Don’t Go Camping Without Testing Your Gear First! Here’s How
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Hey, welcome back to my channel! In this video, I'm going to show you how to test your new camping gear before you go to the woods. You don't want to find out that your gear is faulty or broken when you're in the middle of nowhere, right? That's why it's important to do some field testing at home first. I'll share with you some tips and tricks on how to do that, and what to look for when you're checking your gear. If you like this video, please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel for more camping adventures. See you next time, and stay safe!
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Great information
Great wisdom. People laughed so much at guysdoing things in their back yard or in a nearby park that most have forgotten that you have to run through things first. It's where the term shakedown run came in to our vocabulary. Even before a long trip I like to take my vehicle for a run that is usually 160 miles round trip. Lets you know if everything is working right. You go through the vehicle the same as the rest of your gear to make sure it's ready. Same with your gear. Something has a tear or a seam coming undone fix it before you go. Same with the edges on your cutting tools. Does anything need a little oil to loosen up. Maybe zippers need some wax to lube them. It should a part of the fun of the trip.
I don't recall ever having heard anyone else say this. Excellent advice. You have probably saved many people a lot of grief!
Practice in the dark to set up your new tent and even to get particular things out of a new backpack, that's what I learned from stealth camping.
Getting to know the gear in a safe environment helps with practicing your skillsets. Having dirt time in the backyard has helped in the field more than once thanks to the bushcraft community.
Definitely a great idea to always test your gear and I would add only change very little at a time. It's nice to have an occasion to buy a whole lot of new gear but instead of making major changes, try out every new piece first at home and then in the field one by one or make it a real short trip just in case. Then again, there's nothing like being miserable yet safe enough... makes for great stories!
Hi Blackie, greeting from Australia 🇦🇺, thank you for your time to make these videos, muchly appreciated thank you.
Good afternoon from Syracuse NY brother and you are right my friend
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Hi my friend
Straightforward, practical wisdom. Great video, Blackie!
Good video Blackie thanks for sharing YAH bless !
Good advice thank you 😊
That's is some good advice Blackie. Thanks for all the videos.
This was a great video Blackie! I totally agree with you, practice at home at your leisure until you are comfortable with your gear.
I remember the old Boy Scout cook set, ate burnt baked beans for a week during a solo camp survival event. Took me several years before I could eat beans again. Good advice Blackie, thank you.
The "Cold Weather" canteen you featured is built to last but a bit on the heavy side. Definitely a future collectable item.
Yes agree. Especially a new tent or cooker! 🇺🇸 🇳🇿
Good wisdom I’ve been doing that since I was 11 years old found out the hard way
Really good advice. Wish I would've heard it about 60 years ago! Probably could have saved me a lot of frustration rather than learning it the hard way. Really enjoy your presentations. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Blackie. I always appreciate your time and effort.
Thanks for listening
Blackie I test all my equipment way before I even think about going camping
Such a great piece of advice, I think we all have leant this the hard way. Great video Blackie!!!
Good advice, Blackie. Since I'm a tent camper I always set up a new tent to see if it has good seam sealant on it or if I need to seal it. Also practicing at home setting it up before you go camping so your not struggling to put it up when you get to your campsite, especially if you have to set up in the dark. But I think that's common knowledge by now (hopefully). Happy New Year!
Can we get copies of the new artwork displayed for the new released videos? I've seen a couple I'd like to hang in the man cave. I really like the one for "Comparing surplus canteens for bush craft..."
This is fantastic advice a few years ago when my boys and I got into bushcraft and survival. We practiced gear and techniques in the backyard all the time, and still do. Plus it's fun and easy to camp out in the backyard with the kids. We just did a couple camp outs in the backyard testing some new gear they got for Christmas. And honing skills camping in upper 20's temps.
This is solid advice, one time I bought a tarp and one of my loops wasn't stitched. Thankfully I realized this in my back yard and not on some mountain top, in the middle of the woods. Always inspect your gear before departure!
Okay you convinced me, I’ll be trying out a couple of new pieces of gear this weekend outside :)
This is so true! I also learned it the hard way, with a certain cot that I just could not sleep on!
Another great video with such a simple suggestion as to practice and test your equipment before hand I think that that suggestion as simple as it is can save a life or two just like many of your other videos
Blackie,
All great tips, ty sir
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Happy new year!
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And once again...another good video!
Teaching people how to use a fire rod, oh boy, that could really be a masterpiece. There are talented and untalented people and those who can get a fire only with a jet lighter. But you should also practice this at home before you go out.
I'm becoming a little set in my ways these days and have 90% of the kit for the more unpredictable environments. Much of the new kit gets tried out on day hikes. The canteen advice is good stuff, been caught out a couple of times and even a day hike is a long time with an unsuitable canteen.
Sound advice
@BLACKIE THOMAS You Sir just inspired me to get outside today and test out my new OdenWolf D2 that I got in last week. Thank you for kicking me in the A - - with this video.
Rock on!
I have been testing Coleman lanterns & stoves since Christmas and still have around 50 + more lanterns to go , so far I have found 4 lanterns that need attention from stuck or rusted ball check valves in the pump to "bad" clogged or stuck fuel pickup tubes , the stoves have all been fine . I went over each one as I bought them doing repairs and replacement of parts they all were fine when I put them up . I have been doing the same with my Army tents , right now we have 4 set up in the backyard , they all had their seams sealed last year when I had them set up but some of the seam tape has started to come off , they are not leaking but given time they will . I have been busy sealing the seams again and have 8 more to go , each night I sleep in a different one and it has been raining a lot the last week , if it takes me a month or more to go over each one I will , it sucks to be out in the woods hiking or just glamping to have your equipment take a shit when you need it the most . Good video , most people think all because your equipment is new or like new your going to be good only to find out after getting wet and staying wet in cold weather that you screwed dealing with hyperthermia or worse
Thanks for all your great content, Blackie! Happy Holidays and best wishes for a great 2024.
thank you very much
Amen
thanks for watching
👍👍👍 .. wise advice.
Also, after feverishly ripping open the packaging to get at the goodies, take a deep breath, get a fresh cup of coffee or tea, sit down and then use the Product 'RFM Function' .. 'Read the Flipping Manual'. This, and using You Tube and other Forums beforehand for Reviews on the Product, can (and has for me) save one a heap of 'pain' 😫 out in the Field 😏.
A good share .. thanks.
It never ceases to amaze me how someone can go out into the woods with a tent they've never even set up before or a sleeping mat or inflatable pad they've never even taken out of the stuff sack. That's just flat out dangerous. Everything made by man can, will, and eventually does fail at some point. Don't let YOURSELF be the weak link in your gear chain.
I just bought my first ultralight pack, so I have to pack it with my lightest gear and wear it around town to test for fit. It also has two open pockets on the side up high so I have to see how those work when it rains. Great advice Blackie.
Do a dry tun in your back yard. If sonething fails, fix it right there or order a better replacement, right there. If you need an item, stop and get it from the the house Walmart or order it online right there.
Rinse and repeat. Gear must be used, not stored.
Blackie, How True I'm like a kid with new gear I got to try it out. I learned that as a Boy Scout in the early 70s. Passing on Wisdom, Experience and Teaching. The prints on the videos are great looking, Where did you find them. Thanks Again Sir for all you do. Happy New Years To You and Mrs. Blackie, God Bless Y'all. Lots of Black Eye Peas and Hog Jowl with Cabbage for New Years Day .
Happy new year !
LOL Yes I remember the old aluminum Boy Scouts cook set. Yes they would burn water. I went hungry on many Boy Scout outings because of this. This was before freeze dried existed and C rations was worse than dog food including the stale cigarettes.
thanks for watching
11:28 Was it the Tom Brown Tracker knife that you didn't like? I own one and it's ok, just not great for what I need it to do for a camp. But for what it is, it'll do.
But granted, it's been 2 years since I last camped. Life sorta happens.
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Thank you once again for a great video your experience is amazing and I take it to heart thank you Blackie 👍
Thanks for the knowledge, and entertainment you've given me thru the years, Blackie. Have a Happy New Year's!!
Some things are inconveniences but not testing your sleep system for cold temps can be bad. Too many people rely on the listed temperature rating or forget an underquilt or insulated pad.
Excellent advice. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences and wisdom.
Blackie eight months since a black powder pistol video. Even if it were just a history lesson I'd be happy. Please sir.
That's something i thought about watching old Western movies. There wasn't Central Air or heat. No fancy cook stove. Maybe a rope bed. The only difference was were you slept.
I went to a rendezvous in October (Illinois) without testing my gear. I want to test it, but because I was busy during the week and it rained the whole weekend. So I did my first Rendezvous without ever testing my gear. There were a few things that didn’t work, but it was alright
Sounds great!
2 more options: try one new piece of gear per trip, but still bring what you are replacing as something to fall back on. Another option is to go camping with friends so if you wake up with your cheap hammock sideways and your butt hitting the ground you can hop in someone's tent... ask me how I know.
correct stay focused on what your testing
That's absolutely sound advice!!
You should also practice fasting. Go a day or two without eating. Your body will actually improve. We eat too much anyway. But if you aren't worried about eating 3 meals a day you will be far better off. Strife is inevitable. Don't let it imperil you because of a short term situation. How many creatures go without eating every day? Most. Man is trained to be a pig. It actually harms you. Most live to eat, few eat to live. You can do this in the back yard too. Pemmican is for when you just can't acquire food in a few days.
Add this to Blackie's recommendations. Live a healthier life.
also, i always test my gear first, to see if it's okay to withstand testing, before i test it 😂
I test everything I have more than once
Common sense
Common sense
Same with dating men test that gear.
Yep. I first learned this after going to the flea market and getting that cheap "Rambo" knife as a 10 year old. Pappaw said "Boah, you learning now ain't you..." took it out there. Failed. And hey there was no YT baton testing, forged in fire thing😂 I didn't do anything like that. It sucked. Garbage stainless. I did however have my Buck 110 as a backup, which my grandfather also hated...that he was not exactly right about😂
my buck 110 saved me a few times like that as well