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I have to agree with another comment that TP is a comfort item I won't do without. Another for me is flossers, the little plastic teeth cleaning units. Not essential, but I won't do without. My Darn Tough merino wool socks.....have to have them. Have to have my hammock....I won't sleep on the ground.......and pillow. Thanks for sharing. I came here some time ago on a tip from Corporal Kelly. Love your channel.

Never done camping yet age 57, but just bought some basic survival-camping gear I suppose staying 'normal' and occupied really helps well I put in some tea powder milk brown sugar mars bar and instant soup pouches in my backpack for 'protection' axe and bear spray

It’s always interesting what each person finds to be their comfort items. Like a window into the mind.

So glad for this video. And your "sanity" in the idea of comfort. I CAN get by with next to nothing. But I like the things as you describe. Pillow. Coffee. Thanks

Love the vid!! This is great, thanks for all the inspiration

Looks like a nice selection. Thanks for sharing.

Great video. You sold me on the Kupilka. Been looking at it for a while, and decided to pull the trigger. Thanks for the thoughtful concise info on these items.

Great list!👍

Hello my outdoors friend, thank you for sharing your top 5 comfort items you made some great choices. All the best to you. Stay safe and healthy. 🤗

Thanks bro. Really digging that pillow. That is one of my biggest comfort factors when camping, head and neck comfort.

Great items to have Matt. Thanks for sharing brother.

Really enjoyed this video. I’ll be picking up a few of them. The box stove looks really cool.

Thanks for posting this video. Two of the items are on my list: Folding stove and the inflatable pillow. I'm looking forward to adding them to my gear.

Thanks for sharing your comfort items. Amazing what a difference a pillow can make. I really like your coffee press

Love it ! Kelly's top favorite - rain. If it ain't rainin'...he ain't training. Well done sir !

Love these new topics!!! Almost as much as your fire series.

Came across this video and found it interesting. I used to tell the boys in our scout group to pack their "feeling ok" items. I think it's really important whether camping or in survival. Thanks for sharing.

Good choices. I really like that cup.. thinking about getting one. Thanks for the video

Thanks for sharing Matt. Loving that super small and super light pillow. For years I have just used a stuffsack or a rolled up jacket. Looks like I need a rethink!

Interesting topic. I'm looking forward to viewing when I get home!

I never thought of using coffee press for infusions and such great tip Matt thanks

That's a very good list of nice comfort items, and I'm going to invest in the pillow, and the stove. I think that you're giving very good advice , and I really appreciate your videos.

Good choices. I use a wise owl pillow. Its stuffed with foam. Bout half a pound. Size of half a nalgene compressed. I appreciate the "real" pillow feel. Thanks for the video.

Nice video, nice introduction. Cheers Craig.

Great list of comfort items. I've found that the Kupilka Kuksa and Grayl system both perform amazingly well for me, and they're always with me on backpack trips.

Thanks for the video Matt. You and I have similar priorities and I benefitted from your video.

Hi Matt, Started my first fire by shredded bark with a ferro rod! Only took one strike! Thanks for showing how to do it! Will be trying friction fire in a week. Thanks once again. Jonathan

Great video i have to get one of those pillows.

Yes. I love the vid. Always wondering about this stuff. Glad you made it. Would like to see more people do the same.

Really like that pillow - great video!!!

These are great items! It got me thinking, mine are the same items functionally, just different products. I use the GSI insulated coffee mug with the ultralight pour over coffee filter (paired with a #2 coffee filter for longer exposure to the water and easier clean up). I use a 750mL Evernew pasta pot and got a Trail Designs Fusion Cone that acts as wind screen for the included alcohol stove and convers to a twig stove. I use a Katadyn BeFree water filter. And my biggest luxury is a 9oz pillow, the Nemo Fillo. It has memory foam and a microcloth top. In a hammock it really doesn't need much air. I sleep on the ground more, and it is a game changer for sore necks! Thank you for the great videos and being one of the best instructors in the game.

Kupilka is always a winner!!!!

Love the Firebox nano! I carry one as well. Great product, and I like the company. Thanks for a good video, subscribed for more!

Nice! Great picks

Good list. I would put toilet paper number one of any list of stuff to be out in nature.

Excellent pieces of kit to get your comfort level high. Hope you are doing well brother.

Refreshing video. Especially with the way some folks have started peppering their channels with double the usual amount of ads. Subscribed and looking forward to browsing your vids.

Mtn man here from the a t trail of nc keep up the good works👍👍

I like the pillow

Great video... My "survival" comfort/morale items either stationary or moving consist of a couple high quality disposable razors & shaving cream (my beard is a brass bore brush). I need my coffee, so I discovered Folgers Coffee Singles (like tea bags for coffee) in individual foil packets. I can (and do) have them everywhere in my kit. I also have a small container of powdered Tang - tastes good w/vitamin C. An Esbit stove to heat my GI canteen cup(s) if I don't need/can't have a fire. Baby/antiseptic wipes. Toothbrush/paste. One purchase I plan on making once I research the best affordable one is a Solar panel charger/power bank. The few electronics I would take as survival items (Icom two way VHF radio[s]) can operate off "AA" cell batteries. Flashlights can use AAs, and SW receiver. And of course this Android/MP3. I would have several packs of AA batteries, but they don't last forever. Solar charger power bank can charge/power almost anything with mini USB. And several replacement cables. All of those items I listed (I didn't have a solar panel) I used to very good effect in the Seven (7) weeks without electricity following Hurricane Katrina. I wouldn't have died without those, but they sure kept me going ! Here / sub'd from Corporal's Corner

Love seeing you back on KZfaq. You've made another great video. This one shows me that I need to work on my definition of comfort item. Lol.

Great video

I don't know how I missed the Corporal's 5 comfort item video. But I've viewed it after yours now that you mentioned it. I like that coffee press. I know a guy who might like that as a birthday gift. Thanks for the recommendation.

Nice video. I'm definitely thinking about getting the water filter and fire box for my kayak trips

Same here, bushcraft is just a new term I've been doing my whole life.. All excellent pieces of kit brother thanks for sharing enjoy what's left of your weekend!(=

I have the Titanium Nanobox Stove. Love it. Still the stainless is great as well.

Hello buddy, my wife doesn't do bushcraft but I found her agreeing with your comfort items, especially the coffee press, now I have to get one 😁😂. As always, enjoyable watch.

enjoyed...!!!

Nice gear, thanks for showing. Alan Rice

Nice little stove Matt, I have a similar one I picked up at a yard sale. Lol And that pillow is about half the size of mine. May have to look into that!

👍🇺🇸 Thnxs 4 sharing your comfort items

Great topic/video Matt. I just bought a 2.0 pillow after seeing your review. I hope it comes with a flat repair vulcanizing patch of sorts, I've tried cheap chinese pillows that get holes in them from just looking at the pillow wrong. Thanks for the recommendation! Stay cool in this heat.

Awesome video, Matt! Especially as I get older I really cherish those comfort items! After all my time in the woods is a tonic, my escape from my workaday routine. I don't go out there to rough it, I go out there to smooth it, as the ol' Corporal would say. ;-)

Hey friend! Great items👍🏻👍🏻

I use that same pillow. Being a side sleeper I really need the head support to get a good nights sleep. Some will call it blasphemy, but as much as I like backpacking and camping I also love music, especially at night by the fire, so 3 of my 5 would be phone/speaker/battery to play music. instant coffee #4 and my pillow #5.

Great video; thanks, Matt! What is the make and model of the pot you use? Thanks again!

Nice stuff. I love Shawn he has taught me so much! Thank you for all you do. See you next time. PS Shawn turned me on to you 😎

Corporals corner is a great chann,but I appreciated your vid,it was informative,thankx

Wow...that coffee press...not sure I can finish watching the video now, off to search for it!!!!

Great list of gear items... I thought that you were including a WC knife too...

Thanks for sharing. Here are my top five camping comfort items. 1. 70" HD Television. 2. Living Room Couch 3. Yvette (My personal Swedish Bartender). 4. My WWII U.S. Military Flame Thrower 5. Matt Mercer (To set up camp and take care of cooking duties). Anything less would just be barbaric.

I love this intro!

I can't fault you on any of your choices. They're all on my wish list now.

First time ever to watch a video by Black Hat Bushcraft and he’s got a brown hat on. Content made it worth staying though.

I wouldn't be without my kupilka cup or my trekology pillow.

High, i like these pillows too. Kindly Fiete

Is that real cross-stitch embroidery or just a piece that you bought from a shop? Its PRETTY!

I like that shirt. Do guy mind telling me who makes it? My AO is the Texas Gulf Coast, so it's also often hot and humid. I see that you wear an under shirt even when it's 100F. Is it all cotton, or something else?

I read or heard tha Grayl filters clog and get so hard to push down that you can literally stand on it to try and get it to go down. Im thinking thats not true now?

An extra pair of clothes is also a great luxury

South? I’m here in east central Alabama, where you located?

Co zauważyłem to pasek od zegarka może się odpiąć, i się odepnie .Pozdrawiam.

Great video. Not asking for an address where in the south do you live. I am in bama

My comfort item is to your left….:)

My comfort items aren’t much different from yours...... I have the Grayl ultralight. My stove is the solo stove lite with its pot and GSI coffee press with a cup that nest in it and the Outdoor Vitals pillow. But I’ve been eyeing up your coffee press for awhile now. How long does it keep your coffee hot??

double filter coffee press is impressive... but as any fresh coffee drinker will tell you - you gotta drink it fresh... aaaahhh...

I was out in the scrub at a young age myself . Mainly because her old man was scared shitless of joe blakes

What pants are you wearing in this video

How is a coffee press NOT essential?😉

Without covid i would try to be foreign qualified instructor just for the army .

Comfort? What kind of silliness are you speaking. If we wanted comfort we’d sleep in our nice warm bed snuggling our body pillow and dreaming sweet sweet dreams as the AC kept us cool. Nope, we want to sleep with that stump poking our back, wondering what critter is going to crawl in bed with us and having insects fly into our ears. LOL Just kidding. We wanna smooooooooth it! Great gear choices MATT. Thanks for sharing. It’s amazing how a few little items can make things so much nicer and easier in the field. Take care!

Be careful not to lose your wrist watch.

All I need is 5g, satellite TV, AC, and bug free.