For all those wanting informarion on the radio / crank recharger here you are. Ready Hour brand. AM/FM/ NOAA weather bands. Got it at Patriot Supply. About $50.00 USD.

Can we get someone from the Crew to sit down with Paul and a camera and get Paul to tell all of the stories that he's said he wouldn't bore us with over the years?

God Bless Paul Harrell. 🫡

the young guy carried a deck of cards. As a private pilot I always carried a deck of cards in my flight bag. If I crashed in the middle of nowhere, I could start playing solitaire. Within 10 minutes, someone would be standing over my shoulder saying, "red 10 on the black jack"

When there's a Short Version and a Long Version, that just means we get TWO versions, since I'm willing to bet everybody else does the same as I do, and watched BOTH versions!! Good to see you, Paul!

Short version? I don't think so.

Thanks for coming on Paul

Hey “crew” my name Waylon I’m 15 my dad passed away when I was 13 so I’ve been relieing on u guys . Thanks for teaching me so much. Paul thanks for coming on your looking and sounding a lot better.

So great to hear your voice Paul. Stay Strong

Paul!!! Okay, time to grab my pop tarts and a cup of coffee, throw the video up on the tv, settle into my easy chair for an hour and a half and watch. I’m a simple man.

Paul, you're looking way better. Your voice has more bravado in it too ! Thank God !

Thank you to everybody who contributed to this video. It has been really insightful and I have learned a lot. Roy, thank you for keeping this channel running. Keep up the good work. Paul! It is so good to see you! You look stronger and healthier than previously. Thank you for, well, everything, really.

Only thing I can recommend to throw in is something to occupy the mind, a deck of cards, a cheap sketchbook and pens, a book, cause I remember even in Scouts, a group bored out of its mind with nothing to do is always gonna have that one guy who will find something and next thing you know there’s a fire you didn’t intend

Great to see Paul on camera

It was so good to see Paul with young Bob. He really looked interested and happy. We rarely see Paul smile, but he did here. I smiled with him.

Maybe I missed it but no one seems to have mentioned having maps of the area. I work 30 miles from home, in the event of civil disturbance or natural disaster (both have happened) I have to traverse the city, then the suburbs, then the rural landscape to get home. Although I live in this city there are parts I drive past at 70 mph, walking it might be quite different so I have maps, plus your main route might be blocked by debris or crowds of people you don't have enough ammo to handle. I have small breaching tools in case I need to get through fencing or bypass a lock. Enough of that, I LOVE me a Paul Harrell video and what a treat to meet the whole crew! Fun fact about sextants: I was taking a tour of a B-17 bomber from WW2. In the nose section there was a bubble canopy in the top...for the Navigator to use his sextant to plot their location! While flying in a bomber in enemy territory! The Greatest Generation indeed.

Always great to see Paul out in the field.

I will always listen to the long version. Thanks guys

Kudos to 'Bob' for having some sentimental and sanity items.

Bob needs to be a regular on the show. I want to see him dig a fox hole with that modular shovel.

So Happy to see Paul! This made my Sunday! This has been my favorite channel for a decade!!

Paul and Roy, the insect repellent is not a joke. As I heard it I started thinking on how many bottles (pump type) that I have. At least 6 bottles in each of my Jeeps, a half dozen setting up my porch, one with my 4wheelers. As a police officer I kept 3-4 in side pocket of my patrol bag. Something that I always have, it started as a kid out fishing and has only been reinforced from being stationed in mosquitoes and other insects infested locations. As a patrol officer in S.E. GA. it's a critical thing too.

Saw the short version, immediately left for this. Glad to see Paul still involved with this channel, it warms my heart every time

“Small enough to fit in your Miata.” I feel called out. Granted, he’s right.

Paul: I pray you get well.

GOOD to see you Paul --- best wishes My suggestion is use a food-saver vacuum sealer and seal yourselves (long thermal underware, socks, gloves and a beanie cap) that way you'll ALWAYS have something warm AND dry even if you fall into the creek. You'll still need your fire and emergency bivy though.

Here are two items to consider for your kits: 1) A tube of Super Glue. It weighs virtually nothing, lasts forever when unopened, and can be used for repairs on shoes/boots, flashlights or other equipment, and in some cases, a substitute for stitches. 2) If you have orthodontic braces, a small diagonal cutting pliers. If one of the bands should come loose, you'll have a wire flopping around in your mouth until someone can cut it back. I used both of those items while on camping trips in Boy Scouts.

“Bob” is so fortunate to have been able to learn from Paul so closely. I am envious. Paul’s breadth of knowledge is so vast I feel like you can learn from him perpetually…❤❤❤

“Bob” is a lucky guy having Paul as a mentor! You can tell watching them together.

"... Femenine hygiene products" *pause* "smoked oysters..." Made me laugh more than it should have

Add dessicant packs. Several knives but nothing to sharpen. You can find a rock, but ok, 3 day. Saw several firearms, but if one has the chance, hearing protection. Tweezers and needles, eyewash solution. Have the fish cans in ziplock bags too. Caffeine tablets if one has to stay awake or certain chocolate. Something reflective like a mirror, morse code and flag signals in the battery compartment of flashlights. What is missing from the video is the weight of all your 3 day packs.

Looks like Paul's put on a little more weight. Great to see him in another video, though I also am loving Roy's progression on the channel. This video really helped clear up a lot of things about Emergency Packs. Godspeed to the both of you!

Good to see you Paul ! Look forward to seeing some of the crew too. Especially love the long talk from you !

Paul! Hope you're feeling alright brother. We love ya!

Wonderful to see Paul our HERO and your brother is doing you PROUD as well.

Paul Harrell is a legend.

Gtsy paul 💪🏻🫡

No one had contractor garbage bags in their packs. Can be used as rain gear, filled with leafs as a to be used as sleeping system, to carry water, With some duct tape used to make shelter. 50 gallon trach bags are useful survival gear.

Anyone else watch both the short AND long version to make sure you got as much info as possible? Good stuff and great to see Paul back on video

I'm still making my way through this presentation. I love seeing the different packs and hearing the different ideas. A few things come to mind. First, one of the problems with being too driven my one's experiences is that sometimes our experiences warp us a little bit. When I was eighteen, I was in a serious caving accident. One friend had a fractured skull, a broken neck, and a broken foot. The other had a compound fracture of the left forearm and about eight different breaks on his right forearm. His right forearm was essentially ground to powder. The guy with the broken arms was the trip leader, and he wanted me to focus on my friend. In the long run, I did only two things for him. One was to empty his pack so that he could sit on his pack and not lose too much heat through sitting on the cold rock. The other was to cut a hole in the top of a trash bag and then put the bag over his head and down his body. All of us in the caving club knew the trick of cutting one hole in the center of the bottom of the bag and one hole in each corner to make a vest. In this case, there was no point in making the corner holes for his arms to be outside the bag. He couldn't use his arms anyway. I spent the rest of my efforts trying to stop the bleeding from my friend's head and trying to keep him warm. He would stop shivering about an hour before the first rescuer arrived. (That rescuer arrived five hours after the initial accident.) After that, I developed a skewed view of first aid kits. To me, anything that could be fixed with a bandaid or only one or two gauze pads was something that didn't even need attention. I would buy entire boxes of gauze pads and double-bag them in ziploc bags. I would have two space blankets and multiple garbage bags. I didn't bother with bandaids. I didn't bother with pain relievers because I hadn't been able to give my friends anything. I carried little heat packs in hopes that I would be able to stave off hypothermia. In time, I gave up this skewed view of first aid kits. I came to realize that band aids can be very helpful. I came to realize that sometimes I will need a pain reliever. I realized that anti-itch cream can be very helpful in the woods when I am hiking and not caving. I stopped focusing all of my first aid stuff on fighting a single kind of severe situation that I had experienced once and realized that I would do myself and others more good if I were prepared for more events even if I were less prepared for the worst events. In terms of a tourniquet, I would carry one if I could find good training on using one. Until I can find and attend that training, I'm hesitant to buy a tourniquet. My other concern with a tourniquet is whether a tourniquet is going to save me in a three-day situation. If I must apply a tourniquet early and can't get medical help for three days, I fear that I'm likely to have serious gangrene within three days. The initial bleeding might not kill me, but the gangrene will. In many ways, I wonder whether I'm better off bleeding to death initially versus dying of gangrene in a day or two. In a TEOTWAWKI situation, I know that I'd be better off dying quickly than dying in two or three weeks. If three days will get me to help, maybe some of these things can save me or others. One of your crew mentioned having a box of .22LR cartridges in his pack. For those to be of value, one would need a firearm in that caliber. Because the ammunition is lightweight, a .22LR firearm is a great choice for a three-day survival kit. However, the choice of .22LR firearm may or may not be clear to different members of your audience. If I had to use a .22LR handgun for self-defense, I'd still rather have an eight-shot, double-action revolver than anything else. Ideally, this revolver would have a six or even seven inch barrel. However, those revolvers are not that popular these days. If I could have a rifle, a breakdown model of a 10/22 would be nice, but they are going to be more bulk and weight in the pack. Something like a Ruger Charger has value, but many of them are made for use only with a scope. I'm curious what people think is the best type of firearm for this scenario. I very much like the idea of headlamps instead of flashlights. When I was without power for six days after Hurricane Gustav, I found that flashlights became tiresome very quickly. If one injuries an arm during that time, being a one-handed person with just a hand flashlight is going to be very inconvenient. I agree with putting two headlamps in this kind of pack. Some of those headlamps have rechargeable batteries and a way to recharge through a USB cable. Recharging with a small solar device or the hand-crank device would be a great benefit. Instead of having two identical headlamps, I'd lean towards having one that recharges and one that runs on regular batteries. For three days of usage, one can carry enough batteries to run a good headlamp on one of the lower settings. I'm not a big fan of threaded connections on anything that will see a great deal of stress. In my career doing failure analysis, I saw many failures of threaded connections. I have a hard time trusting them to endure many cycles of tough usage. If I were trying to take a shovel into the woods for a TEOWAWKI scenario, I'd want a regular shovel with a fiberglass handle. On the other hand, I think Bob's shovel/axe/spear device is going to survive three days of even hard use. For the premise of this exercise, that kind of survival tool could have real value. As I consider these bags, I wonder whether people should change their bags with the seasons. For instance, mosquito netting might have no use during the winter but become very helpful in the summer. Insect repellant in general could be the difference between a not-so-great night's sleep and a night of almost no sleep. I recently had a tooth extracted, and the dentist recommended tea bags to help the wound heal. He said that tannins in the tea can help with the clotting process. One of your crew uses tea as a substitute for chewing tobacco, and that's a brilliant idea already. Does anyone know whether a wetted tea bag might provide some clotting benefit to other wounds. Granted, a tea bag is not going to be sterile, but those that are packed individually often come in a foil pouch. They shouldn't have too many germs. Maybe the clotting assistance would have value.

glad to see you still show up on the channel, hope you get better a lot of wisdom here

John is really good on camera. He just seams really natural at it.

Nothing beats a weekend with the Harrell "crew"

(Short version) (Long version) Paul truly understands the Internet

Bob never get rid of anything Paul gives you. You are lucky to have a mentor like Paul.

Great to see Paul in the field! Overall, this is a fantastic video. I do have four comments... 1. "Buy the most expensive..." I'd change that to "buy the highest quality you can afford" because in the "survival" market I've found that most expensive doesn't always mean highest quality or best utility. 2. One thing I noticed no one had was a pair of wire cutters. Yes, the multi-tools often have one, but they aren't really designed for cutting wire that you might encounter while on foot or traveling. For several years, I had to travel on an interstate or limited access highway for a good 25 miles or so and noticed that along the berm on each side was a heavy wire fence. Often it was a smooth wire, but sometimes it had barbed wire integrated into it. We did a test one day to see what would be the best/most useful wire cutter and discovered the multi-tool cutters just weren't up to the task and they hurt the hand. What we found to be best was a cheap pair of wire cutters from Harbor Freight or an AK bayonet with the wire cutter (or any bayonet with the cutter). Why did I think this would be important? If there was a reason for me to have to abandon the car while on the highway, I didn't want to be limited to staying on the highway until I reached an exit (more for security reasons if it was a non man-made event). 3. A sillcock or utility key. A small tool, but it may be the difference between easily accessing potable water and not. A lot of buildings have external water spigots, but they don't have a knob; this is where the sillcock key comes into play because it is what is used to turn them on and off. 4. I'm not sure if this applies to other states, but it is applicable to Pennsylvania. Get a carry permit even if you don't normally carry concealed. In PA, if there is a declared state of emergency it severely limits your ability to take a firearm off your property, but that is waived if you have a current CCW.

Mylar space blankets were invented in 1964 after a scientist at the National Research Corporation discovered that a metalized film used in satellites could also keep people warm. Was really nice to see Paul too!

Seeing Paul like this both fills me with joy and breaks my heart. I can only hope that when it's my time, people give a fraction of a damn that we give about Paul. It's a sign of a life well lived, and we're better having had him in it.

Paul, you're looking great. I hope you're feeling well and on the path to recovery. You are a valuable contributor to the firearms community and to society at large. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, as they can only help. Thank you for everything you and your brother contribute; much love to you both.

Paul, you look great!!!

Thank you for blessing us with your presence, Paul.

So good to hear your Shatneresque pauses again. God bless you, Paul.

Good to hear your voice Paul, hope you’re feeling as well as can be .

i appreciated bobs pack his inexperience showed but it was endearing. you can tell that everything he carried was oriented in the right direction . also nice to see the crew on camera!

Mr Harrell probably won’t ever see this comment or read it but I just wanted to say you were like the helpful father I never had growing up. Found you about a decade or so ago. You taught me about guns, clothing, history and the importance of speaking slowly and carefully. I had a dead beat dad. Just wanted to say Mr Harrell you helped a California kid more than you’ll ever know. I wanted to just say thanks for everything and I hope you videos help another little dude going through it someday like it did me. I’ll miss you Mr Harrell and god speed.

Just finished the short version, but man, I can never get enough of Mr. Harrell passing on words of wisdom. God bless you sir.

It truly is amazing to see Paul in good spirits and able to still make such an informative set of videos for his fans. There have been a couple of videos where he’s said he wouldn’t be on video anymore and I’m grateful to see him these times after.

So happy to see Paul looking better than he has recently. For that matter, glad to see him period. Excellent video. Lots of great advice, and great meeting the crew.

I'm not a big guntube guy but I came across one of your videos a while ago and thought you were a wonderful teacher and presenter. You tackled the divisive and difficult subject of mass shootings with decency, sanity and even-handedness; qualities all too rare in public discourse these days. You've clearly earned the respect and admiration of many and it's not hard to see why. You're leaving a real legacy with your work here and I'm grateful to have found it. I hope you're as well as you can be.

Everyone has a compass, but how many know their pace count? My favorite is "Bob", he did not have the best kit by far but he had the enthusiasm. As someone who taught survival for more than 20 years. I have found that Bob's attitude is the right one, and with a little more knowledge. He would be a great survivalist. I also love Paul's approach. Nothing is wrong here, but let me offer a few suggestions to help enhance your already good kit. He is not judging his kit but encouraging him and showing interest in his choices. 70% of survival is mental. You could have the greatest kit in the world, but if you have no will to survive, you won't! I would emphasize Bob's thinking that he wants playing cards to not go crazy. Good thinking, what else can you do to help your mental help? Fresh water, food, snacks, medical. What's going to keep you motivated to survive?

!Permethrin Having your 'extra' clothes coated in bug repellant is useful, also treating your sleeping gear with it. Military uniforms come treated in a bug repellant, but it fades with washes.

I went with the long version first. Paul, it's great to see you. A cyber handshake to "Joe" for soldiering through his segment, & a special thanks to Paul for helping him out, just enough, when needed.

This put the biggest smile on my face today seeing Paul doing some more instructional videos. We keep praying for you bud, it looks like it's helping. :D

Paul, I love you and the knowledge you've imparted to me since 2012 when I discovered your channel. God speed man. My mom had pancreatic cancer. It wasn't caught and she was gone in 2 weeks. There will never be another like you and your Shatneresque pauses. When I first heard you say that, I laughed for 5 minutes.

As always.... Great content ..... We Love you as a Brother...... Thank YOU PAUL for what you do and how you do it....

Paul! Great video, team. Love the subject of the presentation and that you selected a setup that gives Paul the opportunity to be a part of it. Unbelievably well done everybody. Love every minute of it❤🙏🤙👍💯🇺🇸

You old Dogs are Awesome. Love the work you guys do to keep us informed, I learn so much more about what’s right and what’s wrong by watching you guys . Thanks again

“Do you have any emergency beer” “Not yet” “Okay” Roy is a G ❤️😅

Paul great to see you brother

Well look at this, what a treat. Thanks fellas

Great information, and I will be adjusting my pack(s) based on this. thanks again to Paul and the crew. One thing to add. I work a job where I wear business casual to business dress on a daily basis. Great for work. Not great if I need to go mobile, so my trunk kit includes a change of clothes - which I adjust seasonally. Layers, thermals, boots, etc. Furthermore, as I travel in urban environments, I keep a key to turn on commercial water spigots in my tool kit and a non-phone based GPS system and maps.

Paul picking on his brother for being “ 1000” years older than him made me chuckle. Hope Paul is doing well. Loving these family presentations.

YAY PAUL

I like the section where you talked about having an AM/FM radio. I have a NOAA emergency ather radio and I used a label maker and printed the station channel of my region's 24-hour news station. So in the event of an emergency, i can quickly tune to the news station channel.

Paul is looking better. Love seeing him back.

Thank you Paul for your service to our country and all of us watching your videos. God bless our armed forces.🇺🇲remember our fallen troops.🙏🏻

OH! Happy Sunday.

No offense to anyone, but it is so good to see and hear from Paul today……. It looks like he is doing very well…. Thank goodness. Best wishes.

I'm glad to see the multiple perspectives in each member's packs. It could've easily wound up as a bunch of guys in their 40s/50s with ALICE packs. Saw some ideas that hadn't occurred to me, and I do a lot of thinking and planning when it comes to gear. Thanks for the presentation, gentlemen.

It just occurs to me that if you anticipate getting caught on the interstate in winter it would probably be with a group of other cars and the people in those cars might not be very well prepared. So they would be wanting to share the small amount of water and food that is in your pack. Maybe throw a case of water bottles and a case of snacks such as energy bars in your trunk, and a case of pop tarts.

Love you Paul.

Love this! Thanks guys! Praying for you Paul!

Gentlemen, Thank you all for your thoughts. May God continue to bless you and us through you!

Thank you lord for letting a man like paul entertain us, while helping us get ready. For what he probably won't have to live through. Glad you had a blessed life

Oh God, I'm dying laughing with the underwear comment!

2 Versions? Time to watch them both ...atleast twice

44:05 I like how here in WA/OR you can say "The Earthquake" and everyone immediately knows what you're talking about regardless of context

Paul and crew, crew and Paul ….keep it going!

Love the film canister conversation at 20:20.. yes we remember a few interesting uses for them 😂

This was the video I wanted and was looking for!

A small umbrella, very useful. Love to Paul.

This was a really great video for many reasons. 1 Paul was in it. 2 I really like how the age group is broken up within the "Crew". 3. Both of the young men had (and were proud to have) certain items that Paul gave them. 4. Its cool to see the older dudes mentoring and teaching the younger dudes. 4. Its almost like you guys started your own type of Scout Troop that knows no age limit. Good stuff guys!

I had to pause this video to run show you to my hubby!

Ah, I didn't even have to wait for the long version after finishing the short version. Thanks again, Paul and Roy.

I used to work for the US Antarctic Program and we used wide mouthed Nalgene bottles for water. You can freeze and thaw them while they are full of water without breaking. I get that those aluminum cans are good for 50 years, but leave them in your car overnight in the winter and they're done. Yeah, I have to replace the water every month or so, but I don't have to worry about freezing.

Thanks Paul, Roy, and Crew!

Saul seems like a cool guy

That radio/flashlight do-hickey is just what I’ve been missing. Thank you muchly for the recommendation, I ordered one right away.

Love you Paul, it's good to see you.

We love ya Paul!