Useful homemade products for a hike. Sleeping bag - varieties and selection criteria. Which fishing hook is better and why?

Trips

If big city- it's not your thing, you like to travel or want to start, then you might need some information about what you can do in extreme conditions to survive.

There are many ideas on how to make things that will help you on your trip.

You can make many useful tools with your own hands, and you can learn about some of them below.

1. Quickly ignite a fire for active tourism

In wet weather, you may have problems starting a fire. So that this does not bother you, make preparations that will help you quickly and easily light a fire.

You will need:

Fuzz (threads) sticking to clothing or cotton fiber

Cardboard packaging for eggs

Wax from old candles

1. Place the fiber into the egg holes.

2. Melt the candle wax.

3. Pour the melted wax onto the fibers in the carton.

4. Wait for everything to cool and dry.

5. Cut out the blanks as shown in the image.

When lit with a match or lighter, each of these blanks will burn for up to 20 minutes.

You will need:

Two identical plastic jars

Baking paper

Wire or rope to create a handle

Small battery operated candle

Glue stick

Adhesive tape

Drill or awl

Superglue

1. Clean the jars of any debris or grease. You only need one jar lid.

2. Measure and cut three pieces of baking paper to fit inside the jar.

3. Glue the ends of all three parts together to form a tube that can be conveniently inserted into the jar.

4. Make a hole on opposite sides of one plastic lid (from a jar).

5. Insert the wire into the holes and bend it to form a handle.

6. Make a large hole in the other lid. This time the hole is on top.

7. Insert the candle inside the hole (there will be a switch outside). Secure the structure with glue.

8. Now glue the lid with a handle to the bottom of the jar, and simply screw the top lid (with the candle) back to the jar.

3. What should a tourist do in the cold - hand warmer

You will need:

Calcium chloride (or something that contains it)

2 bags of different sizes with zipper

1. Pour some calcium chloride into a large bag.

2. Take some water into a small bag.

3. Place the small bag inside the large one.

4. Upon contact with coolness, calcium chloride begins to heat up, and you get a comfortable hand warmer.

4. Wood-burning stove made from tin cans for lovers of outdoor activities and tourism

You will need:

2 tin cans (diameter approximately 7.5 and 10 cm)

Metal cutting scissors

Can opener

Screwdriver or awl

Ruler

1. Cut the bottom from a large jar. Make holes in it to turn it into a ring.

2. Place the ring on a jar of smaller diameter.

3. Make several holes in a small jar (top and bottom, large and small).

4. Insert the small jar into the larger one.

5. Mobile stove for lovers of extreme tourism

You will need:

Small metal box

1. Cut the cardboard so that it fits comfortably in the tin box.

2. Melt the wax.

3. Fill the cardboard with wax. Fill so that there are no empty holes.

Ready. It will burn long and hard.

6. What a tourist needs: one thing fresh coffee bags

You will need:

Paper for straining coffee infusion

Dental floss

Measuring spoon

1. Place straining papers in measuring spoon.

2. Add 1-2 teaspoons of coffee.

3. Use dental floss to secure the coffee paper.

4. Cut off the excess (if the tail of the paper is long).

5. Place all pouches in a ziplock bag to help them last longer.

To brew coffee, use coffee bags in the same way as tea bags:

1. Place the bag in a cup and pour boiling water over it..

2. Wait a few minutes.

* Boiling water can be poured for you free of charge on the plane, airport, cafe and other places.

3. Before drinking coffee, remove the bag and throw it in the trash.

7. Very interesting ideas: mobile toilet paper holder

When it rains, toilet paper can get wet. But if you make a holder like this, you can get rid of this problem.

1. Prepare a wide plastic jar.

2. Remove the lid and put toilet paper inside.

3. Make holes at the top and bottom and insert wire to make a handle.

4. Cut an oblong hole to insert the paper.

8. How to make an organic spray to repel bugs from plants

You will need:

1 head of garlic

1 small onion

1 tablespoon cayenne pepper

1 liter of water

1 tablespoon liquid olive soap

1. Place the garlic and onion in a blender and blend until liquid.

2. Add 1 liter of water and a tablespoon of cayenne pepper to the contents.

3. Cover the mixture and leave for 1 hour.

4. Strain the mixture through cheesecloth and add 1 tbsp. l. olive soap.

5. Fill your spray bottle and you can use the contents to repel bugs from your plants.

9. DIY compass

This craft can be done with your child, it is so simple.

You will need:

Plastic cover

Magnet (rod)

A piece of cork or foam

Some water

1. Use a knife to cut a piece of champagne or wine cork.

2. Pass the needle along the magnet several times, but only in one direction. If you did this enough times, the needle will also become a magnet.

3. Pour water into the plastic lid.

4. Place the cut circle from the cork on the water, and place a needle on top. Take your time, make sure the needle lies flat.

Soon the needle will begin to rotate slowly and its tip will begin to point north.

10. DIY snowshoes

11. DIY water filter

12. DIY hammock

For a hike to be successful and enjoyable, you need to get a good night's sleep. Mountaineering, hiking, hiking, cycling, motorcycle or auto tourism - in each case, special equipment is required. Every lover of active pastime faces the question of choosing a sleeping bag.

On at the moment There are many sleeping bags from different manufacturers, as well as different types and types, which makes the choice when purchasing an extremely problematic and time-consuming process. We will try to tell you in detail how to choose the right sleeping bag so that your hiking trip or going out into nature turned out to be not only exciting, but also comfortable and safe for health.

How to choose the right travel backpack

Every novice tourist is faced with the need to choose a backpack. If you decide to go to wild places where it is not possible to buy something you forgot at home at any time, then the backpack should contain everything you need for an autonomous trip. Let's look at how to properly assemble a tourist backpack and analyze the main types intended for long hikes.

In this article we will try to figure out how to choose the right travel backpack? What are the differences between urban and hiking, men's and women's backpacks? What nuances are important to pay attention to when choosing?

Methods for purifying and disinfecting water in natural conditions using improvised means

If drinking water you need in a wild environment, finding fresh water is only half the battle. In order to drink it and cook food with it, the water must be purified and disinfected. And it is necessary to firmly know that any water must undergo purification, if necessary, and disinfection before use.

Water suitable for drinking or cooking must be absolutely transparent, odorless, colorless and tasteless. Turbid water is a suspension of particles of various solids. Turbid natural water must always be pre-purified.

Which fishing hook is better and why?

Fishing hook - although small, it is the main part fishing tackle. But now there are many varieties of hooks. Which one is better and more correct to choose? It all depends on what kind of fish, at what time of year and with what baits you are going to catch.
The most common are the following types of hooks: single, double, triple, with a long or short forearm, straight or curved, with a ring head or a spatula head in various combinations. The hook number (size) is the distance from the shank to the sting, measured in millimeters. The smallest hook is 2.5, the largest is 20, if you don’t take into account very exotic ones for huge fish and special gear.

Protection from mosquitoes, midges and other insects

In the warm season, almost all of us are bothered by mosquitoes, midges and other insects. This is especially true for summer residents and lovers of outdoor recreation. Mosquitoes and midges are annoying not only on the street, they buzz and bite in city apartments.

TO mosquito bites, most of us treat it without much attention: unpleasant, of course, but not scary. However, we should not forget that a common mosquito can easily cause quite serious troubles or complications. If you scratch the site of a mosquito bite, you can develop an allergy or even get an infection. It is worth emphasizing that arboviral diseases are transmitted through the saliva of mosquitoes, which after a few days can lead to fever or even encephalitis - inflammation of the brain. Therefore, it is necessary to fight mosquitoes without any twinges of conscience.

A mandatory attribute of any hike or just outdoor recreation is a tent. The question of choosing a tent is quite complex and is determined by many different factors. Buying a tent will not be difficult, since today there are a huge number of options on the market - tourist, expedition, camping and others. Each tent has certain parameters and features: size, weight, number of seats, entrances and vestibules, quality of fittings and seams, water resistance, quality of impregnation, and others. All this matters and affects the cost.

First you need to decide: for what purpose do you need a tent? The answer options can be reduced to three main ones:

Homemade fishing rod or spinning rod holder

The oldest and most common "grandfather's" method of holding a fishing rod is an ordinary spear, which fishermen cut right on the shore, from coastal trees, after which the stands are simply stuck into the ground or sand. But, besides the fact that this causes great harm to the trees, such stands are not very convenient; there is not always something to make from on the bank and where to insert it (for example, a bank made of concrete slabs). Moreover, such stands can even damage the rod, especially when hooking. It’s much easier to make a simple device yourself - holder for a single fishing rod or spinning rod, or a group stand once and use for many years.

Boat motor from trimmer

The idea of ​​a lightweight outboard motor for a small boat, including a rubber one, is of interest to many fishermen and others. A motor that could become an alternative to an electric motor with heavy and expensive batteries and a short power reserve plus the inability to recharge in nature is a dream for many. If we add the relatively low price and versatility, that is, the ability to use it for other useful purposes, then the trimmer motor (strimmers or lawn mowers - call it what you want) is very bad option. And if you already have a trimmer, then it wouldn’t be a bad idea to use it as an engine for a boat.
Why a trimmer? Lightweight, modern, low-drinking motor with a built-in tank, with ready-made controls: gas handle, starter. There is even a long “leg”, what else do you need?

For a successful hunt, an animal or bird must be called to the hunter’s position. The simplest and most common way is to imitate their feeding or mating call using a decoy. We won’t dwell on the need for decoys when hunting; if you are here, it means you understand this. There are two types of decoys: electronic and wind. A wind decoy creates a certain sound, similar to a whistle. This is a whistle, it is not expensive, there are many ways to make such a decoy yourself, it does not require power. This is where its advantages end. There are not many disadvantages, but they are very significant - it is difficult to find the identity of the sound of the decoy and the original, often it is not possible at all, one decoy is only one sound (of one animal or bird), limited volume, and therefore the area of ​​audibility, well, you have to blow - once or twice nothing, but the whole hunt...

Do-it-yourself automatic hooking for fishing rods and spinning rods

Auto hooking is often used when fishing - it increases the catch, allows you to fish on large number gear, allows you to do something else in parallel with fishing, and also realizes the opportunity to catch fish without being present at the moment of the bite. Of course, you will not achieve a 100% catch when biting using auto-hook, but even without it, the bite does not always end with fish in the cage. But with a good bite, the chances of hooking a fish when using automatic hooking are often greater than when hooking manually, when you may simply miss the optimal hooking time. That's what fishing is all about, anything can happen. There are various schemes for automatic hooking, all of them are easy to make, so making them yourself is not difficult, but you can also look for them in stores - for the lazy. Further material for those who want make your own auto-hook for a fishing rod or spinning rod.

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How to find treasure

Homemade spit

Homemade pot

Camping sauna

Fish in clay

Homemade grill

Tents in nature

Crazy Chicken Kite

CampCite kite

How to make binoculars

Portable sauna

DIY camping burner

At the end of last season I tested the Term-a-rest Neoair xlite inflatable and really liked it. The advantages include high thermal insulation properties (R-value > 3) with low weight (350-460 g) and a huge plus for sleep comfort. Of course, he also has his shortcomings, but that’s not the point now. You need to inflate this mat with your mouth, which is quite simple, but there are several nuances: Firstly, the temperature of the air from the lungs is higher than the surrounding air and, therefore, after some time the mat is deflated due to air compression during cooling. Secondly, moisture from the lungs enters the mat and is deposited there on the walls, reducing thermal insulation and increasing weight. I have no idea how to dry this rug, so I thought about a pump. On the American Internet I found a very successful version of an ultra-light pump for mats. But, as usual, we don’t have all the goods from the nearest supermarket, which by some miracle, in terms of diameters and threads, are ideal for camping equipment (this is not the first time I’ve encountered this). Therefore, I modernized the design to suit our realities.

To make a pump for a mat we will need:

• plastic lemonade bottle - any
• Garbage bag, I used a 60 liter
• A piece of rubber or neoprene ~3mm thick, rubber is better, but I only had neoprene

• Fine tooth hacksaw - I used a hacksaw
• Knife with a narrow blade
• Scissors
• Sandpaper

Let's get started (I apologize in advance for the quality of the photo - my daughter helped me take pictures, it was her debut :)). The first step is to saw off the neck of the bottle just below the ring on the neck. The safety ring that remains from the plug after the first unscrewing must also be removed. Carefully sand the cut area or cut off the burrs with a knife.

The next step is to cut a hole in the plug with a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the valve on the mat. An exact match is not necessary here, the main thing is that the flap of the mat fits easily into the hole. This operation is convenient to do with a short thin knife.

Next, you need to cut a washer from neoprene or rubber with an outer diameter equal to the diameter of the plug, and an inner diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the mat valve. Our American colleagues are deprived of this step because you can buy this washer from them in the plumbing department and it will fit perfectly with their bottles and rugs.

If you make it from rubber, then you can give a small allowance. I made it from neoprene, so the first version of the hole turned out to be too large, the neoprene stretched and let air through. I had to make the second option - smaller.

Now we need to make a chamber in which air will be pumped. Any package can be used for this. I took “extra strong” garbage bags. The bottom corner of the bag needs to be cut off so that the resulting hole can be pressed onto the neck of the bottle.

All that remains is to insert the rubber washer into the cork and screw it onto the neck of the bag.

If you made the gasket from rubber, this is the end of the process; if you made it from neoprene, like me, you will have to tinker a little more. The fact is that neoprene is much softer than rubber and when pumping air the pump can fly off the valve. Therefore, for control, I also put on a rubber band for money to hold the pump on the valve

Now you can pump up. This is done by capturing air through the neck of the bag and then squeezing the bag itself (below there will be a video demonstrating how to do this). Don't forget to open the valve on the mat. There is no need to rush, otherwise you may damage the package. Pumps up pretty quickly. I only tested it at home, I wonder how this pump will behave in the forest, where there is rain and other weather conditions.

The weight of the entire product was less than 20 grams, which is noticeably lower than the proprietary solution. The maintainability of such a pump is very high; if you are afraid that the bag will burst, you can use two bags, inserting one into the other, or take a spare one with you.

As a result of testing, it turned out that with my mouth I inflate a size L mat (196x63 cm) in 1 minute and 16 seconds and in 16 breaths, although my lung capacity is larger than the average. At the same time, I begin to experience slight hyperventilation. And with the help of a pump, I inflated the same mat in 5 minutes and in the end the neoprene gasket could no longer withstand the pressure and released air. I had to blow through my mouth a couple more times. Apparently, it will be necessary to replace neoprene with rubber and repeat the experiment. Here is a video demonstrating how this pump works.

To summarize, we can say that the prototype turned out to be quite functional, but in the end the pump cannot cope with the increased pressure, requiring a final pumping with the mouth. There is still room for improvement here. But overall, I’m pleased with the preliminary results; I’ll test it in the fields.