{"id":7446,"date":"2019-04-29T17:45:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T21:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/?p=7446"},"modified":"2020-07-24T01:21:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T05:21:28","slug":"survival-uses-for-rubber-bands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/","title":{"rendered":"Survival Uses For Rubber Bands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Would you believe that there are dozens of survival uses for rubber bands? Discover all the survival hacks and tips for using elastic rubber bands here. Now for how you can use rubber bands. Let&#8217;s start the list.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_63 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/#Prevent_Waste\" title=\"Prevent Waste\">Prevent Waste<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/#Organize_Tools\" title=\"Organize Tools\">Organize Tools<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/#Keep_The_Bugs_Out\" title=\"Keep The Bugs Out\">Keep The Bugs Out<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/#Ponytail\" title=\"Ponytail\">Ponytail<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/#Stripped_Screw\" title=\"Stripped Screw\">Stripped Screw<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/#Jarhead\" title=\"Jarhead\">Jarhead<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/#Keep_It_Together\" title=\"Keep It Together\">Keep It Together<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/#Strap_Items_To_Yourself\" title=\"Strap Items To Yourself\">Strap Items To Yourself<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/#Strap_It\" title=\"Strap It\">Strap It<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/#Label_Your_Cup\" title=\"Label Your Cup\">Label Your Cup<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/#Erase_Pencil_Writing\" title=\"Erase Pencil Writing\">Erase Pencil Writing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/#Use_the_bands_to_keep_your_pens_organized\" title=\"Use the bands to keep your pens organized\">Use the bands to keep your pens organized<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/#Cash_Is_King\" title=\"Cash Is King\">Cash Is King<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/#DIY_Survival_Project_Make_a_Rubber_Band_Engine\" title=\"DIY Survival Project: Make a Rubber Band Engine\">DIY Survival Project: Make a Rubber Band Engine<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/#Additional_Uses_For_Rubber_Bands\" title=\"Additional Uses For Rubber Bands\">Additional Uses For Rubber Bands<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for-rubber-bands\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rubber_Band_Survival_Hacks\"><\/span>Rubber Band Survival Hacks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tourniquet\"><\/span>Tourniquet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The rubber band makes one hell of a makeshift tourniquet. This is the primary use of survival that we should all learn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Need an improvised emergency tourniquet in the wilderness? A rubber tube makes a near-perfect tourniquet until you reach your bug-out location.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prevent_Waste\"><\/span>Prevent Waste<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Prevent your soap dispensers from dispensing too much.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Organize_Tools\"><\/span>Organize Tools<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;ll mention a few of them throughout this post but think of all the small items and tools you could organize with them.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Keep_The_Bugs_Out\"><\/span>Keep The Bugs Out<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We covered this is how to keep the bugs out of your pants on your camping and backpacking trips.<\/p>\n<p>Use the bands to wrap around your pant legs to make them tight around the bottom of your legs. So there is no space between your legs and pants.<\/p>\n<p>No space, no bugs.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ponytail\"><\/span>Ponytail<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Instead of an elastic ponytail from the shampoo aisle at the grocery store. Use a rubber band to fix your ponytail. Especially if you have a redneck hair doo.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stripped_Screw\"><\/span>Stripped Screw<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Use it to assist you with removing a stripped screw.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jarhead\"><\/span>Jarhead<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Get the lid off of a jar that&#8217;s holding on a little too much.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Keep_It_Together\"><\/span>Keep It Together<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Keep your notecards together by using making the band tight around the stack.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Strap_Items_To_Yourself\"><\/span>Strap Items To Yourself<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Bind tools and gear to yourself or your bag Make the elastic around the item and the part of you to hold it there.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Strap_It\"><\/span>Strap It<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Make a strap for your glasses or sunglasses.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Label_Your_Cup\"><\/span>Label Your Cup<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Nothing puts a label around something like a rubber band.<\/p>\n<p>I used to work in a restaurant where they would do this. They put a rubber band around their coffee cups to mark them.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Erase_Pencil_Writing\"><\/span>Erase Pencil Writing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s similar material, right? So you can use it for the same purpose.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Use_the_bands_to_keep_your_pens_organized\"><\/span>Use the bands to keep your pens organized<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Wrap it around your bundle of tactical pens to keep them together. At least if you lose them, you&#8217;ll lose all of them instead of just one&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cash_Is_King\"><\/span>Cash Is King<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Use the band to keep your cash together. Is it better than a money clip? Not exactly. But if you don&#8217;t have anything else, it works.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"DIY_Survival_Project_Make_a_Rubber_Band_Engine\"><\/span>DIY Survival Project: Make a Rubber Band Engine<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Have you ever heard of a rubber band engine?<\/p>\n<p>As you&#8217;ll see in the video, the rubber bands do most of the work for you.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this video for the step by step tutorial.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Rubber Band Heat Engine\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dBXL93984cQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Additional_Uses_For_Rubber_Bands\"><\/span>Additional Uses For Rubber Bands<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Would you believe that a little rubber band could have dozens of other functions, uses, and ways to survive?<\/p>\n<p>We went over some useful ways to use elastic bands, but we hardly scratched the surface.<\/p>\n<p>For 25 more ways to use rubber bands for survival, watch the video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"25 Rubber Band Survival Uses\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lNWOCc4YLT0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hope you enjoyed these survival hacks. It&#8217;s worth throwing a few bands in with your gear kits and bags. It helps to be a little flexible with your kits&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you know any more survival uses for rubber bands?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/survival-uses-for\/\"><strong>To see more survival uses for everyday items, go to the Ultimate Survival Hacks Guide here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would you believe that there are dozens of survival uses for rubber bands? Discover all the survival hacks and tips for using elastic rubber bands here. Now for how you can use rubber bands. Let&#8217;s start the list. Rubber Band Survival Hacks Tourniquet The rubber band makes one hell of a makeshift tourniquet. 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