The Field Crew

Tested by people who live outside.

Five bushcraft and outdoors channels put the rod through mud, rain, and cold on camera. We sent the rod. We didn’t send a script. Their field reviews land here as they drop.

Backyard BushcraftReview live

Justin Giannillo hands the rod to Dan Wowak of Coalcracker Bushcraft for a cold field test. Bushcraft, shelters, and fire out in the backcountry. Use code BACKYARDBUSHCRAFT10% off → The channel →

General Patton BushcraftReview live

Field bushcraft and fire, no nonsense. Self-reliance run the hard way. Use code GENERALPATTON10% off → The channel →

Burnwood BushcraftReview live

Natural shelters, fire-craft, and honest woods skills. He put a tape measure on the rod before he lit anything. Use code BURNWOOD10% off → The channel →

▶ rod shipped, review filming

M32 OutdoorsComing soon

Solo remote wilderness and real self-reliance. The channel →

▶ rod shipped, review filming

ProCaliber HQComing soon

Survival, gear, and fieldcraft. Use code PROCALIBERHQ10% off → The channel →

Backyard Bushcraft & Coalcracker Bushcraft

The verdict, unedited.

"You have a good rod. It's a nice rod. I like it."

Dan Wowak, Coalcracker Bushcraft

Justin at Backyard Bushcraft handed the rod to Dan Wowak and let him run it cold, on camera, with no brief from us. This is the moment he calls it.

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Clip: Coalcracker Bushcraft on Backyard Bushcraft. Sound on. We sent the rod. We didn’t send a script.

Burnwood Bushcraft

He measured it first.

Tape measure on the rod before he lit anything, then fatwood shavings, fire on wet ground, and a night in camp. His clips, shot in the field. Sound on.

Unboxing

Tape measure on it before he lit anything

First fire

Wet ground, lit anyway

Fatwood shavings

Curls off a fatwood stick, then a spark into them

Camp firebox

Fire carried through to a cook

Camp setup

Tarp, fire, and last light

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All clips in this section: Burnwood Bushcraft. We sent the rod. We didn’t send a script.

From the field

Stills from the tests.

Shavings, sparks, and a fire that held. Shot alongside the field reviews.

The strike

Driven straight into the pile

Sparks land

Catching flame on the log

Full shower

One pass, two men watching

Caught

Flame taking in a handful of tinder

Climbing

Through the kindling and holding

Feeding it

Small fire beside cut rounds

Full campfire

Split log going in

Tarp camp

Shelter up, fire in front of it

The box

Kraft, no plastic clamshell

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Clip: Coalcracker Bushcraft on Backyard Bushcraft.