Came here to say this, thank you

Shout out Far North Bushcraft.

Lonnie and Connie are the best!

He's not just mixing up, but belittling the use of warm air flow. To deflect heat as thermal energy you would need something with high albedo - white and sleek, or better reflective like a mirror. But for warm air shield a high albedo is not a requirement, as the warm air reaches the normal obstacle (i.e. of any color and surface) and, if the object is big enough, the warm air slows near it and can accumulate a bit. That kind of process allows to decrease heat loss. That's why sitting near a campfire with your back against the opening of your tent makes it warmer for you than doing the same in a open area, even if the weather is still.

Looks to be a paver of some kind, doesn't it?

I've come close using the hammer of my tomahawk and wierd layered shale crap we had near my old house.

Need to camp in a graveyard! But not if your a heavy sleeper

The other side says "RIP Mom" !

They're pretty common here in PA.

Yes. We learned so much in the scouts. I loved going to D-A in Michigan for scout camp.

You are totally right. I often use a natural leantoo so I do not get a backdraft that pulls the smoke at my camp.

Exactly. A "fire reflector" is actually a smoke diverter from your shelter. It only also becomes a "reflector" (radiator) as well if it's stone.

Wheres my lighter? Hehe

So now we must make a plan to get smoke not to follow me 😂

Well it sounds like we have a wrong term issue. At least the fire " reflector" works. Mean helping heat not to escape much helps. Like a blanket for example. One can say it reflects heat while using that term is incorrect. But blanket basicly traps your body heat and slows it down from escaping the bed to quick. So in bed our body is the heater not the blanket. Hope my english makes sense as its my 2nd language.

There is no competition, the corporal is a cry baby spends as much time complaining as he does with his boring videos of builds that nobody will ever copy, so they mean nothing…

It would be great to see them come together and collaborate

Well the other channel only approach survival from a tactically military point of view, not from the point of view of a civilian hiking in the woods that might have got lost.

​@@benterwellenI'm sure your comments keep CC up at night 😂 Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. A good majority of CC's videos are super valuable.

I have been outdoor for my whole life and still learn something new🙂 My Granpa kinda went crazy prepper's on our childhood. For me it was playtime. 🥰 Anyhow I allways look for more easy and better improvement for my camp.🤩

You are correct.

Rocks absorb heat and re-radiate it. But I doubt that you were teaching that people should take the time and energy build a vertical wall of ROCKS 2-3 feet high, in a survival situation. As you will know, anything that is wet has a very limited capacity to absorb heat because the water evaporates and far more heat is dispersed in that manner than in re-radiation, which pretty much rules out those dinky little porous walls of green sticks. Windblocks, yes. Windchill is a thing.

He mentioned finding a location like you said.

If you use one of those make sure it's not too close to the fire because it can melt. I find a couple of long pieces of aluminum foil work well with minimal danger. It also takes up next to no room in your back pack.

Wooden stone or earthen heat reflectors are simply heat dams that stop the flow of heat in undesired directions . They do absorb heat…. But even then much of the heat absorbed with radiate back out in the direction it came with a small portion slowly penetrating through the material …… Its just that calling it a heat reflector is simpler to say than a single word that hasn’t been invented yet…

@@MrSheckstr I think the word you are looking for is: thermal radiation.

Dribrom I use tin foil 😅it works man

Just dont cook yourself

Mine is made of grass

mine is made of *fire*

This is what I do. National forests don't even allow the creation of fire rings anyways. I mean if you disperse it when you leave then that's fine but I rarely stay more than one night so, not going to bother. Plus everything I clear from the area is usually decent tinder and kindling.

Watch out for the midges, Kristian :) .

That is the reason I use them. It does not take much. And the air turbulence around it draws the smoke to it.

Nice one tonytootuff😊

Congrats!!

A semi permanent Camp🥰 I love makeing em. Grats finishing it🤗

They do indeed reflect heat. Dan got it wrong. This topic comes up about every 3 or 4 years and it is ALWAYS knocked down when people do their own research. It is usually brought back up by someone who read a misleading article that has been debunked multiple times. But people often read something and take it as truth without investigating for themselves. So enjoy your reflector. It works.

​@@zippitydoodah5693 I always feel that the gaps in between the sticks / logs should be filled in with mud or clay if you can find a source. I don't know how much more heat you'll get reflected back at you but Psychologically, to me, seeing a gap like that has the notion of not holding or rejecting heat.

Space blanket. Everyone should have one or two in their kit.

What’s mineral dirt?

@@maxsparks5183 I think it's dirt without a lot of organic stuff in it (as opposed to humus, peat, etc). But in normal conditions, it's unlikely for tree roots to catch fire. First, it helps to be a root of a dead tree (otherwise it's essentially green wood), second the root has to be basically in contact with the fire, and finally one end needs to be open to the air so it keeps getting oxygen. A wildfire can cause tree roots to burn, I've seen holes in the ground after a wildfire, where a stump burned out. But the other way around? A campfire causing a wildfire through a root is, IMO, very, very unlikely. Much more likely an ember blew out of the campfire and landed in leaves and stuff. Then somebody tried to blame a root, not their own inattention to nearby leaf piles.

👍👍👍 Absolutely!

Isn't there a myth-busters style video about this somewhere?

@@edubs9828 If they did one on this, I am unaware o it. But I have seen the data from a decently run experiment. It showed that the temperature increase _in front_ of the "reflector" was *roughly double* the temperature increase to _the side_ of it. So if it is a bitter cold night you'll be camping in, then it may be worth it to build a "reflector" behind your fire. But I think your energy is best used by building a Mors Kochanski Super Shelter if you have the materials. Nothing beats it for staying warm in the bitter cold, if properly built. But if you don't have the necessary materials for that, and you are "inconvenient camping", a "reflector "will definitely increase the heat between your shelter and your fire , just about by double. That's not a difference I care about when I camp. I am older now and I use modern tricks to stay warm. Old Dan got this one wrong. I think maybe he read an article in which his claim was justified by using the inverse square law of thermodynamics. Unfortunately that article has been disproven, "mythbusted", "destroyed", more than once. The inverse square law only applies if your source of heat is a "point source" - and a campfire is not. It's not even close. Experiments have been done, _with control group data_ , that prove what Dan is saying is . . . . let's say _mistaken_ . But I don't know how old Dan takes being "mistaken" so I don't push the point.

Lonnie from Farnorthbushcraft tested it out proved the reflector doesn't reflect , but it does draw up the smoke !

​@@zippitydoodah5693 I think reflected heat was used when it should be more of a heat sink that radiates heat back. It probably is more effective when it's really cold with the wind blowing. Even then not everyone would consider it effective especially over night. In a long term camp where the logs have been able to absorb a lot of heat, it would be radiating noticeably when the fire dies down. This would be much like the heavy iron or stone plate at the back of fireplaces of old.

Too lightweight, too flammable and too easy to tear up!

The temperature increase in front of a "reflector" is approximately double the temperature increase to the sides of it.

Do you feel that this is a temperature increase due to the barrier reflecting radiant heat? Or do you think it may be prevention of heat loss via convection (wind chill)? If it’s reflective, then is the bark removed or not? Without you explaining your experiment, I can only fill in the gaps with assumptions. I am assuming that what you have there is a wind break - an important aspect of staying warm.

🖐you're the first comment

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I would double check his info.

Some of the heat is reflected back from a lean-to. A lean-to is good as long as you have a fire going.

Gm

Good morning young lady

Good morning! I'm just a bit west of Syracuse, myself!

Good morning my friend

I think he did evan

He's wrong. But that's OK.

What happened to Lonnie?

Cody Lundin made a shelter with Dave Canterbury on dual survival. The back wall (the one away from the fire) was a mylar blanket, clear plastic sheeting on the front.

@@budwilliams6590 Thanks for that tip! I'll check it out. Have a safe & spook-tacular Halloween! 🌕🦇🎃🕸🐈‍⬛️

? I saw the one guy talk about loving corporals corner, what comments do you refer to?

It was about the way CC would take the time to make a more extensive shelter and the person would not do that. My reply was not meant to be a gimmick. I like and sub both Sean and Dan.@@sinisterthoughts2896

and wrong

If one's going to make the effort of building a wall, it's time to considder if it's not better to just go all in and build a small hut or cabin anyway.

Been my experience as well, if it's that windy, it's probably too windy.