I always appreciate the experience of others with the Stanley Cook Set; thanks for adding your thoughts. I have found that, if you replace the plastic tab on the top with a keyring, you can then close the handle under the key ring, lock the handle, and hang the pot by the keyring. I've done this a dozen times or more, and, even with a full pot, waiting for a boil, it holds. I wouldn't shake it vigorously, but when you lock the handle by pushing the little thing that locks it, it will hold its weight in water, and you do not need to drill a hole to hang a bail. At any rate, that's my two cents; thank you for sharing yours.
@@RedBranchBushcraft If you use a #2 S-biner clip, the clip fits neatly under the handle clamp for the Stanley cook kit, and you can easily clip or unclip it as needed. Also, the S-clip doesn't sit quite flat on the lid of the cook kit, so it doesn't get as hot. Much better than a key ring. ------ Where did you say you got that pouch for your cook kit? Three Trees Design?
I replace the tab on the lid with the spring from one of those spring loaded wooden clothes pins. Hook the two ninety degree ends through the loop on the lid. It will stay up so you can grab it and stays cool enough to handle. I’ve watched loads of videos about hacks for these and I’ve never seen this mod.
Because I love your accent, LOL, I subscribed.😉 Good information too! The Stanley Adventure Cook Set is AWESOME!!! First piece of backpacking and camping adventures that I purchased. The thing is solid! Happy Trails!😁
I made a mod to my Stanley cup that doesn't require any additional "things" to make it work. It isn't my idea and I can't remember the YTer that posted the method, but it's brilliant, as you lot would say! He simply folded the cup's handle over the top until the looped end was centered in the air over the cup. He marked that spot on the plate that the handle hinges on and serves to lock the handle in its open and stored positions and then used a Dreemel Tool to grind two additional notches in it to lock the handle in that intermediate position. If you hook the handle with a stick or suspend it from a tripod with a cord or hook, from that point, it will balance in all directions, even better than it would with a common bail, with no added parts or holes required. I thought is was genius. I expect that a small rotary burr chucked up in the same drill that you used to drill your holes would work in place of a Dreemel, if you don't have one. Cover up those holes that cause your regrets with some aluminium HVAC tape.
@@mileszimmerman8767 Unless you're from the State of California, then you will get cancer and experience reproductive harm, just like all modern materials cause in CA. LOL
I just dremeled the part where the cook pot handle is so that I can fold the handle over on an angle and make it dangle just over the pot so it can be hung just if was a bale handle.
Thanks for the heads up, I was gonna do that to my cook set but never got around to it. Thank goodness I didn't now. Way Point Survival does the Stanley cook set hacks...and they are amazing. He's definitely worth checking out. Thank you again for the heads up video, keep up the good content brother.
That’s real dedication. You made the mistake and still chose to use it for seven years. It doesn’t get more conservative than that. Talk about recycling you’re the man.
What if you drilled the two holes about 90 degrees from where they are now, with one of the holes just off to the side where the handle is? Then you could pour sideways.
I've been through a couple of them over the years. The only mod I ever make is to yank the plastic handle off the lid and take a 3" piece of wire coat hanger and fashion a tab to replace the plastic. There's no beating that little $14 piece of kit though. Stay frosty.
I'm considering a few mods. Thanks to you and a few others, IF I drill the holes, putting the hole just above the handle mount and directly opposite would remove the spillage issue. Though I think the clamp is a friendlier option...
@@RedBranchBushcraft May have found another solution. (Untested) 50lb fishing leader wire fits under the lip, put 2 loops in it (if wire loss is a concern, a few dabs of JB Weld should work)...
Simple, think it through. drill the holes 90 degrees from where you did, near the handle area and across center to the other side. Won't drip when you pour from the sides like one would normally do.
#John Swanson I was thinking this exact same thing. This guy, Red Branch Bushcraft quite obviously does not think things through before modifying his gear. Sounds like he may be a bloody tosser. A Wanker? Oh my God not a Wanker amongst us!! Ha. Ha. Ha.
#Red Branch Bushcraft@@RedBranchBushcraft I was just teasing and being a bit of a smart ass. Did not mean to upset you. Reading back on it just now it was not a very nice thing to say to about someone or to even write, is it? Sorry Red Branch Bushcraft. I'll act better next time.
I use a pair of $6 gloves (with the camp set). Used them both on about 25-30 backpacking trips. I also use 3 or 4 tent stakes at $0.20 each for actual cooking. instead of hanging. So far my $23.00 NO MOD has been "frosty".
Take a length of thin chain with small “s” hooks at each end. Wrap one end around the pot under the handle and secure the “s” hook to the chain so that it is on one side (not under the handle or on the front side). Then take the other end of the chain and hook it on the opposite side to the chain that has been wrapped around the pot. This forms the bail and you don’t need to drill any holes. Wrapping the chain tight enough so it will not slip up off the pot ( that is why you wrap it under the handle). Try it with paracord first to get the chain length you need, then buy the chain.
Cut a couple silicone 'gaskets' for either side of your handle holes (old silicone pot holder or bakeware) and bend the wire to keep them snug. It'll clear up that 'mistake' spilling for you.
Get some nuts and bolts and a little JB weld and you can fix the holes. Or if you are into silver soldering, you can braze some stainless post where the holes are and put your handle on those….
I had a similar pot years ago, and used bailing wire wrap 3 times around the pot, with a bail over the top & tied into the second wrap of the 3. Then after folding up the ends of the top handle I soldered them closed, along with the twisted together bailing wire end!...worked great, down fall was that I forgot to file the sharp edges of the bailing wire the was cut with side cutters. I used this for 5 years when I was in the Marines, then one day it turned up missing... I wonder why!
I’m surprised that stanly didn’t put a bail on the new one. I’d love to get one of these but they’re not easy to come by and I looked one up on eBay…..€50 !
@@RedBranchBushcraft FYI, I just drilled one hole in the front of mine, since it has that attached handle. I connect a wire about the same length and hook them together where they meet above the pot. It works.
That would be waypoint survival with James Bender he used a pipe clamp and two Chicago screws to make a bale handle for it oh a coat hanger as well I watch the same channel I did the hack it works perfect
And, apart from being 90° out, your holes are really too far down the pot, reducing the usable capacity. The price of experimentation. Thanks for sharing Take care
Stanley needs to redesign their stuff with the best engineered mods instead of the customers doing it! There are design faults here... ie how to hang a bushpot over the fire on a tripod etc... or to remove it from a campfire with a long stick if the handle is too hot. These are camping pots not kitchen pots.
It is not what you did it is how you did it. I was going to do what you did but then realized the issue you have is an issue. So I drilled the holes 90o to what you really did. You can always drill other holes.
The holes would be ok, you just have to drill them 90 degrees around the pot, ie, one at the handle and the other the far side of the handle. The location of your drill holes is a problem if you want to drink out of the pot or as you say pour coffee out of it. No fix now....need a new pot.
I always thought that wasnt a great idea. I wanted to take the handle receiver off and put the gsi gripper thing on but never got around to it. This is my adventure set purculator mod: ruclips.net/video/2HWfbeuVWp0/видео.html
Look up waypoint survival Stanley hacks no drill Bale handle I mean the thing works perfect I use it on mine holes in the pot. That is waypoint survival with James Bender RUclips God bless
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Same pot , same mod , same problem... lol
Lol, I feel your pain
I just came upon your video. Thanks so much for the shout out. I wish you all the best on your channel!
No way!! How cool , thanks so much for watching and commenting.
@@RedBranchBushcraft You're welcome!
Plug the holes with pop rivets.
Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
Cheers buddy
Waypoint has some of the best mods for the cook set
His mods are great
Good tip. I love my Stanley. I agree, a great pot. I watch James over there wat WayPoint Survival quite a bit.
He has a great channel
I always appreciate the experience of others with the Stanley Cook Set; thanks for adding your thoughts. I have found that, if you replace the plastic tab on the top with a keyring, you can then close the handle under the key ring, lock the handle, and hang the pot by the keyring. I've done this a dozen times or more, and, even with a full pot, waiting for a boil, it holds. I wouldn't shake it vigorously, but when you lock the handle by pushing the little thing that locks it, it will hold its weight in water, and you do not need to drill a hole to hang a bail. At any rate, that's my two cents; thank you for sharing yours.
That's a really good idea
It is a good idea, and I've done the same. The split ring under the handle keeps the lid down perfectly.
@Mojo32 great stuff
@@RedBranchBushcraft If you use a #2 S-biner clip, the clip fits neatly under the handle clamp for the Stanley cook kit, and you can easily clip or unclip it as needed. Also, the S-clip doesn't sit quite flat on the lid of the cook kit, so it doesn't get as hot. Much better than a key ring.
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Where did you say you got that pouch for your cook kit? Three Trees Design?
@Cedar_Wolf yes, 3 tree designs or something like that, try Etsy
I replace the tab on the lid with the spring from one of those spring loaded wooden clothes pins. Hook the two ninety degree ends through the loop on the lid. It will stay up so you can grab it and stays cool enough to handle. I’ve watched loads of videos about hacks for these and I’ve never seen this mod.
Excellent stuff
I might've done something like that. Cheers for the warning.
Glad I could help
I'm a little tea pot. Love the video
Lol, thanks buddy
Because I love your accent, LOL, I subscribed.😉 Good information too! The Stanley Adventure Cook Set is AWESOME!!! First piece of backpacking and camping adventures that I purchased. The thing is solid! Happy Trails!😁
You to! Thanks for the sub
@@RedBranchBushcraft you're welcome!😊
I made a mod to my Stanley cup that doesn't require any additional "things" to make it work. It isn't my idea and I can't remember the YTer that posted the method, but it's brilliant, as you lot would say! He simply folded the cup's handle over the top until the looped end was centered in the air over the cup. He marked that spot on the plate that the handle hinges on and serves to lock the handle in its open and stored positions and then used a Dreemel Tool to grind two additional notches in it to lock the handle in that intermediate position. If you hook the handle with a stick or suspend it from a tripod with a cord or hook, from that point, it will balance in all directions, even better than it would with a common bail, with no added parts or holes required. I thought is was genius. I expect that a small rotary burr chucked up in the same drill that you used to drill your holes would work in place of a Dreemel, if you don't have one. Cover up those holes that cause your regrets with some aluminium HVAC tape.
Cheers buddy, great comment. I'll have to try that
Is HVAC tape food safe in a fire?
@mileszimmerman8767 I've no idea
@@mileszimmerman8767 Unless you're from the State of California, then you will get cancer and experience reproductive harm, just like all modern materials cause in CA. LOL
@@RedBranchBushcraft google says no. Please don't put hvac tape on your cook pot.
I drilled my holes just under the rim above the handle and across,works good.
That would have been a better idea
No holes is best. Waypoint Survival has lots of hack. Thanks for showing us and take care.
Thanks Quinn, he has great stuff
I just dremeled the part where the cook pot handle is so that I can fold the handle over on an angle and make it dangle just over the pot so it can be hung just if was a bale handle.
Good thinking
Thanks for the heads up, I was gonna do that to my cook set but never got around to it. Thank goodness I didn't now. Way Point Survival does the Stanley cook set hacks...and they are amazing. He's definitely worth checking out. Thank you again for the heads up video, keep up the good content brother.
Cheers buddy, wayy point has a great channel
That’s real dedication. You made the mistake and still chose to use it for seven years. It doesn’t get more conservative than that. Talk about recycling you’re the man.
Lol, either that or I was too broke to replace it
Hi, fantastic place to drink a coffe cup.
It really is!
What if you drilled the two holes about 90 degrees from where they are now, with one of the holes just off to the side where the handle is? Then you could pour sideways.
That would have been better
I've been through a couple of them over the years. The only mod I ever make is to yank the plastic handle off the lid and take a 3" piece of wire coat hanger and fashion a tab to replace the plastic. There's no beating that little $14 piece of kit though. Stay frosty.
Cheers man, I agree , great piece of kit
I'm considering a few mods.
Thanks to you and a few others, IF I drill the holes, putting the hole just above the handle mount and directly opposite would remove the spillage issue.
Though I think the clamp is a friendlier option...
Should work but as you say the clamp would work best
@@RedBranchBushcraft May have found another solution.
(Untested) 50lb fishing leader wire fits under the lip, put 2 loops in it (if wire loss is a concern, a few dabs of JB Weld should work)...
@carlosmoya7836 nice
Thanks. I will avoid that mistake.
There are other ways to do it, check out way point survival
Simple, think it through. drill the holes 90 degrees from where you did, near the handle area and across center to the other side. Won't drip when you pour from the sides like one would normally do.
Great idea
#John Swanson I was thinking this exact same thing. This guy, Red Branch Bushcraft quite obviously does not think things through before modifying his gear. Sounds like he may be a bloody tosser. A Wanker? Oh my God not a Wanker amongst us!! Ha. Ha. Ha.
What a lovely thing to say, Thanks Bart
#Red Branch Bushcraft@@RedBranchBushcraft I was just teasing and being a bit of a smart ass. Did not mean to upset you. Reading back on it just now it was not a very nice thing to say to about someone or to even write, is it? Sorry Red Branch Bushcraft. I'll act better next time.
@@bartwalker474 no problems buddy
Use a couple of pieces of brass rod as rivets to plug the holes. Then you can make a band to hold the bail.
Good idea
@@RedBranchBushcraft copper harness makers rivets would work too.
@rogerclark9285 cool
I use a pair of $6 gloves (with the camp set). Used them both on about 25-30 backpacking trips. I also use 3 or 4 tent stakes at $0.20 each for actual cooking. instead of hanging. So far my $23.00 NO MOD has been "frosty".
Nice one
Take a length of thin chain with small “s” hooks at each end. Wrap one end around the pot under the handle and secure the “s” hook to the chain so that it is on one side (not under the handle or on the front side). Then take the other end of the chain and hook it on the opposite side to the chain that has been wrapped around the pot. This forms the bail and you don’t need to drill any holes. Wrapping the chain tight enough so it will not slip up off the pot ( that is why you wrap it under the handle). Try it with paracord first to get the chain length you need, then buy the chain.
Great idea buddy, thanks 👍
Great idea man, thanks
Awesome idea brother, I'm definitely gonna use it for my cook set!!
Cool
You can go ahead and put a rivet into each of those holes with a small tab of steel on each, as well. To this you could attach your wire bail handle.
Great idea
if you put the holes 90 degrees off of where they are now, you could pour without spilling. issue resolved. ;)
Perfect
By the way, I’ve had one of these sets longer than my kids have been alive love it wouldn’t use anything else with my MSR whisper light international
Excellent stuff Logan
Cut a couple silicone 'gaskets' for either side of your handle holes (old silicone pot holder or bakeware) and bend the wire to keep them snug. It'll clear up that 'mistake' spilling for you.
Cheers buddy
Nice pot Wooly 👍🙂
Thank you
waypoint survival is either the guy you're refering too or the guy you should check out
Yes, waypoint has a great channel
Awh poor cooter, sitting and giving the paw
He’s a good doggie.
She sure is
I was thinking about that too. I don't like the idea and I didn't do it. The lid is the only thing I did. I put a key ring on it.
Nice One
@@RedBranchBushcraft thanks it was waypoint survival again hhe
He has some great mods
Get some nuts and bolts and a little JB weld and you can fix the holes. Or if you are into silver soldering, you can braze some stainless post where the holes are and put your handle on those….
Cheers buddy
I had a similar pot years ago, and used bailing wire wrap 3 times around the pot, with a bail over the top & tied into the second wrap of the 3. Then after folding up the ends of the top handle I soldered them closed, along with the twisted together bailing wire end!...worked great, down fall was that I forgot to file the sharp edges of the bailing wire the was cut with side cutters.
I used this for 5 years when I was in the Marines, then one day it turned up missing... I wonder why!
Lol, nice
Nice pot 👍
Good morning Wooly, success n keep it up 🙂👌
Hii Burno ❣
Hii Cooper ❣
Hi
I’m surprised that stanly didn’t put a bail on the new one. I’d love to get one of these but they’re not easy to come by and I looked one up on eBay…..€50 !
@@TonyM540 what! 50 quid ! Jesus I paid 20 for this
Drill your hours front and back rather than side by side. Same benefit, no problem.
Next time
@@RedBranchBushcraft
FYI, I just drilled one hole in the front of mine, since it has that attached handle. I connect a wire about the same length and hook them together where they meet above the pot. It works.
Cool, great idea
ORRR...you could have clocked the holes by 90deg and that problem would be non-existent.
Exactly
I did too!
Great kit
Nice.😆 mate
Cheers buddy
I would agree
Cheers buddy
That would be waypoint survival with James Bender he used a pipe clamp and two Chicago screws to make a bale handle for it oh a coat hanger as well I watch the same channel I did the hack it works perfect
That's the guy, must try his mods
Put two stainless rivets through the holes and attach the bail handle to those..problem solved.
Cheers buddy
Like a little kid just won't listen LOL
Lool
"Stay." obviously means to go away, if you care, and find something else to think about.
Yes Indeed
Pick that one up with your palm upwards when you grab the handle so you aren't pouring over yourself 👍 and Bruno, get yer neb oit of there! :-D
Cheers buddy
Hope it helps, I suffer with hand/wrist issues so it'd kill me pretzeling up to pour a brew haha!
@@OldNavajoTricks lol
And, apart from being 90° out, your holes are really too far down the pot, reducing the usable capacity.
The price of experimentation.
Thanks for sharing
Take care
No problem buddy, I still use it all the time, a fantastic piece of kit. Thanks for the comment
Stanley needs to redesign their stuff with the best engineered mods instead of the customers doing it! There are design faults here... ie how to hang a bushpot over the fire on a tripod etc... or to remove it from a campfire with a long stick if the handle is too hot.
These are camping pots not kitchen pots.
That's a fair point
If you don't need to use a lid, a piece of wire with alligator clips at each end will suspend it just fine
Great idea
You made a dribble cup😂😂the holes go on the handle side.
Lol, yep
Stihl frosty.
Nice one Bud
It is not what you did it is how you did it. I was going to do what you did but then realized the issue you have is an issue. So I drilled the holes 90o to what you really did. You can always drill other holes.
I sure can , but it leaks out the holes I put in it
The holes would be ok, you just have to drill them 90 degrees around the pot, ie, one at the handle and the other the far side of the handle. The location of your drill holes is a problem if you want to drink out of the pot or as you say pour coffee out of it. No fix now....need a new pot.
Your right , I need to go shopping! Lol
Your right , I need to go shopping! Lol
Meh, a dab of kwik steel will seal them.
Nnice
Turn your wrist over 180 degrees then grab the handle. Pour like dat.
Cheers buddy
Don't modified any of these pots they are fine the way they were meant to be
Oops
Just turn your holes 90 degrees.
Good plan
just go buy another stanley pot at Walmart. They only cost $14.97 US. There, end of problem!
About £30 here
$25 now 🙄
It's not a problem in the UK we can't buy Stanley Cook set's so no need to modify them
You can get them on Amazon
@RedBranchBushcraft USA amazon maybe not be in the UK. I have looked for hours the duty from the USA rules import out
@user-jn2gc8fk6q I got mine on Amazon, this is an affiliate link amzn.to/481dge4
@RedBranchBushcraft thank you, my friend
@@ANDREWLewis-p9j my pleasure, check eBay too
man, don´t yells with the dog
Ok, cheers buddy
You oughta buy a new pot.
Your right
Good advice and good video......but much over use of the word "guys". Really annoying so my wife says (she happens to be a woman and not a guy).
Lol, thanks gu........ I won't say it, apologies to your wife , I do use the word to describe every one
I always thought that wasnt a great idea. I wanted to take the handle receiver off and put the gsi gripper thing on but never got around to it.
This is my adventure set purculator mod: ruclips.net/video/2HWfbeuVWp0/видео.html
Nice
that would have seemed obvious , just saying .
Cheers James
Way point survival mods it without drillin
Yes he did
Look up waypoint survival Stanley hacks no drill Bale handle I mean the thing works perfect I use it on mine holes in the pot.
That is waypoint survival with James Bender RUclips God bless
Cheers Dale
Lame
Thanks Kevine
You did it wrong.
Yes