survivorman.

They are both the real thing, even if the shows are made for entertainment. Who cares that Bear's show is set up, he is a bad man.

Survivorman is hands-down the best show. I couldn't stand even five minutes of man vs wild. Survivorman just has it all and is very knowledgeable without sounding like he's reading cards.

Survivor man is more realistic, but beear grylls is much more fun to watch.

I like both but les stroud is the real Mccoy

There is no doubt, that my boy Les "Survivorman" Stroud is the real deal. Even though he is out there a week ahead of time with a survival expert from the area. He films the whole thing by himself. That takes some stones.

I perfer Man vs. Wild, but I like Surviorman as well. Both are great informative guys. One thing that I can say is Survivorman goes it alone with the camera, whereas Man vs. Wild has a camera crew and when he was in Scotland actually pulled him out of mossed over shaft.

i heard a couple years ago that bear while being "lost" in alaska stayed at a spa/resort i dont know if this is true but i like surviorman better.

I saw Bear wear a life vest underneath his shirt on one show while "risking his life crossing a river". He's fake.

some of the stuff that bear dous will get you killed. les gives you info on stuff that most of us can use.

They are both entertainers. The show that Stroud did on the Altamaha River in Georgia was about as fake as it comes. After being dropped off he set up his camp on slough just off the main river channel. The fellow who "dropped" him off is a local commercial fisherman who also helped him carry his stuff in! When the guy picked Stroud up he was pretending to be freezing, the commercial fisherman was wearing shorts and a t-shirt!

Take a look at Stroud, he doesn't look like he misses too many meals... While he is not fat he is not holding that weight eating roots, rats and pine needle soup as he does on the show. He must be really making up for it on the week ends!

As for Grylls, he has made a career out of doing "extreme" stuff. Every thing from going through training with the French Foregin Legion to mountian climbing. I don't doubt he is tough if he survived FFL training. Grylls does work with a film crew and has a safety net there.

A friend of mine put it best in saying, "both are the survival business equivalent of the WWE..."

Im sure if I was lost I would take more information from Stroud to Survive. Bear runs around like a chicken with his head cut off most of the time. Yeah, he does show you some cool stuff but Stroud actually does the real thing. Stroud hands down.

I would have to say Surviorman from the episodes I have watched he seems to be the real deal

I like both. It's all intertainment. If my kids pick up a couple things from each episode that helps them out some day, what difference does it make how much support the guys had that put on the SHOW.

Not to mention with Bears crew right there with him at all times, what do they eat and drink? Does he just watch them as they fill themselves and he goes hungry for the day? I doubt it, I'd bet that they give him food and drink. That's not surviving.

Survivorman is the real deal. He is really out there and suffering and not staying in a hotel. I'm sure Bear has real skills since he was in the British S.A.S and they go through intensive survival training. But his show is a joke and he does stuff for entertainment rather than practicality. Two guys that Americans are not generally familiar with are Les Hiddins aka the Bushtucker Man of Australia, and Ray Mears of England. Their DVDs are available online and while the shipping and handling will cost you because they come from overseas, it is worth the cost.

well bear has a camra crew and souviver man does not but its fun to see what bear is going to eat or drink next :)

They are both real, but i like bear more

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Les Struod all the way

haha i'm not sure about bear's survival advice, but he's a badass and its fun to watch his show. Les knows whats goin on, but the show is almost a drag, i think i watched him sit on a raft and do nothing for about a week once.

Les Stroud all the way. How can a man experience the true feeling of isolation and loneliness that occurs in most survival situations when they have an entire film crew with them? And he is a FAKE!! He was caught! I got Les Stroud's book "Survive! Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere-Alive" for Christmas and it was both informative and a very entertaining read. Even though he is from Canada, I will have to go with Les Stroud on this one as he is just too much of a beast for anyone to argue that he is the best.

ETangler, he says "you sweat you die" when he is in the cold because the sweat cools down the body which will make hypothermia set in quicker. and the only reason bear grylls doesnt die of starvation is because his camera crew gives him food...i can kill stuff too but it dont mean i can get a fire going to cook it i gurentee you couldnt catch a fish with a piece of bubble gum a soda can cap and a grub either

i like survivorman he is the real deal man vs wild is fake

Bear stayed in hotels his first season, Les is the better of the two. I also read his book which was very well written, it's called Survive.

i like bear grylls but you know les stroud is alone and bear grylls isnt so les stroud is

survier man fore sure. i just wish that he did not quit doing the show

defiantly survivorman but I like both shows

Les Stoud is the real deal. I wouldn't think twice following his advice. Bear is too over the top. I would end up dead trying the things he does.

Les by far, Direct and reasonable. Not all about the show.

Cant stand survivorman. Bear is the best

Both are entertaining, but Bear could whip he in any fight, fair or not.

I would have to say I'd be ok with either in a survival situation, I think of Bear as more of an Adventurer and Les as a Survivor. I generally enjoy both shows.

I tought survial classes for the B.S.A. so as far as which one is better well les has the food and shelter down but another big part of survivial is keeping ur spirits up and making progress towards geting rescued bear is the man so if you wat to surive go with the knoledge of les and the spirit of bear.
P.S. dont climb up a water fall actually avoid climbing in general without the right saftey eqipment you may fall and it takes just one broken limb to kill you just go around and use the easiest path to aoid injury.

Grylls carrys with him luxury car camping gear hidden inside those gargantuan nostrils. He can always rescue himself by breathing in hot campfire smoke.

Les Stroud for sure. Bear does things that a survivalist should know not to do.

If you listen to most of what baer tells you the rescue crew will have some interesting stuff to tell your family after they find your body. Leave your fire in Africa & run through the night-time savanah???? my 6 year old grandson knows better than that...

they are both entertainers and both are set up but Bear Grylls is more action and acutely shows you what to do whereas survivor man just tells you a load of stuff that Bear Grylls tells and shows you anyway

survivor man!!!!! man vs. wild guy gets a drink or a candy bar on commercial breaks!

I would say Survivor Man because he actually goes into the wild by himself, Bear Gyrlls just gets taken to some location drops him off for a couple of hours then gets picked up by a helicopter to be taken to some hotel to stay in.

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his show has no helicopters or camera crews. and he doesnt complain on how digusting a food is. he seems to enjoy all of it.

Les Stroud goes at a realistic pace and is careful because you have to be to survive if you are lost or stranded. He relates the mental stress and what it takes to deal with that. He carries about four cameras, tripods, batteries and such and has to set them up and retrieve them. That is added to the actual surviving. Bear is tough and entertaing. Watching him grab and eat a snake or alligator is kinda wild. He charges through the terrain like he is running a marathon. Yeah, he has a camera crew following, but he is fun to watch. I just would not do some of the things he does if I were really trying to survive.

I like survivor man a lot better he is hard core and has no camera crew to help him out.And when he kills things he eats them I`ve seen Bear Grylls kill a turtle and not eat it.Bear Grylls shows you stuff that will get you hurt like sliding down dirt mountins if you do that when your lost and break a limb your screwed.Survivor man shows you and tells you what you need to do I think he is way better.

I say survivorman too.......

Survivor is hands down the more lagit show he has know camera crew or anyone else helping him. Bear Gryills does crazier stuff though.

The video about man vs. wild on ebaumsworld was pretty good. I personally like survivor man.

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survivor man is totally boss

Les actually taught a survival class in college. He is a scholar of the outdoors and prides himself on knowledge of the environment. Discovery wanted Bear to 'replace' Les because some of his reviews stated that there was "not enough action" on his show. I think surviving by yourself WITHOUT A CAMERA CREW (who probably has food) is an amazing thing to accomplish, especially in so many different environments. Bear is on tv to please those adrenaline junkies out there who aren't interested in the real deal. Les Stroud is the legitimate survivorman.

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survivor man bear grils gets naked too often

Survivorman for sure. Doesn't drink own piss as much.

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