REVIEW: Pathfinder School Bottle Cooking Kit (LOTS of upgrades and mods!)
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- One of my favorite pieces of gear I own, I modded and added a lot of stuff to the basic Pathfinder School bottle cooking kit, to take an already amazing product, and really get the most bang for my buck!
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The wire strainer “steamer” is an excellent idea!
It’s rare that I see something new in these videos...but this is an excellent kit.
Thank you. Appreciate it. I've actually upgraded it a little more since this rudimentary video. Haha. Im recovering from a broken leg, so havent been able to film in a long time.
Cold Ravioli from the can is what we refer to as "Ranch Style Ravioli". Good stuff.
Great mods to your kit. I'm going to add some to my kit. The ranger ban on the water bottle lid is brilliant, using the band to hold the bandanna for filtering will work great.
Creates better grip on a wet lid, and is just super handy overall. Love seeing people mod their kits
Awesome kit! Seems like a cooking/fire starter combo kit. I like it!
+Steven C It's a great grouping of gear. I take it with me every time Ingo camping. I recently picked up one of the new generations of bags, and it makes removing everything SO much easier! As an all in 1 kit, with some additions here and there to suit my needs, it is one of my favorite pieces of gearm
Great review! Loved the ranger band use and storage idea.
+underdogphoto Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the vid.
I'm thinking of getting this kit. Thanks for posting the video.
It is a great little kit. Especially with the newer style bag it comes with. Everything slides in so much easier now! Lots of room for upgrades and such
I see a lot of kits floating around out there and so many folks forget to include Brawndo, the thirst mutilator. It's nice to see someone who is squared away.
+Jason Wise Thanks man. Gotta have those electrolytes. After all, they're what plants crave. 😎👍
Nice setup
Very good ideas. Thank you very much
Even though this video was done 4 years ago yeah you gave me a lot of good ideas for bottle bags he had a lot of good ideas cuz I'm working on building my stuff up I had a lot of stuff a long time ago up until I lost my storage now I'm starting all over again everything is very informative on what to do with those bottle bags there's a couple of things I hadn't thought of.
nice kit . cool upgrades .
Thank you. Appreciate it.
Great video I just ordered one of these last week
Great vid! Thanks for sharing!
Me diste excelentes ideas. ¡Muchas gracias!
I have the same kit, setup with the ten C’s, Corporal’s Corner style.
Originally, it was the Gen 3 bag. I have upgraded to the Gen 4. A little wider, so much easier to get all your nesting cups and such out. The Gen 3 bag is VERY tight.
I really enjoy this kit. It is well thought out, and with some personal upgrades, it is definitely one of the best pieces of gear I own!
JD Grayman I don’t see a gen 4 on the SRO web site. Anyhow nice kit.
JD Grayman Here’s the kit I just purchased
www.selfrelianceoutfitters.com/products/stainless-steel-water-bottle-cooking-kit-1?variant=24820614337
I believe all bags are now the Gen 4, as standard. 😎👍
Love your mods, especially the under the lid one, maybe you could do a quick tutorial vid on how you did it? . Btw the piece in the outside, bottom of the orange match container is not a striker, it's a mini Ferro rod (at least the one on my is) . It actually works in a pinch though I'm smart enough to always have several good fire steels with me at all times. Anyway, great vid, thank you for those innovative mods. Be Blessed.
+WarGrrl3 Thanks for the kind words! I actually did do a video about the lid mod. It's called "How To: Awesome Nalgene / Kleen canteen water bottle mod". Check it out. I've tried with multiple knives to throw sparks off that little rod... To no avail. Maybe mine is defective. Haha
Nice lil kit.
+2010chingonoutdoorsman Thank you! I just got the new version of the bottle bag last week, and it is SO much nicer to store everything than the original one in my video. Much easier to take the cups and bottle out.
Lmfao... "you want water? From like the toilet"
I like the kit and make a lot of my own I have also found large bottle carriers on a mail order site that are a little larger than what you are showing here and they work great but having trouble finding cups and lids. The side pouch is large enough to hold my folding sling shot along with other things simular to what you are carrying I attach both to my backpack one to a side and carry a small first aid kit and fire starter kit in the pouch of that one. Good idea about the pouch you added to the shoulder strap and will be getting 2. Of them soon for my shoulder straps. Also where did you get the Mora knife? Can't find them any where's and is it full tang or partial tang?
Great video. I enjoy it
Thank you! Glad you liked it!
I believe I got the gen 3 bottle bag , put a 64 oz bottle, 48 oz cup lid , acohol stove and every you have , just double the water carry equipment. I got the children a 32 oz kit and my grandson, they're not hurting for cooking utensils and vessels
Just my opinion: I own this kit. It is my "EDC-Get Home Bag" cook kit. It would take me 2 days to get home from the furthest place I travel (work). This is a great "Survival Cook Kit" but I think as a "Camping Cook Kit" there are better options if you are camping with multiple people who need to cook. Great for a small use kit; not so great for larger needs. When I camp, I camp with my daughters or wife and I find a wood-gas stove and individual MSR pots work best for us. Don't get me wrong, I love this for my survival prep. but not so much for my camping needs unless I'm the only one using it to cook. Camping with the guys who all bring their own gear.... great. Three people using it and having to wait to use it.... not so good.
I use it just for myself. It's a little bit of a different setup now, than when I made this (horribly edited 😝) vid. I do have a Coleman propane, double burner stove in my truck. This is mainly just for myself, If I wanna cook while hiking, and I'm away from my truck. 👍
@@JDGrayman I just bought a Silverfire Scout Gasifier Stove I'm excited to use soon. It's better for me "Camping" but for "Survival Kit" The Pathfinder rig is great! Thanks for the video.
Pathfinder, had everything to build this kit, love pathfinder and zebra pots
I've got a 64 oz, bottle kit with acholol stove, same thing as the 32 oz kit I've got for my grandson
Awesome! I love kits in all shapes and sizes. Especially custom ones. Always cool to see how people address their needs.
It's what plants crave.... HAHAHAHA!!! Nice one
Top notch gear but you didn't get what you paid for? (Fish mouth spreader)
Can you clarify the brand of the shoulder strap pouch and were to get it? Thanks!
+Martin Whipkey The one I bought was on Amazon, by a company called "Caldera Gear". They no longer have a listing on Amazon, but if you go on eBay and search specifically for the term "shoulder strap pouch", you will see a number of listings for this exact same style. Hope this helps!
Just bought one on Ebay - thanks!
+Martin Whipkey Glad to help!
Thumbs up for the "Idiocracy" reference
+Joe P 😎👍🇺🇸
Good video, I subbed
+John Godwin Thanks, man! I appreciate that! 👍
can you add that strap to your store?
+John Godwin Unfortunately, Amazon is actually shutting down ALL associate stores! :( They will all be fazed out by October.
Well shit, any chance you could yell me the name of it?
+John Godwin Was by a company called "Caldera Gear", but it isn't available on Amazon anymore... HOWEVER! I did find the company's new name, and it is listed on their eBay store! Here is the link to the pouch:
m.ebay.com/itm/292193595547?_mwBanner=1
Hope that works for you. If not, let me know. The strap itself was just one I had lying around. Tons of "airsoft shoulder straps" on Amazon 👍
the ranger band around the lid was a good new idea for me - thx thumbed up
Thanks! Much appreciated. I'm going to be making more vids soon, as soon as I heal from a broken leg.
Gen 4?
Of course you'll throw sparks from a Ferro Rod try doing that with FLINT or QUARTZ , that's why you use Carbon over Stainless
+jamie y True. But this kit isn't for practicing bare bones primitive survival skills. It just isn't geared that way. First and foremost, I'd use my disposable lighter to start all my fires. If it got wet, I have the ferro rod as a backup. Thank you for the comment ✌😊
Does it come in black?
Unfortunately, no. This brown color is it.
*But BRAWNDO's Got What Plants CRAVE*
The thirst MUTILATOR!
can i get that in pakistan ?
+muhammad abdullah You would have to send your inquiry to the Self Reliance Outfitters website. I'm not personally affiliated with them. Thank you.
thank u brother
Link for the pouch please?!?
+Jesse White They are no longer on Amazon (that I can find). However, if you look through my previous comments, somebody asked the same question, and I did find an eBay link for them, and that person seemed to have no problem purchasing one. eBay is much like Amazon now, with all the "stores" on there.
Yes I saw it after I asked and just ordered 2 off ebay. Your amazon store isn't working. Tyvm for rapid response and new sub
+Jesse White Thanks for the kind words, and subbing 😁👍 Yeah, Amazon shut down all stores, and that feature no longer exists as an option. Sorry about that. Glad you managed to find the pouches.
i do not know which generation i have but its quality just sucks.
i tried to do the right thing with self reliance but they blew me off.
at least someones happy , albeit due to a ton of mods.
at further expense.
i sold my pathfinder SS water bottle. my nalgene SS water bottle was much higher quality. i kept the bag and sold the water bottle.
Right on 😎👍
have the complete, on hundred dollar kit, but in my opinion, the bag is completely useless. It's the wrong size and shape to carry easily It just wasn't well though out. The cups are heavy enough, but they're huge cups with handles for a child. The grill top stop was a terrible idea. No flame can get through, and it takes twice as long to boil water as it should. If you want to do a useful mod, cut a hole in the top of the stove.
Fortunately, the bottle, the stove, and your choice of one or two cups will all fit in a G.I. canteen cover, which is actually designed for field carry, which this silly bag is not.
Anything will throw sparks with a ferro rod, but that knife will not throw sparks with flint or chert, and that's the problem with stainless steel. Plus the fact that it's almost impossible to sharpen stainless in the woods.
As for Dave Canterbury, he may be a world renowned bushcrafter, but he is not a survival expert. He's never even been trained for survival, which is why he got kicked off Dual Survival. He lied about his training. Nor has he ever survived anywhere without a support crew, a camera crew, and medical staff all around him. Don't believe everything you see on TV.
Don't assume he designed any of the Pathfinder gear, either. Real life, or real business, doesn't usually work that way.
At any rate, even whoever designed the canteen kit got the size wrong for treating water, but at least got everything else right. Whoever designed the bottle kit got the size of the bottle right, and got everything else wrong. Whoever designed these kits lacked all sorts of knowledge about survival, so maybe Canterbury did design them.
+James Ritchie Agreed. Their new bag is actually really nice though, and has plenty of room to nest everything, with nothing snagging when you remove an item. They do have a square style bag/kit. I haven't tried it out though.
I recently used a Dremel and out most of the stove top, and left just a sort of "+" shape, for stability/rigidity. Makes it lighter, and the flames really get those cups boiling much faster.
I like having the larger sized cups, but I also wish the handles were of a different design. I have an Olicamp nesting cup, and their handles are awesome! Much more secure to grab off a fire. But then again, That's what the spreader hooks are for I guess. Which is an absolutely fantastic design.
I'm not trying to "survive" with my kit. Just have it as an all in one cooking kit. I always carry multiple lighters. Ferro rod is a last resort. And that Mora is crazy sharp, and it throws mean sparks. Plus, I always have 2 strops with me. I know the limitations of such a small kit. I just use it to camp and keep my food prep and backup fire starting materials in one place. If only I could find a way to attach my tin plate...
+Jesse White I don't even know how to respond to this. Haha. I can't speak for Dave, or for facebook (I hate facebook), but that is a horrible thing to say to someone, especially about a topic that is more important for everyday life than "bushcraft stuff". I carry a pretty good trauma/heavy bleed/first aid kit with me daily, and I've used it. A couple months ago, some guy on a job site I was on shot a 2 and 1/2 inch finishing nail right through his hand. I was the only one who had bandaids, antibiotic ointment, antiseptic wipes... Of course he went to the hospital for a tetanus shot and such, but first aid is first aid. I was able to aid him first, and stop the bleeding. We can't all simply put gunpowder on our wounds like Dave Cantebury (Dual Survival). Haha. That being said, the Self Reliance Outfitters products are top notch!
Of course you'll throw sparks from a Ferro Rod try doing that with FLINT or QUARTZ , that's why you use Carbon over Stainless