That's the exact kind of answer I'm looking for.
Lol i miss both shows, I don't think they air here anymore.
California, USA.

Not really voting, but your opinion on who is more informative and helpful in the direction of actually learning something from.

There we go, all cleaned up. How's that?

Not a one liner.

Oh hell that's easy. Survivorman is the shizzle. Les Stroud is 10 times the survivor that Bear Grylls thinks he is.

First, Les does everything HIMSELF! He doesn't have a camera crew, no help or support, and he puts him self out there on his own for a whole week.

Bear sets up a campsite and then heads back to the hotel, gets a hot meal and sleeps well.

Bear doesn't take his own shots, he lets his film crew do that for him. He talks to local folks and gets them to leave stuff out on the "trail" for him. If Les doesn't hunt, trap or fish his own meal, he doesn't eat.

I could go on and on, but I agree with Karl, Man vs. Wild is a damn entertainment show, and has NOTHING to do with true surviving.

But I guess you could pick up some pointers on either show, and they both put themselves in danger. One does it for education, the other for entertainment.

My vote though, Survivorman. Too bad he quit doing it.

Survivorman is easily superior. His advice is common sense with a bit of training mixed in well. You could do far worse...

...and with that segue...

Man vs Wild? If you want to die in a survival situation, please do follow his advice. Running downhill. Jumping into a fast flowing river. Yadda, yadda, and so on...

Man vs Wild seems to be more entertainment based, and I've always heard he had a camera crew with him (somebodys got to be taping him, right?).. While, Les on Survivorman is all by himself (he holds the camera himself), and tends to be more about pure survival; what to do if there are no other options. I agree with the above posters, Bear does tend to take unnecessary risks, like climbing icebergs and sliding down mountains. I prefer survivorman, if only because it just seems less prepared ahead of time.

Considering they both cheat a little and have been caught I would say neither....its entertainment.
They both have good skills but I would go for Survivorman if I had to choose.
It still bugs me that they cheat a little.

Yea Survivorman is more realistic but alot more Boring in my opinion. Man Vs Wild is more about entertainment..

I'd have come to agree with Survivor Man as well. haha