How would you know what tree or vine to use or doesn't it matter as long as it is healthy. I live in Western Australia. Thank you for your easy to use info. Natural is best and cheapest.
While working in the jungle in New Guinea in 1973 building pipelines, my company issued me a small igloo water cooler. Being hot and working hard, I would drink the all the water in the cooler by lunch time. Since I would fill my cooler in the morning with ice and water. There would be ice in the cooler by lunch time but no water. The natives showed me a source of potable water. There were large vines as large as my arm growing from the jungle floor to the tree tops these vine some time have sage in them 6 or 8 feet from the ground that resembled a U. Using a machete I cut the U out of the vine the cut the U in half, sharpen one end of the U and could get a quart of clean clear drinkable water. I noticed that the older vines produced a slightly wood taste but still very drinkable. Since Me and my crew were flown out every morning by helicopter, getting back to camp for a drink of water was not possible, so drinking vine water was very common and no one to my knowledge ever got sick or had any problems drinking water cfrom the vines.
My grandfather taught me this, the trick it keeping the edge of the vine cut fresh, if it dries up it stops, just retrim the end and it starts going again. He lived in SW Florida, born in 1910, fisherman by trade.
I wonder if this can be used with saltwater. Would a Vine or even a cut piece of pine allow freshwater through it and leave the salt behind. I would think something like a mangrove certainly would because a mangrove must be leaving the salt behind in the roots and allowing the fresh water up to the top. If that's true then you have a desalinization filter as well as a bacteria filter and that's even more game-changing.
Pine works, but it tastes like pine, the vines were faster, we used it on brackish water, so in-between salt and fresh, I don't think it would work of full sea water, it would rupture the cells of the xylem, maybe something like sea grapes of other salt tolerant species might work? Interesting project. I don't live near the coast anymore, maybe next time I'm down there I'll try it.
I’ve worked in the water industry for over 20 years and I’m quite familiar with water testing. This was a very well put together very accurately explained video. It’s hard to find good solid information on sometimes. Well done.
can yall filter out all the drugs and estrogen pills that are goin into the municipal water supply if so please explain why pychosis, men thinking their women, and many other health problems occur from what the water industry CANT filter out
Water lab guy here, and I love this video! MPN stands for Most Probable Number, basically how many colonies of the tested bacteria that are expected to thrive after 24 hours of incubation with no additives. E. Coli is a great "indicator" to test for. The other common one would be Enterococci, which is the actual one we test for in my lab because that's the one that will have a greater negative affect your health, and is most likely to cause disease. Now I want to try this and test in my lab!
Late to the party. If I recall correctly. Many viruses can survive a pretty wide range of temperatures. Boiling? I'm not sure. That said, UV exposure is tends to kill most everything. So, I would guess leaving the glass out in the sun for a day or two would do the trick. The glass will filter about 95% of UV rays. Hence the day or two time frame. Make sure you get it all.
If i am bringing my water above 185F won’t that get rid of both viruses and bacteria? Yet, what of man made chemicals? What of the toxic chemicals that are produced by bacteria?
As I recall, Sawyer filter instructions mention that the vast majority of viruses are not free-floating and are stuck to particles which would be filtered out by this method.
@@MWodenberg That’s interesting, I wasn’t aware of that. Do you know if there’s any correlation to the severity of the virus and whether or not it’s free-floating? Ie, flu level are free floating and worse ones aren’t?
@@hervevazeilles3790First off, its OUR child, not hour child, second what would make you think they would drink the water? Lastly, I don't think MIT is exactly the same as random strangers.
@@hervevazeilles3790 That's not a crazy advice, It's well filtered enough so your immune system can basically deal safely with the rest. Only problem would be dissolved chemical/metal contaminants *I guess* but that should only be bad long term. I bet that our city water is worse to drink than that filtered out water from the creek with all the drugs and hormones in it.
@@aviko9560I agree This water he filtered is a lot clearer than what I pay my local government to supposedly clean and sanitize for human consumption at my house. I am scared to drink this water from my local water department. I really hate taking a shower in it but I have no other choice.
@Boosh_Craft The magnetic field around earth is weakening very fast, which is why we now see auroras in places we have never seen before. One day soon, a solar flare, a solar emp, if you like, will take out earths electrical grid. Coms will be down, for good. Elecrical anything will be out, for good. Tell me again how dumb it is to know more primitive ways of dealing with issues. And yes, you wont be saving anyone but yourself, your loved ones, and maybe your community.. but without help of electricity.
I'm a licensed water operator, he got one thing wrong: total coliform is the indicator test, and most coliform bacteria is harmless. E. Coli is the dangerous species. When we send our monthly samples to the lab, they only test for total coliform. If that comes back negative, there is no E. Coli. If total coliform tests positive, they then test for E. Coli and if that is positive, it initiates a boil water alert and several other mandatory procedures to rectify the problem.
I love these videos. Not entirely for the content, but because there is no blah,blah,blah before we get to the meat of the matter. No bullsh@t music, no trying to sell stuff, just good, solid, tested information.
Great way to “generate” water while you’re away from camp doing other things. Knowing you’ve got clean water waiting for you when you get back is a big mood booster.
There's a surviving technique here in Brazil: we actually drink from a vine called "cipó d'água" (Doliocarpus rolandri). They literally dip water when cut. Safe water and plenty of it. Just as a curiosity, here in Brazil a lot of people, including myself, use clay filters. They were invented here by portuguese and italian immigrants in the beggining of the 20th century. It's considered one of the best filters in the world. And when you use them with the clay container as well (as tradition) the water comes out in a very pleasant temperature and with this quite distinct mineral taste. It's just awesome how simple materials and creativity people can solve such complicated problems. Excelent video, man! I enjoyed it very much.
@@boreduser12 in Brazil you can find them everywhere. Even in grocery stores. As regards to US and other places I have no idea. If you Google "filtro de barro" you'll see it's picture. You can try to use the Google image search followed by your country name or region and see if it shows something. I'm writing this right in front of mine. The only downside I see is that it collects some mold on its outside due to the "sweat" it disperses through the clay. You need to clean it constantly. The filters need to get changed every 3 to 6 months. If you need, you can clean the filter with running water to extend it's lifetime for a few weeks more. If you never clean it or change it, its pores will get filled with dirt and it won't dripp clean water to the lower part, eventually. Best of luck in your search. If you can't find it in your country, maybe there's a business opportunity there. They are really cheap to make and will sell well in locations were people don't want to spend a small fortune on fancy models that will do the same or worse. Although, many people will dismiss it due to being too lazy to keep filling it up with water every 2 days and cleaning and changing it's filter a few times a year. 🤷🏾♂️
@@boreduser12 And that Mold @rafaelroma1657 talked about only forms if you use the traditional clay cointainer, of course. Because the filter itself doesn't.
@@LeafarR1657 Incrível como filtros de barro não são tão comuns ao redor do mundo, mano. É maravilhoso. Tanto na simplicidade quando na qualidade da água.
I read a study some years ago done outside of Chicago along the lakeshore using willow trees. Willow trees are particularly good at removing contaminants and the study was done for the purposes of removing toxins from land. Both the soil surrounding the trees and the tree leaves were tested with no contaminants found. The tree roots were also forced to go deeper using tubing. Pretty exceptional stuff - there are so many uses for plants in camp settings. Thanks for sharing this vid, this is very useful.
It's ironic that most Willow Trees grow not very far from a water source like a pond or lake, or river. As kids we used to have quite a few of them around our neighborhood because we had a river near by.
@debrasaltzman901 you do NOT need to boil the water from willow, pine, or grapevine. To be extra safe, to kill any viruses that will pass through the xylem, just place the jar in sunlight for a few hours.
I hope you'll consider a follow up video where you test various lengths of vine and branch to find out the minimum lengths needed to achieve the same filtration result consistently and also test the relationship between branch & vine length vs flow rate. I'm pretty confident it's not a linear relationship, so discovering that 'sweet spot' of optimal filtration and optimal flow rate for the vine and the branch would be *super helpful* for camping/survival purposes.
I somewhat knew that there are natural water filters readily available in nature, but I had no information about it. You made it look simple and proved again that everything is connected and has a purpose. Thank you for sharing and educating. ***Super important part of your presentation: We need to learn to identify the vines being used.***
@@artieanderson604 oh man. Can you imagine? "Of course I'm sure. I watched this a few times on RUclips....ok, I'll go first to show you that it's fine." Hours later.....😳😖😣😩😫😵
@@Mr.Deko86 I forgot the proper terminology but it has to do with the internal hydro structure of heavy vines & trees. I believe a vine has a faster processing structure so most any vine of large enough diameter should work. The Military taught me how to desalinate ocean water with minimal requirements but this is just such brilliantly efficient & requires so little other than knowledge & time that it is priceless. I mean, how you gonna replace your clogged water filter in the jungle? I love this information!
@@jamesmaxdavissandsabsolutely. This filtering mechanism is brilliant. Do you think that this system was discovered or was it a system used in past generations? We must have had a proper, or at least a successful filtration set-up.
@@Mr.Deko86 if i may, circa 800 AD, Jabir Hayyan used this type of 'wicking' process to filter water from one vessel to another... wonderful to see the 'old' technology being used again!
circa 800 AD, Jabir Hayyan used this type of 'wicking' process to filter water from one vessel to another... wonderful to see the 'old' technology being used again! bravo, esp. the testing remember: xylem = up/to, phloem = down/from (think "flow-em" heh) flourish, everyone. peace to you all
@Munenushi Thank You for your comment. I was pondering how thousands of ancient humans became ill, injured or hurt and how people turned to the supernatural to discover which plant cured ‘what’, or that specific animal guts can cure ‘that’. The people had to get the knowledge from somewhere, from a dream, a vision, or an ET. It had to come from a source other than just observing a deer. Imagine some infant screaming constantly and no way to determine why? Thanks again.
Through the use of the mind and observation of nature and trail and error did people invent these techniques …. No supernatural needs to be involved !!
@@neymarcairn8974 No need for the unseen until one is confronted by phenomena that can’t be organized into scientific hypothesis. Like “the feeling in your gut when something is wrong.” Signs and wonders are for the consciousness person.
The fact that this is easily scalable and only requires time is freaking genius. Make 20 of these and you can filter enough water for a family. Great stuff!
Just cut a two inch grape vine about five feet above ground and bend it into a container. It will fill a five gallon bucket overnight if you keep the cut trimmed. This is a survival method known for centuries. It's also possible to cut a section of vine and carry it with you, drinking from one end. It will give you a couple ounces per foot.
Hell as long as a grape vine can be someone with an acre and a half or more could grow more then enough and if you multiplex that across neighborhoods for miles this would or could be smart
Water processing plants use cattails, totora, water hyacinth, and duckweed, which can almost completely separate water from sewage and sediment. Add the right plants, rock, and sand, you can turn muck into a pure well/aquifer
I knew that one can put a tap in a tree to access water. But i did not know all you needed were a branch from the tree in order to filter the water. Awesome video dude! 👍
There was a survival documentary where a guy decided to use moss to filter water from a stream, rather than boil it. He had to be airlifted to hospital when he became extremely ill. They later found a dead deer carcass in the river a short way upstream to where he'd collected the water. Moss will do a great job of making the water clear, but I wouldn't drink it.
It's amazing that in all my years of bush craft, ( albeit amateur) I've never seen these water filtration methods. Absolutely amazing what a little knowledge can do for you in nature. Thanks for sharing this. Could save someone's life one day .
Outstanding! Wonder what Bamboo which I have seen near dirty water sources and cut to reveal clean “ water” a few feet up the plant!! But I did nothing about noticing it !! You’re the man ! We’ll discover a water purifier which can provide clean potable water for poor people without certain expenses preventing it.
I remember seeing that MIT report when it came out in 2014 and thought it was very interesting so I uploaded a video titled "Scientists Find Natural Water Filter in Tree Branches" with a link to the article on the Business Insider website. I'm glad to see you took the time to actually test it out.
@@gemcanyonproductions5660 Making something and discovering something isn't the same thing. Example - My girlfriend can bake me a cake and I can discover it in the fridge.
@@gemcanyonproductions5660 I was curious so I went and found a Bible containing the Apocrypha and looked this up. It doesn't contain this method. It says "I gave you not fire for your blasphemies, but cast a tree in the water, and made the river sweet." In the context, it is clearly referring back to Exodus 15:25 "And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet." It describes Moses throwing a tree into a body of water or a spring or river, and the water miraculously becoming drinkable.
@@heard3879well, most stuff in religious texts is not to be taken literally, most of is a pretty useful metaphor, or a riddle of some kind. (although people keep taking it literally all the time, we are all fools after all).
All these survival shows make a big deal about "ways to get clean water," but this is the first time I've seen this done. It makes so much sense and is so easy that I'm definitely going to have to remember this technique.
I would be curious to see how many filters a cluster of vines like this could take. You should run another test if its in your time and wallet to see if the water would become more contaminated after a few filters. Would then be able know how many uses we get out of this. Great video!
I assume it would become less effective with each filtering when the vine is severed, simply because it's dead. But if you're using a cutting that could potentially grow back roots, then I think you could technically keep going and have a "live filter". The only way to tell would be to leave them indefinitely in water and see if they root or rot. 😂
@@bluefernlove I'm pretty sure that's in the 10 commandments of things not to do. "Thou shall not turn a living thing, with roots, into a pipe" It's right under "No using biological material to create AI"
Quick question if you don’t mind? What age are your daughters? I have twin daughters I want to homeschool and am just curious what age curriculum like this video would be appropriate. Thank you
Potentially a bit confusing as a science lesson unless you guys have covered osmosis and capillary action But applied examples like this are great for teaching multiple things
As a plant scientist, I have been taight the direction of travel matters very much. Similar to how our legs get blood back to our heart, there are mechanisms in place to prevent it flowing back the other direction.
The fact that you mentioned that there are multiple, non human affecting e. Coli strains, brought your credibility up 10x. Good Job! You did your research. This makes simple obvious sense to me as a method as soon as you mentioned it which is great. Trees move water through capillary action to easily move water from their roots hundreds of feet up, just with water physics.
The infections you'll get from the microbes that can't be filtered out is where the fun begins, unfortunately I can not tell you where the fun ends - for some people it never does.
This is a really interesting video I love that it isn’t a simple “stick this in the water and this is perfectly safe guys trust me” and it actually delves into the science behind how it works. This channel just got a new sub!
@@vpaul4374Don't ask me how I found out there's only 1,000 videos permitted maximum on the built-in "watch later" playlist..... I now maintain two additional playlists of stuff maybe I'll watch one day
If you want to not use your phone too much, use the subscription tab on RUclips and dedicate a specific amount of time a week to check it. You'll still get what you're interested in, while not relying on the algorithm for the mere >chance< to find something useful.
This is actually a great water filtration tip - He is correct: Xylem prevents contaminants from being transferred from the soil to the fruit. The only contaminants that pose any threat following this treatment are dissolved minerals - if the water Ph is between 6.5 and 7.5, those will be minimal. 👍👍
@@DiaboLusitano I would expect varying success depending on the species of plant .. some are adapted to growing in saline environments, and others are further adapted to drawing up and absorbing the salt (All of the atriplex genus, salsola soda, and a bunch of others I can't recall). Another good tip that occurs to me is to look for indicator species near your water supply, if it is unknown: if the plants growing there love heavily mineralized soils, consider distillation, or finding another source.
Would it filter stuff from algae? I saw a vid saying people on island got sick eating bats coz those bats ate cycad fruits, and the trees have been using water with algae. Couldn't believe it also, tho I think cycad are toxic on their own.
@@TaLeng2023 Two good questions, back to back! I picked a great time to visit the compy 😊 The toxins in the algae should be contained within their cell walls - unless the cells are ruptured, the water _between_ algae will not be poisoned, and those algae cells are too large to pass through the xylem by far.
I've killed trees by injecting poison into the very parts being used to filter the water, I assume if there's poison in the water, that will be carried through?
An incredible takeaway: If you are filtering out e coli, then you can extrapolate that the same filter will be removing other contaminants of equal and larger sizes. It's a micron function. Effectively, if it filters out dime sized contaminants, then you can assume it filters out pennies, nickels and quarters👍
Coin sized contaminants is not the right metaphor 😅 you’re correct on micron filter yet the take away should be you can afford to change these micron filters.......saving you a lot of coins for the inconvenience of time spent.
IU've seen most ofvthe survival and bushcraft channels and I have to say that what I'm seeing from Clay is beyond next-level in comparison. He gives us not only the methods but the understanding behind them and explains it all well without getting boring in the minutiae of unnecessary details, yet doesn't miss anything important. Subscribing now.
When I was a teen I worked harvesting wild grape vine for craft wreath projects. In the spring when the sap was up when you cut the vines sap would pour out. I often would enjoy a sip or two. It had a very refreshing grape/water taste.
I did this experiment after watching. It works! I used a random vine that was choking my lime tree and water from an open watertank which was super smelly. The filtered water was definitely clearer, but not as clear as in the video.
Amazing! Y'know I had an arguement on youtube before with some dude saying that academic papers are too hard for ordinary people to understand, yet here you are putting research finding to good use. Ain't gotta be no scientist to be able to understand research.
Being a tldr guy, I agree with you, it's not hard to understand science, just skip to the conclusion... This guy made it easy to digest, big knife got my attention!
@@Gatitasecsii critical thinking is more important than academic standards. Unfortunately a collective full of critical thinkers would be detrimental to "national security" so it makes sense why it's avoided.
Between this video and the coyote well you showed this is probably the absolute best water filtering related content anywhere PERIOD 10/10 Clay! This is game changing stuff
you just saved countless lives with this video - I prayed to know what to do with all this water we can't drink and I was kind of upset on how we have set ourselves up to not be able to drink water that hasn't been treated. Thank you brother in spirit!
Love your empirically based approach to explaining water filtration. Have you tried sugar cane as a filter. I’m very curious what the results could be. Thank you
By far, one of the most informative and unique videos I've seen regarding water purification and survival skills in quite some time. Great demonstration, Clay!
Dude, it's been awhile to have something I call real real good information for SHTF. This was....basically amazing. It's in my head. I looked up and committed the grape vine taxonomy to memory. Now this is good stuff.
Using the right trees to clean water , why did I not think of that. It's what they do naturally for themselves. Thanks for doing the experiment, I will add it to my survival playlist. Congrats on 500k! 🎉🙂
Someone should send this to Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross and other organizations around the world to promote this method of clean water. I am so impressed.
@@TinHatter419if you value vines and trees over human life then there is something wrong with you. I can understand not wanting to cut down trees for human greed but to preserve life is another thing altogether. You arent being goofy your being stupid
5:47 👈 If you seal it with tape, then, as water is trying to leave the bottle, a vaccum is being made above it, which probably slows the process down. I don't think air-tight is good, maybe make an air-hole on the bottom?
Thank you so much for teaching this. I can't wait to try this with my husband on our next camping trip! We had no idea the water could be filtered like that, that's awesome!
Really? This method is listed in a late 1960s jungle SERE booklet that I have (been a while since I've read it so I don't recall the specific publication number offhand), along with a bunch of other interesting techniques.
@@deskmat9874I would argue under actual SERE conditions (hostile environment where evasion is important) not having to use fire to purify water would be awesome and make you harder to track/find. If you filter the water and then leave it in the container in sunlight for a few hours it’ll be pretty much fully purified as the UV will kill bacteria.
In a survival scenario, this is beyond valuable. I have a Berkey filter and I would just give it a second filtering phase through it. Absolute jewel thank you so much.
I learned at school in the early 80s about how to filter water with rocks and pebbles, also learned to make a water distiller with a pot and piping you can use on a fire. I do have an alcohol distiller and an air-still bit will need power for those. Your info gave me another easier way, thanks. I am a prepper at heart.
Crush up and rinse clean some charcoal from your camp fire. Put it between two layers of cotton or wool, (you can use a clean sock). Secure it over the top of the jar for clean water. Now when the water that gets filtered from the cypress or grape vine drips through the charcoal filter, it will be free of viruses as well as being free of bacteria.
Interesting method. I’ll have to try it in our area as we have loads of wild grape vine everywhere. So if this works in the summer I’d be interested to see if it works in the winter with dormant grape vine. I’ll have to give it a spin this winter.
Interesting. I had played with this concept several years ago, but never had the water tested, but I didn't get sick from drinking water filtered this way. Not surprised by the test results though. Thanks for posting and doing the testing.
For household use, you can install a UV filter. It's a stainless steel tube about 18 inches long and has a UV bulb in it. Once the water passes threw the tube all pathogens are no longer alive. They make them with different flow rates. I have one with a 12 gallon flow rate for whole house service. Your information is new to me. Thanks for sharing.
Previous owner installed one in my house. We have a little bit of ferrous iron in our water. I had to laugh when I changed the bulb. Nothing gonna get killed by that iron stained glass sleeve that separates the bulb from the water. I left it unplugged. I'm not cleaning that thing every week. Lol.
@@ridgehilljillie9429 you can send off water to be tested or possibly even at a hospital. With a few phone calls, I'm sure you could find someone. Maybe a college. What is the source? If from a well or stream, I would say your main focus would be micro organisms or pathogens even bacteria (just big words I know but have no idea what I'm talking about). I believe it is the intensity or frequency of the light that is most important.
@ridgehilljillie9429 yes if in clear container ..usually glass or zip lock left in direct sunlight for few hours will kill all bad living stuff uv treatment and yes I'm sure the ppl who do these studies will back me up with this ....once filter thru vine .....in glass/plastic (just be mindful some plastic leeches) for few hours ... perfectly safe ready to drink water.
Didn’t ask me for a like or subscribe but definitely got both from me. Super cool info, no gimmicks, no annoying sound effects or music, quality content. Thanks!
From what I’ve seen, there’s a lot of variation in how much flow you will get through different pieces. Less dense, faster growing wood seems to do much better. Have fun
I read that 6,000 children die every day from dehydration due to diarrhea. This knowledge could save thousands of lives. I don't have the means to distribute this information, but I hope and pray someone else can get this important task done. Maybe that person is watching this now!
Yea it’s mainly in Africa and India though. Especially Africa though. Most people can’t boil the water or filter it there. Idk about 6,000 kids a day though.
Idiots in other cou tries are who you are talking about poverty is the outcome of stupid people who never had the wheel and never raised live stock enabling them is unatural.
@@robertsudano4304 6K kids a day is reasonable when you realize 1.6 billion people on Earth do not have reliable access to safe water. As someone who has spent significant time in East Africa drilling water wells for villages, 6K a day might be low.
Excellent video! If you are not marooned in the woods, you can also make water safe to drink if you have unscented bleach available. Filter it first through cheap coffee filters. Add a minimum of eight drops to a gallon of water. Shake it up and let it sit for a few hours. Of course, if you have fire, you can boil it to make it potable, too. I did water and wastewater treatment as an operator in the State of Florida for many years in municipal and industrial treatment plants. There, we had chlorine gas, liquid chlorine, and ammonia available for disinfection of the water.
@@bretjohnson6188 our ancestors used turpentine as a natural antiparasitic. It's actually listed in the original Merck medication book from 1899. But you're right, it'll still taste like turpentine 🤢
@@truthseeker2222 I'm so glad to find more people who use it! My father-in-law grew up in Missouri, and he remembers using it as a kid. It fixed a bacterial overgrowth in my gut that was causing a biofilm that blocked nutrient absorption. It's really good stuff.
*Good thing that SPECIFIC "grape vine" grows everywhere.* *Seriously though, someone should create the longest list possible of different vine species that can be safely used.* *Great video. News to me. Valuable.*
@virginiafigueredo1644 There are wild grapes all over the east coast of America for sure. Remember, when the Vikings first landed in America,(years b4 Columbus) they called it Vinland..
Read the description, any kind of Gymnosperm should work for this. Which means not only vines but also ginkos and pines as well as several other trees, you should check the list of gymnosperms and see which ones grow in your location and how to recognize them :)
@@Hazarth *Now YOUR comment is incredibly insightful and useful. I don't know what "gymnosperm" is but I'll research it. Thank you.* *(The content creator got this information through the grape vine.)* 🤣
I have been camping countless times and lived off grid for several years, so I'm not a stranger to survival techniques, but this was news to me. Thank you for sharing this, it very well might save lives.
I was wondering if you were going to have a practical tasting. I’m surprised that you didn’t have a little piney taste in the back of the throat. Good job Pard! 👍
This is ingenious and makes total sense. I am impressed I've never seen this before. The filtration time is long but cost is almost zero. A great solution to many parts of the world. Just needs to spread the knowledge. Thank you!
Came here to potentially call BS and was pleasantly surprised to find that this was both backed up by lab testing in your experiment and also a separate research study. This was pretty neat! RE The concern about waterborne viruses I don’t know if regular backpacking filters can get those either. You can always use a chemical disinfectant to get those if it’s a concern.
When the water is clear, just leaving it out in the sun in a plastic bottle works to sterilize it. Ultraviolet radiation in sunlight will kill all pathogen with few hours of direct sunlight, provided the water is clear and container made of material that lets uv through.
I once was clearing some land and cut a grapevine that was growing up a tree. It ran water for days. You could have collected many gallons of water. I've never forgotten that and always wondered if it was pure and what minerals it may have contained. I may try it again sometime if I get the opportunity and send it off for analysis. I suspect it would be clean and healthy. Maybe you could tap a large vine without actually cutting it down.
With the grape vine, I'd assume most of the water you got actually camw from the water that was already in the vine, not from the water that is in the dirty water jar, but still plenty of clean water was harvested either way.
That I pretty slick sir, Thank you for taking the time to share this with us. I appreciate your willingness to help others. Thanks again and have a blessed weekend. Dale
This video is awesome. I cannot recall watching a video more uniquely informative than this one. There s/b a way to "report" such excellent videos to RUclips to help ensure they include it on everyone's playlist.
I think there is one big mistake here. The water has to travel through the entire length of the grape vine meaning any left water inside it from when you cut it would have to be pushed out first so the test sample you provided to the lab did not in fact contain any filtered swamp water. You would have to let more than a liter of water through your contraption to start getting any (assuming the diameter of one vine stick is about 6cm and of 1m to 1.5m long and assuming it's wood saturates at a high 35% moisture level). That being said, it's still worth it if only to get the pure water/sap already in the vines.
Wow thank you, pine trees are everywhere and easily to identify. This is the best primitive water filter video I’ve ever seen and easy to remember if the grid goes down. Thank you so much
I think gymnosperms are safe to try while angiosperm, especially vine species, sometimes have pretty thick xylem and you can literally use them as straw. And the reason why "filtered" liquid by gymnosperm stem looks clean, is the great surface area along the xylem tube, it might be clean at first but some nasty stuff will go through eventually.
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EXCELLENT JOB SIR!!!
exactly! litterall a life saver in some areas of the world!
and everybody always has a electric tape on them
How would you know what tree or vine to use or doesn't it matter as long as it is healthy. I live in Western Australia. Thank you for your easy to use info. Natural is best and cheapest.
While working in the jungle in New Guinea in 1973 building pipelines, my company issued me a small igloo water cooler. Being hot and working hard, I would drink the all the water in the cooler by lunch time. Since I would fill my cooler in the morning with ice and water. There would be ice in the cooler by lunch time but no water. The natives showed me a source of potable water. There were large vines as large as my arm growing from the jungle floor to the tree tops these vine some time have sage in them 6 or 8 feet from the ground that resembled a U. Using a machete I cut the U out of the vine the cut the U in half, sharpen one end of the U and could get a quart of clean clear drinkable water. I noticed that the older vines produced a slightly wood taste but still very drinkable. Since Me and my crew were flown out every morning by helicopter, getting back to camp for a drink of water was not possible, so drinking vine water was very common and no one to my knowledge ever got sick or had any problems drinking water cfrom the vines.
@@kennetharntson5912wow that’s an incredible adventure! Can we be neighbors?❤
My grandfather taught me this, the trick it keeping the edge of the vine cut fresh, if it dries up it stops, just retrim the end and it starts going again. He lived in SW Florida, born in 1910, fisherman by trade.
That's amazing!
I wonder if this can be used with saltwater. Would a Vine or even a cut piece of pine allow freshwater through it and leave the salt behind. I would think something like a mangrove certainly would because a mangrove must be leaving the salt behind in the roots and allowing the fresh water up to the top. If that's true then you have a desalinization filter as well as a bacteria filter and that's even more game-changing.
Your grandfather knew but we had to get an MIT study to remember what old timers knew.
Pine works, but it tastes like pine, the vines were faster, we used it on brackish water, so in-between salt and fresh, I don't think it would work of full sea water, it would rupture the cells of the xylem, maybe something like sea grapes of other salt tolerant species might work? Interesting project. I don't live near the coast anymore, maybe next time I'm down there I'll try it.
Beautiful, thank you for sharing.
I’ve worked in the water industry for over 20 years and I’m quite familiar with water testing. This was a very well put together very accurately explained video. It’s hard to find good solid information on sometimes. Well done.
Yes! absolutely.
Agreed 100%!
can yall filter out all the drugs and estrogen pills that are goin into the municipal water supply if so please explain why pychosis, men thinking their women, and many other health problems occur from what the water industry CANT filter out
wanna see this with salt water next
@@feelinghealingfrequences7179 agreed. Like I said. my unit can handle seawater, but the final stage of my setup is distilling.
What ? No like begging, no sales pitch for the ultimate survival knife! Just kick ass information given in an accessible fashion. Thank You !
wouldn't matter anyway, I got sponsor block
I work on Saturdays but not Monday @@throwawaypt2throwawaypt2-xp8nx
@@throwawaypt2throwawaypt2-xp8nx except I want to know what is a good survival knife to own
@@throwawaypt2throwawaypt2-xp8nx thank you good sir!
I guess you didnt see his T-shirt
This is one of the most important survival videos in the last ten years. Bravo, absolute genius.
Now go try living off 1 cup of water a day, and if you mess that up, you get parasites. Its an interesting idea, but that's it.
Exactly.
I totally concur. This is truly amazing. Thank you Sir. Nice work.
hello, does this also help to clean tap water?
@@Evil-La-Poopatap water should be tested daily by water utilities dept locally
Water lab guy here, and I love this video! MPN stands for Most Probable Number, basically how many colonies of the tested bacteria that are expected to thrive after 24 hours of incubation with no additives. E. Coli is a great "indicator" to test for. The other common one would be Enterococci, which is the actual one we test for in my lab because that's the one that will have a greater negative affect your health, and is most likely to cause disease.
Now I want to try this and test in my lab!
Great info! Can you post an update once you get the chance? Thank you.
Please make youtube videos on these~ pls pls pls.
Напиши хоча б тут про результат експерименту
Please provide feedback. Can you contaminate the water purposely with a virus and see if that gets through?
cool! you got any results yet? did it filter out the Enterococci, too? would be great to know!
When I show this to my friends and they ask where I learned it. I'm going to say "I heard it through the grapevine"
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Ha!!!!🤣🤣
take your upvote you SOB
Viruses wouldn’t be an issue if you cook the water for a while after filtering. This is probably one of the best survival videos I’ve seen, thank you
Virology is a scam
Late to the party. If I recall correctly. Many viruses can survive a pretty wide range of temperatures. Boiling? I'm not sure. That said, UV exposure is tends to kill most everything. So, I would guess leaving the glass out in the sun for a day or two would do the trick. The glass will filter about 95% of UV rays. Hence the day or two time frame. Make sure you get it all.
If i am bringing my water above 185F won’t that get rid of both viruses and bacteria? Yet, what of man made chemicals? What of the toxic chemicals that are produced by bacteria?
As I recall, Sawyer filter instructions mention that the vast majority of viruses are not free-floating and are stuck to particles which would be filtered out by this method.
@@MWodenberg That’s interesting, I wasn’t aware of that. Do you know if there’s any correlation to the severity of the virus and whether or not it’s free-floating? Ie, flu level are free floating and worse ones aren’t?
My son and I watched this, and he wants to make a variation of this for his science fair project for next year. Very cool demonstration.
Please do not let hour child drink water filtered like that. Your cvild life is worth more than following random stranger crazy advice.
@@hervevazeilles3790 🤓🤓🤓
@@hervevazeilles3790First off, its OUR child, not hour child, second what would make you think they would drink the water? Lastly, I don't think MIT is exactly the same as random strangers.
@@hervevazeilles3790 That's not a crazy advice, It's well filtered enough so your immune system can basically deal safely with the rest. Only problem would be dissolved chemical/metal contaminants *I guess* but that should only be bad long term. I bet that our city water is worse to drink than that filtered out water from the creek with all the drugs and hormones in it.
@@aviko9560I agree This water he filtered is a lot clearer than what I pay my local government to supposedly clean and sanitize for human consumption at my house. I am scared to drink this water from my local water department. I really hate taking a shower in it but I have no other choice.
Every time I think there's still a piece of modern technology that I should bring, there's something in nature that can replace it in a pinch.
very true
@Boosh_Craftsmoke signals? 😅
Nature provides all tools necessary for survival
Smoke signals mah boi@Boosh_Craft
@Boosh_Craft The magnetic field around earth is weakening very fast, which is why we now see auroras in places we have never seen before.
One day soon, a solar flare, a solar emp, if you like, will take out earths electrical grid. Coms will be down, for good. Elecrical anything will be out, for good.
Tell me again how dumb it is to know more primitive ways of dealing with issues. And yes, you wont be saving anyone but yourself, your loved ones, and maybe your community.. but without help of electricity.
Sending the samples to the lab was the extra step that made the vid great!
100%. I loved this video because of the effort put in to analyze the water after filtration
I think the drinking it part was what I looked forward to most.
@@iteststuff3854 definitelly aspect that puts this vid above others. So many creators take shortcuts here, but effort pays off!
I'm a licensed water operator, he got one thing wrong: total coliform is the indicator test, and most coliform bacteria is harmless. E. Coli is the dangerous species. When we send our monthly samples to the lab, they only test for total coliform. If that comes back negative, there is no E. Coli. If total coliform tests positive, they then test for E. Coli and if that is positive, it initiates a boil water alert and several other mandatory procedures to rectify the problem.
I love these videos. Not entirely for the content, but because there is no blah,blah,blah before we get to the meat of the matter. No bullsh@t music, no trying to sell stuff, just good, solid, tested information.
Thank you
Цього не вистачає зараз
Great way to “generate” water while you’re away from camp doing other things. Knowing you’ve got clean water waiting for you when you get back is a big mood booster.
100%
10 minutes after the video, I'm brainstorming whether 300 vines could be fashioned into a shower... 🤔
@@mattmanreturns5307 wouldnt filtered and boiled water be good enough for a shower?
Damn I'm glad I live in a area where even out in the woods that I don't need to filter and boil water for a shower.
@clayhayeshunter
Superb video sir.
I learned a lot .
Thanks for all your hard work, honour and integrity.
Kind regards from England.
There's a surviving technique here in Brazil: we actually drink from a vine called "cipó d'água" (Doliocarpus rolandri). They literally dip water when cut. Safe water and plenty of it.
Just as a curiosity, here in Brazil a lot of people, including myself, use clay filters. They were invented here by portuguese and italian immigrants in the beggining of the 20th century. It's considered one of the best filters in the world. And when you use them with the clay container as well (as tradition) the water comes out in a very pleasant temperature and with this quite distinct mineral taste. It's just awesome how simple materials and creativity people can solve such complicated problems.
Excelent video, man! I enjoyed it very much.
Thank you for sharing
Can I buy these clay filters? If so, where from?
@@boreduser12 in Brazil you can find them everywhere. Even in grocery stores.
As regards to US and other places I have no idea.
If you Google "filtro de barro" you'll see it's picture. You can try to use the Google image search followed by your country name or region and see if it shows something.
I'm writing this right in front of mine.
The only downside I see is that it collects some mold on its outside due to the "sweat" it disperses through the clay. You need to clean it constantly.
The filters need to get changed every 3 to 6 months. If you need, you can clean the filter with running water to extend it's lifetime for a few weeks more.
If you never clean it or change it, its pores will get filled with dirt and it won't dripp clean water to the lower part, eventually.
Best of luck in your search.
If you can't find it in your country, maybe there's a business opportunity there. They are really cheap to make and will sell well in locations were people don't want to spend a small fortune on fancy models that will do the same or worse.
Although, many people will dismiss it due to being too lazy to keep filling it up with water every 2 days and cleaning and changing it's filter a few times a year. 🤷🏾♂️
@@boreduser12 And that Mold @rafaelroma1657 talked about only forms if you use the traditional clay cointainer, of course. Because the filter itself doesn't.
@@LeafarR1657 Incrível como filtros de barro não são tão comuns ao redor do mundo, mano. É maravilhoso. Tanto na simplicidade quando na qualidade da água.
I read a study some years ago done outside of Chicago along the lakeshore using willow trees. Willow trees are particularly good at removing contaminants and the study was done for the purposes of removing toxins from land. Both the soil surrounding the trees and the tree leaves were tested with no contaminants found. The tree roots were also forced to go deeper using tubing. Pretty exceptional stuff - there are so many uses for plants in camp settings. Thanks for sharing this vid, this is very useful.
It's ironic that most Willow Trees grow not very far from a water source like a pond or lake, or river. As kids we used to have quite a few of them around our neighborhood because we had a river near by.
Do you hv to boil the water too after this or willow tree method??
@debrasaltzman901 you do NOT need to boil the water from willow, pine, or grapevine. To be extra safe, to kill any viruses that will pass through the xylem, just place the jar in sunlight for a few hours.
Как ива может помочь получить чистую воду ? Методом на видео?
I find it hard to believe the tannins in willow doesn't end up in the water, maybe they need heat in order to release?
I hope you'll consider a follow up video where you test various lengths of vine and branch to find out the minimum lengths needed to achieve the same filtration result consistently and also test the relationship between branch & vine length vs flow rate. I'm pretty confident it's not a linear relationship, so discovering that 'sweet spot' of optimal filtration and optimal flow rate for the vine and the branch would be *super helpful* for camping/survival purposes.
MIT surely did that :)
@@fuzzy4433 where can we see the results of MIT ?
@@eleonoramarree- likely in a google search, AI search or emailing MIT and req a copy or link .
HANDS DOWN - This is the most important video I have ever seen . . . There isn't even a close second. We salute you Sir!
Impressed me! I just subscribed so I don't miss anything! Thanks for sharing!
Yes
Same! Salute. New sub
Oh yeah?... you can make an oven using earthen clay
Very very practical as well as can be even life saving
I appreciate you stopping and chatting with my sons and I at the hardware store today. It really made their day👍
Made mine too😉
@@clayhayeshunter
My son wanted to make sure you knew that he won his playoff game that night and won today. Championship game on Tuesday ⚾️👍
Most wholesome interaction I saw on the internet today.
Made my day.
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@@ctandsonsoutdoors7180 how did your son's championship game go? :)
I somewhat knew that there are natural water filters readily available in nature, but I had no information about it. You made it look simple and proved again that everything is connected and has a purpose. Thank you for sharing and educating.
***Super important part of your presentation: We need to learn to identify the vines being used.***
Especially the "don't use the vine from poison ivy." That kinda' got my natural ignorance of nature.
@@artieanderson604 oh man. Can you imagine?
"Of course I'm sure. I watched this a few times on RUclips....ok, I'll go first to show you that it's fine."
Hours later.....😳😖😣😩😫😵
@@Mr.Deko86 I forgot the proper terminology but it has to do with the internal hydro structure of heavy vines & trees. I believe a vine has a faster processing structure so most any vine of large enough diameter should work. The Military taught me how to desalinate ocean water with minimal requirements but this is just such brilliantly efficient & requires so little other than knowledge & time that it is priceless. I mean, how you gonna replace your clogged water filter in the jungle? I love this information!
@@jamesmaxdavissandsabsolutely. This filtering mechanism is brilliant. Do you think that this system was discovered or was it a system used in past generations? We must have had a proper, or at least a successful filtration set-up.
@@Mr.Deko86 if i may, circa 800 AD, Jabir Hayyan used this type of 'wicking' process to filter water from one vessel to another... wonderful to see the 'old' technology being used again!
circa 800 AD, Jabir Hayyan used this type of 'wicking' process to filter water from one vessel to another... wonderful to see the 'old' technology being used again! bravo, esp. the testing
remember: xylem = up/to, phloem = down/from (think "flow-em" heh)
flourish, everyone. peace to you all
@Munenushi Thank You for your comment. I was pondering how thousands of ancient humans became ill, injured or hurt and how people turned to the supernatural to discover which plant cured ‘what’, or that specific animal guts can cure ‘that’. The people had to get the knowledge from somewhere, from a dream, a vision, or an ET. It had to come from a source other than just observing a deer. Imagine some infant screaming constantly and no way to determine why?
Thanks again.
Through the use of the mind and observation of nature and trail and error did people invent these techniques …. No supernatural needs to be involved !!
Thank you for telling us …Jabir Hayyan was recorded in 800AD using this method !
@@neymarcairn8974 No need for the unseen until one is confronted by phenomena that can’t be organized into scientific hypothesis. Like “the feeling in your gut when something is wrong.”
Signs and wonders are for the consciousness person.
Remarkable video. I'm 65 and just learned something new... again.
Old folks always gotta tell you their age
@-qj6ps
Yup. Puts perspective to what's being said. Don't want to come across as some kid who knows squat about everything.
@@razony I’m oldern you
@@-qj6ps "I'm 5 and a half!"
learning helps you age slower, never stop friend!
The fact that this is easily scalable and only requires time is freaking genius. Make 20 of these and you can filter enough water for a family. Great stuff!
Absolutely!
Just cut a two inch grape vine about five feet above ground and bend it into a container. It will fill a five gallon bucket overnight if you keep the cut trimmed. This is a survival method known for centuries. It's also possible to cut a section of vine and carry it with you, drinking from one end. It will give you a couple ounces per foot.
How many containers are people carrying around in the woods?
Hell as long as a grape vine can be someone with an acre and a half or more could grow more then enough and if you multiplex that across neighborhoods for miles this would or could be smart
Water bottles decompose so slowly that during an apocalypse, would be easy to find to do the hammer-in technique!
Water processing plants use cattails, totora, water hyacinth, and duckweed, which can almost completely separate water from sewage and sediment. Add the right plants, rock, and sand, you can turn muck into a pure well/aquifer
Bioremediation is so fascinating
That was my first thought after watching this. How many other plants can do this.
Pine bark
Aquarium owner here and yes duckweed is a MONSTER against nitrates. I keep it in all my tanks
Cattails... Interesting. I cycle on a trail that has streams along each side. I'm going to cut a few stems to see what comes out.
I knew that one can put a tap in a tree to access water. But i did not know all you needed were a branch from the tree in order to filter the water.
Awesome video dude! 👍
Out of all the "natural" water filtering ideas, this by far is my favourite. Thank you.
Ideas ????? Who came up with this. You think he did ???
He didn’t say he invented, he said the man informed him of it. The video itself referenced the university study which did the science.
@@thermologo3451 come on man, you really wanna go that route?
There was a survival documentary where a guy decided to use moss to filter water from a stream, rather than boil it. He had to be airlifted to hospital when he became extremely ill. They later found a dead deer carcass in the river a short way upstream to where he'd collected the water. Moss will do a great job of making the water clear, but I wouldn't drink it.
It's amazing that in all my years of bush craft, ( albeit amateur) I've never seen these water filtration methods. Absolutely amazing what a little knowledge can do for you in nature. Thanks for sharing this. Could save someone's life one day .
I'm impressed that over a million viewers in just six days are interested in this experiment! 🔥💯😎👍
This is probably one of the most useful, practical and potentially life saving instructional videos out there. Thank you very much.
Outstanding!
Wonder what Bamboo which I have seen near dirty water sources and cut to reveal clean “ water” a few feet up the plant!!
But I did nothing about noticing it !!
You’re the man !
We’ll discover a water purifier which can provide clean potable water for poor people without certain expenses preventing it.
Man! This video should be shown in every school on earth. Thank you sir for sharing this knowledge with us.
The evil elites plus would not let that happen
Yes it should!
Unfortunately it would probably be lobbied against by the bottled water industry and demonized some how.
I remember seeing that MIT report when it came out in 2014 and thought it was very interesting so I uploaded a video titled "Scientists Find Natural Water Filter in Tree Branches" with a link to the article on the Business Insider website. I'm glad to see you took the time to actually test it out.
Scientists didn't discover it God made it possible.
that method of cleaning the water is in the bible. 2 Esdras 1:23
Praise Yah!
@@gemcanyonproductions5660 Making something and discovering something isn't the same thing. Example - My girlfriend can bake me a cake and I can discover it in the fridge.
@@gemcanyonproductions5660 I was curious so I went and found a Bible containing the Apocrypha and looked this up. It doesn't contain this method. It says "I gave you not fire for your blasphemies, but cast a tree in the water, and made the river sweet." In the context, it is clearly referring back to Exodus 15:25 "And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet." It describes Moses throwing a tree into a body of water or a spring or river, and the water miraculously becoming drinkable.
@@heard3879 thanks for clearing that up...we all werent wondering
@@heard3879well, most stuff in religious texts is not to be taken literally, most of is a pretty useful metaphor, or a riddle of some kind. (although people keep taking it literally all the time, we are all fools after all).
All these survival shows make a big deal about "ways to get clean water," but this is the first time I've seen this done. It makes so much sense and is so easy that I'm definitely going to have to remember this technique.
I would be curious to see how many filters a cluster of vines like this could take. You should run another test if its in your time and wallet to see if the water would become more contaminated after a few filters. Would then be able know how many uses we get out of this. Great video!
I assume it would become less effective with each filtering when the vine is severed, simply because it's dead. But if you're using a cutting that could potentially grow back roots, then I think you could technically keep going and have a "live filter". The only way to tell would be to leave them indefinitely in water and see if they root or rot. 😂
@@bluefernlove I'm pretty sure that's in the 10 commandments of things not to do.
"Thou shall not turn a living thing, with roots, into a pipe" It's right under
"No using biological material to create AI"
This vid is pure gold. What a great science lesson I can do with my daughters for their homeschooling. God bless you Clay.
Quick question if you don’t mind? What age are your daughters? I have twin daughters I want to homeschool and am just curious what age curriculum like this video would be appropriate. Thank you
@@AxtionMag 14 and 10
@@ptrainingbytim awesome! My twin daughters just turned 13 in August! Time flies… Thank you for replying and all the best to you and yours!
Potentially a bit confusing as a science lesson unless you guys have covered osmosis and capillary action
But applied examples like this are great for teaching multiple things
As a plant scientist, I have been taight the direction of travel matters very much. Similar to how our legs get blood back to our heart, there are mechanisms in place to prevent it flowing back the other direction.
I think you may be right
@@clayhayeshunter
the trained scientist MAY be right...
@@Nyeupe-Nguvudid you want him to disagree?
Gravity and the sealed vine siphon effect in play here.
As a layman, I know this as well, but what I want to know is why are you calling yourself a plant scientist instead of botanist?
The fact that you mentioned that there are multiple, non human affecting e. Coli strains, brought your credibility up 10x. Good Job! You did your research.
This makes simple obvious sense to me as a method as soon as you mentioned it which is great. Trees move water through capillary action to easily move water from their roots hundreds of feet up, just with water physics.
You can boil it after filtering it for an extra layer of protection to get rid of any other form of life that may sneaked through
I was thinking the exact same thing
Nah though keep that water alive!!
The UV radiation from the sun or a UV lamp should be enough at that point.
The infections you'll get from the microbes that can't be filtered out is where the fun begins, unfortunately I can not tell you where the fun ends - for some people it never does.
The intercellular spaces are smaller than bacteria. Highly unlikely you'd get a viral infection from a plant
I was thinking you would pick up a hint of Chardonnay or Merlot with the water filtered through the grape vine.
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Lol you can eat the leaves has a grapeskin flavor thought that might happen.
What would happen, wen use saltwater?
@@mgeller854they're so good wrapped around seasoned baked lamb and rice
Anything coming through the grapevine is just a rumor.
I'am shocked this is not widely know information or taught in schools. Wow, well done sir!
Sadly it doesnt surprise me😢
They busy teaching about the 138th genders and social media 😂
This is a really interesting video I love that it isn’t a simple “stick this in the water and this is perfectly safe guys trust me” and it actually delves into the science behind how it works. This channel just got a new sub!
Every time I say "I need to put my phone down" something like THIS pops up and keeps me hooked. Im afraid I'll miss something as valuable as this.
😂right?
you need to get a life
the FOMO is real, you know you can save videos for later and you won't be stuck in a swamp anytime soon
@@vpaul4374Don't ask me how I found out there's only 1,000 videos permitted maximum on the built-in "watch later" playlist..... I now maintain two additional playlists of stuff maybe I'll watch one day
If you want to not use your phone too much, use the subscription tab on RUclips and dedicate a specific amount of time a week to check it.
You'll still get what you're interested in, while not relying on the algorithm for the mere >chance< to find something useful.
This is actually a great water filtration tip - He is correct: Xylem prevents contaminants from being transferred from the soil to the fruit. The only contaminants that pose any threat following this treatment are dissolved minerals - if the water Ph is between 6.5 and 7.5, those will be minimal. 👍👍
That being said, I assume that this method won't work with salt (sea) water, right?
@@DiaboLusitano I would expect varying success depending on the species of plant .. some are adapted to growing in saline environments, and others are further adapted to drawing up and absorbing the salt (All of the atriplex genus, salsola soda, and a bunch of others I can't recall). Another good tip that occurs to me is to look for indicator species near your water supply, if it is unknown: if the plants growing there love heavily mineralized soils, consider distillation, or finding another source.
Would it filter stuff from algae? I saw a vid saying people on island got sick eating bats coz those bats ate cycad fruits, and the trees have been using water with algae.
Couldn't believe it also, tho I think cycad are toxic on their own.
@@TaLeng2023 Two good questions, back to back! I picked a great time to visit the compy 😊 The toxins in the algae should be contained within their cell walls - unless the cells are ruptured, the water _between_ algae will not be poisoned, and those algae cells are too large to pass through the xylem by far.
I've killed trees by injecting poison into the very parts being used to filter the water, I assume if there's poison in the water, that will be carried through?
This is one of the most important survival videos in the last ten years. Bravo, absolute genius.+1
This is so easy and basic, and yet, i bet 90% of people have no idea such sollution even exists. One of the most important contents about survival!
An incredible takeaway:
If you are filtering out e coli, then you can extrapolate that the same filter will be removing other contaminants of equal and larger sizes.
It's a micron function. Effectively, if it filters out dime sized contaminants, then you can assume it filters out pennies, nickels and quarters👍
Bingo
neat
Coin sized contaminants is not the right metaphor 😅 you’re correct on micron filter yet the take away should be you can afford to change these micron filters.......saving you a lot of coins for the inconvenience of time spent.
@@mgeller854 Correct. Just a simile for illustration. Yes, a coin is quite the opposite end of the size spectrum.
@@mgeller854i don’t think you understand how metaphors work
IU've seen most ofvthe survival and bushcraft channels and I have to say that what I'm seeing from Clay is beyond next-level in comparison. He gives us not only the methods but the understanding behind them and explains it all well without getting boring in the minutiae of unnecessary details, yet doesn't miss anything important. Subscribing now.
Clay filter
When I was a teen I worked harvesting wild grape vine for craft wreath projects. In the spring when the sap was up when you cut the vines sap would pour out. I often would enjoy a sip or two. It had a very refreshing grape/water taste.
I did this experiment after watching. It works! I used a random vine that was choking my lime tree and water from an open watertank which was super smelly. The filtered water was definitely clearer, but not as clear as in the video.
Amazing!
Y'know I had an arguement on youtube before with some dude saying that academic papers are too hard for ordinary people to understand, yet here you are putting research finding to good use.
Ain't gotta be no scientist to be able to understand research.
Being a tldr guy, I agree with you, it's not hard to understand science, just skip to the conclusion...
This guy made it easy to digest, big knife got my attention!
There are HS dropouts smarter that college graduates.
@@sergios4620
Absolutely, that's more common than people realize. Academic standards are so low nowadays...
We learned 'science' from native tribes. They had the knowledge.
@@Gatitasecsii critical thinking is more important than academic standards.
Unfortunately a collective full of critical thinkers would be detrimental to "national security" so it makes sense why it's avoided.
Between this video and the coyote well you showed this is probably the absolute best water filtering related content anywhere PERIOD
10/10 Clay! This is game changing stuff
you just saved countless lives with this video - I prayed to know what to do with all this water we can't drink and I was kind of upset on how we have set ourselves up to not be able to drink water that hasn't been treated. Thank you brother in spirit!
Thank you, brother!
Umm boil it.
Love your empirically based approach to explaining water filtration. Have you tried sugar cane as a filter. I’m very curious what the results could be. Thank you
By far, one of the most informative and unique videos I've seen regarding water purification and survival skills in quite some time. Great demonstration, Clay!
Dude, it's been awhile to have something I call real real good information for SHTF. This was....basically amazing. It's in my head. I looked up and committed the grape vine taxonomy to memory. Now this is good stuff.
This is probably the best survival tip in all the story of YT. Clean water from 2 different natural, likely easy to find sources. Thank you sir!
So amazing!!!! Thank you for the video and sending it to the lab. Great handy water filter!!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Using the right trees to clean water , why did I not think of that. It's what they do naturally for themselves.
Thanks for doing the experiment, I will add it to my survival playlist. Congrats on 500k! 🎉🙂
excellent idea! but i have heard about clearing of water via roots of trees or bushes...
Ancient knowledge I'm sure @@non9886
If saving your playlist so I can watch them thank you for compiling this information
Your welcome to look 🙂 @@AmorDia-GOAT I started it for Will Survives , handy homestead & survival ideas.
Someone should send this to Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross and other organizations around the world to promote this method of clean water. I am so impressed.
You want them to take the trees and vines away??? 🤔🤪🤣
@@TinHatter419if you value vines and trees over human life then there is something wrong with you. I can understand not wanting to cut down trees for human greed but to preserve life is another thing altogether. You arent being goofy your being stupid
@@TinHatter419lol you can literally use the branches you cut off to trim up the trees. 🤯
So everyone can cross the border hydrated
Doctors without borders is an NGO that is stationed in Latin America assisting and promoting the invasion of the US right now. So maybe not!
Very cool, particularly the simplicity of the cypress tree setup
5:47 👈 If you seal it with tape, then, as water is trying to leave the bottle, a vaccum is being made above it, which probably slows the process down. I don't think air-tight is good, maybe make an air-hole on the bottom?
I love the taste of 3M electrical tape in the morning!
Potentially could be a life-saver in dire circumstances , thanks Mr. Hayes ! ! !
Thank you so much for teaching this. I can't wait to try this with my husband on our next camping trip! We had no idea the water could be filtered like that, that's awesome!
Went through 2 DOD SERE courses and neither taught this technique. It was decades ago but still.... Pretty cool.
Really? This method is listed in a late 1960s jungle SERE booklet that I have (been a while since I've read it so I don't recall the specific publication number offhand), along with a bunch of other interesting techniques.
Is that method even really that good he said 10 minutes into his video that viruses are not filtered out... Is still better to boil water right?
@@deskmat9874 or just leave it in direct sunlight all day in a clear container.
@@deskmat9874 if the water is questionable, you should filter and boil anyway
@@deskmat9874I would argue under actual SERE conditions (hostile environment where evasion is important) not having to use fire to purify water would be awesome and make you harder to track/find. If you filter the water and then leave it in the container in sunlight for a few hours it’ll be pretty much fully purified as the UV will kill bacteria.
Hello. Do you know which other tree species/plants filter water and even viruses?
In a survival scenario, this is beyond valuable. I have a Berkey filter and I would just give it a second filtering phase through it. Absolute jewel thank you so much.
I learned at school in the early 80s about how to filter water with rocks and pebbles, also learned to make a water distiller with a pot and piping you can use on a fire. I do have an alcohol distiller and an air-still bit will need power for those. Your info gave me another easier way, thanks. I am a prepper at heart.
It's in our genes to want to survive. Can't trust the government.
Crush up and rinse clean some charcoal from your camp fire. Put it between two layers of cotton or wool, (you can use a clean sock). Secure it over the top of the jar for clean water. Now when the water that gets filtered from the cypress or grape vine drips through the charcoal filter, it will be free of viruses as well as being free of bacteria.
Any idea how to remove heavy metals or chemicals?
And itll taste great!
@@heythavethats rhe charcoals job
@@heythavecharcoal
Boiled water.. level exposed to the air, capturing the steam......@@heythave
Interesting method. I’ll have to try it in our area as we have loads of wild grape vine everywhere. So if this works in the summer I’d be interested to see if it works in the winter with dormant grape vine. I’ll have to give it a spin this winter.
Interesting. I had played with this concept several years ago, but never had the water tested, but I didn't get sick from drinking water filtered this way. Not surprised by the test results though. Thanks for posting and doing the testing.
That was the single most entertaining, informative, educational, USEFUL thing I've ever seen on a screen.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 And I'm 56..
For household use, you can install a UV filter.
It's a stainless steel tube about 18 inches long and has a UV bulb in it. Once the water passes threw the tube all pathogens are no longer alive.
They make them with different flow rates. I have one with a 12 gallon flow rate for whole house service.
Your information is new to me.
Thanks for sharing.
Previous owner installed one in my house. We have a little bit of ferrous iron in our water. I had to laugh when I changed the bulb. Nothing gonna get killed by that iron stained glass sleeve that separates the bulb from the water. I left it unplugged. I'm not cleaning that thing every week. Lol.
I'm wondering, if letting the water sit in the sun wouldn't have the same results, as the UV filter?
@@ridgehilljillie9429 you can send off water to be tested or possibly even at a hospital.
With a few phone calls, I'm sure you could find someone.
Maybe a college. What is the source? If from a well or stream, I would say your main focus would be micro organisms or pathogens even bacteria (just big words I know but have no idea what I'm talking about). I believe it is the intensity or frequency of the light that is most important.
@ridgehilljillie9429 yes if in clear container ..usually glass or zip lock left in direct sunlight for few hours will kill all bad living stuff uv treatment and yes I'm sure the ppl who do these studies will back me up with this ....once filter thru vine .....in glass/plastic (just be mindful some plastic leeches) for few hours ... perfectly safe ready to drink water.
@@ridgehilljillie9429 just for viruses from what i gathered in the video
Didn’t ask me for a like or subscribe but definitely got both from me. Super cool info, no gimmicks, no annoying sound effects or music, quality content. Thanks!
Thanks for the sub!
This is great. I have never seen this on any survival show, nor have I seen a better explanation of the plant water filtration process.
I could’ve sworn I had seen it once on one of the old discovery channel survival shows. Maybe Dual Survival
This is awesome! I've known about using cedar or pine branch as a filter but I have yet to try it. Now I'm really motivated to do so.
From what I’ve seen, there’s a lot of variation in how much flow you will get through different pieces. Less dense, faster growing wood seems to do much better. Have fun
Wonder how a maple branch would taste like.
@@clayhayeshunter Bamboo would work well, wouldn't it?
I read that 6,000 children die every day from dehydration due to diarrhea. This knowledge could save thousands of lives. I don't have the means to distribute this information, but I hope and pray someone else can get this important task done. Maybe that person is watching this now!
Yea it’s mainly in Africa and India though. Especially Africa though. Most people can’t boil the water or filter it there. Idk about 6,000 kids a day though.
Idiots in other cou tries are who you are talking about poverty is the outcome of stupid people who never had the wheel and never raised live stock enabling them is unatural.
@@robertsudano4304 6K kids a day is reasonable when you realize 1.6 billion people on Earth do not have reliable access to safe water. As someone who has spent significant time in East Africa drilling water wells for villages, 6K a day might be low.
Here's a secret.... They don't want them to know this knowledge. They could have helped a thousand ways to Sunday but they help in appearance only
@@paulrun111 precisely, they're beside themselves we have access to it...
Excellent video! If you are not marooned in the woods, you can also make water safe to drink if you have unscented bleach available. Filter it first through cheap coffee filters. Add a minimum of eight drops to a gallon of water. Shake it up and let it sit for a few hours. Of course, if you have fire, you can boil it to make it potable, too. I did water and wastewater treatment as an operator in the State of Florida for many years in municipal and industrial treatment plants. There, we had chlorine gas, liquid chlorine, and ammonia available for disinfection of the water.
The pine tree gives an interesting flavor to the water and the needle of some pines makes a nice tea full of natural vitamin C.
Yes, but do yourself a favor and use white pine for the tea... The other pines also make tea, but their tea tastes like turpentine.
Agreed! I have made that while out deer hunting.
@@bretjohnson6188 our ancestors used turpentine as a natural antiparasitic. It's actually listed in the original Merck medication book from 1899.
But you're right, it'll still taste like turpentine 🤢
@@Eyes0penNoFear We still use turpentine as a treatment for parasites and lyme disease in Appalachia. All passed down from grandparents.
@@truthseeker2222 I'm so glad to find more people who use it!
My father-in-law grew up in Missouri, and he remembers using it as a kid. It fixed a bacterial overgrowth in my gut that was causing a biofilm that blocked nutrient absorption. It's really good stuff.
*Good thing that SPECIFIC "grape vine" grows everywhere.*
*Seriously though, someone should create the longest list possible of different vine species that can be safely used.*
*Great video. News to me. Valuable.*
? Grape vine as in eating grapes? I don't k ow what that grape vine is. Please elaborate. THIA.
@virginiafigueredo1644
There are wild grapes all over the east coast of America for sure. Remember, when the Vikings first landed in America,(years b4 Columbus) they called it Vinland..
Read the description, any kind of Gymnosperm should work for this. Which means not only vines but also ginkos and pines as well as several other trees, you should check the list of gymnosperms and see which ones grow in your location and how to recognize them :)
@@Hazarth *Now YOUR comment is incredibly insightful and useful. I don't know what "gymnosperm" is but I'll research it. Thank you.*
*(The content creator got this information through the grape vine.)* 🤣
I would like to see a Midwest version of this, we do not have cypress trees here, in Indiana
I have been camping countless times and lived off grid for several years, so I'm not a stranger to survival techniques, but this was news to me. Thank you for sharing this, it very well might save lives.
I was wondering if you were going to have a practical tasting.
I’m surprised that you didn’t have a little piney taste in the back of the throat.
Good job Pard! 👍
additionally, we developed an open source water filter with moringa. Take a look and try it.
This is ingenious and makes total sense. I am impressed I've never seen this before. The filtration time is long but cost is almost zero. A great solution to many parts of the world. Just needs to spread the knowledge. Thank you!
Came here to potentially call BS and was pleasantly surprised to find that this was both backed up by lab testing in your experiment and also a separate research study. This was pretty neat! RE The concern about waterborne viruses I don’t know if regular backpacking filters can get those either. You can always use a chemical disinfectant to get those if it’s a concern.
Or just boil the water.
My family has been doing this for years. The Anunaki taught us.
Mmmm chemical disinfectant, yummy!!
When the water is clear, just leaving it out in the sun in a plastic bottle works to sterilize it. Ultraviolet radiation in sunlight will kill all pathogen with few hours of direct sunlight, provided the water is clear and container made of material that lets uv through.
@@ilkkavierula6664Why not a glass bottle? Wouldn’t that be better than warm water absorbing the toxins from the plastic?
Id be interested to see what minerals stayed behind after filtration?
This video popped up multiple times. Finally watched it, probably one of the most concise videos. Brilliant.
This is one of the coolest videos i saw lately. Congratulations.
This is honestly mind blowing, it seems so useful but I’ve never hear of it or seen it anywhere before, definitely gonna give this a try!
Glad it was helpful!
Been around for couple hundred years at least
I once was clearing some land and cut a grapevine that was growing up a tree. It ran water for days. You could have collected many gallons of water. I've never forgotten that and always wondered if it was pure and what minerals it may have contained. I may try it again sometime if I get the opportunity and send it off for analysis. I suspect it would be clean and healthy. Maybe you could tap a large vine without actually cutting it down.
First saw you on “Alone” but I really love and am grateful for your channel. PLEASE keep making videos!
Hands down the best water video I’ve seen. You’re saving lives.
With the grape vine, I'd assume most of the water you got actually camw from the water that was already in the vine, not from the water that is in the dirty water jar, but still plenty of clean water was harvested either way.
I am genuinely amazed. Where there's water, there's life.
That I pretty slick sir, Thank you for taking the time to share this with us. I appreciate your willingness to help others.
Thanks again and have a blessed weekend.
Dale
This video is awesome. I cannot recall watching a video more uniquely informative than this one. There s/b a way to "report" such excellent videos to RUclips to help ensure they include it on everyone's playlist.
I think there is one big mistake here. The water has to travel through the entire length of the grape vine meaning any left water inside it from when you cut it would have to be pushed out first so the test sample you provided to the lab did not in fact contain any filtered swamp water. You would have to let more than a liter of water through your contraption to start getting any (assuming the diameter of one vine stick is about 6cm and of 1m to 1.5m long and assuming it's wood saturates at a high 35% moisture level).
That being said, it's still worth it if only to get the pure water/sap already in the vines.
Simple and ingenious. This method should help millions of people!
YOU are amazing! This should be taught in the public schools.
completely agree - so much should be taught that is not
No, it shouldn't.
they're too busy teaching them how to become drag queens and studs
@@SilverSergeant Why?
@@SilverSergeant yes it should
Great stuff! I knew about drinking from a fresh cut vine, but the passive filtering was next level. Thanks from So. Fla.
Wow thank you, pine trees are everywhere and easily to identify. This is the best primitive water filter video I’ve ever seen and easy to remember if the grid goes down. Thank you so much
I think gymnosperms are safe to try while angiosperm, especially vine species, sometimes have pretty thick xylem and you can literally use them as straw. And the reason why "filtered" liquid by gymnosperm stem looks clean, is the great surface area along the xylem tube, it might be clean at first but some nasty stuff will go through eventually.