attitude fun for me to learn this 🙏🏾🙊🙈🙉🔥🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾✌🏽🦈🥁

  • @dannydethanos6994
    @dannydethanos6994 7 років тому +40

    if you live with someone dont let the tube with money get empty and thrown away

  • @mycroftselene3326
    @mycroftselene3326 4 роки тому

    Hahaha! Haha!! As he laughed maniacally in the fashion of Mandark from Dexter's laboratory!!! Holy crap! Explosive! I knew exactly what was going to happen when you added more than what was needed to ignite the sugar and potassium permanganate! Haha 😹😹😹!!! Hahaha? Yes 😅! You're too funny Bud! Haha 🤣😹🤣🤣🤣😂 Out 💋

  • @PenntuckytheCrag
    @PenntuckytheCrag 4 роки тому

    Old one. With that first one brought back memories

  • @ali_0714
    @ali_0714 7 років тому +1

    Great Video! Thanks For Sharing!

  • @lawrenceklein4918
    @lawrenceklein4918 4 роки тому +2

    Why does this guy remind me of the character "Otter" from the movie "Animal House"? Lol!
    And guitar pics! I never leave home without several in my pocket! Never know when you're going to gig!

  • @CreativeRedundancy
    @CreativeRedundancy 8 років тому +4

    Great ... :D chris ... i keep nail polish remover around in an eye dropper bottle just for this and other reasons. Most of them seen from other channels but still info is good to know ... :D TFS... C.R.

    • @DropForgedSurvival
      @DropForgedSurvival  8 років тому +1

      Its hard to showcase mega original stuff. I just share things ive learned over the years.. nothing more. If 1 persons learns something new. I did a good job.

    • @CreativeRedundancy
      @CreativeRedundancy 8 років тому +1

      yes you did ... regardless of how original it is, its the info that really matters... lots of people will see this and adapt it to there lives ...

    • @pernanjp
      @pernanjp 7 років тому +1

      Creative Redundancy Agreed. I don't watch things for "originality". I watch things to learn and be entertained. The more people share one idea, the more people will hear about it. 👍

  • @selenepickins4874
    @selenepickins4874 3 роки тому

    Loved this vid! Big take-away: potassium permanganate is a fickle firestarter but once she gets going, look out!! Lol

  • @lesliee5938
    @lesliee5938 5 років тому +3

    Loved it again! Thanks!

  • @lisalee2885
    @lisalee2885 4 роки тому

    Toothpaste one was a shocker!!! Lol! 😎 COOL

  • @mildredi5408
    @mildredi5408 4 роки тому +1

    Thank u. Good ideas

  • @CarrotSlat
    @CarrotSlat 7 років тому +23

    I'd like to have seen you show how exactly you reach the handcuff key lace or bracelet as the person who is detained. There must be a trick to it.

    • @DropForgedSurvival
      @DropForgedSurvival  7 років тому

      That was just meant as a simple demonstration

    • @CarrotSlat
      @CarrotSlat 7 років тому +4

      First of all, fast reply on an old video... subscribed! Secondly, I know nut I would like to see a video on that in the future if you're taking suggestions. perhaps a whole series on escaping unlawful detainment.

    • @DropForgedSurvival
      @DropForgedSurvival  7 років тому +4

      That is an idea.. we have been toying with. Past few months have been a whirl wind. Nothing bad at all just budy!

    • @damienarcher7606
      @damienarcher7606 4 роки тому +1

      You can't with the hinged cuffs, you can with the chained cuffs. (have done it) (it hurts.... A lot)

    • @ladydragon7777
      @ladydragon7777 4 роки тому +2

      For the handcuffs all you need is a thin flat piece of metal,slide it between the notched part and the cuff. Cuffs with chains interlock the single part of one cuff with the double part of the other cuff and twist break the pin.

  • @Rooster1172T
    @Rooster1172T 5 років тому +15

    I was keen to see where you would stash the cash, but nope haha Aussie cash is plastic so you can put it through the wash and nothing happens haha "money laundering":P

  • @dalelampe5732
    @dalelampe5732 8 років тому +1

    good vid lots of good tips and tricks thanks

    • @DropForgedSurvival
      @DropForgedSurvival  8 років тому

      For sure. Only try to help shed some light on some cool tips and tricks I've learned

  • @cassandralibertywest4310
    @cassandralibertywest4310 5 років тому +6

    Good grief, the level of the sound at the beginning about blew up across the room. LOL. Thanks.

  • @udavidism
    @udavidism 4 роки тому +2

    I wouldn't try that Chapstick trick. I got patted down once and the first thing that cop did was take the cap off my Chapstick and start cranking it out. I told him if he broke it he was going to buy me a new one so he stopped. If you could fold the fifty in half longways, roll it up and put around the center shaft and replace as much of the lip balm as possible so that it still worked that might fool someone.

  • @d-c-g6525
    @d-c-g6525 7 років тому +3

    Excellent series! Merry X-mas!

  • @kuribo1
    @kuribo1 7 років тому +1

    I actually liked the tuna can cook stove idea, simple.

  • @TressaZimmerman
    @TressaZimmerman 4 роки тому

    Pretty slick dude.

  • @benjohnson6833
    @benjohnson6833 5 років тому +2

    Need more of these mate

  • @terryshrives8322
    @terryshrives8322 4 роки тому

    Really cool bro, thanks for the video 👍

  • @emzirek
    @emzirek 5 років тому +10

    "It takes a little bit of Crisco,
    It puts it on it's stick."
    That's what she said 😂

  • @CaptainPhantom93
    @CaptainPhantom93 5 років тому +1

    Im not sure if you have shown it before but you can also make a fish trap with a 2 liter bottle. Cut the top off where it reaches its full size of the bottle then cut the neck off just a little (to make a slightly larger opening for bigger fish) then just flip it so the neck is inside the bottle, resecure the 2 together (melt em together, tie, ect whatever you can do) then drop some bait it, submerg, and wait

  • @NewbTactical
    @NewbTactical 8 років тому +1

    good job man always enjoy your videos

  • @queendevaux8424
    @queendevaux8424 4 роки тому

    Great video!

  • @mariaisabellaramirez7992
    @mariaisabellaramirez7992 3 роки тому +1

    That was fun thanks😊

  • @JudyChilds-fu4em
    @JudyChilds-fu4em 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for sharing❣

  • @jcclassybro9426
    @jcclassybro9426 3 роки тому

    Nice Video Bro...interesting hacks... good to know thxs....you made me subscribe to your channel...keep up the hacks...

  • @jordanmcfadden2470
    @jordanmcfadden2470 8 років тому +1

    Great video dude!

  • @boombastick7113
    @boombastick7113 4 роки тому +1

    How is that Potassium stuff a standard household item? Dunno if its coz am in SCOTLAND but what is it used for in the home as an everyday item? Thanks in advance

  • @wolfking2281
    @wolfking2281 5 років тому

    Thank you bro ! Amazing content

  • @DarkArachnid666
    @DarkArachnid666 4 роки тому +5

    Survivor: *lighting potato chips on fire*
    Survivor 2: What the f*** are you doing to our food?
    Survivor: No disrespect, man, but between the two of us, I'M the survival expert. Not you. Me. So, unless you have some kind of idea on how we can make our food last longer, I suggest you keep your mouth shut.

  • @hancockgr
    @hancockgr 4 роки тому +2

    I carry Crisco in my purse... DONT ASK QUESTIONS!!!! 😂 (btw cool video)

  • @MyTube4Utoo
    @MyTube4Utoo 5 років тому +8

    Damn, I bought tuna in spring water.

    • @abijahdixon2771
      @abijahdixon2771 4 роки тому

      I was thinking the same thing. I get it with water for my cat.

  • @Ntato
    @Ntato 5 років тому

    thanks for sharing Chris