Reddit reviews SharpSurvival Emergency Survival Shelter Tent | 2 Person Mylar Thermal Shelter | 8’ X 5’ All Weather Tube Tent | Reflective Material Conserves Heat | Lightweight | Waterproof | Best Survival Gear

The best advice I can give you is to buy this mylar tarp and drape it over your tent for the morning. Year one, I was up at 8 am every day from heat, but this saved me until about ten or 11 and kept us way warmer at night. It's only 8 bucks and I'll never go to a fest without one again.

Also bring a rug, extra chairs, solar powered lights (either string or ones that stake into the ground), decorations, extra towels, a tapestry to hang on the side of your canopy (multiples).

Much depends on the time of the year and your geographical location. You might need to build igloo / underground shelter.

Check out WW2 Bunker Snow Shelter

As for the supplies to build a shelter out of - it will be a bear to carry it all on you. I recommend making several cheap caches in well known (to you) locations. Consider writing down the exact GPS coordinates but also come up with a decent "algorithm" to encode and decode these values. Store the encoded stuff, memorize the "key" somehow. Just in case the GPS stops working, you need to be able to find them by other means.

You can buy this 20-pack of Mylar blankets and split them into several of your caches. One of them should be in your bug-out bag anyway.

https://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Mylar-Thermal-Blankets-Pack/dp/B01DZ4PGCE/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1477981869&sr=8-6&keywords=mylar+blankets

You also would want to store a cheap shovel head, cheap hatchet and a couple of nails. With that you can make a functioning shovel in no time. Never mind, just get a $6 folding mini-shovel that I linked to below.

You could also get a cheap Mora knife on Amazon (for $10 if you add it to your cart and watch the prices fluctuate) and store it with every cache.

You could get a hatchet cheaply on a yard sale; just make sure to sharpen it. Never mind, I think a saw would be more useful.

Yes, you would need tarp and paracord.

You can get paracord pretty cheaply here: http://www.theparacordstore.com/black-paracord-1000.html

One thousand feet of 550 cord for $50 sounds like a steal to me. You could then measure and cut it up into smaller pieces and wrap it around a stick or a piece of plywood.

It's $55 here but comes in many more colors. http://www.paracordstore.com/Bulk-550-Paracord-Spools_c_13.html

Ok, since it is hard to buy just the shovel head, then consider getting this guy for $6 from Walmart:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Oliasports-Mini-Ultra-Compact-Size-Black-Military-Folding-Shovel/100786198

Does not matter if this thing will break after 10 days. You only need it temporarily.

Other people have suggested the kind of tarp, so I will skip this.

Here is a good way to make a shelter fairly quickly in the fall:

Stavba zemnice - Zemjanky

I do not understand Polish either, but you can just watch the video - it is 8 minutes long. I like it! He also makes use of the mini shovel.

Also some good suggestions here: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=dugout+shelter

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If you have an hour, check out this dude - he made a bunch of various shelters.

https://www.youtube.com/user/recall5811/search?query=shelter

He annoys me for subjective reasons - I am sure he is a nice person, but he thinking style - it's like 100% detail and rote learning and zero intuition and I find it hard to process.

He knows his stuff though. At least check out My Minimum Shelter Kit

You must watch this if you want to save money:

Dollar Store Survival Items

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I recommend this dude over Survival Lilly if you want to build a new shelter fast. Her shelter is more of a recreational activity; this dude was in the Marine Corps.

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This crazy russian has built a shelter with nothing but an improvised machete and fire steel - everything else was natural material.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgR6nBlMvPo

Only works for a specific type of forest though (I think). I have not tried replicating this.

I do not understand a word he says but you can watch the video. It is 30 minutes long.

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EDIT: Also check out this cheap $9 emergency sleeping bag: https://www.amazon.com/SE-EB122OR-Emergency-Sleeping-Drawstring/dp/B0090AAY6Q/ref=pd_rhf_gw_s_cp_4?_encoding=UTF8&ie=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0090AAY6Q&pd_rd_r=9XA7ZSAPC2AFAW9NET8G&pd_rd_w=4Duoo&pd_rd_wg=kIPA2&pf_rd_i=&pf_rd_m=&pf_rd_p=&pf_rd_r=9XA7ZSAPC2AFAW9NET8G&pf_rd_s=recent-history-footer&pf_rd_t=gateway&psc=1&refRID=9XA7ZSAPC2AFAW9NET8G

Also this $7.50 emergency shelter:

https://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Reflective-Conserves-Lightweight-Waterproof/dp/B01GOL67YG/ref=pd_sim_469_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=77BV15CG5C1Q1BG92WZ7

This one is $11:
https://www.amazon.com/SURVIVOR-Emergency-Shelter-Tube-Tent/dp/B01CN5SV9G/ref=pd_sim_469_5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=77BV15CG5C1Q1BG92WZ7