Going Off The Grid By Gary Collins First Thoughts Video

February 14, 2017June 23, 2024 James Burnette

Going Off The Grid By Gary Collins First Thoughts

This week I got my hands on my friend Gary Collings New book, Going Off The Grid. Unlike most of my u

Unlike most of my unboxing videos, I wasn’t sent this book. You always want to support your friends so I bought this copy as soon as It was available.

Like many of us, Gary got the bug to live a simpler life. And luckily for us, he has documented the whole process.

In Going Off The Grid: The How-To Book Of Simply Living and Happiness, he provides a step-by-step guide for how to find a private piece of land and build a self-sustaining home.

This doesn’t come from research alone but from experience. Gary has been building an off-grid home in northeast Washington state.

You can watch some of the trials and tribulations on his Youtube channel.

Learning from others troubles can save you time and money. And from honest upfront people.

If you watch many of the DIY tv shows you will have an unrealistic view of the process. Building an off grid home takes a lot of time and effort.

The reward is worth it, though.

So if you are thinking about living a simpler less hectic lifestyle this is the book for you. Pick it up now before you need the info in here.

Are you off the Grid? Wanting To Be? Let me know about your plans in the comments!

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H1R Nova Unboxing. The Best Headlamp Made Better!

January 16, 2017June 23, 2024 James Burnette

H1R Nova Unboxing. The Best Headlamp Made Better!

Previously I have reviewed a few Olight lights and loved them all. Recently I got my hands on the Olight H1R the rechargeable version of the H1 Nova Headlamp.

You can pick up one at the Oficial Olight Store, Ebay, Or Amazon.

All of the things that made me love the H1 Nova have been improved upon in the H1R. Notably the ability to recharge it.

My only issue with the H1 Nova is that on the bright mode, of 500 lumens, it will use up batteries quickly. And CR123 batteries are not cheap easy to find.

I have looked in my local big box stores several times over the past few months looking for CR123 batteries. They have been sold out every single time.

I know I can order them from amazon. But In an emergency, I would like to be able to pick up some.

With the H1R Nova, the battery issue has been alleviated. You can use a rechargeable CR123 and the built in charger to recharge.

I really like that the charger is a USB cable with a magnetic cap that snaps onto the tail cap of the H1R. The cord can fit into any cell phone charger or car charger.

And you could use an USB battery pack to charge it.

I plan on buying spare rechargeable CR123 batteries and a backup charger. That way I can standardize to all rechargeable CR123s.

The H1R Nova also features 100 more lumens over the H1 Nova. You get a blinding 600 lumens at the brightest output.

You only get 3 minutes of the 600 lumens. After that, it tapers down to 180 for 80 minutes.

On the lowest setting, you can run it for 6 days.

And then you can just recharge it and go. No worrying about finding batteries.

Zen Goats Homemade Soaps And Beard Oil Unboxing

January 3, 2017January 3, 2017 James Burnette

Zen Goats Homemade Soaps And Beard Oil Unboxing

I hope everyone had a great holiday. I thoroughly enjoyed spending time with my Serenity, Mike and seeing my mom. And getting gifts like This box from Zen Goats homemade soaps and beard oils.

I love homemade soap. Being a bit of a crazy hippy, commercial soaps bother me. They are all full of chemicals.

You would think that I would make my own soap. But the last time I tried to make soap resulted in the loss of an eyebrow.

So I leave it to my friends to make soap for me.

I have been using the pine scented soap and Gambler beard oil for a few weeks now.

The soap works great. It smells good and manly. So sissy smells here.

Zen Goats soap does not leave my skin dry and itchy. Many commercial soaps leave me itching all day.

The beard oil I’m still getting used to. I have never used a beard oil before and let my beard grow out some just to use it.

The smell last all day. My girlfriend liked how good it smelled after working all night. I can’t say for sure that Zen Goats, beard oil made my beard softer or not.

I have not remembered to use it daily which I’m sure helps.

If you are like me and want high-quality homemade soaps and don’t want to or can’t make them yourself try Zen Goats.

You will support a friend of Survival Punk and a great family.

Flower Pot Heaters Don't Freaking Work Rant

Flower Pot Heaters Don’t Work Stop Sharing Them Rant

December 13, 2016December 13, 2016 James Burnette

Flower Pot Heaters Don’t Work Stop Sharing Them Rant

Flower Pot Heaters Don’t Work. In case you were thinking about making one.

Don’t!

In the past, I tried to make a clay pot heater. With Tea lights and metal bolts and all that. I tried all the variations I could find on the internet and come up.

I ran the heater an entire day in a tiny bathroom. Adding new tea lights whenever they went out.

It did not make a measurable effect on the temperature nor warm me up on the toilette.

So once again flower pot heaters don’t work. For heating at least. Unless you want to hold your hands about three inches away. Then yes they will warm your hands.

What brought up this rant video is a guest post on a blog I was reading. And left a comment on.

It was yet another post on how and why you would want to build one.

Face Palm…

The only image was one that has circulated around the web. So the writer has no idea what he is actually talking about.

I’m so sick of this being spread around. Flower pot heaters do not work. You can not heat your home, no matter how tiny, with a clay pot heater.

Even worse is when this bad info is shared by people I respect.

I never ask for likes or shares of my videos but please share this one. With your help maybe we can finally end this retarded clay pot heater crap.

Silver Fern Brand Low Carb Baking Mixes First Thoughts

December 6, 2016December 6, 2016 James Burnette

Silver Fern Brand Low Carb Baking Mixes First Thoughts

A lot of times when I’m sent food for review I have to wait for a cheat day. With the Silver Fern Brand Low Carb Baking Mixes, I’m not going to have to.

Silver Fern makes some high-quality low-carb items. Looking through their baking mixes and had a hard time picking only two.

I went with Lemon bars and chocolate chip cookies. I was going to have Serenity ~~make~~ help these for me. So we will have to wait until Christmas to eat them.

Reading about the ingredients I came across Kakato™ a naturally high fiber sweetener. Which is a proprietary sweetener blend.

The Kakato is Contains: Natural Isomalto-Oligosaccharides, Tagatose, Stevia Extract, Monk Fruit Extract, Natural Flavor. The monk fruit extract worries me.

Years ago I tried Monk Fruit extract and I had pounding headaches every time. So we will see how I fare with the Kakato.

I’m thinking about ordering just the kakato sweetener for Couch Potato Mike to try. He can’t stand any sweetener that does not have calories. Except for xylitol. And that gives him the poops.

If I do I’ll make sure I’ll let you guys know how it works out.

Silver Fern Brand Low Carb Baking Mixes First Thoughts