I'm Back - Steak in the Woods, New Gear, Updates and More.

Well, hello. Who's this guy, eh? Haven't talked to you guys in some time. It's good to see you. If you don't know, my name is Joe. I got my dog Scout right in front of the camera chewing up sticks. He's about to knock my tripod over, which is always helpful. I haven't put out a video in a month, guys. In a full month, maybe even more. My last video was that family camping trip, which didn't do too well. I think it's at 70,000 views now. A couple videos before that was my California trip when I went to see my buddy Kyle. Yeah, I haven't done any videos since then at all. I have been doing stuff still. I've been going on trips. I've been spending a lot of time with the family. That was the most part of it. We went on a couple different vacations. We got a cottage for a week. Yeah, Emerald, my daughter, went horseback riding. Lots of fun stuff has been happening. It's been a very good summer. It's been a very family-oriented summer. I hadn't taken time off since maybe December I've been putting out videos regularly every week maybe I missed like one week one time but yeah it's difficult guys I can't just sit behind my desk at my house and talk to the camera right I go out and I do stuff normally I'm traveling eight to ten hours in the car that's not the case with this trip this is just a day out I have a steak to cook I wanted to give you guys some updates on what's going on future things past things yeah so let's get into it well we might be asking yourself what the heck is this contraption this is a hammock amok hammock you can obviously see what I was doing I was sitting in it like a like a lounger but what else she does what else she does I'll show you what else she does she drops down and she's a regular hammock but instead of going side to side you kind of front to back the ridge line still goes side to side it's pretty cool I've used it a couple times I just brought it out to chill out in today as a seat so I can sit in front of my fire the thing about these hammocks is you don't use an under quilt you use a sleeping pad but it has to be a sleeping pad with the baffles running lengthways so I actually had to get an exped to use this thing but anyways yeah it's different it's different that's for sure so yeah we're gonna test her out a little bit today I've had this for a yeah the guys from the hammock company company sent me this a year ago I've just only used it in my backyard a few times so thought i'd bring it out here use it in the woods i'm not spending the night like i said i got stuff to do i got scout with me but yeah she goes into a lot of different configurations i'm doing scout good boy um i have a huge trip coming up it's really cool i wanted to talk about this with you guys so doug and i my buddy doug outside from the youtube channel doug outside are going to do an across algonquin trip so there's a river that flows far from the outside of the park on the west side to outside the park on the east side and it flows all through the park and out right so it's going to take we're gonna take that river it's called the Petawawa River so she starts down at rain lake access which is number four and she goes across the park up down and then down here and it's gonna take us full six nights and that's going to be doing it pretty quick we're gonna do about 175 kilometers of travel that's paddling and portage combined so really looking forward to that we're gonna try and do it very quickly but we're going to also film it and yeah try to make a good video about it so there is a fishing opportunities along the way in the Petawawa River fall not being the greatest time for trout brook trout but still the opportunities are there and then towards the east side of the park there's some pike and bass and stuff like that so looking forward to that big time planning that dehydrating my meals as we speak I'm just doing all that kind of fun stuff the kiddo starts school next week so just wait until till then before i start my full um camping again my full uh my full-time job of camping so yeah we uh i felt like i was i wasn't home enough you know what i mean um i was gone too much i was gone all the time and when i wasn't gone i was i was home but i was editing editing's taking a few days and then i'd be on to my next adventure um and it's fine it's good i was making money you know i'm making good money um but it doesn't equate to time lost with my young daughter i'm not going to get that time back you know what i mean it's just they're not that age forever she's five she's turning six they're not that age forever it's an awesome age i'm her hero right now and um and that will change so i don't want to miss out on that kind of stuff so anyways that's a little bit of the reasoning behind my absence i hope that um maybe some of you didn't even notice but i hope that the people who did notice understand why and i'm sure you do so moving forward like i said after she starts school next week it's going to be back on full time i'm going to be doing that big canoe trip i'll be doing a solo thing i'll probably be doing a canoe trip with my wife and Kalarni and then there's going to be the the hardcore fall stuff where it's like shelter building and on into winter which will be fun fun fun stuff too so i like to change i like to change what i'm doing uh seasonally whether it's you know spring springtime canoe trips summertime canoe trips then into the fall it'll be more like again bushcrafting and shelter building and into the winter big time bushcraft and shelter building along with hot tenting with my dog and and hopefully some other people and stuff like that whoa i haven't spoke to you guys in a long time i need to get some stuff off my chest you know who's blah blah ta outdoors has been blowing up his crazy uh hunting tower thing he made like i'm staying up on top of this stuff guys just because i took a hiatus a hiatus for making videos doesn't mean i'm out of the game you know i mean doesn't mean that i'm not paying attention to what's going on still uh lily's come back pretty good she's been doing some some high number videos uh high viewed videos ta outdoors is doing well scrambled scrambled o is uh on hiatus as well he's he's got some life stuff going on too which which i completely understand you know I mean you got to do what you got to do right um so I'm sure he's not done I'm sure we'll see more more of him in the future and hopefully I get to meet up with him again myself and Sean James from Myself Reliance will be putting on bushcraft courses in the fall forgot all about that um that will be late September early October don't quote me again nothing is in writing but uh things will be up on both of our websites very soon I think we're going to do one course that time and we'll take maybe 12 students or something like that and that'll be up at his property near Algonquin Park and he's got a bunch of land that backs onto Crown land and stuff and we'll be doing awesome stuff we'll be doing friction fire we'll be doing shelter building we'll be doing crafts and stuff like that we're gonna bring in extra teachers who know things about certain things no specifics about certain specialties such as basket weaving or bow making or arrow making fletching stuff like that it'll be really cool it'll be across the board right because Sean's that whole self-reliant guy he's building a cabin right now go check his channel out right now my self-reliance he's building a legit log cabin he's been doing it all summer long he's got tons of views on his videos going really well so yeah really cool happy for him and excited to work together again I've got a knife coming out I've got I can show you it would you like to see it would you would you like to see it one second can't just talk about it can't just talk about a knife right all right here she is the knife is handmade by a gentleman in the UK Weber Handmade is his company name so we've gone back and forth a few times this is like the third revision i'm very happy with the way it is now you ready to see you ready to see so this knife i'm trying to look backwards here one second this knife is my idea of a perfect bushcraft knife it's a hybrid between two styles the Fallkniven F1 blade sorry is this out of focus Fallkniven F1 blade but it's a scandi grind she's one eight thick and then the handle is more of like the classic woodlore style with the little bird beak pommel very handy very nimble she's got like a caramel micarta handle with white liners one eighth thick white liners you got your Joe Robinet logo scout logo and then the other side you've got the the Weber Handmade logo. So the blade itself is about four and a half inches, or sorry, the handle itself is about four and a half inches and the blades about four and a quarter, maybe even four. But yeah, very nice knife. I really like it. It's, I've been using it quite a bit. Oh, this is a special little thing I forgot to show. We've got this tiny little baby choil. Where are we? This tiny little baby choil right there. Okay. So when you're choking up on feather sticks, you do have a little bit of room to hold it like this. This is how I like to hold my knife when i'm doing my feather sticks for really controlled work right so you're not going to cut your hand holding it that way it's pretty decent the contours are really nice very comfortable it's not thick not too thick not too thin it's not an SE blade and handle and it's not a um i don't know a big old handle blade a little bit of a coke bottle going on i'm sorry this is a new camera to me i'm trying to figure it all out there we go a little coke bottle action going on it's a nice knife it's a very nice knife so these will be available in the near future and when they are i will definitely let you know where to get them and how to get them and all that fun stuff but i think it'll be a run of like 10 at a time because he's he's a one guy shop doing it it's not mass produced or anything i love i love the sheath you've got a dangler option with this ring that he put on there and then it's just like just a straight pancake sheath or whatever i i like the sheaths that are rectangular like this i don't like the ones that cut out like a like a dagger style i guess you'd call it probably not but anyways nice knife man really nice knife i'll be using it today here to split down some wood make some shavings get a fire going to cook my stake on just gonna put on my belt right now nice and easy i like to slide the ring right down so it's tucked down i also like to put my my knife behind the first couple loops in my belt because i like to have it more to the back of me than to the front of me when i'm walking around and that to me is perfect right there. Tuck my shirt down in there. Quick draw McGraw, went to art school. Yeah, the lights is bright, but I got a short fuse. Don't snooze. If I handle in the game too long, my thumb's bruised. Sorry. Sorry about that. It's my inner Windsor. It's my inner Windsor kid coming out. Scout snuck away. How you doing, big guy? Come here, big boy. Good doggy. Love you, bud. So Scout actually came with us when we rented the cottage, myself and my buddy Mike and the two wives the two kids and scooter magoots came and we had a um we were up in Haliburton and we had lakefront property it was pretty nice man scout was in the water the whole time he stinks stinks to high heaven still but what are we gonna do bathe him i'll bathe a bush dog do you 190 pound bush dog but uh yeah okay cool good times so maybe that's only about 235 I don't it's only about 235 only about exactly 235 I don't think that I'm really too hungry at the moment, but maybe I'll get a little small fire going here are some of these little mosquitoes that are hanging around and Talk some more talk to you guys some more talk at you guys some more if you guys are interested in this hammock That's the name there am okay. Google it. I'll put a link in the description. You can figure it out This is called the Dramer 3.0. They're from over in I believe Norway. I'll check that out right now designed in Norway made in Vietnam there you have it as I was walking around earlier today looking for a spot I was able to see quite a few like wrist size even smaller even smaller pieces of wood that were falling over or hung up from the storm dead wood so I'm gonna go try I got my silky saw my silky go boy here go try and find a suitable piece of wood or a couple I don't need anything too big but I do want to get a great coal base look you can see that hammock in the background I want to get a great coal base for my steak because I would love to cook a good steak for Scout and I out here are we gonna go or those pieces where were they it's a little wet but uh sure it'll be okay i'm gonna find a few more though all right you take this one thank you you'd do it too if you didn't get all hung up on the trees take that back to camp bring him back to camp don't wait bud good boy keep going what a good dog what a good dog seeing it seeing how easy that one broke it doesn't seem like it'll be good firewood i'm gonna let him have that one we're gonna go search for more now good boy scout good boy okay this is some red oak here red oak is very very dense it's very uh good good hardwood to burn so this one piece will be more than sufficient for this whole day for me but on the damp side too it'll be all right i think everything's gonna be that way after we literally had flooding like people lost their hoses and stuff it was legit it was all from that texas one nothing compared to texas uh that was way worse but we had a few feet a few feet of rain here so Okay, here we go. How's the smell when you cut it? It's not that pleasant of a smell actually, but it's unmistakable It's almost vinegary. Okay, so I'm using my silky saw Couple couple things when you're using this silky saws are great. You know, I mean, they're a fantastic tool. They cut well They're very thin so they cut well, but because they're thin they tend to break and snap off and bend easily So the key with silky saws like mine's all warped like crazy there Key to silky saws is to only cut something that's like about half the diameter of the length of the saw blade right so you can see here it's like a quarter not even I have no risk and the reason we're doing that is because if you're cutting something like this size here you're only gonna get a little bit of purchase a little bit of saw action before before it comes to the tip you know you're gonna have to use the full length of the blade and then once you use the tip that's when you get jammed jam it in there it snaps or it bends or whatever. What I suggest, what they suggest is using something very small compared to the size of the blade, right? So half at the most. So what I like to do, I know always you're not going to be able to find a cutoff piece like this in the woods. This is something that I've used previously in years past. But you want to prop, like I'm going to use this as a prop. You can also use a piece of wood, like a log off the ground as a prop, right? To get it up off the ground to give you some leverage. So what I like to do is I'm going to hold it. You're going to cut on the outside of the log, right? Because if you cut on the inside of the log, it's going to pinch the, how do I say this? If you cut on the outside of the log, there's nothing pushing back up this way. The gravity is pushing this end of the log down as you cut. Therefore, it's not going to bind. It's falling down. If you cut it this way, on this side of the prop log, it's going to pinch because you're pushing down on here you're sawing and this is getting pushed up because of the motion of pushing down it's got need to go lay down buddy or just lay right right in the right in the view there so anyways like I like I'm saying the proper way to do it is to get your prop there hold on that side and cut on the outside of the prop you can see I'm still coming pretty close to the end because I like to use a full saw motion but I'm very comfortable using I'm very used to using it what i do recommend is only going about half but again um this is very dense wood and i'm going to be here all day if i don't actually push hard and saw it uh with the length of it this is not a substitute for a buck saw or a bow saw but this is a very good alternative um if you're not trying to do tons of big wood this size they do have Silky does have bigger saws they have like a what is it a katana boy or a big boy they have both of those actually some of them are enormous and a couple hundred dollars but to me I would go with a buck saw instead of that but for this for a day trip to slide my pocket lightweight this is the way I'll do it I would even use this on a canoe trip or a backpacking trip so we've got one solid piece of wood done we got about 20 more to cut hey hey that's my firewood homie so this prop log is also It's going to serve double purpose as my splitting log, my working log. So I cut a couple pieces, and then I came to this piece that has this big knot in it. So it's very, very dense. It'll make a great baton. It probably won't be the greatest to baton through. So I'm going to leave that as my baton, and baton the straighter pieces, just less work on the knife, less effort. So, again, this is maybe about a four-and-a-quarter blade. Framed her. I'm going to lay down right in front. So this is red oak. Like I said, this is a very, very tough wood, but it's also very straight grain, which makes it perfect for one-stick fires or splitwood fires because you're actually going to get fuel out of it, and it's easy to make kindling out of because of the straight grainness of it. It wants to split very, very straight, as you can see. So once it gets down to about a quarter size, I tend to not even need to baton too much. Just throw it on there and give her one of those. Pry it a bit if you have to but you can really see how stringy it is be careful while doing that you don't hurt Yourself you can actually hurt the palm your hand pretty good on the spine But once it's small like this it doesn't take much effort to get through so you can see Without too much effort at all and relatively quick. I've already split that one piece. This is half of it This is like my starter fuel mark my kindling actually and then bigger what I do need to make is Pencil lead and pencil size these are about double the thickness of pencil and a bunch of shavings i'm glad summer's almost over i'm glad it's getting cooler in the in the nighttime and even in the day it stays not bad yesterday was pretty humid but it's windsor life for you see how my hand is right up on the blade i'm using that miniature choil i was never a fan of choils but this miniature choil is uh it's actually actually it's actually working out pretty good actually All right, anyways, so what I want to do is make a boat I don't know a baseball hat size full of these and then once we get our fire going she's gonna go up right quick Doug and I went to buddy Mike's to watch the fight. What about my boy Conor? Lasting ten rounds of old Mayweather. Hey, what do you think of that? I'm sure I'll get some hate for that, but I do not care McGregor is my man. I Absolutely love him. I think he's the coolest dude. He's Irish. How can you not like him? right how can I not like him part Irish half Irish Joe I thought he did really really well I actually would have put money on the thing if I knew how and I would have lost I would have bought a bet on Conor for sure I thought Conor was gonna take him I know all the the real boxing enthusiasts didn't agree but dude that guy gave him the fight of his life, you know, I mean he hit McGregor, he hit Mayweather more times than Mayweather's ever been hit in his career and I understand that was part of the game plan for Floyd too but it's not all that man Conor won at least four rounds the judges were messed up but yeah we went there Mike and Mike and Doug thought Mayweather was gonna win which he did and I actually bet a tomahawk steak and a few beers with Mike so I owe you a tomahawk, Mike but good times, we drove up to Mike's house which is near Toronto, he's got like a hundred inch TV or something like that so sat there drank a plethora of craft beers, we actually stopped at Great Lakes Brewery in Toronto on the way and then we stopped at the Canadian Outdoor Equipment too so we yeah we made a day of it, it was fun, slept at Mike's, Doug and I and then the next day took the long drive home but it was cool, it was the first time I got away without the family in about a month or so so it's good had some guy time so Nate Diaz, Conor McGregor 3 has to be the next fight There's no doubt in my mind he can't fight, he won't fight Ferguson which is a hard fight for him I agree, Ferguson's a beast And Khabib is not trustworthy He's not going to make weight at all So I think It's going to have to happen But who knows, it's all crazy It's turning into the WWE I don't mind, I liked that too back in the day WWF, sorry real deal Stone Cold, you know Monday Night Raw, Austin 3:16 all that fun stuff i swear i'm not a geek so i hope you guys had a good summer i think youtube videos outdoor youtube channels views were down for the most part in the summer is another reason i thought it was all right to take a little hiatus you know 70,000 views on my last video and i realized it wasn't a a typical video what you want from me but it was a family trip and i've done those before and got bigger views but it's no big deal back at the grind now doing what i love very fortunate i feel very fortunate i feel very blessed to be able to do this and support my oh there's a big old knot support my family my wife was able to quit her job which is just awesome imagine that like you guys i was broke you know i mean my whole life like not just broke but like broke you know working paycheck to paycheck my wife and myself both of our parents never had money and uh now it's different you what I mean, I'm actually, my wife was able to quit her job, she can stay home, she can do what she wants to do, I would love her to be home, if she wanted to be home, if she, she wanted to get a job after Emerald was about three, she had been watching Emerald for, for years, three years, obviously, and missed people, and missed having relationships, and talking to adults, and stuff like that, because I'm not, no help with that, you know, but yeah, so I said, hey, by all means, I mean go ahead. I'll watch the kid when I'm home you go to work And we'll get a sitter for the rest of the time we did that for a couple years. She's sick of it She's sick and tired of her job She was sick and tired of coming home at 7 o'clock at night and only seeing the kid for like an hour before she went To bed, and I didn't like it either, but when she said I'm done. I said yes You are you know I mean she was managing a spa now everything's good. She's able to stay home Everything's really good guys. I couldn't ask for anything more honestly. I'm gonna try and get a house soon I just made myself into a business. Joe Robinette is incorporated now. So this is it, guys. This is my life, you know. For as long as I can ride it out for, this is what I'm going to be doing. Some of you guys, I'm sure, thought that when you saw me on hiatus that I was gone for the new season of Alone. sadly I didn't get chosen there wasn't much of any kind of communication I got a couple emails I agreed that I would do it then that was it nothing no more emails after that so and I'm sure they would have picked already but that's okay maybe if this season goes well on the redemptions they'll give give it another shot and I'll get picked for that and if not well wasn't meant to be can't say I don't want to do it I can't say I don't want to prove myself something I don't think I'll be straight up with you guys I don't think I could win I honestly don't think I could win like do you see that you see the size of me I'm a skinny boy sucking it in but I'm skinny I weigh like what some people lost you know I'm sure that's an exaggeration but um and I'm not just saying that for that reason alone maybe I couldn't tough it out who knows but I know I can last longer than I already did and I wish that when I was on there I didn't just bail when I because I knew it was over to me it was like it's over I can't win so there's no point in being here but that wasn't the way to be thinking of it the way to be thinking was i need to just last this as long as i can but it's what three years ago you know what i mean um whatever excuses or reasons you need it just what was it what was what it was that's how it was and i regret it and i know better now so yeah i think i've talked about stuff for long enough and split up enough wood it's four o'clock now so let's get this fire going i'm getting hungry okay so i've got my stuff all laid out my prep big stuff my middle stuff my very small and my small mixed together and then i have a tiny little bit of good shavings over there which i want to strike with the fire still on and i've got big big stuff behind i always try to make sure that i have all of my prep done beforehand that way it's not i'm not trying to uh run around and get all my stuff going well there's a little flame struggling so i'm gonna plant this right in there oh she's rolling on me boys and girls. So I'm gonna plant this right in there. My brace next to it so I don't smother it. You've seen me do this a million times. One million times. Little stuff on there. I'd equate that to pencil wood and pencil size. And I just got a ton. And I just got a ton of bigger stuff. She's gonna go good. If I feel like I need to, give it a little bit more air, MCQ bushcraft style, but I don't really feel like it's necessary it will go good well I'm just over here at this log a little ways from my camp you can see my fire starting to grow pretty good over there I think at least yeah anyways what I want to do is clean off this spot on this old fallen ash tree just all the weathered spots on it and I'm doing this because I want to cut my steak here I want to cut a piece off for scope and I also want to season it and cut up my I brought a shallot as well shallots pretty cool you don't know what it is it's like a oniony garlicky kind of thing a lot of people i'm sure know what that is anyways we'll save that for a minute i'll get my so what is this this is a ribeye steak triple a or higher it says i get my stuff from fred's produce in windsor they have like that's where i got the shallots here but they have a good butcher thing normally it's good i get my tomahawk steaks from there sometimes sometimes they don't have the greatest stuff but this one looks yeah looks decent anyway so we're gonna get mr scooter his pieces so we're going to cut off this end part we'll save it for a minute scout just so that the good old folks can watch me feed you and not think that i neglect my doggie you got to remember too we're just out here for the day he does have food at home right so this is just a bonus what he's getting i think that's what i'm gonna give him this part here i think i want all that but again he has plenty of food at home so let's cut this into a couple for him you're a good boy is that good dude you like let's get that ugly tripod out of the way there's a couple more for you see if you can catch it ready boys is that good let's see if he touches mine this one's for you here good boy this one not mine this one good no more nope nope good dog and i do have some keg spice you guys got the keg in The Keg is like a fancy chain restaurant here, Keg spice is like Montreal steak spice but a little bit better if that's possible at all let's go back over here check on my fire oh she's doing all right boys boys and girls yee-haw we're getting there and i have a fancy beer to drink i'll show you right now i brought one beer one beer to drink with my steak you can't fault me for that right you're gonna call me an alcoholic anyways i'm sure sons of guns okay now she's fully warm but that's alright this one's called Juicy Ass IPA by Flying Monkeys Flying Monkeys is out of where's a berry yeah berry so this is a very very good beer tastes the exact way that I want beer to taste I can read it for you juicy is the word when we use juicy is the word we use when we talk about hops our award-winning American IPA mashes brighty fruit fruity notes dank hoppy bitterness and fresh verdant resins with sticky malts for softly carbonated, unfiltered flavor. They won the Ontario Brewing Award in 2016. From the busy minds and happy hands of Flying Monkeys, enjoy Juicy Ass IPA, a golden ambrosia of beautiful hops with notes of pine, tangerine, and passion fruit. Plump and fresh, Juicy Ass is a fun, delicious craft beer. So I'm real pumped to drink this thing with my steak. It's only 6.5, so it's decent, it's a king can, 473 mils. but it will go really well with my steak i'm just trying to like buried it in the mud here trying to keep it cool waiting but i gotta do some fire maintenance right now tons of moisture coming out of this stuff you can hear it i gotta do a couple things before i put my steak on i want to get a plate probably ash bark and i also want to find some rocks that i can use to support my grill while i cook my steak so i think i'll go try and find let's go look at this ash tree that that I cut that steak up on. I saw some bark that I might be able to use. You can see it right now. Okay, well, I'm going to use some of this probably. Oh, not that one with all the beetles in it and the wet stuff. We'll use this piece down here, hopefully. So I know what you're thinking. It's a little dirty, a little on the groundy. But again, the same thing I did with the ash tree. I just kind of take the spine of my knife and scrape all the dank away. I probably only really need from like here here yeah my steak will fit on there and I can clean that up pretty decently I do have some water too but I don't really think it's necessary to freaking scrub it a little dirt never hurt in a long night all right so I smelled it and it smelled a little funky still so I switched over to the blade and actually the curvature of the blade kind of matches the bark perfectly and I'm actually getting it dry getting all that dank off I'm just going 90 degrees with the blade but look that compared to before you can see dry okay i'm gonna put my grill on here let it sit for like five minutes get it nice and hot clean it off because i haven't used it in a long time uh while i spice up my um steak so i want it to go basically like that uneven rocks bro right about there she's hot okay right there now we'll go spice up that steak good sizzle shallots on there too ba-bam getting there try to go for medium rare this time I've overcooked it a couple times in a row my last two steaks you know here she goes might have cooked a bit too long I was taking pictures and stuff plate we got our shallots I got nicely cooked ba-bam all right now all I have to do is get into my contraption with the steak oh buddy I can do it I can do it use the ridge Use the Ridgeline Joe, use the Ridgeline Joe, it's kind of juicing, kind of juicing a lot which is good. I've let it sit for a couple of minutes, I do want to let it sit for a couple more. I'm going to eat my first shallot, they're so good, super mild when you roast them like that, it holds on to the sweet onion-y, garlic-y flavor, just subdued like crazy. Oh I forgot my spork out there but I'm not getting out again, I'll just use my hand. there's a cool thing a bunch of cool things about this hammock one is there's a can or a bottle holder right here so I'll crack my little flying monkeys juicy-ass IPA beforehand I might have to drink a little bit of it before it fits back in there without spilling what was me oh yeah even piss warm that's the good smell cheers boys and girls oh I can't move around too much now that's precarious that is a definition of precarious right there and get oh man getting my knife out too there we go just take some time let's let that juice a little bit more all righty here we go hope i didn't overcook her not too bad a little bit of pink left in there nope better not shake it better not rock the cradle that's really good i always get a lot of flack about chewing my mouth open or talking while i'm chewing we're out in the woods guys you know and this doesn't this isn't just viewers that say this Doug freaking Doug outside every time i see him how's that food joe freaking good we're in the woods you know i'm in the woods right now I don't care I'm excited about my food I want to tell you about my food I'm filming You know what I'm saying You make a conscious effort To not do it too much I know people hate it I don't do it at home In front of my family Or anything like that To be honest I do it more in front of Doug Just to piss him off It's always a good time Giving Doug a hard time There's only a few things You can really get Get him worked up about So I like the comfort Of this hammock There's some stuff That's difficult about it Like doing what I'm doing Right now But it works okay Fine It should be really cool if you had like a piece of land or a base camp or something you know what i mean you weren't hiking in far or whatever you had some room in your backpack you just throw this in if you want to be comfortable because like literally i feel like i'm sitting in my lazy boy at home like it's comfortable but too big to bring on a backpacking trip in my opinion to bring it too big to bring on a long distance canoe trip but maybe that's not the intended purpose oh you can't see my dog there right look at this mooch hardcore mooch and i'm not giving you any more steak scout no more steak for the scout i got them just yesterday i got them those bully treats it's like a bullwinkle i think they call it oh i got blood all over my pants my grill a lot of people have been asking about the grills lately so a while back we had a run of 100 made and sent to us I made one Instagram post thinking I was gonna make like a YouTube video about it later on try to sell them. One Instagram post, I sold 100 in two days so we actually have the second batch on its way right now and we got 200 or 300 and I will have to make an I will make a YouTube video about that where you can get them on my website joelrubinett.com but not yet, it's like a month out at the most I will let you know when they're available. People have been using theirs from the first run. I've been seeing pictures, people been loving them, no issues with the warping at all, even with like a liter of water on there glowing red, so that's really cool. Yeah, they're a good quality grill, no dope. Okay, I'm gonna eat the rest of this thing up. I see my battery light flashing at me, so I'll have to switch batteries and stuff. I'll get back with you in like 20 minutes or something. This guy is just begging like crazy. I can't say no to that face. Who could say no to that face? Who could say no? Don't lick my screen, bro. Don't lick my lens. You're a good boy. Yes, I love you. Hey, you're a good boy. Well, I'll tell you what, that steak was pretty good. That beer was real good, too. Hence the I'll tell you what accent I end up giving Scout a bunch more of that scraped off the seasoning and give it to him but anyways I'm full and my wife is coming to pick me up in an hour. Whoa, where Are we there, we are. She needed the car so I got dropped off. Her and Emerald are at Applebee's right now having a mother daughter supper so that's pretty cool even though it is Applebee's but I think I'm gonna pack down now, get ready cuz I gotta walk out of here and stuff I'll I'll show you how small this hammock packs down to once it's in its packed form. Yeah, I don't really think I have too much more to say. I don't think I have too much more to film. But it was a good day. It was a good day out here. A good few hours at least. Yeah, I'm glad I was able to put out a video for you guys. I really wanted to for a long time and just haven't had the opportunity. So right now, this is my opportunity. The setup and takedown of this is relatively simple. It's one of the reasons I actually, one of the things I like a lot about it. So you've got this loop here, right? It's all webbing. you got this one loop and so to tension you're pulling the web that way to loosen you're pulling the loop that way so she's on there pretty good but she comes off easy and then here a little better look for you so there we've got our carabiner and it also has like this flap of webbing behind it to protect the tree so the carabiner is not resting right on the tree but that's it that's one side down super simple the color coordinated too i really don't know why but one carabiner is green one carabiner is red i do not remember the reason for that um so once that's it basically that's the whole hammock down maybe i'll switch the camera one second one second and realistically you could use this as a bivy it does have a bug net um attached in here in one of the pockets and it's got a zipper all the way around for it so you really could use this as a bivy put the bug net up maybe tie it up in the middle from a piece of paracord or something if you didn't want to hang but yeah you have a sleeping uh sleeping pad in here this works with a sleeping pad not an underquilt i literally had to go buy this is another downside i had to buy this Xped mat because the baffles need to be running lengthways as opposed to sideways like my Thermarest look at the size of this thing that's freaking enormous um it's an Xped down mat Lite 5 LW so it's got i would assume down in it but look at that that's way wider than my Thermarest. Anyways, these are a lot of money, a couple hundred dollars. So after you get the ammo hammock, you got to splurge on the, unless you already have it, obviously the, the expensive sleeping pad, but that's no big deal really. If you want it, if you're going to go that route. So that's that. Grab the stuff sack. Oh yes. Oh yes. The stuff sack is attached, which is good for people like old Joe. You tend to forget things every now then i think that i just stuffed it in last time i don't think any rolling up is required which is always a big plus in my book i hate rolling up a tarp or a tent you gotta just stuff her in you know what i mean it's just a much easier less time consuming less frustrating way to do it what am i doing the key is to not get tangled up in the cords again stick with me boys and girls old joel gets you there if we can't laugh at ourselves who can we laugh at really what are we going to do here what are we doing in life so you can see relatively simple to take down the setup and it does come with or how they do sell i'm not sure if it comes with it a specific tarp that goes the direction that you would need the protection from uh for rain and stuff obviously normal hammocks would be this way but this one runs this way to the trees at least so there you have it. That's what it looks like packed down. I'd say, don't quote me, two pounds, two pounds, not even. So, and about as big as my sleeping pad, my sleeping bag. Well, I can honestly, truthfully say, I absolutely hate this Exped air mattress. I can't even get it back. I can't even get all the air out of it. I have no idea what's going on. The valve's all weird. If I'm doing it wrong, it's already more stuff than I want to do to be able to empty the air of my air mattress in the morning so yeah i hate this thing won't go back into its stupid case and it's got you have to you have to pump it with this silly silly pump i'm not a fan at all i'm not even going to attempt to put it back in its case because i know it's not going to fit that's a big fail in my opinion i'm not not a fan of that sitting pad anyway i'm sure it's comfortable i'm sure it's warm i haven't used it overnight at all i literally bought it last year to use with this this hammock in heaven so anyways i think this will be like maybe if i go camping with the with the wife kind of like a winter car thing keep her warm but other than that i'm not bringing that out i can't i can't be expected to smash that down try and get that in there every morning that's way too big and heavy and way too wide for what i need anyways uh i brought everything out today in my backpack i got from the company that used to be GoLite GoLite's done they went like they're they're not even a company anymore but this is the equivalent to the GoLite Jam this is called the MyTrail LT 50 so it's a 50 liter backpack um and it can cinch down really really well to like what 25 liters or something like that but anyways i always like GoLite i had a GoLite Jam before but it was a 70 it was way too big but i feel like this is a good size i would even do a like Maybe like a three or four day solo canoe trip out of it. I bought a liner that I could go in it, like a dry bag liner, a 50 liter one that can go inside it. So anyways, it's cool that they're around still, or again, whichever one you want to call it. But yeah, GoLite's always been a good company, I thought. Always got good gear. Stupid sleeping pad, man. Not happy with that one at all. I really do like the way it works, the way it folds down and cinches down. So like I said, you can make this into like a 25 liter pack or something like that It's got the roll top and you cinch it there on the sides It's already done, but it's good good back. I wouldn't want to put too much weight in it 20 25 pounds tops Maybe okay. I think that's it all packed up ready to go I think we're just gonna hang out in here for another half an hour or something until I walk out But yeah, I'm glad you guys came along I'm glad I was able to come out here and get a video done for you guys be able to spend some time with my buddy it's been a while so we'll be back we'll be we'll be doing a video a week maybe a video maybe two videos a week but uh at least a video a week now we'll be back on the grind so expect to see more of me expect to see me lots more whether you like it or not so have a good day guys again thank you very much for watching thank you for the support thank you for subscribing thank you for sharing for just being there always it really means a lot it's helping me out in life legit i appreciate it and i appreciate you peace out peace out he says peace out bro