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20 Survival Uses for Pantyhose

By Alan Urban 20 Comments ✓ This post may contain affiliate links*

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20 Survival Uses for PantyhoseOf the many versatile items I’ve written about, I have to admit this is one of the stranger ones. But believe it or not, pantyhose is useful for all sorts of things in both temporary and long-term disasters.

If you’re prepping on a budget, be sure to add some pantyhose to your supplies. And don’t forget to add some to your bug out bag, too. They’re light, they hardly take any space, and they only cost a few dollars.

Here are 20 ways you can use pantyhose for survival:

1. Stay Warm

When it’s cold, every extra layer makes a difference. Wearing pantyhose will help you stay warm. Note: Men may have to cut some extra space in the crotch area.

2. Prevent Blisters

This is important if you bug out and spend several hours a day walking. You don’t want to get a blister on your foot that could get infected. Just cut the feet off the pantyhose and wear them under your socks, or you could get the footy or knee-high kind.

3. Prevent Bug Bites

Marines have been known to use them to stop tick, ant, and chigger bites. They will also stop jellyfish stings and leeches when you’re wading through water. However, they won’t stop mosquitos.

4. As a Mosquito Net

Although mosquitos can bite through them, they can’t fly through them. Cut several of them lengthwise and stitch them together to make a mosquito net.

5. As a Mask

If you are in an area with lots of dust and ash in the air, put pantyhose over your head like a robber would. This will protect your lungs. It won’t protect against viruses and toxins, but it will stop the dust.

6. For First Aid

There are several options here: use them as a tourniquet, as a way to hold bandages in place, to tie a splint in place, or to make a sling.

7. Filter Water

The first step to purifying water, no matter what method you use, is to filter out the debris and large particles. Stretch it over a container of water and pour the water into another container.

8. Sprout Seeds

First, soak your seeds in two inches of lukewarm water for 24 hours. Then pour the water and seeds into pantyhose, squeeze out as much water as you can, and hang it up to dry. Pour water over the seeds and hang them up to dry again, and do that several times a day. Once the seeds sprout, transplant them.

9. Grow Plants

For potted plants, plug the bottom with pantyhose to keep soil from escaping while the extra water drains out. For climbing plants such as peas and tomatoes, use strips of pantyhose to tie the stalks to a support without damaging them.

10. Protect Your Garden

Put dog or human hair in some pantyhose, then tie them in several places on the fence around your garden. The smell will keep deer and other foragers away. You can also stretch them over squash and melons to keep animals from eating them.

11. Store Small Items

While foraging, you can use them to gather berries, nuts, and herbs. You could also use them to organize or carry small items like nuts and bolts, bathroom supplies, pill bottles, etc.

12. Store Your Food

Foods like garlic, onions, and potatoes spoil faster while lying on a surface. Put them in pantyhose, tie knots between each one, and hang them up. This works better than other types of bags because the holes allow air in so they stay fresh longer. In fact, onions can last as long as six months this way.

13. Dry Your Food

Put peppers, herbs, and other food in them and hang them in the sun to dry out. Another way is to spread them out on a surface in the sun and spread the nylon over them to keep bugs and dirt off.

14. Dry Your Tinder

If your tinder is damp, you don’t want to store it in an ordinary bag or in your pocket. It’s better to put it in pantyhose and hang it up so it can dry out.

15. Catch Bait

You won’t be able to catch large fish with pantyhose, but you may be able to catch some bait fish and things like crawdads and small frogs. To do this, stretch them over a Y-shaped branch to create a makeshift net, then skim the water. They are also a great option for storing bait while you fish.

16. Catch Crabs

Put some bait in the toe and dangle the pantyhose in shallow water. When crabs try to get the bait, they’ll get tangled in the netting. Then you can just lift up the hose and you’ll have a fresh crab.

17. Hunt Small Animals

Put a large rock or several small rocks in the toe and tie it off, then use it as a bola to kill birds and small game.

18. As a Rope

Twist it up really tight and it will make great cordage. You can tie things together, hang things up, or even use it to make cross joints and tie branches together to make a shelter.

19. As a Belt

If you don’t have anything else, you can use it to hold your pants up. After all, many of us are bound to lose weight after the SHTF.

20. Fix Your Vehicle

Pantyhose can also be used as a temporary fan belt. It won’t last long, but it could get your vehicle home or to the nearest garage.

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  1. ST says

    October 26, 2020 at 12:23 pm

    You can fish with hose. I’ve seen a few YT videos. They cut a small piece, place cut bait/stink bait/etc. in the middle, and tie it shut like a tiny little bag. They usually rig it next to hooks, rather than run a hook through it, though I guess you could do that, too. Most of the videos were of beach fishing (salt). It would give you a shot to catch some protein with bait that wouldn’t stay on a hook. Also saw one larger bag used to chum this way. The hose keeps all the bits in, only lets scent out.

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  2. Master Mechanic says

    September 3, 2020 at 8:23 am

    I’ve used them as a temp fan belt,,,,,,,got me home.Also use to shine shoes

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  3. David says

    October 17, 2019 at 5:06 pm

    You can use a pantyhose as insulation for small cracks in walls or windows. Doesn’t matter how ripped up they are. Just use a screw driver to stuff it in. Keep stuffing it until it’s tight and those drafts are gone.

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  4. gcaverly says

    October 7, 2019 at 1:03 pm

    Great practical uses for pantyhose. When things hit the fan practical uses for everything will be needed.

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  5. Rick Palmer says

    October 5, 2019 at 4:02 pm

    About 7 years ago, my dehydrator quit. I tried drying some beef jerky I had made up by using cheese cloth. When I went to check on it 5 hours later it was infested with some type of critter the size of fruit flies. I don’t like sharing my beef jerky with anything that has more legs than my dog. I made up a new batch , this time using a dollarstore pair of pantyhose. Left it hanging in the Arizona sunshine , no critters. One note ,if you use this method, hang it higher than your dog can jump.

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    • Les says

      October 12, 2019 at 3:32 pm

      Fungus gnats

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  6. patricia says

    October 5, 2019 at 10:45 am

    . I used a hose on my wet/dry vacuum cleaner it will let water through and keep particles out. Never buy filters again.

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  7. Joseph says

    December 8, 2018 at 7:42 pm

    Don’t forget, washing machine to trap pesty lint or clogged drain

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  8. Robby says

    November 18, 2017 at 5:03 am

    I keep one in my canoe around 2 wire clothes hangers formed in a circle. Place waist of panty over. Legs dangle freely. Now tie onto end of canoe. The current pulls through the Drlft Sock keeping your canoe at a constant angle as related to the shore line. The angle is up to Mother Nature…. but it’s a consistent angle important to those fishing solo from a canoe. Mine has lasted over 5 years. Packs flat and light cost is minimal and benefits are priceless.

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  9. Nancy says

    August 4, 2016 at 1:34 am

    Late one night my alternator belt flew off. I put my support hose in that sucker and tied it tight. I went over 100 days on that pair of pantyhose. I did have to tighten it a few times. Priceless was watching a guy look under the hood then look back at me saying mamm you got a pantyhose on that. Lol his face was priceless.

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  10. norman says

    June 24, 2016 at 8:34 am

    You can put your stockings sold through me? I am willing to pay high prices, your feet pretty good, thank you

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  11. Kathleen Rumfelt says

    February 9, 2016 at 5:11 pm

    I just used a knee high nylon (with top and toe cut off) to hold bandage on my husband’s knee. (He has poison oak on it). Slide right on and covers entire knee, holds gauze in place and bends with the knee. A piece of pantyhose leg would do the same.

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  12. Keith Touchet says

    February 4, 2016 at 8:19 pm

    Shine you shoes

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  13. Saajin Grey says

    November 30, 2015 at 2:59 am

    I don’t want to catch crabs!

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  14. John Gibson says

    November 14, 2015 at 8:21 am

    You forgot – – – You can also use them to feel pretty!

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  15. Rudimar Rayos says

    May 21, 2015 at 12:17 am

    is also excellent for holding charcoal/water filterin

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  16. JoAnn Holliday says

    March 31, 2015 at 1:24 pm

    I have hives regularly and I put oatmeal in the foot part of the pantyhose, tie it off, cut it free from the rest of the hose and put it in the bath. Instant relief.

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  17. Ozark Grandma says

    March 2, 2015 at 9:33 am

    #21 lol I have been using clean pantyhose instead of cheesecloth to drain berries for juice/jelly for years. Cut off the foot part, Tie a knot, pour cooked berries and squeeze or just set in a colander over a container; throw away the entire thing when done draining. and my kids could tell you a few more unusual uses I had for pantyhose that aren’t mentioned either.

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  18. Joe Mamar says

    January 29, 2015 at 7:22 pm

    You can also use them to save space in the garden as you can grow squash, cucumbers pumpkins watermelon etc… on a fence and use the hose to support the fruit as it grows. This is good for keeping rot caused by the contact with the ground and keeps ground born insects off them as well

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  19. Simply Ty says

    January 26, 2015 at 9:20 pm

    If need be, you can also use them as a makeshift sling if you/someone you know has an arm injury. Or use it to tie down a sponge or maxipad over an open bleeding wound.

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