This totally reminds me of The Office episode where michael goes “camping” by himself during the day.... 🤣

Moral of the video: carry about 73 bandanas with you.

I ripped the front of my shorts next to the zipper, so I used one as a loincloth to keep my parts covered. I tied it to my belt loops. Keep up the awesome vids Sootch!

I have long hair and always wear a bandana for many reasons. I especially liked the one you showed with the knots printed on it - because I am always forgetting how to tie my knots. I never have to tie knots , so? Two more reasons not covered in your video. I'm getting to be an old geezer, so I have to sleep with a CPAP machine. The dang nosemask that I use always used to pop off my head while I was sleeping. The store was no help and had no useful suggestions, so I tried everything to keep it on my face - clips, grips, straps, flaps, and whatnot. Finally, I just put on my headband over it, and it works perfect. I wake up in the morning with my mask firmly in place. It also helps keep my hair out of my lathe and mill in the garage. When I go out metal detecting, I use a bandana to put the dirt from my holes, then I can just dump it back into the hole. Easy. God Bless America, buddy. Keep making these great videos. :)

Back when I was in Boy Scouts we learn how to make a split with a few strips of bandana and a straight stick. So just something to note. Thanks for the video !

Great video. I used two jumbo bananas last summer to rig up an improvised sling when I fell and broke my shoulder while hiking. I always carry three bananas in my pack now.

In today's society bandanas are used more fashion or accessory pieces and we have seem to forgotten the very simple yet survival purposes they're actually meant and useful for. This video is amazingly helpful and intelligent!! Thank you for sharing!

I've been carrying one for over 50 years, like my leatherman , ya never know when you'll need it, or what you'll end up using it for

When it gets real hot here where I am, I wet my bandanna & tuck it under my ball cap. The breeze blowing through it will cool you down & it will shade your neck from the sun. Also if you have no water source you can tie one on each ankle & walk around in tall grass to collect dew, then squeeze them out into a cup, & you don't need to boil it. You can put snow in it & tie it around a stick over a cup beside a fire to melt for drinking water. That way you don't have to use a pot to melt it in. And... You can use it to collect berries too.

Dont wear the blue one or the red one during turkey season

I bought a bandana for plumbing work with my step dad. One time he was grinding a marble floor, horrible experience. I was sneezing and coughing up marble powder for the entire day. Now that I have a bandana, it not only protects my face from the flying shards of the grind saw, it also filters out the debris. Extremely useful, and definitely useful when I'm climbing into a crawl space under a house to work on plumbing, helps filter out the dust in the air. Another good survival trick is to wrap it tightly around a wound to prevent excess bleeding.

Number 1 use for me... Put on the ground under something mechanical I am working on. It is amazing how difficult it is to find a nut or bolt you drop into grass or leaf litter. You can spend an hour.

I keep on watching this video over and over again

in an area where you may be inadvertently caught up in a violent protest and the police are spraying teargas, pepper spray or other chemicals sprinkle lemon or lime juice or vinegar on it before covering your nose and mouth, that counters the effect of the spray so you can breathe a little easier

Add these to the list... water filtration (works with the dew collection) also worn around the ankle to collect dew of low lying grasses bad brush in the morning. Great video!!

In the old west, "bandanas" were known as "wild rags" and were typically in the neighborhood of 35" x 35" in size, much larger than the kerchief-sized bandanas we so often see today. They were most often silk, but in today's cowboy re-enactment culture you can find cotton wild rags for about $5. The additional size makes them even more useful. I never head out without one around my neck and a couple more in my pack. Endless uses.

Excellent suggestions as always. I would love to have one of those map bandanas for my area. That is sweet!

Add water to the bandana then tie it around your neck helps keep cool!

I thought this said survival banana.

I've never laughed at any survival/camping type video before. well done video, liked and subscribed!

"And go to the Country Club" hahaha!

Thanks for another informative video. I do keep a bandana n my survival/bail-out bag, I need to pick up a few more.

I never thought of using it when you lose your boot laces, very good tip.

I always use it when I rob a bank

Cotton Bandana makes charcloth+ a huge bonus.

you could use it to filter bugs out of the river before you boil the water to drink. if you don't, those bugs are still going to be in your drinking water. also, if you have laceless boots you can find a good strong sapling to make a bow and use the bandana as a string. also, you can dig a hole about 2 or 4 feet deep, put the bandana over the hole and weight it down with rocks, and put leaves and duff on the bandana to make it look like ground. you put this on a small trail like for rabbits and stuff and you've got a trap for food. you could also use it as an old fashioned slingshot, put a rock in it, fling it around, let loose on side, the rock comes shooting out like david and goliath.

Bandanas are great but I prefer hand towels. They are both thicker and big enough to tear strips from and still be usefull, Sportsmans Guide sell packs of them for a good price.

Sootch kinda looks like the governor from Walking Dead.

Now we might need one to go to the grocery store. Not ideal but I see no N95 options. Stay well everyone!

Can be used as a collar, leash, or muzzle on a dog. Tie hair back in a ponytail. Drape loosely over the head to shade your head, face, and neck if you can't get out of the sun. Pack around things in your bag to keep from rattling. Women can use for a maxi-pad if needed...just fold into the right size, and you can even use a strip of duct tape on the back to further protect clothing. As Sootch says, "It will get you home!"

Another use is to collect them. Not really a survival technice, but to be it's fun.

I always enjoy watching the bloopers at the end.

"you can also use it to tie and gag the person using a chainsaw when your making a video" Lol

Another use for a bandana as a last resort self-defense tool for blocking, joint locks, and submission holds.

Learned a lot. A bandana may be used as an "ancient" painkiller: you put it in the mouth a person who is soffering some kind of pain. Tell him to bite it so that he or she'll be able to resist some sort of help that we're giving him. Same thing if he's a spy (WROL situation).. it may be used to shut his mouth...it's a bad thing but in SHTF we aren't able to know really what will happen...

The last line was worth the price of admission. Hilarious.

I never go outdoors without one or two as well as a shemagh

Around my neck when I'm riding my motorcycle...helps to deal with the bugs. Drop cloth for pistol cleaning. Pot holder for dealing with a hot pot handle...

yes I picked up a couple. a good water filter as well...hilarious video I love them all very educatIonal.

Best Michael Scott movie ever!!

I never knew they were so useful

You can use it to put over your thermos or what ever you put water in from river creek or puddle of water to filter stuff out

They are selling bandannas for $.49 at our local farm store. I can’t resist buying them.

Those survival bayonets are important. Bandannas really become essential when you don't have one. Always have a couple and a shemaugh. And some coffee filters. And coffee.

1.Sewing kit + bandana = method to patch up clothing. 2. Can be used as to patch holes in tent. 3. Can be used to carry and wring out water. 4. Can be used to protect your hand when breaking fragile glass =if wrap tightly with layers. 5. a marker for location if you know how to build a pole. 6.Lastly a flag

Making char cloth for firestarter, get fine lint off it that can be ignited by the spark from an empty bic lighter. Pot holder for cooking or for transferring hot rocks to boil water or warm your bed and body in cold situations. Use them to cover your ears in cold weather to minimize frostbite. Use as a flap hanging down from your cap to prevent sunburn like the old French Foreign Legion in north Africa. Use as the string for a bow drill. Bandanas are a real survival tool!

Grew up on a farm. . . .When we were clearing land we used them wrapped around our heads for sweat and we had to actually wring them out so many times a day. Everyday we put one on in order to muck the stalls or clean the chicken coop as birds are SUPER dusty. I feel really bad though because no one around here wears them and we get made fun of a lot and told we are "old fashioned".

Clean up your 6 after a number 2

Bandannas make a decent oven mit for campfire cooking as well.

I didn't see this use listed, but in books it's suggested that you can tie a bandana to your ankle or held in your hand and moistened by rubbing or sponging at wet grass and leaves to use the morning dew as a source of drinking water.

Remember that a tourniquet is not for emergency use immediately it's only if you are able to get to a hospital right after because you will not be able to keep your arm if you use tourniquet while in a situation to where you know you're going to be there for more than a few hours. It's a last resort.

I like to wear mine under my hat to protect my neck and face from the sun -- and mosquitoes and other bugs. (Love your posh ascot accent.)

The reason cowboys wore bandanas? When they were riding in the cloud of dust a herd would kick up. Also, can't believe you forgot to mention straining debris out of water prior to sanitizing it.

ill use this to hide my nipples...

Use it as snow glasses or sun glasses... cut narrow slits for your eyes and tie around face at eye level. Cuts down the amount of light. Prevents snow blindness.

Also, if you suffer a deep cut on your arm or leg, you can tie the bandana around the wound to stop the bleeding. Very handy while in the wilderness and far away from medical attention.

Super Good video! I am getting a brown bandana with the same white pattarn as your green one.

2:27 he looks like Rorke from Call of duty Ghosts

The Boy Scouts also have a first aid bandanna as well

Use it as a preliminary filter for water that you want to purify. Keeps your main filter from becoming clogged.

That map one looks useful. Don't really see those kinds anywhere anymore.

Your videos are incredibly useful! Thank you for sharing!

When you have it around your neck get it a little wet and it will help keep you cool

It can also save you from looking bad when you go somewhere

Bandanas can be use also for water filtration, depending on how well the bandana filters the water of particulates. You do still have to boil water to kill off bacteria.

Use a bright color bandana to wipe sweat, and if you are being chased by a bear you can drop it behind you and the bear will see and smell it and "may" stop to see what it is and that may give you that little time to get away.

Mike always has a bandana close by :)

The one thing about the 100% cotton especially in a camouflage pattern is the camouflage will fade on the first wash and it is no longer camouflage. It shrinks and gets smaller. Most cheap bandanas, the square is just a little on the small side. Not sure what the actual dimensions are but would prefer one that is slightly larger.

Not a bad video, it outlines a small, often forgoten item and the fact that it is much more usefull than many realize. Funny thing is, growing up in a remote area and always having hectares to explore I didn't ever adopt the bandana. I don't say this often but I may have to modify my system. Insurance is always good to have and to add another redundancy isn't a bad idea.

did anybody else read this as "Survival Banana" at first? because I did XD

Filled and rolled with rocks or metal slugs makes and excellent weapon.Sling it at an adversary and it will do some damage.

Awesome suggestions,and you are 2 cute...love the bloopers...funny...everyone should show them,makes you seem real...thanks

Great vid! Thanks to your videos I have started thinking about multi-use-items in kits. You've helped me cut about 2kg off my BOB :)

A silk bandana can be used to magnetize a needle for an improvised compass.

I have a polyester/cotton one...Yeah need to get a better one. Good uses there.

Today's cheap bandanas are about 18 inches square. OK, but a larger size would be better. Buy cotton cloth at a fabric store, hem a larger square, and carry it. Cotton cloth is typically 44/45 inches across. You figure it out. More is better.

Clearly we need to be carrying multiple bandanas... I wish I could buy a set of survival bandanas, where each one had different information on it.

2:17 i laughed so hard

You can use a bandana for cleaning water by running the water through the bandana.

Having a bandana has proven 100% effective against: IEDs Rocket Propelled Ordinance Fat Chicks on Roller blades Zombie Hoards Gay Vampires Whatever the f*ck those guys who fought the Go-bots were called Creepy little girls in horror movies Sith Lords Titty Twisters and gingivitis

Awesome! And love the bloopers at the end!!

Lol I liked the comedy aspect great video.

When you got more bandanas you can also make clothes with it. its not pretty but it ceeps you warmer than nothing

Awesome. I really like the map bandana. I never could have thought of trap many usages. You can also use it with other items to help filter water.

You can tie them to you lower legs and walk in tall grass in the mornings to collect dew, that way you don't have to stop traveling to collect water.

I'll be keeping one in my pocket for when I go out shopping. Kuckleheads keep bunching up when we're supposed to be giving each other some space.

Excellent video a bandanna is part of my EDC. I never leave home without atleat one on my person.

Cut/rip into strips for ties, or braid for short rope.

we actually only lose around 7% of heat from our head, thats a long standing myth that we lose the most heat from our head, all recent studies have proven that is not the case. great video though

Used one to create a makeshift coffee filter...Gives me an idea to make a bottom filter in a charcoal/sand filter.

thanks for the info. I've added a couple to my bag after watching this.

When you try to say “liberty mountain” no matter how slow you try to say it it’ll sound fast lmao try it

You should try Buff that's a cool item and has a lot of uses to

I've heard that getting the bandana wet helps it filter smoke better.

i picked up about 5 of them from a dollar store the other day 100% cotton.

@5:24 - "sling", not splint. Although you can use two to secure a splint, too.

i live in tellico plains and i mite need that great smokey mountains

Makeshift sail tie (Sailing).

I keep one in my water filter kit as a pre-filter.

You are so funny. However, you are also brilliant. Thank you for sharing what you have learned. Great stuff.