Campfires 101: Essential Tips for Beginner Campers
Campfires 101: Essential Tips for Beginner Campers
Want to learn how to build a campfire like a PRO? This is A VISUAL tutorial on building 3 of the best bushcraft campfires and most common survival fires. Comparing the Tipi Fire VS The Log Cabin Fire Vs The Upside Down Fire. Not just *HOW* to build them but *WHEN* to use each one! This Campfire Tutorial uses a Thermal Camera to see what the Naked Eye can’t.
Comparing the Tipi Fire VS The Log Cabin Fire Vs The Upside Down Fire
And cover and compare the following topics:
•*Ease of Lighting*
•*Heat Distribution*
•*How much Maintenance is Required*
•*When it Collapses*
•*And the Quality of Cooking Coals* – Via a Water Boil Test
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00:00 Introduction
00:18 How to build The Teepee (Tipi) Fire
03:47 How to build The Log Cabin Fire
06:49 How to build The Reverse Fire (Upside Down Fire)
The art of making a campfire seems to be a lost one. With so many levels – what tinder and kindling to use, how to harvest and find dry wood, what types of wood to use, and ofcourse which fire lay to use. It can all get so confusing! I hope to bring some visual knowledge and clarification on these!
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Great Video and Channel! Any chance on maybe doing a product review of our Firestarter?
10:41 isn’t that a fire hazard
THANK YOU! I’ve understood and used basic fire skills for years. The way you presented each, and especially the thermal imagining, was new for me, and my understanding is FAR more solid now!
I can’t wait to try this out in my backyard.
Also, I’ve pretry much failed to help my kiddos understand fire building. (We’re all a little impatient lol) I really think this’ll help them both, and I plan to test that this weekend 😁🤞🤞
I’m going to enjoy your vids😊
Great vid
I like my college campus fires the most out of all campfire types 😊
I was taught to build a little log cabin on the top of my reverse fire. Helps get it going good before the tinder burns out.
Have you ever boxed in the utility fire lay with 4 logs of, say, 3”-4” diameter along the outside edges? Gives a longer lasting fire that is contained embers.
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WOW! Friggin’ science, I LOVE how much detail and diligence went into this test, super impressive and helpful knowledge! Definitely going to binge watch more of your stuff, thank you!!!
Really interesting and awesome video!!! Thanks!!!😉 Salute from Spain!!
I just use the first in which it is NO work, because I put HUGE pieces of wood so it takes forever to burn out! Wet wood too. I lay wetter wood all around the edges to dry as the fire rages. My fire isn’t that small though.
No birch on Oklahoma.
Using the thermal gauge was the kind of scientific information I always wanted but have never found in an outdoors class or video before. Thank you!
N00b here. Could you build a mixed fire to get best of two worlds? Like an upside down being the base of a teepee ?? So collapse would light phase 2
Itu taliban ke apa sedang buat ni.. menarik.
Make sure your rocks are dry wet or damp ones can explode if they get to hot too quick.
What’s your take on a backlog—basically a lean-to with your largest log on one side and the tinder hidden under tinder making the "roof" of the structure?
Tee pee log cabin mix all dayyyy!!!!
Should of shown the beginning of clearing out an area and stacking the rock wall
Thanks!
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Hi. I’m Keith. I grew up on a ranch in Texas. I basically camped every day from 5 -18 years old😂! I still think it’s more accurate to call it back yard camping because we always had the option of making it back to the house when we got fed up with the weather, bugs, etc!
Used for light and heat 🤔
Love this
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How much wood is needed to get a fire that lasts a few hours? We have to pre-pack our wood and I don’t know what to take
What kind of fire do they build in old western movies that burn for hours on a single log while they sleep?
Man, I learned a lot from this video.
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Wow such a scientific experiment. Very helpful, thanks!
I still can’t start a fire guys 😭😭😭
Sooo how come no one just carries a lighter and hemp whick to start a fire?? LMAO
Rubbing alcohol creates LESS maintenance, if you have it on you 🙂
I do none of these styles……I just throw it all together xD LOL!!! I like that last one though.
When I’m cooking though…..and it’s last minute to start a fire, a small one will go into coals within perfect timing, if you’re making something quick. I hate waiting for coals, which only happens if I don’t properly plan.
Great video!❤
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Great video! Thanks 👍
This is so, SO helpful. Thank you for your attention to detail on all of these.
My father taught me to use the Log Cabin and the Reverse Fire fires since I was maybe nine or ten. It’s how I’ve always done it, actually exactly like I did it tonight. I usually use corks wrapped in newspaper as my little firestarter, it slow burns very nicely and helps the kindling catch. Great video!
I’ve never been camping but I am taking my grandchildren camping for their birthday near the beach. Should I just pick up some wood around my home? I don’t there’s not going to be any trees there.
thank you!!!
Here is a fire making tip from an old man. A lot of people advocate digging a shallow fire pit…..I advocate building a fire mound, not a pit. Why, number one it provides better ventilation and more importantly, if it rains water does not flow into your fire and fire pit. I have left my campfires at night by burying a round under ash and coals and cover the throw down grill with my gridle. I have seen it rain all night and get up the next morning and still be able to bring it back to flame. Even if it goes out, at least my firelay is not flooded.
A lot of people do not realize the efficiency of the top down fire, as the coals heat the wood underneath, it releases wood gas, which is the actual fuel. Less wasted fuel and forms much better coals!
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Gracias por la información
Thanks for taking the time and effort to make this
Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences. I enjoy your shows a lot. Old times to recall and new things to learn.
Someone else mentioned in the comment, and I fully agree, that this isn’t necessarily the best way to build an upside down. But there are great pros to it as mentioned in the video. The other thing I’d mention about it is that of all those presented here, it’s probably the one that scales the best. You could use 6′ long full logs to make the base and stack multiple layers (5….6….7…8….) or you could start smaller and keep it to 3-4 layers. The tipi doesn’t scall so well, and the log cabin is a little bit in between. The issue with scaling those 2 is making a stable structure with larger stuff, and then having to re-arrange bigger pieces as they collapse.
I’ve watched this video like 5 times now just for fun it’s really satisfying for some reason
Where did you get the rocks?
You are Jesus Christ.
you went a little cheap on the kindling with the teepee and that’s why you had to add more later. usually by the time the kindling is almost burned the thick stuff is already burning. and the thick pieces are supposed to be more leaning on the kindling than on eachother so when the kindling starts falling down the bigger logs fall down and then wedge against eachother lower and closer to the ground and the already burning kindling. i usually use newspapers for tinder and i can get a good fire in up to 5 mins. i use a good amount of kindling that gets going fast and if there’s some wind it’s gonna be igniting like crazy.
Love this video already 👍 I’m gon do that
As a scientist I love your video