Wild Camping Using Only Army Surplus kit - Military Surplus Camp
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- Опубліковано 17 гру 2022
- Well... its been a while since my last UA-cam video. I can only say i'm very sorry guys. But i have had my hands full... Moving house, as well as my wife giving birth to our 3rd daughter has kept me very busy to say the least : ) But its all good, life is good!
So anyway, here's a video from last May. Its took me 7 months to edit haha : ) Me and Ray decided to go Wild camping using only Army surplus kit. I'm a big fan of Military kit anyway, but we thought it would be cool to try a camp using just the original, old skool Military kit. Hope you all enjoy watching
That was a great video. Pretty much all of my gear is US Army surplus and I don't care what anyone says, military surplus might weigh a little more but you absolutely can't beat the durability.
Dwayne
Thank you for watching Dwayne, glad you enjoyed it buddy 😎 And I totally agree, I love all the surplus gear, a little heavier maybe, but so much better made, and will last much longer 😎
All the best buddy, and Merry Christmas, Jay
Top tip from an ex Royal Engineer, after making your brew, keep the used tea bag to clean the Hexamine residue off the mess tins, works a treat.
Ah, excellent tip buddy! Will give that a try next time 😎
Thank you for watching mate, all the best, Jay
When I was in the B.A. our hex stoves didn’t have the top attachment for the cup. You either turned it upside down for a flat surface with the bottom up, or you angled the two side parts into sort of triangle shape to sit your mess tin or aluminum coffee mug. Tops a nice addition.
Or you could have pulled the wire from your smock hood to make a support 😂
I have used every bit of that kit back in my army days , still use most of it still , a wee tip for the mess tins , cover the bottom in tin foil then pull it off when your done , saves cleaning the soot off the tin . Good video 👍🏻🏕
This is just how I started in 1976 with my dad’s army tent and an army mess kit. Move on to 2024 and now retired, I am still using the same type of authentic original army surplus. How did they ever make so much equipment and never use it.
glad I am not not the only person who uses army surplus. thanx for a great video.
Thank you for watching mate, and glad you enjoyed it 😎
Yeah I really do love using the army surplus kit! It’s just well made, heavy duty stuff that won’t let you down 😎
All the best mate, Jay
Great vid. Love using the old British Army kit.Built to last!
I think every kid I knew, had an angled torch,in the 70’s/80’s.
I’m still using an un issued Pattern 58 bag. Still really warm.
Got an Arctic bag and recently, upgraded to the new medium/ tropic bag system.
All great kit,but not the lightest.
But as a Marine told me once…”Travel light,Freeze at night.
All the best.👍🏾🇬🇧
Haha, travel light, freeze at night! 😁 I like that 😎
Thank you for watching buddy, glad you enjoyed it. All the best, Jay
Travel light, freeze at night 🤣🤣🤣
I used to love them German winter exercises.
Good stuff there Jay,bring back some good memories of the old day's..
Cheers Mitch, thanks for watching buddy! You really can’t beat the British army kit! 😎
Although I am planning on doing a worldwide surplus camp next.
Merry Christmas to you and the family mate, all the best, Jay
Great content as always - good to see you two out n about - Stay safe
Cheers for watching Frank 😎 Hope your keeping well buddy.
Hopefully catch you on a camp next year sometime.
All the best and Merry Christmas, Jay
I'd love to have all that gear! Epic bit of kit chaps!
Great vid
We still go back to the issued kit now and again.... bomb 💣 proof and never let's you down.
....looking forward to the next vid
Thank you for taking the time to make this and posting 😎👍
Thanks for watching Chris, really appreciate it buddy 😎
All the best, and Merry Christmas, Jay
Nice one. The military surplus gear does the job . Take care 👍🏕
Great video of British kit, I’ve got all the best and most expensive bushcraft gear and more but this is still my favourite setup crazy👍
Cheers for watching Mick 😎 Yeah you really can’t beat the good old British surplus kit can you!
All the best buddy and Merry Christmas, Jay
I love the old surplus gear👍
Same here mate! Good solid kit 😎
Cheers for watching buddy
@@GoonieBushcraft love your videos mate, just don't comment much sorry 👍
Great video , many thanks.
Thanks for watching Brad, it’s really appreciated buddy 😎
Merry Christmas, Jay
That's a proper ruck! I want one like that in a khaki tan but hard to find for a cheap price! Thanks so much for sharing this video! Watching from the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island in Canada! Cheers, Jerbs 👍🏻🇬🇧🔥🔪🔥🇨🇦
after the first minute , i was right, we are watching the full video, cooking a boil in the bag in two mess tins evoked a lot of good memories, the turning point for me was when the army swapped from 58 pattern webbing and moved to DPM gear, but the best part was ditching the tins of compo for boil in the bags meals.i related to every bit of gear ,well done
Thank you for watching John. Glad you enjoyed watching buddy 😎 All the best, Jay
Ta bud.... Love the stove. That is what I want. Your video sparked up exactly when I needed. . Am a Scotsman living in South Africa and heading to the local Army surplus store. Hoping to get what I what most of what I what/need. 😂
👍👍👍 a nice blast from the past.
'Dixies'. It's good to see them making an appearance. Much underrated they are .. mine still get much use, plus the stove .. in my case the 'Esbit'.
Thanks for sharing .. take care ..
Thanks for watching Thomas 😎 I have a few Esbit stoves too, they are great as well.
You really can’t beat the good old army kit can you! 😎
All the best mate, Jay
@@GoonieBushcraft 👍
Brilliant done
Thank you buddy 😎
I enjoyed this vid, Jay. I didn’t know Lin PAC Plastics made the right angled torches.
Gotta love a DPM Basha and bergan.
I cannot find my hexi stove so ordering a new one.
Merry Christmas to you and your family 🎄🎅🏼
Cheers for watching Tim 😎 Can never have enough hexi stoves 😁
All the best buddy, and Merry Christmas to you and your family
Noice one boys 🙌🏼
Cheers Paul 😎👊🏻 ATB Jay
Nice bit of kit there, I have the NI Patrol pack for hammocking and the long back bergen for tenting trips, cant beat it for quality... New Subscriber ATB Chris.
Thanks for watching Chris. I have the NI patrol pack too, it’s an awesome pack 😎 And thank you for subscribing mate, it’s really appreciated. All the best, Jay
We made do with the dim L-head flashlights in Basic training, but once we got to Iraq we realized we needed the brightest lights that we could afford. The LED bulbs were just coming on the market and the PX sold an LED conversion as well as AA battery adapter kits for the L-heads. That made them much better, but still no where near as bright as the cheapest Surefire. I have still held on to my original lights and I found the dimmer lamp is sometimes a plus when light disciple is important.
Thank you for watching buddy, and your great comment, a nice bit of history and info on the torch. Thank you for sharing mate.
All the best, Jay
that looks so cool! i wish id be able to afford all of that stuff :)
Eyup Jayand Ray, good to see you both out, what a novel idea too, loved it, the original Ratpack you boys and Deano ....atb Lee
Cheers Lee, thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it buddy. I’m going to do a worldwide army surplus camp soon as well 😎
All the best buddy, and Merry Christmas, Jay
Nice camp set up and lovely fire atb Taff 🤠👊
Cheers Taff, thank you for watching buddy 😎 All the best, Jay
Bloody hell I remember those sleep mats from my time in the military not very good but when your knackered it does the job 😴 lol
Omg memories 😭 with all that gear your using
Thanks for watching Kev, really appreciated buddy.
Yeah those sleep mats aren’t the best are they 😁 but better than the ground.. just about 🤣
All the best buddy, and Merry Christmas, Jay
Nice one Jay some good bits of kit I love using my webbing and patrol pack but just for the warmer months atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍🎅🎅
Cheers for watching Jimmy! Can’t beat the good old army surplus kit 😎
All the best buddy and Merry Christmas, Jay
Never had any of this kit when I was in B.A. in 74-82. Canadian forces started issuing Bivvie bags around early to mid 90. I took a spare tube type bivvie bag to a tailor had side seam cut too round 2/3rd from the top and put a heavy duty yyk zipper in it. Put some tie downs loops on the corners for tent pegs, and covered the flap on the top edge with Velcro and added a removable mosquito net on it, put another loop on the front centre in case I wanted to tie it on tree branch for extra space, worked really well. I wore B.A. green PLCE webbing instead of the Canadian crap,of the day, from 1994 until around 2006 ish? when the Canadians started issuing tacvest, didn’t like that one would have been better with a chest rig or a plate carrier. CF NCOs got tired of telling me not to wear it lol especially when I became a SNCO lol. A the good old days!
Thanks for watching Wardog, and thank you for your great comments and insight into the kit! 😎 Very much appreciated buddy 👍🏻
Always great to hear comment’s from some of the fellas that actually used the kit in the field for real!
Thanks for watching, and happy new year mate. All the best, Jay
Top video jay! I'm a military surplus nerd also haha. I've got my long back Bergen all packed and waiting for my camp next week. You should do a video of all your surplus kit.. did you use modern clothing or was the boots and pants military issue? Keep safe brother 👍🏕️
Cheers for watching James. Yeah you really can’t beat the military surplus kit can you 😎
I’m planning on doing a surplus camp using kit from all different army’s, not just British, in the new year 😎👍🏻
As for the clothing I used, the boots and trousers where both British army issue kit, however the hoodie was just a regular one.
All the best mate, and Merry Christmas, Jay
I was in from 74 - 98……a 2434….this amused me in the extreme. I never ever used my army issue pen knife; it was still in its brown waxed paper when I handed it back….😂…..A nice, funny, well produced video…..🇬🇧
Glad you enjoyed it buddy! Thank you very much for watching.
All the best, Jay
I’ve got both aluminum mess tins, and I found a set of the Dutch stainless steel mess tins online About 6 months ago. Your PLCE canteen setup is the same as mine other than I carry 2 sets. I also usually carry 2-3Lt camelbak depending on what I’m doing and access to water. A guy gave me 6 of the hex stoves about 5 years ago they came out of BATUS still in the wrappers lol
@@pussypostlethwaitsaeronaut8503 maybe I would if I was English but I’m not
the knife issued to engineers or pioneers 😀😀nice one
Ah, thank you for the info 😎 and thanks for watching. All the best, Jay
Top tip Hexe block with a dab of jam....local kids will never bug you for sweets ever again....😉
🤣🤣
Merry Christmas Jay! Always funny watching a summer vid in winter lol!!!
Ray looks like a cowboy!! 😂
Such a great idea for a vid, thank you for sharing!!! 🥰
Thanks for watching Karen. Yeah it took me a little while to get around to editing this one 😁 Ray was certainly going for the cowboy look 😁
Hope you and your family had a great Christmas, and all the best for the new year 😎
@@GoonieBushcraft wishing you a very happy new year!!! 🥰
I use crusader kit but removed the water bottle so i can fit a small gas canister and a burner, plus a small back up burner if my main one fails, also have the base for solid fuels in the base with a couple of gel tablets just in case my gas runs out. Always have the way of making a brew! All fits in the crusader pouch.
Excellent! Sounds like a well thought out kit mate 😎👍🏻
Thanks for watching Simon. All the best and merry Christmas, Jay
Jay!!! Bloomin heck mate, when was this filmed it looks way too warm 😂 I can’t remember the last time it was warm 🙈 great vid bud, nice to see you out and about.
If I’d have read the description I’d have actually seen when it was filmed 😂🙈 congrats on the little one and the move 👍
Those old skool torches bring back some memories! I got a tiny Nitecore T4K to review last month and that is unbelievably bright for its ridiculously small size!
Cheers for watching Col, yeah it took me ages to get around to editing this one 😁
Those old skool torches just don’t quite cut it anymore compared to the modern ones do they 😁
All the best buddy, and Merry Christmas to you and the family, Jay
the lack of bugs is highly concerning.
Nice one Jay, still fancy a army surplus camp myself. Had a old torch like that many years ago, definitely not as bright as modern versions, though I guess you wouldn't want to be blasting light everywhere revealing your position lol
atb Mark
We’ll do the world wide military surplus camp in the new year if your up for it mate! Would make a great follow up to this video 😎
ATB Jay
@@GoonieBushcraft yeah definitely up for that, I can pretty much do a full set up of surplus as well 😎
Awesome video mate, brings back memories from my time in the REME, love using my old issued kit for wildcamping and bysh craft, new subscriber here, im doing a similar video soon on my channel but not solely surplus kit, ta Stu.
Cheers Stu! Thank you for watching buddy, glad you enjoyed it!
You can’t beat the surplus kit! I love it 😎
And thank you for subscribing too mate! Very much appreciated! 😎
All the best, Jay
I like anything military surplus.
The American angled flashlight you’ll notice has a much nicer bulb without that black shadow in the center of whatever you’re looking at ….. the switch also has protective ears to prevent it from accidentally being switched on in your pack and draining the batteries which would leave the flashlight useless when you need it at night ….. the nice thing about both of those flashlights is you can get rechargeable batteries now and drop in replacement Cree LED lamps to make the device far more efficient than the designers could have ever hoped to achieve
Thank you very much for the info buddy, and thank you for watching. I really appreciate it.
All the best mate, and Merry Christmas, Jay
Where can you get the replacements or would you happen to know the part number ? That’s really great information ,appreciate you mentioning it
I got several of them off of Amazon a few years ago …..
I don’t remember the vendor….
but a quick search either on Amazon, or eBay should pull up a selection of modern LED replacements for older incandescent lamps for flashlights
Love that pack! And I wish I could find an affordable crusader mug, as much as I love my US Army canteen cup I love that British design. From what I hear they no longer issue canteens or cups, Camelbak bladders only. Crazy if you ask me. We never used bungee cords in the 80’s and I was surprised when I started seeing them on UA-cam videos, like they were common! What size are you issued? Like what length and diameter of the cord? Is there a standard issue? Thanks, nice video.
Thank you for watching buddy. It really is a great pack isn’t it! Very well made and soo much storage!
The Crusader cup is a great bit of kit, I’ve got various canteen cups from all different countries, and I have to say the crusader is my favourite 😎
All the best mate and Merry Christmas, Jay
Just subbed as your videos are great
Thank you very much 😎
New subscriber 👍
Thank you buddy 😎👍🏻
Army surplus is great gear, provided you get it from a reliable source. Unfortunately, surplus has become a big business, with re- sellers charging a high mark up. It is important to search around and know the prices of gear from multiple suppliers.
I'm looking for a motorcycle camping kit based on military gear. Could you recommend anything specific that I would benefit from?
Where did you get the lid, it looks like a proper manufactured one, I have a “cottage industry” one, but never seen ones like yours. I’d love to get one! Nice video, I started off with all surplus kit, I especially love the canvas poncho tents and bashas, but so, so heavy😟. It might be a tad politically incorrect at the moment, but I never let that get in the way, anyway, have you seen the Russian Ratnik basha. It really is a great bit of kit, a great improvement on our British one. Check it out, though may be difficult to acquire one in the present climate. Have been investing in some new-fangled ultra-light kit recently, for the sake of my poor back!🤷♂️😁
Thanks for watching Mat, and for the info on some other kit, I’ll certainly check that stuff out.
As for the Crusader cup lid. It’s made by a company called Heavy Cover, they make all kinds of military style mess kits, and water bottles, but sadly they don’t make the crusader lid anymore ☹️ So it’s become very rare and even if you do find one, they are crazy money.
All the best mate, Jay
Good stuff mate! Any winter camps planned? ATB JD
Cheers buddy 😎 Hoping to get out in January with Ray for a nice winter camp. ATB Jay
Nice gear,not sure if it still applies but when I was in the cdn military we were told not to drink the water we boiled those meal bags in because the aluminum foil could break down and release chemicals in the water something to think about or find out about if it’s still true
Thank you for watching, and also thanks for the heads up, I didn’t realise that to be honest.
It’s always great to share knowledge 😎👊🏻
All the best buddy, and Merry Christmas, Jay
Carry all that plus full webbing and ammunition rifle etc. Then go for a nice wee walk lol
There’s no chance I’d be fit enough to do that 😁 Nothing but respect for the lads that serve in the military and do it though! 😎
Thanks for watching buddy, hope you enjoyed it! All the best, Jay
Nice video. I must admit I have everything featured in the vid except the metal lid for the crusader metal mug. Where did you get that from as I am using the BCB plastic version ?
Thanks for watching Mark. The Crusader lid is made by a company called Heavy Cover, sadly they stopped making them a long time ago, as a result, they are very rare to find.
You might be better looking on eBay. There’s a chap on there that makes custom crusader lids, for about £10 that are very good quality, but made of aluminium, and not stainless. I’ve got one of those as well. A lot better than the plastic BCB lid, which is pretty much useless 😁
All the best mate, Jay
@@GoonieBushcraft Thanks for the reply Jay. A Merry Christmas to you and yours.
@@markbooth1117 Merry Christmas to you and your family too buddy 😎
Awesome video new sub here
Cheers buddy, glad you enjoyed it, and thank you very much for the sub! 😎
All the best, Jay
Where did u get the lid for the Bcb mug? (I can only find the plastic ones). cheers.
The Crusader mug lid is made by a company called Heavy Cover, although they stopped making them a long time ago, so they are now very rare, and sell for loads more than the actual cup 😁
The plastic BCB lid is completely useless.
If you have a look on eBay, there is a fella that makes custom crusader mug lids, out of aluminium though, not stainless steel like my Heavy Cover lid.
They are great quality though, I have one myself. Hope that helps.
All the best buddy, Jay
excellent content really enjoyed that, but struggled to hear you properly maybe use an external mike for future vids thanks
Cheers buddy, thank you for watching. Yeah the sound is a bit low on this one. Will fix that on future vids. All the best, Jay
Mate, you forgot the shell scrape and the basha no more than 14 inches high ensuring you have all round visibility at all times.
🤣🤣 Cheers buddy! Was waiting for someone to finally point that out 😁
Thanks for watching mate. All the best, Jay
Great video I'd luv that British Army u guys ex army?? Admire them
Enjoyed your vid. I agree w/dwaynestewart411, it's heavier and more durable, It will there and show up when you need it. You should consider doing vids from different countries surplus IMHO.
I use my old kit to this day and its never failed me, I am 62 years old.
Thank you for watching and your comment Alan. Yes you really can’t beat the military kit can you.
I do plan on doing a video soon using military kit from different countries 😎
All the best, Jay
One failure…..I hope you had to Brillo pad your mess tins after use before the next meal……😂
Haha 🤣🤣
Where abouts did you get the metal lid for the crusader cup I can't find one for the life of me
It’s made by a company called Heavy Cover, it’s a great bit of kit but costs more than the cup itself 😁
Sadly they stopped making them years ago, so they are very rare nowadays.
There’s a guy on eBay that makes custom crusader lids, which are really good, but there made of aluminium, unlike the Heavy cover lid, which is stainless steel.
Hope this helps, Jay
@@GoonieBushcraft thanks that's I've been looking forever that really narrows it down I'm off to hunt down a lid I guess by if you get the chance take a look at the us mss bivy I've been on dartmoor for a full week now and I've only used the bivvy and the cold weather bag that clips into it with a pad underneath me and I've got to admit I've been dryer using it due to the zip making entry's quicker also if your any good at stitching have you thought about taking a old pair of trousers that are torn and cutting off the leg and turning it into a pillow by stuffing it with a foam noodle cut down or a old sofa cushion it's very lightweight and can be compressed yo a very small amount
The army knife must have stopped being issued about 83/84. I say that as some of my mates joined 83 and got issued the knife, i joined 85 and never got one, unless certain units still got it. Good video though bud.
Cheers Bob, thanks for watching buddy and the info on the knife! Appreciated buddy 😎👍🏻 All the best, Jay
They were still being issued to tradesmen in the royal signals in 95 when i joined, but never seen any a couple of years when i transferred to infantry
@OUTDOORALLY maybe we not to be trusted with the knife..😊
How about military gear from say WW1 or WW2.
I’d love to do that, but I’ve only got a few items from the WW2 era. Although I do have a 1944 dated US mess tin 😎
Thank you for watching, all the best, Jay
Just so you know you can get a British army surplus inflatable Air mat
Cheers mate, yes I know you can. Was going for a more old skool effect with the roll mat 😁
Thanks for watching, Jay
@GoonieBushcraft no problem...thanks for replying
The rations when i joined in 74 were a bloody disgrace…..soldiers are so lucky today…..and they deserve it.
I’m some sort of weird sandwich! I think anyway lol. I’ve never had any rations British Army Cadets/Regular Force (68-82 Compo of 1 type or another), Canadian Militia (TA)/RegForce (1983-84, 1989-2009 IMP’s), USA (MRE mostly surplus store in Canada), French (odd one here and there ) + USA (1993 CAMBODIA) that I didn’t like.
@@Wardog-rf1tx lol…..I think it was just the bacon burger I loathed…..a very curious thing; some blokes loved it! I ate a boxed French ration in 1976 issued to us on exercise in France…..10 Gitanes, a miniature of brandy, very good tinned fish and tinned meat with a packet of plain biscuits…….I wish I had saved it…🤣
@@mikewingert-savagelyerudite the French ones I got in Cambodia were missing the alcohol, SNCO stole them before issuing them to the troops.
@@Wardog-rf1tx ohhhhh….interesting
F***ing right angle torches 🤮 triggered my PTSD
🤣🤣 Cheers for watching bez! 👊🏻
Клещи в вашем лесу есть??🤔
No, never seen any, We’ve been really lucky. Only ever had 1 tick get me, many years ago
@@GoonieBushcraft Счастливчик!!В нашем лесу...5 - 10 клещей на 1 кв.метр...Не сесть...не лечь!!!😬
Can't beat a roll mat and the bouncing bomb.
Got to ditch the right angle torch. They are hideous.
Yeah I totally agree buddy! Those right angled torches where awesome back in the day… but now, there’s so many options that just blow them out the water! 😎
Thank you for watching mate, all the best, Jay