1 minute in, I knew this was what I was looking for. 2 minutes in, I decided I needed to try this in my condo with Dollar Tree shower curtains. 5 minutes in, I'm like "I want to be like this guy when I grow up" lol
Great Video clip! Sorry for chiming in, I would appreciate your thoughts. Have you heard the talk about - Proutklarton Surviving Technics Plan (do a google search)? It is a great one of a kind product for learning how to survive any crisis minus the headache. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my work buddy got great results with it.
@@colinbourne923 you can filter out sticks & leaves using an old sheet or t-shirt. Once you do this, you'll want to run it through something like a Berkey, Life Straw, Sawyer filter or similar. There are cheap ceramic filter cores available on Amazon that allow you to set up a Berkey-type system for around $40 ($25-$30 for filter set, $10 for two 5-gallon buckets). Depending on where you live, you may also want to boil it before drinking. Emergency water filtration is it's own skill set. Please spend some time researching rain water purification as I've only touched on one possible method. Best of luck.
I love that this can be done without worrying about any contaminants from asphalt shingles, and if you have a garden in place, the posts wouldn't even be noticeable! thanks!
I loved this. Thank you for your service in the Marines, for your wife standing in rain with you protecting the camera and for a really wonderful idea for folks
For collecting cleanest possible rain water so far this is the best solution on RUclips. I’m gonna be setting one of these up in the back of the property really soon because my thing is cleanliness a lot of people are using roof water for the garden and if you send that in for water testing it would terrify you and you would never want to use it in the garden ever again. But this is a clean alternative and it is super easy
thanks for your video, i copied it exactly and it works a treat, my tarpaulin came from poundland, some string i had and some branches as poles, oh and a brick, total cost £1 cheers Mate.
Cool idea and it eliminates the need for first flush as opposed to a roof catchment system, considering the tarp is clean and stored indoors. Food for thought.
Nice video. Maybe lose the rock and get an S hook with a few links of heavy chain. It won't displace as much water and probably make changing buckets easier.
This gives me the idea to use an umbrella with some broken "arms" to help collect rain water. I can open the umbrella, poke a hole near the apex of it, and sit it upside down on a bucket. Weight it with a rock, if necessary. It won't collect as much water as yours did, but it's a pretty simple thing to do and since I already have a broken umbrella, it is basically free. Thanks for the inspiration with your invention!
Success! I almost didn’t deploy because we were only expecting a quarter inch and got that or half that per NOAA. It rained overnight so I couldn’t monitor. I only put out a gallon bucket. It overflowed so I don’t have an accurate measurement. The tarp and four Upost cost me under $50, I had the other parts, paracord & mallet & bucket. Very exciting. Thanks!
Bless you for doing this! Now for those living in an apartment complex with a balcony but no access to earth to put poles in, here's some off-the-cuff thoughts on a variation. Feel free to comment with improvements--this is very rough drafty! 1) Buy two poles long enough to brace against the apartment wall and extend out past the balcony wall. Put a screw-in hook on the end of each, and another hook on each lower down. 2) Make some kind of arrangement to stabilize the other end. You might use "My Grip" plastic to make a kind of foot, or carpentry, or crochet a pocket to loop over a hand-weight, or whatever works for you. You might have to saw the ends of the poles to meet the wall at an angle. 3) Have heavy objects available that you could put on your balcony wall to keep the poles in place when in use, if you have a stucco balcony wall. If it's more fencelike and open, use velcro straps. 4) When it rains, pull your poles out from under your couch or wherever you have them stashed, hook the ends of the tarp, and extend them out of the balcony, far enough apart to keep that end taut. Position your pole-holders. Put the feet of the poles against the apartment wall somewhat closer together. just like the man says above, and hook on the lower end of the tarp. Follow all of his procedures with the rock and bucket etc.
I looked at other videos on collecting rain water and lost interest in the first few minutes. I clicked on your video and was so happy to finally see such a practical and simple way to do it. Thank you and God bless you and your wife for helping others learn survival skills 🙏! I've become a subscriber of your channel 👋👋👋!!
Oh, my gosh!! 14: 27 we find out the camera gal is getting sloughed in the downpour!! Way to go man!! Really some great ideas!! At my (gutterless) home, I could plan ahead and use 50g drums to collect!! You really are an inspiration!! TY
Oh yeah! It’s just what I was hoping to find. It’s affordable and beautifully effective in it’s simplicity. Thanks for the great details on how to space the T bars and how to keep the tarp stable. Awesome video … thank you so much.
Excellent video! I've been planning on setting up a tarp to collect rainwater in my back yard for drinking, filtered and purified of course. I have several fencing corners that will provide three corners. I just need one post. Seeing your in action has got me inspired again.I like your nylon tarp better than the stiff blue tarp I was going to use. My city water is fine. We also have a filtering system with reverse osmosis. The city water comes from the ground and has dissolved minerals, especially calcium that pass right through any filter. Iced tea made fro the city filtered water gets very cloudy when cold. I experimented with rainwater collected from my roof. Even after filtering through .2 micron silver-impregnated ceramic filter with activated charcoal the rainwater still has a slight brown tint to it. My tea made from it doesn't get cloudy when cold. I want to avoid the roof-caught water. The tarp will eliminate the dust, pollen, bird droppings and dissolved roofing chemicals from the water.
Gravity is your friend. Don't over think it. Place buckets up higher than the barrel. On a shelf or anything honestly. Get 2" piping that won't rust and that has a threaded end on both sides. Don't forget your thread tape. Don't use pipe dope as it can leach into the water. Two 5 gallon bucket with the pipe at the very bottom of the buckets for example. Drill a hole smaller than the diameter of the piping so you can thread it in by hand and reduce leaks. Take just 24" and run that pipe to the top of the barrel. That way your barrel never leaks. I've spent countless hours researching because of all the crazy stuff going on. Don't forget your water treatment tablets. They are cheap an effective. Also, don't forget fire wood. Most times people give it away. Cover with a tarp. Two things you'll always need is water and heat for numerous reasons. Batteries, two way radios and don't forget self defense items. We are all in this together and if we help one another we can unite against these evil people in power right now. First and foremost, always look out for you and yours above all else because the government will not help
Wow! I've been thinking of this for years. Only I planned on an inverted umbrella/teepee type collecting tarp system. I'm glad I came across someone like you that has similar insight. Good job!
excellent idea. I was planning in setting up gutters and spend a bunch of money. I think I can scale this up with a bigger tarp and barrels. Thanks man!
Good Vid Bro. in the bush it is amazing how fast i can fill all my water containers, and even have a tarp reservoir in a 15 min. Florida afternoon cloudburst.. Thanks.
Thank you for making thus video. I have a community garden space where they have a 6 foot height structure restriction and don't provide water on site. This will be a great quick and low cost solution especially since I already have all the materials!
This is perfect!!!!! I always collected rainwater for my plants. Our new house had metal pipes inside the regular drain pipes then buried into the ground. So I was really bummed. Thanks for this.
Wow! That is the most ingenious thing I've ever seen! Those green posts are sold to hold up fencing and you can get them in any store like Home Depot or Lowes. This is great! Thank you for this video. I will be buying what I need for this instead of a rain barrel which would be catching bird poop and other junk from the roofs of my buildings out back.
This is the best DIY rain collection system I saw in the internet. I'm gonna make one like this but I'm gonna use just 2 poles instead because I'm gonna attach it to the picket fence. Should my wife tell me it's unsightly or doesn't want the pole permanently planted to the ground, I'll have to put cement on the pole's feet so it will be sturdy and I can move it around. Instead of a bucket I'll use a 45 gallon bin, the square ones. I'll be using the water for my aquarium. Thanks for uploading this sir and more power to your channel.
I really liked this video! It was personable, and it proved its point. I want to do something like this, but more so with shorter... "prongs"? Something maybe a foot off the ground. Probably not just a foot off the ground, just because it does need to be higher than the bucket, but still. Very short.
I tried this after hurricane ida, cuz we lost power and water. This worked greatly, we had water to flush and etc. while i seen my neighbors go in the ditch to scoop dirty water.
A portion of the water system that feeds our city and a few others is being shut down for repairs for all of March and into early April. During that time, all outdoor watering (sprinklers, drip irrigation, hand watering) will be forbidden. If we're lucky, we'll get enough rain for the outdoor plants to not need it. But that's a dicey proposition. This may be a nice temporary solution to at least keep the plants from drying out during the repairs. I already own six 5-gallon buckets, so maybe a few more and some good luck with a few timely rainstorms will save the day! :)
Just ordered a locking tin box from your site John. Denise was extra helpful. Keep up the good work. Jason from Colorado P.S. The video was informative and relaxing!!
This is how i plan to catch drinking water , preparing for the worst but hoping for the best with this Corona Virus crap... Thank you for posting , cross your fingers for this old lady
Good video and ideals. I'm looking to use a regular overhead tarp at a campsite. If it rains, I want it set up to collect clean rainwater directly for potable use. I don't think I'll need that steep of setup. The rock idea is a gem though.
💓 The Idea, being I'm SURROUNDED by trees I can't get "CLEAN" rain water but now that I've seen how you done it I'm going to find a place where there's NO TREES where I can get clean clear water for my fish tanks I 💞 the video.
Thank you for your video. I’m trying to implement this in my backyard in Houston, Texas, attaching the top of the tarp to the 6-1/2’ wooden fence and the bottom to the two T posts. I’m having trouble sourcing the T posts with the attached tabs. Do you mind telling me where you bought yours? I can probably figure out a way to lash the bottom two corners to the stakes but in a storm and potentially in the dark, would like a hassle free installation, since I’m doing this by myself. My Great Dane doesn’t like to get her hair wet and will be indoors telepathically sending me moral support. I’m opting to use the fence for the high side so my yard guy only has 2 posts to work around. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I’ve looked at several videos along these lines and yours far surpassed the others.
Thank you to you’re beautiful wife Denise for her camera work in the rain 💜 and thank you for sharing from the nomad that wants to collect water to drink 😊 do you have a video on water purification at all?
Another excellent video. I don't know how youtube promotes videos, and how good videos can get views, but this vid should have more views, and your channel overall should have more views, orders of magnitude more views. KEEP MAKING VIDS!
1 minute in, I knew this was what I was looking for.
2 minutes in, I decided I needed to try this in my condo with Dollar Tree shower curtains.
5 minutes in, I'm like "I want to be like this guy when I grow up" lol
I took a first look at him and knew i wanna be like this guy. efficient genius!!!!
Great Video clip! Sorry for chiming in, I would appreciate your thoughts. Have you heard the talk about - Proutklarton Surviving Technics Plan (do a google search)? It is a great one of a kind product for learning how to survive any crisis minus the headache. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my work buddy got great results with it.
I began to see myself under that hat and behind that beard in less than 60 seconds.
Ha ha ha!
"Ima' gonna do dis!"
How do you turn it in to drinking water please
@@colinbourne923 you can filter out sticks & leaves using an old sheet or t-shirt. Once you do this, you'll want to run it through something like a Berkey, Life Straw, Sawyer filter or similar. There are cheap ceramic filter cores available on Amazon that allow you to set up a Berkey-type system for around $40 ($25-$30 for filter set, $10 for two 5-gallon buckets). Depending on where you live, you may also want to boil it before drinking. Emergency water filtration is it's own skill set. Please spend some time researching rain water purification as I've only touched on one possible method. Best of luck.
Brilliant! By just installing a second collector to the "opposite" side you reduce the waiting time by half.
10 gallons within 6 minutes...Mother Earth is very generous.....good vid.
Where in the video did he say 10 gallons in 6 minutes? I missed that part.
@SherrickDuncan watch the video again and watch the time
I love that this can be done without worrying about any contaminants from asphalt shingles, and if you have a garden in place, the posts wouldn't even be noticeable! thanks!
It was surprisingly satisfying to watch the rain flow and collect in that bucket :)
Love the video, very helpful! Can you do a video on different ways you purify that water for drinking in emergency situations?
Thanks to you and your lovely wife for standing in the rain to finish the experiment! Great seeing it in action after reading about in your book.
I loved this. Thank you for your service in the Marines, for your wife standing in rain with you protecting the camera and for a really wonderful idea for folks
Thank you. I am poor and need things to be as simple as possible. Best video I’ve found for rain water collecting yet
For collecting cleanest possible rain water so far this is the best solution on RUclips. I’m gonna be setting one of these up in the back of the property really soon because my thing is cleanliness a lot of people are using roof water for the garden and if you send that in for water testing it would terrify you and you would never want to use it in the garden ever again. But this is a clean alternative and it is super easy
thanks for your video, i copied it exactly and it works a treat, my tarpaulin came from poundland, some string i had and some branches as poles, oh and a brick, total cost £1 cheers Mate.
Cool idea and it eliminates the need for first flush as opposed to a roof catchment system, considering the tarp is clean and stored indoors. Food for thought.
Nice video. Maybe lose the rock and get an S hook with a few links of heavy chain. It won't displace as much water and probably make changing buckets easier.
This gives me the idea to use an umbrella with some broken "arms" to help collect rain water. I can open the umbrella, poke a hole near the apex of it, and sit it upside down on a bucket. Weight it with a rock, if necessary. It won't collect as much water as yours did, but it's a pretty simple thing to do and since I already have a broken umbrella, it is basically free. Thanks for the inspiration with your invention!
Just the solution I need for my block in super dry summers and wet, Frosty cold winters in southern Western Australia. Thank you for sharing.
Great idea it’s always good to know different ways to collect water. Thanks
Success! I almost didn’t deploy because we were only expecting a quarter inch and got that or half that per NOAA. It rained overnight so I couldn’t monitor. I only put out a gallon bucket. It overflowed so I don’t have an accurate measurement. The tarp and four Upost cost me under $50, I had the other parts, paracord & mallet & bucket. Very exciting. Thanks!
Bless you for doing this! Now for those living in an apartment complex with a balcony but no access to earth to put poles in, here's some off-the-cuff thoughts on a variation. Feel free to comment with improvements--this is very rough drafty!
1) Buy two poles long enough to brace against the apartment wall and extend out past the balcony wall. Put a screw-in hook on the end of each, and another hook on each lower down.
2) Make some kind of arrangement to stabilize the other end. You might use "My Grip" plastic to make a kind of foot, or carpentry, or crochet a pocket to loop over a hand-weight, or whatever works for you. You might have to saw the ends of the poles to meet the wall at an angle.
3) Have heavy objects available that you could put on your balcony wall to keep the poles in place when in use, if you have a stucco balcony wall. If it's more fencelike and open, use velcro straps.
4) When it rains, pull your poles out from under your couch or wherever you have them stashed, hook the ends of the tarp, and extend them out of the balcony, far enough apart to keep that end taut. Position your pole-holders. Put the feet of the poles against the apartment wall somewhat closer together. just like the man says above, and hook on the lower end of the tarp. Follow all of his procedures with the rock and bucket etc.
Phenomenal - specifically as a use for someone confined to a condo or apartment, thank you very much.
Thank you John and family! God bless you
I looked at other videos on collecting rain water and lost interest in the first few minutes. I clicked on your video and was so happy to finally see such a practical and simple way to do it. Thank you and God bless you and your wife for helping others learn survival skills 🙏! I've become a subscriber of your channel 👋👋👋!!
This is perfect for me, thank you!!
Oh, my gosh!! 14: 27 we find out the camera gal is getting sloughed in the downpour!! Way to go man!! Really some great ideas!! At my (gutterless) home, I could plan ahead and use 50g drums to collect!! You really are an inspiration!! TY
Oh yeah! It’s just what I was hoping to find. It’s affordable and beautifully effective in it’s simplicity. Thanks for the great details on how to space the T bars and how to keep the tarp stable. Awesome video … thank you so much.
Excellent video! I've been planning on setting up a tarp to collect rainwater in my back yard for drinking, filtered and purified of course. I have several fencing corners that will provide three corners. I just need one post. Seeing your in action has got me inspired again.I like your nylon tarp better than the stiff blue tarp I was going to use. My city water is fine. We also have a filtering system with reverse osmosis. The city water comes from the ground and has dissolved minerals, especially calcium that pass right through any filter. Iced tea made fro the city filtered water gets very cloudy when cold. I experimented with rainwater collected from my roof. Even after filtering through .2 micron silver-impregnated ceramic filter with activated charcoal the rainwater still has a slight brown tint to it. My tea made from it doesn't get cloudy when cold. I want to avoid the roof-caught water. The tarp will eliminate the dust, pollen, bird droppings and dissolved roofing chemicals from the water.
Greetings from Ireland, and much appreciate your information you have shared...Thanks
Love this video. Can you please make a video how to expand this system to create overflow into larger containers such as barrels?
Gravity is your friend. Don't over think it. Place buckets up higher than the barrel. On a shelf or anything honestly. Get 2" piping that won't rust and that has a threaded end on both sides. Don't forget your thread tape. Don't use pipe dope as it can leach into the water. Two 5 gallon bucket with the pipe at the very bottom of the buckets for example. Drill a hole smaller than the diameter of the piping so you can thread it in by hand and reduce leaks. Take just 24" and run that pipe to the top of the barrel. That way your barrel never leaks. I've spent countless hours researching because of all the crazy stuff going on. Don't forget your water treatment tablets. They are cheap an effective. Also, don't forget fire wood. Most times people give it away. Cover with a tarp. Two things you'll always need is water and heat for numerous reasons. Batteries, two way radios and don't forget self defense items. We are all in this together and if we help one another we can unite against these evil people in power right now. First and foremost, always look out for you and yours above all else because the government will not help
Wow! I've been thinking of this for years. Only I planned on an inverted umbrella/teepee type collecting tarp system. I'm glad I came across someone like you that has similar insight. Good job!
Just what I was looking for. Perfect demo. I'll have this set up soon! Thank you sir!
excellent idea. I was planning in setting up gutters and spend a bunch of money. I think I can scale this up with a bigger tarp and barrels. Thanks man!
Good idea John, thanks!
Good Vid Bro. in the bush it is amazing how fast i can fill all my water containers, and even have a tarp reservoir in a 15 min. Florida afternoon cloudburst.. Thanks.
Thank you for making thus video. I have a community garden space where they have a 6 foot height structure restriction and don't provide water on site. This will be a great quick and low cost solution especially since I already have all the materials!
I like this video.
It is easy & economical to assemble and so much to gain.
This is perfect!!!!! I always collected rainwater for my plants. Our new house had metal pipes inside the regular drain pipes then buried into the ground. So I was really bummed. Thanks for this.
Thanks for the great idea. I live off-grid in West Virginia. I'm always looking for new ways to save rain water.
The sound of rain hitting a tarp always reminds me of Boy Scout Camp.
It's soothing
Thanks from Atlantic coast Canada. Great idea for easy set up for community gardens.
Greetings from England. Found this through a Skilled Survival article. Excellent demo
Wow! That is the most ingenious thing I've ever seen! Those green posts are sold to hold up fencing and you can get them in any store like Home Depot or Lowes. This is great! Thank you for this video. I will be buying what I need for this instead of a rain barrel which would be catching bird poop and other junk from the roofs of my buildings out back.
why do you remind me so much of Doc from Z Nation. I love it!
Thank you for this video and I will try this
Thank you John, great idea!
This would work really well for people with narrow lots with a fence on both sides - making a funnel across your whole backyard.
That's an excellent idea..
This is the best DIY rain collection system I saw in the internet. I'm gonna make one like this but I'm gonna use just 2 poles instead because I'm gonna attach it to the picket fence. Should my wife tell me it's unsightly or doesn't want the pole permanently planted to the ground, I'll have to put cement on the pole's feet so it will be sturdy and I can move it around. Instead of a bucket I'll use a 45 gallon bin, the square ones. I'll be using the water for my aquarium. Thanks for uploading this sir and more power to your channel.
This is excellent thank you!!!
Super idea,cheap and best 👌👍
I really liked this video! It was personable, and it proved its point. I want to do something like this, but more so with shorter... "prongs"? Something maybe a foot off the ground.
Probably not just a foot off the ground, just because it does need to be higher than the bucket, but still. Very short.
Smart idea, yet so simple! Thank you for sharing. Gonna try this in India..
where it never rains haha
you guys are troopers. thank you for the video & for your service.
Excellent Video!!! Thanks a million!
Just what I needed to see. Thank you so much!
Nice video!
Thank you very much, what dedication you have!!! Keep warm & dry. God bless you!
Great video! We live in the country, and use a rain barrel, but I can see setting one of these tarps up, too!
excellent video. with a simple set up like that you can catch around 40 gallons per inch of rain..more than most people would think !
Thank you for your great videos and your service. Semper Fi!
Love this video thank you so much. I’m going to try this weekend
This is a great way to collect rain water. I bet if the tarp was larger that bucket would fill up faster.
Amazing. Thank you for sharing your skill.
7:50 aww thanks man you so considerate about wasting our time, not like we got much to do right now lol
This was oddly satisfying watching!
I want to call you RAINMAN! Im going to have to try this soon. Thank you, sir☔☔☔
Very useful. Thanks
Exactly what I was thinking about .
I tried this after hurricane ida, cuz we lost power and water. This worked greatly, we had water to flush and etc. while i seen my neighbors go in the ditch to scoop dirty water.
I love beautiful people like you! God bless you and wife😍🤩
A portion of the water system that feeds our city and a few others is being shut down for repairs for all of March and into early April. During that time, all outdoor watering (sprinklers, drip irrigation, hand watering) will be forbidden. If we're lucky, we'll get enough rain for the outdoor plants to not need it. But that's a dicey proposition. This may be a nice temporary solution to at least keep the plants from drying out during the repairs. I already own six 5-gallon buckets, so maybe a few more and some good luck with a few timely rainstorms will save the day! :)
Great idea ,will try this for April rain ,greetings from Kenya machakos
Very cool!
Just the video I was looking for!
Understood.
Thank you kindly
By adding springs to the ropes would help stabilize the tarp in case of a sudden gust of win.
Well done. Nice...
Nice video, ty for the water gathering tip.
Wow! You did great on this video! Kudos to you and your wife, getting soaked just so you could show us. Thank you!
Fabulous Idea
Very nice video. I have a small backyard and would definitely do this. I suppose this could also be a dew catcher in the summer, too!
that's what I was thinking. Gonna check and see if he did that too!
very informative,thank you sir,,,from Albany NY
Excellent video. Thank you.
Just ordered a locking tin box from your site John. Denise was extra helpful. Keep up the good work.
Jason from Colorado
P.S. The video was informative and relaxing!!
This is just what I needed. Thank you
Great idea and such an easy set up!
Great experiment John.. I need to practice with this method.
Very nice.
Good one mate 👍
Awesome!
This is how i plan to catch drinking water , preparing for the worst but hoping for the best with this Corona Virus crap... Thank you for posting , cross your fingers for this old lady
Good video and ideals. I'm looking to use a regular overhead tarp at a campsite. If it rains, I want it set up to collect clean rainwater directly for potable use. I don't think I'll need that steep of setup. The rock idea is a gem though.
Excellent video.
Nice demonstration.
I'm sure it can be done with a tarp 1/3 the size for the garden.
💓 The Idea, being I'm SURROUNDED by trees I can't get "CLEAN" rain water
but now that I've seen how you done it I'm going to find a place where there's
NO TREES where I can get clean clear water for my fish tanks I 💞 the video.
Thank you for your video. I’m trying to implement this in my backyard in Houston, Texas, attaching the top of the tarp to the 6-1/2’ wooden fence and the bottom to the two T posts. I’m having trouble sourcing the T posts with the attached tabs. Do you mind telling me where you bought yours? I can probably figure out a way to lash the bottom two corners to the stakes but in a storm and potentially in the dark, would like a hassle free installation, since I’m doing this by myself. My Great Dane doesn’t like to get her hair wet and will be indoors telepathically sending me moral support. I’m opting to use the fence for the high side so my yard guy only has 2 posts to work around. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I’ve looked at several videos along these lines and yours far surpassed the others.
Thank you sir. 🙏🙏
Thank you to you’re beautiful wife Denise for her camera work in the rain 💜 and thank you for sharing from the nomad that wants to collect water to drink 😊 do you have a video on water purification at all?
Genius! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Thank you, I will be using this method until I can build a rainwater catchment system.
Just what I needed in my rental situation. Thanks soooooooo much!
Another excellent video. I don't know how youtube promotes videos, and how good videos can get views, but this vid should have more views, and your channel overall should have more views, orders of magnitude more views. KEEP MAKING VIDS!
If you could mount that higher, a 55 gallon barrel would fit under and then connect to not have to stay out in the rain.
You don't have to mount it higher. You can also bury the 55-gallon barrel.
Soooo doing this now thank you for great cheap idea for my house plants.
Thank you!