Jack: “What’s going on guys? Black Scout Survival here today and I’m gonna show you how to make a 5 dollar shelter, survival shelter or bug out shelter kit. All you need is just a few items.
“You can put it in a bag just like this so it’s all contained but you’re gonna need duct tape, an emergency blanket. You can use a cheap Mylar. Para cord and a 55 gallon drum liner.”
“With these few really cheap items you can make a very good shelter that will keep you warm and dry in a multitude of different situations.”
“So let me put it together. So the next thing is, you’re just gonna open up your bag and find the bottom of it. So this is the bottom there and the opening is here. So what I’m gonna need to do, and this doesn’t have to be pretty. Lets fold it in half and I’m gonna take my Leather-man multi tool trauma sheers here but you can just use a knife. Just cut this bottom portion off and it doesn’t have to be pretty like I said. It doesn’t even have to be even just as close as possible. By doing this you are essentially going to be making a tube tent.”
“Now that you’ve cut that whole you now have a tube tent you can run your para cord through and have it rigged to the tree already. This pretty much is how your gonna make your ridge line for this shelter.”
“Ok, now I have rigged this up through the tube, the trash bag we made into a tube shelter. I put a truckers hitch on this side and a bowline on this side. The next thing you’re gonna do is kind of situate it where you want it at. Then take your duct tape, this is single side duct tape. I mean not single side, its stuck to a piece of paper so it’s a flat pack. That’s what they call it.”
“Now what you’re gonna do with that is just tape up the top of your edge here that way it stays in place. You’re just gonna kind of run your finger across the top to make sure that it is very on the line.”
“So now its not going to move there. So now we have the shelter all put together. I just basically ran para cord through the inside of the shelter and then I used tape to keep it up. I used stakes but you don’t have to. You can make your own in the field. I’m gonna get in the shelter and show you.”
“Do you see how there is a little bit of room underneath it. It has a lot of room. So basically that is for you to put debris under the shelter so you’re not sleeping on the ground. It will give you insulation. You definitely want that in a cold whether environment. So just pack as much debris, make sure there’s no sticks or anything like that. Just some leaves or pine straw. Give about four to six inches thick.”
“Also, if it is raining or something like that you will notice I put it at an angle so the head is higher than the feet. You can tape with that duct tape, the whole front end closed so you still have ventilation in here so you’re not gonna suffocate yourself. You can keep it pretty much water proof or keep the bag together sealed up and just run the line through it and make a whole for the line and duct tape the hole up.”
“Now also, another thing you can do is taking the emergency blanket and wrap inside this top guideline, this ridge-line and drape it through there so you have a complete water proof, wind proof shelter and also have that 90% reflective of the emergency blanket. I’m gonna go ahead and get in here.”
“And now I’m just gonna go ahead and open up this emergency blanket and show you how easy it is to wrap this inside of it. Now you want to have the doorways open because of the insulative, I mean the condensation in here. It will give it a breeze so you don’t get wet.So now you see we have the reflective Mylar on one side reflecting that heat. It’s gonna keep us warm.”
“So guys that was the $5 bug out or survival shelter. You know survival shelters should be small and easy to carry with you. This one, depending on what bag you use and stuff like that you can actually wrap it down small enough to put in your back pocket. The thing is if you also get a fire going out here it will kind of simulate the old war Kochanski super shelter because this side is open or doesn’t have the blanket on so it will reflect off that other side and keep you warm. This thing was so hot for just a few minutes I’m pouring sweat now. It’s definitely for very cold environments. Nonetheless I hope this helps you.”
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