Great list. When i am teaching someone how to prep and what to prep with, at the VERY top of the list is water, water & more water. You can never have enough clean drinking water. Get your hands on as many large water storage containers as possible and fill them up. Buy a good way to filter water on the go or in camp if you have to leave your home where you store your main water supply. A good gravity water purifier and water purifier tablets are both must haves. Water purification straws are also a smart move. You can gather, hunt, fish, trap for food, hopefully with good results. Without water, you have 2-3 days depending on environment. Once dehydration starts to set in, you will slow down, develop a bad headache.. it sucks, i’ve been there. WATER WATER WATER. God bless. 🇺🇸🙏🏻
1) Hatchet 2) Pot 3) Ferro rod 4) 30-06 ammunition 5) M1 Garand rifle With all these I can hunt, cook, boil water, collect wood, build shelter, and start fire.
Limit yourself to zero items, because when shtf, you are not likely to have any if your fancy "survival" kit. Practice with none of your survivor porn, and learn the skills you need. Real survivalists would say. "I'll take the knife, but you can keep all the other crap."
@@TatTvamAsi2772 You're still taking a knife. That's definitely NOT zero. Let me guess... you want the fero rod with the knife and a sheath for the knife... and a good pair of boots.... etc.
1. Knife (I can make feather sticks and the means to make fire - preferably a bow drill fire starter) 2. Cordage (see above and for lashings, traps, etc.) 3. Water purifier with carbon filter 4. Canteen or larger water carrier 5. Means to sharpen knife In my part of Texas there are enough natural materials to construct shelter, provide food (cactus, yucca, wild fruits, acorns, pecans, squirrels, deer, raccoon, etc.), and building hunting gear (bow, arrows, spear, etc.) and fishing gear (nettles, cane/bamboo, worms/grubs, etc.). Survival is possible, but my wife would nag me about all of it because she's not yet had her rough camping experience.
NY here, I would always take something to make a fire quickly. Around these parts in the North East, you never know when building a fire quickly will save your life.
@@Trapster99 A knife and cordage help, because I can make a bow-drill, provided I can split wood, make dry wood shavings or have dry leaves to crush up, and make feathersticks for kindling to start larger pieces burning. Of course, a Bic lighter is far quicker in bad situations.
Experience will dictate what is most useful for you... Fire is #1 so ferro rod. I wear mine on a leather boot lace around my neck. 2. Axe is the most useful tool, for shelter, firewood, defense, raft building etc. Belt sheath included of course. 3. A large reflective emergency blanket, (non crinkle variety) for warmth, water repelling and shelter cover on rainy days. 4. Pot for boiling water, cooking, carrying water. 5. Large wool poncho for warmth and blanket since sleep is so important. 70 years since my Dad started my outdoor skills training so that's what makes me secure and comfortable with the least effort expended...
Not to bash Dave, but to the survival/Bushcraft community he's overhyped. Nearly everything he's done is copied from other's and he gives no credit to those he's taken it from. It's just making videos in his backyard of things he's learned. I'm sure he's a great guy, but there's a lot of people out there that actually live this stuff and use it daily.
@@dogma7911 Have you ever attendee one of his courses by any chance? Or are you going by what you see on Social Media? And, EVERYBODY is doing what they've been taught or learned elsewhere. No one is inventing woodsmanship. As for the "bushcraft" commieunity, it would be a feather in Dave's cap to be ostricized by him, but they love him. He has the #1 best selling bushcraft book of all time across the planet in multiple languages. The "bushcraft" commieunity isn't exactly anything to aspire too anyway...not for a woodsman. There are a few pockets of good places like BushcraftUSA and a few channels, but for the most part, the most popular bushcrafters are 1/2 naked Asian girls making earth shelters with a machete. As for the survival community, Dave's probably the foremost creator of affordable products that are readily available to the common man. No one else can say that. All he does is contributes to the genre and while some are hating him on social media, he's literally training SAR (Search And Rescue) teams....you know them, right? The guys & gals who go out and rescue lost bushcrafters and hikers. LOL
@@dogma7911 You literally described every Bushcraft RUclipsr, hell you described every bushcrafter. Taking skills other people developed and using it or showing how to use it to others. And actually he has mentions the books and guides written by Kepart and a few others many times from the colonial and early USA days. Gear he uses is always mentioned who made it be it a person or a company. Also overhyped is not the same thing as popular. He is in the upper echelon of bushcrafters that make content on the internet in terms of skill and viewer count. Overhyping would be if he was in the 50% range of skill and people making him out to be in the 80% range. From watching a lot of different videos from different people over the years on different techniques and ideas, preferences and what not he is up there in the top 80%-90%
My number item will always be a pot. Water is the biggest most important thing in survival. You can always make a sharp something to cut. You can find cordage in most places. You can create fire other ways but you need to be able to filter water somehow or clean it. And the pot is good for so many other things too. Everyone always says a knife first but I would always say a pot as number one especially if I only get one thing.
A pot is a great choice, but remember it's possible to make a container out of a section of log by charring the inside out with coals, blowing out the flame on the sides as it works it's way down, and then hot rock boiling water inside of it.
@@pop4b0is2 I had never heard of that process. I'll have to check it out. The other good but also not. Good thing is unfortunately there's almost always trash everywhere you go and so a lot of times you can find something to use as a container or to boil stuff too
@@sock979 Ranger Survival and Field Craft from the Pathfinder school made a really good video on creating the 5 C's of survivability from the landscape with zero tools, I recommend watching it to study the technique ruclips.net/video/7wdtPQxmvrk/видео.html
@@outdoorguy845Well, they probably just drank water from natural sources. I don't think Neanderthals possessed water purification knowledge. I don't even think Humans knew about micro-organisms in water until just a few centuries ago.
"lemme roughly tie my only other weapon and most reliable tool I have onto a stick (that I could've just sharpened) to either jab a predator at close range, hoping it doesn't come within knife range, or throw at prey that may or may not run away for 30 minutes"
A cooking pot is more versatile and replaces a water filter’s function. A plain tarp is more versatile and durable than an emergency bivy tent. A small ferro rod works just as well and is… smaller. Survivorcord is awesome.
How are you gonna argue a smaller ferro rod would help but suggest he use a cooking pot and tarp, a larger ferro rod is hardly any more difficult to carry than a small one but there’s a a lot more required for a pot and tarp
LOL , Youre clearly one of those annoying know-it-alls that must always be right You say get a small ferro rod because its smaller(literally 1” smaller!!! )But then proceed to say get a pot and a freaking tarp. For someone that was so concerned about the extra inch on the ferro rod , you sure did end up splurging w the pot and tarp
A hand cranked battery charger, a satellite phone(or maybe an EPIRB), a bottle of whisky, a good book, and a comfy chair to wait in until the chopper arrives.
I always wanted to try winter camping. Winter is my favourite time of year. I have a lot of confidence in myself. I have done a lot of camping so far in my life.
@@wow50000 Of course he can always contact a job shop or something similar. Just aint going to be cheap. Im a toolmaker and we journeyman like other trades. I make $35/hr plus the profit cost theyd have to pay.
Fair enough. The only difference my answer had was a rucksack in place of the cordage, but that's only because the areas that I'm used to that I would chose to go survive in have an absolute abundance of dogbane, and I'm used to turning that into rope pretty quickly and easily. Used to make rope out of it when I was bored as a kid. Meanwhile a good rucksack means less trips gathering supplies, and the ability to carry more tools and supplies over longer distances.
The five C's from Dave Canterbury, cool 1)Cutting tool (knive) 2)Coverage to make a microclimate (tarp) 3)Combustion device to make a fire (ferro rod) 4)Container for carrying and boiling water or for protecting food (pot) 5)Cordage for tying On my opinion the filter/purifier could stop working for various reasons, it be cool if part of your filter was a pot in case the filter freezes and breaks (for example) How can you make a container out there? Most that I have seen have water losses, but your confidence says yours could be good so it gaves me hope hahahaha
1. clear plastic 2. pot 3. knife 4. ferro rod 5. That tube tent Clear plastic can be used to power a solar still. No need to worry about filtration. Your filter isn't going to useful when you can't find water. My solar still can be used in almost any environment.
I'd switch the knife out for a reliable hatchet because it'll be easier to cut trees down and you can have more cordage on the handle of the hatchet you can do everything a knife can do with a hatchet
I strongly recommend carrying Trotline cord, Mason Line cord and Paracord. ⚠️You should not use Paracord for some applications because it is too stretchy.
To me a good stainless pot with a carry handle is so much better than a water filter. The ability to carry large amounts of water and boil it can make all the difference.
@@daleyfun2247 boiling is good but many Bacillus family bacterium are heat resistant, this is the family of bacterium Anthrax is from, bit in general Bacillum can cause a slew of infections or abcesses. Methanopyrus kandleri can cause UTIs or intestinal infections and there are others
Fire rod As much survival cord as possible Fishing lures Pot My buck knife The rest o can forage and build with nature since I’m surrounded by fresh water and woods
Remind people you dont necessarily need ti be out on a hike, you can keep it all in your car! And probably need it most then!? And only take it out of the car on a hike! But if your car ever breaks down you're ready! Most wont! 🧐🤔🤨🤷🏼
@@Rabbit-the-One shelter building fishing snaring and fire building. It has a wax cord inside it that catches spark, a metal snare wire, a fishing string, and several smaller strands for tying things together. It does a good job
The problem with survivor cord is that to access the wire or wax cord, etc. you have to break down the survivor cord or cut pieces off it. When it becomes the source of so many wants and needs it doesn't last long!
If you're not savvy enough to work out what the knife is for, don't bother spending too much time fooling yourself that you have the wits to survive anything more than a milk run to the store.
Why not own and use firearms? Who’s anyone else, no matter who or what he/she is, to say that you can’t? According to natural law, you have the right to own whatever you want as long as you’re treating others right. “Governmental law” is under natural law, and Biblical Law is the Supreme Law.
@@tokerpoker4641 If we are surviving in the woods and you take my knife, when you fall asleep I will have my knife back plus your firearm and some bear bait! Or we could work together and have an easier time surviving! Your choice!!!
@@nathanadrian7797 you are assuming that people will not act irrational… I would be long gone and not asleep but that’s assuming that you are still alive and don’t catch one to the dome. Personally I would avoid any and all conflict but do not assume everyone else will.
A needle and thread to repair the rip in your jeans should be near the top of your list. You don't want to be losing body heat through inadequate clothing.
You should still boil water after filtering it, it’s actually more important to boil it than filter it. Filtering water removes mostly just visible contamination: namely macroscopic-organisms and particulate. But boiling it kills the left over bacteria and viruses. (A good filter will also remove *some* dissolved solids and non-water liquids but not all) Consuming a little dirt is a lot less dangerous than ingesting large amounts of infectious microorganisms.
I do agree you can't filter as well as boiling, however boiling water takes a lot of fuel, a lot of time, and only when a fire won't give away your presence or position. A combo of both can be great. Hard to carry water in a lot when on the move. Boil when you can only filter when you can't boil fast enough
Time machine to go back and decide to NOT get off my ass and put myself in a situation where I would need cord to make a spear and a stick to make fire.😅
That knife was so epic. But I would change the water filtration with a 1 layer steel kanteen. Because even if you lose your forro rod you can make fire with your knife (making a bow fire set)
None of the hat guarantees food for longer term survival and the Mylar tent is a fragile open ended tube that won’t last long in high wind. With 5 items he could have chosen a real tent, a warm sleeping bag, a 5 day ration pack, a water bottle filter and a satellite messenger/PLB in case he can’t get out ok. Long distance ultralight backpackers don’t typically lose their stuff. Learning how to secure a compact pack and not lose it means you can rely on having all the gear you need.
Im not a survivalist so I could be very wrong, but in a survival scenario a hand axe to replace the knife and a pot to replace the filtration system. Boiling water works probably just as well if not better than the filter. An axe just has so much more utility. Used to cut wood, skin animals (does this worse than a knife, but has more uses), can use the back as a hammer, and besides skinning does everything else a knife can do just as well, but has uses a knife just can't do. Again, could be wrong, but at least on the axe I'm pretty certain it's better than a knife 8/10 times
1. Knife. 2. Ferro rod. 3. A pot or at least something to boil water in. 4. Safety pins. (I can use that for a fishing hook, pin down shelter with and if I have bandages on me I can use that to keep the bandage in place.) 5. Shelter.
It depends on the environment though. A “Five items I always carry” may be more apt. I’d take the pot over the filter generally. More specifically a large metal canteen. You know it will work even when it’s freezing and you could cook in it.
Good list. I haven't seen Survivor Cord with snare wire or monofilament fishing line for a while now. I'd decry any use of primary (only) edged weapon as a spear tip, or attached to any projectile where it leaves your hand.
I really would like to know how you'd make a pot you can cook in. I would take: 1. Swiss Army knife, 2. Paracord, 3. Metal Pot, 4. Ferro rod, 5. Iodine Solution. Water filtration is "easily" done with sand and charcoal and a tarp... yeah, you need to make a cut somewhere ;)
Not the best because there are only a few major things one needs in order to just survive in the wilderness. Fire, shelter, food, and water. For fire he's right when it comes to the flint but you also need wood. How do you get wood? From a tree. How do you knock a tree down? An axe or at least a saw, so there's the first item. A knife is also a nice touch because you could make other tools with it. With only these items you've already accomplished a shelter, and fire. It now comes down to food and water. Firstly for water you need to filter it and make sure it doesn't contain any bacteria so you need a pot to boil it. And for food you need to hunt which you now can because of the knife you brought along to make other tools such as a spear. You also need to cook that meat you hunted which again you can cause of the pot. And don't worry about the rope or line cause you can just make some from the roots of tree's or dried grass. So in conclusion all you need is a knife, axe/saw, flint, pan/pot. Like this comment if it helped you to at least understand more about life in nature. Thanks.
I haven't watched your video yet. But I will tell you what I'd want to have being a former military member, a mercenary in Yugoslavia, a survivalist and prepper and a former member of a state militia.. 1. knife. 2.. fire starter. 3. water filter. 4. tarp. 5. fish hooks & line I can manage everything else fairly easily. Been there and done that for nearly a year. I don't actually need these items but having them makes life a bit less complicated! 😊
I would go with the pot over the water filter. With such a small gear limit, you want maximum versatility. As nice as a filter is, it does exactly one thing, and has a limited functional lifespan, whereas the pot can purify your water just as well, plus so much more, and do so indefinitely. That said, sometimes you want a specialized tool. I would trade the cordage, which is easy enough to make in the field, for a big, fairly fine grit whetstone. Gotta keep a good edge on that blade. I'd also replace the tube tent with a big waxed canvas tarp. More versatile, more durable, and if I'm going to get rained on, I want that water to run off into my pot. So my list is: 1. Tarp 2. Knife 3. Whetstone 4. Pot 5. Ferro rod If I could have one more thing, it would be a Great Kilt. It's essentially just a giant wool blanket, so large in fact that it can serve simultaneously as tarp and sleeping bag, in addition to providing an extra layer of clothing if needed.
I was thinking the same, but instead of a water filter id have a metal canteen of some sort. The idea being that you can keep water on you and also use the canteen to boil water
1- knife (5 to 6 inches ) 2-faro rod ( 1/2in by 5in ) 3-10x10 tarp 4-down quilt 5-backpack ( externalframe ) if a backpack is all ready included then 5 would be a mid sized camp axe around a 2 1/2 lb one in the hudson bay style.
1. Uma bom machete (fulltang) 2. Um filtro de agua 3. Um zippo (com as pedras e combustível) 4. Abrigo de emergência (provavelmente uma rede pra dormir no alto) 5. Uma calibre 12 Break Action de um cano (com uma caixa de chumbo misto)
I always go with at least 6, the 5c method plus an additional c 1. Cover 2. Cordage 3. Combustion device 4. Cutting tool 5. Container 6. Calories I've been to the pathfinder school in Ohio, you're taught how someone can get by at least in the shirt term with the first 5 items. But I like to add a 6th C in the form of calories, something to eat to provide energy. For me that's usually a backpackers meal of some sort.
1. E-Tool/Axe to dig & chop firewood 👈 2. Knife w/compass👈 3. Loads of 550 cord👈 4. Backpack to carry stuff (canteen, space blanket, tent) 5. Ultimate 1st aid kit
As a kid I often wondered why Galadriel gave Sam the magic rope in Lord of the Rings. But the older I get the more amazed I am at how valuable, useful, and life-saving a good rope can be.
1: Shotgun 2: ammunition buckshot & slugs 3: ferro rod 4: Hatchet 5: bush pot Anything you can trap with wire won’t have enough fat to sustain you you will starve with a stomach full of small game. Also you would need massive amounts of skill to take large game with a spear. Good video though 😊
Knife (Preferably 8”-10”) Hatchet (2’) Folding Shovel Cordage (Preferably Paracord) Fire Rod Fresh/clean water is the most important, but there are many many ways to manufacture fresh/clean water without being a filtration system. Second most important is shelter & with the above provided tools, a long term dugout shelter is just 8-10 hours of work away.
1. Axe 2. Scotch eye 3. 20x20 tarp 4. Ferrorod 5. Pot with a water tight lid ( if you’ve ever watched naked and afraid basically the same pots they give them)
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1) 4x4 Motorhome
2) Beautiful curvy maiden
3) Over stocked fridge
4) Cold Beer
5) Fishing rod
I'd swap No.4 but 💯🤣
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Fire 😂
The beautiful curvy maiden will do!😅
Here's a good list:
22 revolver with ammo (item cheat)
Ferro
Knife
Steel pot
Shelter
(I can make cordage pretty good)
I would take it: 1) knife 2) Paracord 3) stainless steel water jug 4) life straw 5) waterproof tarp
No fire?
@@tsh9513 make your own with the knife and available trees
Bow drill and other friction fires work just takes a lot more energy
@tsh9513 :- You are correct...fire is #1
Clothing, shelter, fire, water, food.
Those are the most basic needs, in that order.
1: helicopter
2: helicopter fuel
3: helicopter pilot
4: map
5: compass
Haha
That's fair that makes sense Jesus Christ loves you
One question can all of that fit in a backpack
Don't foget the billionaire status.😊
Thinking outside da box
Great list. When i am teaching someone how to prep and what to prep with, at the VERY top of the list is water, water & more water.
You can never have enough clean drinking water.
Get your hands on as many large water storage containers as possible and fill them up.
Buy a good way to filter water on the go or in camp if you have to leave your home where you store your main water supply. A good gravity water purifier and water purifier tablets are both must haves. Water purification straws are also a smart move.
You can gather, hunt, fish, trap for food, hopefully with good results. Without water, you have 2-3 days depending on environment.
Once dehydration starts to set in, you will slow down, develop a bad headache.. it sucks, i’ve been there. WATER WATER WATER.
God bless. 🇺🇸🙏🏻
1) Hatchet
2) Pot
3) Ferro rod
4) 30-06 ammunition
5) M1 Garand rifle
With all these I can hunt, cook, boil water, collect wood, build shelter, and start fire.
Moral of the story...... NEVER LIMIT yourself to 5 items.
Limit yourself to zero items, because when shtf, you are not likely to have any if your fancy "survival" kit. Practice with none of your survivor porn, and learn the skills you need. Real survivalists would say. "I'll take the knife, but you can keep all the other crap."
@@TatTvamAsi2772 You're still taking a knife. That's definitely NOT zero. Let me guess... you want the fero rod with the knife and a sheath for the knife... and a good pair of boots.... etc.
But to much isnt good
@@TatTvamAsi2772always be ready, also real survivalists will take as much tools to help them survive as they can like a fucking lighter ???
@@TatTvamAsi2772This guy doesn't know how bugout bags work or what they are and it shows.
1: Tent
2: Beer
3: More Beer
4: Sleeping bag
5: Rope (to hang myself when I run out of beer)
Add a second dry sleeping bag
As long as its IPA or Pale Ales. None of that shite pilsener and lager beer.
Good call
@@anoldgeezer1 Don’t mind me. Me just being an idiot beer snob. Must have been drunk when posting the reply.
Your not on my team 😂😂😂😂😂😂
People underestimate just how important it is for a human to have a blade, a means to make fire, and drinking water is
Bic lighter in the handle if the knife...or 5 or them in your pocket.
@@donaldberry2101much higher chance of those breaking or running out. Lower chance of lighting when soaked as well
And to add on, just how important and useful some sort of string/rope is and would be
Who tf is underestimating that
@@leviqueen1504not true.. you can still lite with a broken bic
1. Knife (I can make feather sticks and the means to make fire - preferably a bow drill fire starter)
2. Cordage (see above and for lashings, traps, etc.)
3. Water purifier with carbon filter
4. Canteen or larger water carrier
5. Means to sharpen knife
In my part of Texas there are enough natural materials to construct shelter, provide food (cactus, yucca, wild fruits, acorns, pecans, squirrels, deer, raccoon, etc.), and building hunting gear (bow, arrows, spear, etc.) and fishing gear (nettles, cane/bamboo, worms/grubs, etc.). Survival is possible, but my wife would nag me about all of it because she's not yet had her rough camping experience.
NY here, I would always take something to make a fire quickly. Around these parts in the North East, you never know when building a fire quickly will save your life.
@@Trapster99 A knife and cordage help, because I can make a bow-drill, provided I can split wood, make dry wood shavings or have dry leaves to crush up, and make feathersticks for kindling to start larger pieces burning. Of course, a Bic lighter is far quicker in bad situations.
@@Trapster99 Always a good idea. Thanks.
Hard to choose between the water filter and a small/medium metal pot. Also my shelter would be a big heavy duty tarp
Agree about filter and pot but u make make a filter out of sand charcoal rocks and a plastic bottle u find..then boil it in the pot
Experience will dictate what is most useful for you...
Fire is #1 so ferro rod.
I wear mine on a leather boot lace around my neck.
2. Axe is the most useful tool, for shelter, firewood, defense, raft building etc. Belt sheath included of course.
3. A large reflective emergency blanket, (non crinkle variety) for warmth, water repelling and shelter cover on rainy days.
4. Pot for boiling water, cooking, carrying water.
5. Large wool poncho for warmth and blanket since sleep is so important.
70 years since my Dad started my outdoor skills training so that's what makes me secure and comfortable with the least effort expended...
How about a first aid kit
This 100%. A knife isn't going to cut down a tree for a shelter and firewood very well
1)Machete. (ESEE 18' spear point)
2)9'x6' double sided thermal blanket. (reflective/orange)
3)Ust stormproof floating lighter.
4)Zebra loop handle pot 3.1L.
5)Fox40 sonik blast whistle.
1: a house
2:a store with free food
3:a helicopter that uses water
4:a train to the nearest town
5: a post apocalyptic sea snail
You got to be one hell of a man with a 18 ft machete😂😂
@@heygoogle2475 18 inch
@@heygoogle2475 make it easy to find him.. Just look for the 40' swath he's made walking through the wilderness 😂
A truck, a rifle, a credit card, a personal locator beacon and Dave Canterbury.
A credit card is good tinder . Any survival situation is better with a super Dave .
1. Hot sauce
2. A magnet
3. A spoon
4. Guitar strings
5. Obama
Not to bash Dave, but to the survival/Bushcraft community he's overhyped. Nearly everything he's done is copied from other's and he gives no credit to those he's taken it from. It's just making videos in his backyard of things he's learned. I'm sure he's a great guy, but there's a lot of people out there that actually live this stuff and use it daily.
@@dogma7911 Have you ever attendee one of his courses by any chance? Or are you going by what you see on Social Media?
And, EVERYBODY is doing what they've been taught or learned elsewhere. No one is inventing woodsmanship.
As for the "bushcraft" commieunity, it would be a feather in Dave's cap to be ostricized by him, but they love him. He has the #1 best selling bushcraft book of all time across the planet in multiple languages.
The "bushcraft" commieunity isn't exactly anything to aspire too anyway...not for a woodsman.
There are a few pockets of good places like BushcraftUSA and a few channels, but for the most part, the most popular bushcrafters are 1/2 naked Asian girls making earth shelters with a machete.
As for the survival community, Dave's probably the foremost creator of affordable products that are readily available to the common man. No one else can say that.
All he does is contributes to the genre and while some are hating him on social media, he's literally training SAR (Search And Rescue) teams....you know them, right? The guys & gals who go out and rescue lost bushcrafters and hikers. LOL
@@dogma7911 You literally described every Bushcraft RUclipsr, hell you described every bushcrafter. Taking skills other people developed and using it or showing how to use it to others. And actually he has mentions the books and guides written by Kepart and a few others many times from the colonial and early USA days. Gear he uses is always mentioned who made it be it a person or a company. Also overhyped is not the same thing as popular. He is in the upper echelon of bushcrafters that make content on the internet in terms of skill and viewer count. Overhyping would be if he was in the 50% range of skill and people making him out to be in the 80% range. From watching a lot of different videos from different people over the years on different techniques and ideas, preferences and what not he is up there in the top 80%-90%
I would take
1. Cordage
2. Water filtration
3. Knife
4 waterproof tarp
5. Ferro rod
Awesome video. Agree with your selection. All these people who disagree with you are not only going to take just 5 items. Your pick is the top 5.
Great Video on 5 decent items to carry. Don't carry unnecessary garbage. Everything He shows you has multiple uses. Excellent!
I'm trying to find a decent size ferro rod. All I've turned up are puny little things. Better than nothing tho
@@savage22bolt32 the small ones work as well as the bigger ones. And u can cord em on a necklace…🤣I’ve lost sooo many before I started doing that
@@cristymenapace2508 but, "bigger is better" lol!
Best water filtration is a milking goat. They drink the water, you drink the milk.
You can also probably drink goat pee too.
@@matthewkopp2391 much easier to collect milk than pee. You'd have to be kinda nuts to drink waste water.
You better milk the bull. 😅
@@SAV175 That sounds like something a bit too exciting for this dull guy.
And they pack gear you don't want to.
My number item will always be a pot. Water is the biggest most important thing in survival. You can always make a sharp something to cut. You can find cordage in most places. You can create fire other ways but you need to be able to filter water somehow or clean it. And the pot is good for so many other things too. Everyone always says a knife first but I would always say a pot as number one especially if I only get one thing.
A pot is a great choice, but remember it's possible to make a container out of a section of log by charring the inside out with coals, blowing out the flame on the sides as it works it's way down, and then hot rock boiling water inside of it.
@@pop4b0is2 I had never heard of that process. I'll have to check it out. The other good but also not. Good thing is unfortunately there's almost always trash everywhere you go and so a lot of times you can find something to use as a container or to boil stuff too
@@sock979 Ranger Survival and Field Craft from the Pathfinder school made a really good video on creating the 5 C's of survivability from the landscape with zero tools, I recommend watching it to study the technique
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I agree a pot is very important but your Wonder how our ancestors Neanderthal man survived with no pot
@@outdoorguy845Well, they probably just drank water from natural sources.
I don't think Neanderthals possessed water purification knowledge.
I don't even think Humans knew about micro-organisms in water until just a few centuries ago.
I would use orange paracord on everything. It’s a lot easier to find things when they’re not camo 😂
Can’t argue with the list, spot on.
depends on the style of surviving like not the world going to shit yeah would use orange line. But like SHTF survival ima use green or brown line.
Makes me want a tigerstripe and blaze colored reversible tarp actually.
Blue is actually more visible than orange or less likely to blend in. Hunters use orange because game, mainly deer, can see blue.
Sleeping bag
@@crazeeazreally?
As soon as he said turn his knife into a spear, I tuned out.
"lemme roughly tie my only other weapon and most reliable tool I have onto a stick (that I could've just sharpened) to either jab a predator at close range, hoping it doesn't come within knife range, or throw at prey that may or may not run away for 30 minutes"
A cooking pot is more versatile and replaces a water filter’s function.
A plain tarp is more versatile and durable than an emergency bivy tent.
A small ferro rod works just as well and is… smaller.
Survivorcord is awesome.
A bigger ferr rod is somewhat easier to light and can have more uses is think
How are you gonna argue a smaller ferro rod would help but suggest he use a cooking pot and tarp, a larger ferro rod is hardly any more difficult to carry than a small one but there’s a a lot more required for a pot and tarp
LOL , Youre clearly one of those annoying know-it-alls that must always be right
You say get a small ferro rod because its smaller(literally 1” smaller!!! )But then proceed to say get a pot and a freaking tarp. For someone that was so concerned about the extra inch on the ferro rod , you sure did end up splurging w the pot and tarp
The pot only works for water if you have fire which he specifically said in case he loses his fire. Also it doesn't filter heavy metals.
An old marine told me all you need is your underwear and a bayonet. I wonder where he is now. 🤔 🤣
@nedkelly3436not if there are rocks around. 😊
@nedkelly3436But still alive
Naked and starving
Nah he eating the enemies he kills he well fed, marines are crazy
Surviving...duh😂
A hand cranked battery charger, a satellite phone(or maybe an EPIRB), a bottle of whisky, a good book, and a comfy chair to wait in until the chopper arrives.
I always wanted to try winter camping. Winter is my favourite time of year. I have a lot of confidence in myself. I have done a lot of camping so far in my life.
Me personally I’d switch out the portable shelter for a Russian doll style mess kit. A quick shelter can be built in a few hours.
NOT IF ITS POURING RAIN.
Yeah waterproofing would be a problem
I agree 💯
you should package that in an ammo can and sell it
I don’t think he’ll sell his custom knife he made
@@coopermonaghan1615if he can mass produce it it would be pretty great i think
@@wow50000That's a pretty big jump. CNC mills are not cheap.
@@Under-Kaoz fair, would it be possible to contract a machining company to make em or use another technique such as die casting or drop forging ?
@@wow50000 Of course he can always contact a job shop or something similar. Just aint going to be cheap. Im a toolmaker and we journeyman like other trades. I make $35/hr plus the profit cost theyd have to pay.
Fair enough. The only difference my answer had was a rucksack in place of the cordage, but that's only because the areas that I'm used to that I would chose to go survive in have an absolute abundance of dogbane, and I'm used to turning that into rope pretty quickly and easily. Used to make rope out of it when I was bored as a kid. Meanwhile a good rucksack means less trips gathering supplies, and the ability to carry more tools and supplies over longer distances.
What time of year is best for making that cordage
If you have a tarp, you have a container.
If you have cordage, you have a net-based container as well.
With few items your tarp/poncho can be your container and with cordage you can create a backpack frame
Mylar is too brittle, use a tarp instead. Will reflect heat from fire and can be used as a shelter in many ways.
The five C's from Dave Canterbury, cool
1)Cutting tool (knive)
2)Coverage to make a microclimate (tarp)
3)Combustion device to make a fire (ferro rod)
4)Container for carrying and boiling water or for protecting food (pot)
5)Cordage for tying
On my opinion the filter/purifier could stop working for various reasons, it be cool if part of your filter was a pot in case the filter freezes and breaks (for example)
How can you make a container out there? Most that I have seen have water losses, but your confidence says yours could be good so it gaves me hope hahahaha
1. clear plastic
2. pot
3. knife
4. ferro rod
5. That tube tent
Clear plastic can be used to power a solar still. No need to worry about filtration. Your filter isn't going to useful when you can't find water. My solar still can be used in almost any environment.
I'd switch the knife out for a reliable hatchet because it'll be easier to cut trees down and you can have more cordage on the handle of the hatchet you can do everything a knife can do with a hatchet
Amen
A knife is much more versatile!
I concure
@@xDivinitysCreaturex not to mean this in a douche bag way but what can a knife do that a hatchet cant
@@kneecapcollector1778 I think you tagged the wrong person bro
I agree 97%, if your carrying para-cord why not use a really great sturdy handle instead cord. Just a thought
This is such a great subjective topic and you made a valid point. I wrap the sheath with paracord for the same purpose.
1 lifetime supply of food
2 lifetime supply of water
3 portable home
4 gun
5 ammo
Agreed!!
so...a farmer in an rv?
How come no one ever mentions toilet paper
@@gohome678 bidet time then
@@gohome678 cause its hard to keep.
You can take a stick and draw a rectangle on the ground if you don’t have bedding. It’ll keep the bugs away.
Or carve a pentagram...bugs and demons.
@@donaldberry2101 finally someone who knows the actual use of pentagrams
I strongly recommend carrying Trotline cord, Mason Line cord and Paracord.
⚠️You should not use Paracord for some applications because it is too stretchy.
1. satelite phone
2. gps
3. beer
4. bottle opener
5. cooked steak
How can u survive without cigarettes?😂
To me a good stainless pot with a carry handle is so much better than a water filter. The ability to carry large amounts of water and boil it can make all the difference.
As long as you have fire. Some situations may keep you from building fires
Can't boil out dirt, debris or certain organisms that can survive boiling water as we as freezing water
@@daleyfun2247 boiling is good but many Bacillus family bacterium are heat resistant, this is the family of bacterium Anthrax is from, bit in general Bacillum can cause a slew of infections or abcesses. Methanopyrus kandleri can cause UTIs or intestinal infections and there are others
Fire rod
As much survival cord as possible
Fishing lures
Pot
My buck knife
The rest o can forage and build with nature since I’m surrounded by fresh water and woods
You have plenty of Tramedes Versicolor, turkeytail, on your log...good medicine.
One question: Why turn your knife into a spear and risk losing or breaking your only tool?
Because it's too hard to sharpen the end of a stick! Right!
Killing
I love survivor cordage! I also made my own Bowie with a Paracord wrapped handle. And a big old fat fero rod on the sheeth as well.
Personally the only place my ferro rod will be is on a breakaway lanyard around my neck.
Great video. Follows the 5 C’s, looks like a great bare minimum kit. Nice, brother
No container.
Crack
Crack
Crack
Crack
Cinnamon?
Might have to be more specific which 5 c’s you meant 😊
@@B4LLB49 cutting tool
Combustion device
Cover
Container
Cordage
Remind people you dont necessarily need ti be out on a hike, you can keep it all in your car! And probably need it most then!?
And only take it out of the car on a hike!
But if your car ever breaks down you're ready! Most wont!
🧐🤔🤨🤷🏼
1. Tin Pot
2. Tarp
3. Sleeping bag
4. Gopro to film it for my channel. Everything else I can make myself.
I love that survivor cord! I keep it by the spool full
Not sure which brand you have, but I don't care for it.
What do you use it for?
@@Rabbit-the-One shelter building fishing snaring and fire building. It has a wax cord inside it that catches spark, a metal snare wire, a fishing string, and several smaller strands for tying things together. It does a good job
The problem with survivor cord is that to access the wire or wax cord, etc. you have to break down the survivor cord or cut pieces off it. When it becomes the source of so many wants and needs it doesn't last long!
Can you still get it with snare wire ,mono fishing line, and fire wire?
'If I was only allowed'
TV has really become ingrained in our thought process.
What do you mean
@@Nick-oj8ohI assume they mean that they’d never be a situation where they weren’t allowed more than five items… unless it was some kind of TV show.
In a survival situation I'd insist on ONE more item. A means to protect myself from anyone who wanted my 5 other items.
If you're not savvy enough to work out what the knife is for, don't bother spending too much time fooling yourself that you have the wits to survive anything more than a milk run to the store.
Why not own and use firearms? Who’s anyone else, no matter who or what he/she is, to say that you can’t? According to natural law, you have the right to own whatever you want as long as you’re treating others right. “Governmental law” is under natural law, and Biblical Law is the Supreme Law.
@@tikdophif we are surviving in the woods and you have a knife but I want everything you have and I have a gun, then I’m leaving with everything.
@@tokerpoker4641 If we are surviving in the woods and you take my knife, when you fall asleep I will have my knife back plus your firearm and some bear bait! Or we could work together and have an easier time surviving! Your choice!!!
@@nathanadrian7797 you are assuming that people will not act irrational… I would be long gone and not asleep but that’s assuming that you are still alive and don’t catch one to the dome. Personally I would avoid any and all conflict but do not assume everyone else will.
1. 50 cal
2. Beer
3. Xbox
4. Something to hook up Xbox
5. Bear Grylls
I love the outdoors, and survival 🔥🔥❤❤
Add tweezers in the first add kit please, even cheap bulk tweezers would work. Keep well one love🤝
Being stuck on a deserted island without a good pair of tweezers is a nightmare scenario for me, a close 2nd to being buried alive.
A needle and thread to repair the rip in your jeans should be near the top of your list. You don't want to be losing body heat through inadequate clothing.
more important than the knfie? more important than the ferro rod? more important than what??
Im assuming a fully loaded gun wasn't an option..??
Its an option if it's in your top 5.
1.wifi
2.gaming set up
3.electricity
4.home with roof
5.mcdonald food
1 Tent
2 water Bottle
3 Torch
4 knife
5 Mug
1: cell phone
2: LandNav kit (compass,map,blaze tape)
3: fire capability
4: shelter capability
5: water capability
You should still boil water after filtering it, it’s actually more important to boil it than filter it.
Filtering water removes mostly just visible contamination: namely macroscopic-organisms and particulate. But boiling it kills the left over bacteria and viruses. (A good filter will also remove *some* dissolved solids and non-water liquids but not all)
Consuming a little dirt is a lot less dangerous than ingesting large amounts of infectious microorganisms.
I do agree you can't filter as well as boiling, however boiling water takes a lot of fuel, a lot of time, and only when a fire won't give away your presence or position. A combo of both can be great. Hard to carry water in a lot when on the move. Boil when you can only filter when you can't boil fast enough
Time machine to go back and decide to NOT get off my ass and put myself in a situation where I would need cord to make a spear and a stick to make fire.😅
That knife was so epic. But I would change the water filtration with a 1 layer steel kanteen. Because even if you lose your forro rod you can make fire with your knife (making a bow fire set)
1knife
2lancaster repeater +900 bullets
3Arthur Morgan
4water filtration system
5last but not least schofield revolver +900bullets
None of the hat guarantees food for longer term survival and the Mylar tent is a fragile open ended tube that won’t last long in high wind.
With 5 items he could have chosen a real tent, a warm sleeping bag, a 5 day ration pack, a water bottle filter and a satellite messenger/PLB in case he can’t get out ok.
Long distance ultralight backpackers don’t typically lose their stuff. Learning how to secure a compact pack and not lose it means you can rely on having all the gear you need.
Could you provide the link for the shelter?
“This one is 9 inches, I made it my self”
Moral of the story, you will never go in to the wild with only 5 items, maybe 5 beers but that's that.
The 5 Cs! You passed the Dave Canterbury survival test! Hell yes 🙌🏼
Cnife
Cordage
Cferro rod
Camping tent
Cwater filter
Im not a survivalist so I could be very wrong, but in a survival scenario a hand axe to replace the knife and a pot to replace the filtration system. Boiling water works probably just as well if not better than the filter. An axe just has so much more utility. Used to cut wood, skin animals (does this worse than a knife, but has more uses), can use the back as a hammer, and besides skinning does everything else a knife can do just as well, but has uses a knife just can't do. Again, could be wrong, but at least on the axe I'm pretty certain it's better than a knife 8/10 times
Seems good for traveling light, noted and will execute, thanks for the advice
1. Knife.
2. Ferro rod.
3. A pot or at least something to boil water in.
4. Safety pins. (I can use that for a fishing hook, pin down shelter with and if I have bandages on me I can use that to keep the bandage in place.)
5. Shelter.
Awesome video man and I love that knife you made
1. Remington 870 12 gauge
2. 12 gauge 3 inch buck shot
3. Buck knife
4. WD40
5. Duct tape.
It depends on the environment though.
A “Five items I always carry” may be more apt.
I’d take the pot over the filter generally. More specifically a large metal canteen. You know it will work even when it’s freezing and you could cook in it.
1. Phone
2. Cell tower
3. Water
4. Food
5. Helicopter Uber
Great advice man!
1.Knife with stone on sheath
2. Axe
3. Cordage
4. Metal water bottle with detachable metal cup/mug
5. Fero rod
I would take a nice 3lb axe over a knife. He could build shelter and fire with an axe idk why he only went with a knife.
Good list. I haven't seen Survivor Cord with snare wire or monofilament fishing line for a while now.
I'd decry any use of primary (only) edged weapon as a spear tip, or attached to any projectile where it leaves your hand.
I really would like to know how you'd make a pot you can cook in.
I would take: 1. Swiss Army knife, 2. Paracord, 3. Metal Pot, 4. Ferro rod, 5. Iodine Solution.
Water filtration is "easily" done with sand and charcoal and a tarp... yeah, you need to make a cut somewhere ;)
Five great choices my friend. 😊
Great list. Thanks for sharing.
After the use of the cord on the knife handle. There is no doubt you have an answer but please share it. Your awesome dude 👊🏻
Not the best because there are only a few major things one needs in order to just survive in the wilderness. Fire, shelter, food, and water. For fire he's right when it comes to the flint but you also need wood. How do you get wood? From a tree. How do you knock a tree down? An axe or at least a saw, so there's the first item. A knife is also a nice touch because you could make other tools with it. With only these items you've already accomplished a shelter, and fire. It now comes down to food and water. Firstly for water you need to filter it and make sure it doesn't contain any bacteria so you need a pot to boil it. And for food you need to hunt which you now can because of the knife you brought along to make other tools such as a spear. You also need to cook that meat you hunted which again you can cause of the pot. And don't worry about the rope or line cause you can just make some from the roots of tree's or dried grass. So in conclusion all you need is a knife, axe/saw, flint, pan/pot. Like this comment if it helped you to at least understand more about life in nature. Thanks.
I haven't watched your video yet.
But I will tell you what I'd want to have being a former military member, a mercenary in Yugoslavia, a survivalist and prepper and a former member of a state militia..
1. knife.
2.. fire starter.
3. water filter.
4. tarp.
5. fish hooks & line
I can manage everything else fairly easily.
Been there and done that for nearly a year.
I don't actually need these items but having them makes life a bit less complicated! 😊
I would go with the pot over the water filter. With such a small gear limit, you want maximum versatility. As nice as a filter is, it does exactly one thing, and has a limited functional lifespan, whereas the pot can purify your water just as well, plus so much more, and do so indefinitely. That said, sometimes you want a specialized tool. I would trade the cordage, which is easy enough to make in the field, for a big, fairly fine grit whetstone. Gotta keep a good edge on that blade. I'd also replace the tube tent with a big waxed canvas tarp. More versatile, more durable, and if I'm going to get rained on, I want that water to run off into my pot.
So my list is:
1. Tarp
2. Knife
3. Whetstone
4. Pot
5. Ferro rod
If I could have one more thing, it would be a Great Kilt. It's essentially just a giant wool blanket, so large in fact that it can serve simultaneously as tarp and sleeping bag, in addition to providing an extra layer of clothing if needed.
1. Air 2. More air 3. Even more air 4. More more air 5.
30% oxygen
I was thinking the same, but instead of a water filter id have a metal canteen of some sort. The idea being that you can keep water on you and also use the canteen to boil water
1. Rifle w/ ammo
2. Some sort of water filtation (tablets/life straw)
3. Tent/tarp
4. Solid full tang knife
5. As much cordage as possible
Show us howtf you make a container!?
(That holds water*)
Great list, I’m interested to see what I come up with also!
1- knife (5 to 6 inches )
2-faro rod ( 1/2in by 5in )
3-10x10 tarp
4-down quilt
5-backpack ( externalframe )
if a backpack is all ready included then 5 would be a mid sized camp axe around a 2 1/2 lb one in the hudson bay style.
1. Uma bom machete (fulltang)
2. Um filtro de agua
3. Um zippo (com as pedras e combustível)
4. Abrigo de emergência (provavelmente uma rede pra dormir no alto)
5. Uma calibre 12 Break Action de um cano (com uma caixa de chumbo misto)
I always go with at least 6, the 5c method plus an additional c
1. Cover
2. Cordage
3. Combustion device
4. Cutting tool
5. Container
6. Calories
I've been to the pathfinder school in Ohio, you're taught how someone can get by at least in the shirt term with the first 5 items. But I like to add a 6th C in the form of calories, something to eat to provide energy. For me that's usually a backpackers meal of some sort.
Finally! A survival specialist who acknowledges the importance of carrying a rope.
1. E-Tool/Axe to dig & chop firewood 👈
2. Knife w/compass👈
3. Loads of 550 cord👈
4. Backpack to carry stuff (canteen, space blanket, tent)
5. Ultimate 1st aid kit
As a kid I often wondered why Galadriel gave Sam the magic rope in Lord of the Rings. But the older I get the more amazed I am at how valuable, useful, and life-saving a good rope can be.
1) Knife 2) Cordage 3) Ferro Rod 4) Metal Container 5) Shelter
1: Shotgun
2: ammunition buckshot & slugs
3: ferro rod
4: Hatchet
5: bush pot
Anything you can trap with wire won’t have enough fat to sustain you you will starve with a stomach full of small game. Also you would need massive amounts of skill to take large game with a spear. Good video though 😊
A life straw would work really good as well that way you could drink while being on the move
Only five, that's a tough one. 1. knife, 2. break barrel pellet rife with 1000 pellets, 3. lighter, 4. water filtration kit, 5. snare wire
Knife (Preferably 8”-10”)
Hatchet (2’)
Folding Shovel
Cordage (Preferably Paracord)
Fire Rod
Fresh/clean water is the most important, but there are many many ways to manufacture fresh/clean water without being a filtration system.
Second most important is shelter & with the above provided tools, a long term dugout shelter is just 8-10 hours of work away.
1. Ferro rod
2. Tarp
3. Metal canteen and nesting cup
4. Carbon steel knife. Full tang.
5. A shit ton of cordage. Paracord and bankline.
1 solar cabin
2 food
3 water
4 young naked woman
5 bed
1. Axe 2. Scotch eye 3. 20x20 tarp 4. Ferrorod 5. Pot with a water tight lid ( if you’ve ever watched naked and afraid basically the same pots they give them)