A brief video to show off the devices I currently have. The larger, more complex setup is of course for camping. It honestly may end up being useful for me only about once a year. I think the much more useful solar chargers for emergencies, travel, simplicity and so forth are the ultra-portable, foldable solar chargers that fall somewhere between 15w - 40w. I enjoy experimenting with them very much.
This brief video should give y’all an idea of what I’m currently playing around with and testing. I have several of these Big Blue 28w solar chargers, by the way. No need for me to show them all off in this video. They’re packed away in bugout bags and whatnot. The one I do show off is a spare that I’m just using lately for testing and comparisons.
Gettin’ outta the glorious rain in the glorious backcountry with my glorious dog
I found this video interesting as it relates to conversations we have about the true nature of things, what is really important and what is not, and how little importance some things have depending on the needs of the moment.
For example, this guy and his fellow soldiers, while being shot at would just dump their blankets - the blankets were totally unimportant to the immediate goal of staying alive. This meant later suffering, but at least they were alive.
I think about this sort of thing all the time when seeing guys building elaborate, beautiful shelters in the woods. When you’re hungry and lost, or simply traveling through the wilderness, nobody is going to care about building an elaborate shelter. You’re only going to care about conserving energy and using energy for only things that are absolutely necessary in any given moment.
This means sleeping under a rock outcrop, or a fallen tree, or just trying to get through the night under your sweater and some leaves you scrounge ...
