4 Genius Bail Handle Hacks for the Stanley Wildfare Go Cookset | Easy DIY Camping Tips

Unlock the full potential of your Stanley Wildfare Go Cookset with these four genius bail handle hacks! In this video, we show you how to easily create adjustable handles using common items, perfect for controlling cooking heat over an open fire. Whether you're camping or on a wilderness adventure, these practical and affordable tips will elevate your outdoor cooking game.
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[@randy-9842]

_[ edit to say: Thank you, James, for showing this. I would not have thought of this on my own! ]_ I especially like the last one (cutting the notches). No additional weight, no extra items that could be lost. Brilliant and easy (with a Dremel or similar).

[@WayPointSurvival]

Indeed.

[@norahc.]

Made me immediately grab my original two cup set and dremel.😅

[@pinetree9343]

I've got two originals in my packs. I'm going to modify for the hanging option I originally just wrapped a wire around the top and inserted a wire bail.

[@abcstardust]

Useful tips. Thank you for showing these variations.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you liked it!

[@BobSprGa]

James, binder clip mod - you have the wire going to the legs on the inside. If you turn the clip so the legs with the wire are on the outside, you can flip down the legs on the inside. This allows you add and remove the lid. It's not as seated on the actual pot but it is still pretty secure.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Good tip!

[@gregggoldstein3449]

Enjoyed your content. Great tip to modify my Stanley cook set with a third notch. Although I recently purchased a Sterno folding cook stove and have a can of sterno fuel which conveiniently stores inside my cook set. Having more than one option available depending on the amount of space to pack makes the hack an additional practical advantage. The metal integrated cup can be filled at a low level with boiling water and with an ironing board i was able to use the metal cup to iron my clothes.

[@chado_outdoors]

Great job coming up with these. I never would have thought about cutting the picture bracket down to make those mini hooks.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you like them!

[@jamesbowen5573]

That last hack was so good I wouldn't even mess around with any of the others. I'll bet you could do it with the regular cup size as well and get rid of that radiator hose clamp. Anytime you modify something you change functionality in some small manner whether it fits in a case the same or catches on something. This is about the least intrusive hack I've seen and makes a lot of sense. Well done

[@gringo3009]

Last hack for the win!

[@mbarr1029]

Somebody has a new toy. Lets see what you come up with James. Looking forward to this.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching!

[@2gpowell]

James, love your creativity and simplicity!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@r.tomrobison8307]

Just one more hack to make bushcraft easier. Thanks.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@haroldmiller6853]

I see a whole new hack series coming form the king of hacks thanks for sharing James

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@Oldsparkey]

For myself the last one is the one that makes the most sense. The pots handle is out of the heat from the fires and should stay the coolest of all the different methods.

[@stevenholland8167]

I like the last hack...very efficient and secure well...the other hacks are good,but...I like a "one and done" type of hack like that last hack...makes it like a Uberleben Kessel...but better. Great video!❤

[@WayPointSurvival]

I totally agree!

[@jaquesfrick]

Excellent ideas. In fact, a set of ideas. I will copy them. Thank you, sir.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@MichaelR58]

Good tip James, thanks for sharing, YAH bless brother !

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching and God bless you too!

[@oldgeekster1]

Thank you James, fun video and I have to agree with Randy, notching sure looks like the way to go to improve the set. 👍👍

[@WayPointSurvival]

Indeed!

[@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival]

As always, some great ideas. Thumbs up.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much, brother!

[@jackvoss5841]

I admire your inventive mind. You are an inventor in disguise, sir. I admit that I haven’t set my 2 cup cooker into a fire yet. I have set other pans into, onto, and over a fire. It seems to me that simply using a stick, nestling out a hole on the edge of a fire, and setting the cooker into it is an easier method than hacking ways to hang it. Could you address that technique, including cautionary steps of safety? Thank you, Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching the video and for the suggestion! The problem with doing it that way is that it often burns what you're cooking to the bottom of the pan. If it's only shoved in on one side, then you end up burning stuff to the one side, or it only boils on one side. As long as it's just water, that's not a problem. If you're cooking a soup, you have to really keep stirring it. You also don't have any real degree of controlling the heat when it's just sitting in the coals. Hanging it above the fire allows you to raise and lower it and so control the heat more efficiently.

[@jackvoss5841]

@@WayPointSurvival Thank you. I was thinking just water, but overlooked saying that. With that small bottom on the 2 cup cook set, I would probably stick to just water. Cooking foods in it look pretty risky. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

[@davegoodridge8352]

Nice cookset

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@glennpurchase807]

Thanks James. It's always a pleasure to watch your videos.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you like them!

[@benterwellen]

All great hacks, liked the last one the best…

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@SethAdams-d5l]

Very nice.. I punched and drilled small holes in mine and added a piece of stiff thin wire.. the old style lids with the plastic tabs, I add a key ring for a handle. I don’t have the new style but I like the modifications you showed.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching!

[@jamessotherden5909]

Some great hacks you have come up with. It will be interesting to see what else you come up with.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@flomax_actual]

Brilliant and creative ideas! Well done.. -Kyle

[@WayPointSurvival]

Much appreciated!

[@hafensanger0821]

Simple and safe, well done! I generally prefer stainless steel cooking sets. Easy to clean and without a coating that is unsuitable for frying. I know aluminium cooking sets from my time in the military; they were light but tended to scratch over time. The more scratches, the more difficult it is to clean. The best material is of course titanium, it is as light as aluminium and as robust as stainless steel. But it is quite expensive. Nice video with practical tips. A nice contrast to the flood of pointless pseudo bushcraft videos in which half-naked girls make oil lamps out of fish tins. Nothing against half-naked girls, but in the right context please.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much for watching and for the kind words!

[@RavenwoodsSurvival]

love the new hack.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@flynnstone3580]

Great hacks. I have the Stanley 1.1 looks the same only shorter and a little bigger in diameter.

[@darrellstephen3085]

The notch is worth a sub.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching and welcome aboard!

[@Blrtech77]

James, God Bless and Thanks for sharing these hacks with US. Be Safe and Happy Trails

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks, you too!

[@SpamMusubi308]

Well geez I guess I'm going to have to watch the other series to see how many mods will fit the new larger cup 🤣👍❤❤❤

[@WayPointSurvival]

Hope you enjoy!

[@pierreanelli]

Hello James, just wanted to spread the word about something I have found with the Gen 2 two cup cookset. The 18oz Ozark Trail and GSI nesting cups do not work with the new lid as it is too big for them. I have purchased a Coghlan's 21oz cup at my local Military Surplus shop which nests perfectly with the Gen 2 with no void space, it is available on Amazon. Thank you for ALL your videos and please keep them coming. 🙂

[@WayPointSurvival]

Very cool! Thanks so much for the heads up on that!

[@simplemanduke7128]

REAL MEN OF GENIUS SUNG IN 80S BEER COMMERCIAL VOICE 👏 👌

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@timberg7377]

I do like the wirer leader idea.. I will add that to my kit. I have the original Stanley, but I may pick this one up.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching!

[@mrkultra1655]

Thanks James

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@dougroll8139]

The last one was my favorite. But all the ideas were great.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@mrhalfstep]

James, I'm so glad that you made this video. I think I may have been the sub that put you on to that last hack with the notches, back when you where doing all your hacks on the original Stanley kit. I have recently tried to share it with some other KZbinrs and can't find the video of the guy that did it first. I save all those videos for reference nowadays, but there was a time when I wasn't smart enough to do that, so I may not have it in my collection and he may have taken it down. It was on a very small channel. At any rate, now I can refer them to your video. Several folks have drilled holes in their Stanley cup to attach a bail and then regretted it when it dribbled water every time they tried to pour and I wanted to tell them about the handle-to-bail hack, but I don't make videos and I found it hard to just describe the process in a useful way, so YAY!, you made a video. Another great job!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@safiremorningstar]

I gave you a thumbs up even though much of what you show here is not something I probably will be using I make my own stuff the way my dad was a holocaust survivor made it you know I can and you make a little holes going around it so just air pockets you know things like that for the lid and I know I'm not explaining this very well I'm very early in the morning and I'm very tired but I gave you a thumbs up because most of what you are showing is very sound advice.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so very much! I hope you have a great day and God bless!

[@Alas-xj8cr]

Good video. Thank you. I like the new Stanley cookset and think it is a good platform for them to make improvements and additions. Hope they do.

[@HarshmanHills]

Cheap. You’re speaking my language

[@WayPointSurvival]

Right!

[@MonkeyMikeOutdoors]

Very cool James! Can't wait to see what other killer mods you do to this!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@jenandjim149]

I like the Stanley hacks.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@kentroklus]

Excellent video! Thank you!

[@reignofchaos6463]

This far in the video .....I do like what I see, but I already gave you a thumbs up.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@chrisw3088]

Another great video! Thanks James!

[@WayPointSurvival]

You are very welcome!

[@Jerrylance-ty1re]

Mt man here watching 👍👍 brilliant 💡 idea

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so much, my friend!

[@i_am_a_freespirit]

Thank you for posting this video 🥰

[@WayPointSurvival]

You are so welcome!

[@peterbailey6930]

Outstanding video James

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@aboutdawntoday]

Very cool re engineering!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@stankormy5717]

Dope hacks for that cook set!

[@Wolfram762]

Excellent content James!! Can't wait to see what awesome hacks you come up with for the wildfare go cookset!!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

good idea

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so much, my friend!

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

Looks real good James. Take care😊

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks, you too!

[@LaineyBug2020]

We used to use the wire leaders and swivel hooks to make bracelets so when people asked why we were wearing fishing jewelry we could say we were Fishers of Men and tell them Simon/Peter's cast your nets on the other side story.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Very interesting!

[@stealthkitchen4375]

As always great work man 🙏🙏

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@onlyinparadise4613]

Bravo 👏 James Stanley Hack MacGyver 😁

[@kimluvspgh]

Genius ideas. Thanks

[@WayPointSurvival]

You are so welcome!

[@andrewpalmer1630]

Really nice program.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@Jens-tc5yz]

Mycket bra video, med mycket bra information. ❤

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@commonsensepatriot9450]

Awesome video. Thanks.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you liked it!

[@keithmoore5306]

this is one i wish they'd put butterflies on!! you know James the one using the picture bracket, you might be able to squeeze it down enough to hold pretty good after you hook it on or possibly get a little hook on it you wiggle in that roll over to keep it on! on the leaders, if you get 18 or 24 inch versions you can makes some descent snares out of them! i've got 2 dozen of the 18 inch snared up in my gear now!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Good ideas!

[@hoss5852]

More good stuff! Thank you

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@PREPFORIT]

Excellent Hacks

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@Sgreubel]

Well done. What a helpful set of gifts you have been given! Can you do hack #3 with the original Stanley cook set?

[@WayPointSurvival]

I have a whole series of hacks for the original set.

[@MikeMiller-rt7dv]

Great job!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@linkadrip]

Always great ideas 😊

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@michaellowman3076]

If u have a lid from the Pathfinder 25oz cup and with the slots cut into it you can drill to holes into the stainless cup and use the fish mouth spreader the same as u would. With the pathfinder cuo

[@WayPointSurvival]

Good to know.

[@elevatorman7750]

Great video buddy

[@donscottvansandt4139]

Awesome hack!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@user-el7jctrio]

Super👍🏻👍🏻

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@pasjeihobby]

Very creative !

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@57WillysCJ]

Excelent ideas.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much, my friend!

[@phyllismulkey3778]

good demo

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@linklesstennessee2078]

Good tip

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you liked it!

[@jaja-vz6ns]

Pozdrawiam serdecznie z Polski!!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@adventurersclub1]

great ideas 🙂

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@brendao2496]

Nice ideas. The second way maybe could cut a small slit on the lip for the picture wire clip to go inside and pinch it down so it cannot slip out?

[@WayPointSurvival]

Yes, you can definitely do that. However I hesitate to do any damage to the lip of anything I might be drinking out of.

[@audreybender739]

Great!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@paulristow3454]

Ingenious!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@thedriftingspore]

Good stuff man!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@mediocreman561]

I just dremmel two notches right above the holes where the handle goes into and it stays half closed and you can open and close the lid. All of this costs nothing, except a small bit of time. Showed this over two years ago.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Very cool! As I said in the video, I don't remember where I saw it but I don't claim to have come up with it myself. If you were the one that I watched, then thank you!

[@MoonLight-bd6pe]

Loving g your show and your teaching techniques .love how you also do your story line on Hobo Era. There a movie called a hobo for Christmas. Oldie but a good movie .you would enjoy the movie .it s exactly what the Era was about .have a great day😊

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much for watching and for the heads up on that video!

[@nathanwhite5602]

Cool video

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@michellemichaels3258]

Awesome 👏

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@ChrisInTheStix]

Brilliant love it only first one in

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@rogersmith8480]

This guys shows makes me want to leave my half a million dollar house and become a HOBO, SERIOUSLY!!!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

I'm glad that you are enjoying the channel!

[@hauk3839]

Would you review the Pathfinder all in one kit. I like you have water bottle and water in kit

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching the video and for your suggestion!

[@stevestumpy6873]

need to learn how to cook bacon in one of these.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You can definitely do that but you have to cut the bacon and really small pieces.

[@pre1980cars]

I have one of these, it gets used a lot

[@WayPointSurvival]

Excellent!

[@kenhart5259]

Pressure inhibits boiling, keeping the heat in accelerates boiling.

[@michaelmerrick5472]

👍

[@andrewheynig2721]

One thing I have never seen a video of is using the catch pan under an electric stove burner as part of a cook system. They already have an opening for fire and a slot for adding fuel and air.

[@WayPointSurvival]

That would possibly work but you might have to make a few more holes.

[@andrewheynig2721]

@@WayPointSurvival It actually might be better if you used the hole unit the electric burner and the pan together on top of some type of container the burner would allow for air gap. Unless you used the pan on top of a hobo can stove with air holes in the side.

[@ecttreker9816]

👍👍

[@edieboudreau9637]

4 choices... hmmm...

[@WayPointSurvival]

Right?

[@Yugiohmaxxcc]

@@WayPointSurvivalI also thought there were only 3

[@barrybowden5778]

So ... which cup do you like better - the old version or the new version?

[@WayPointSurvival]

They both have their advantages but I definitely like the larger capacity of the new set.

[@safiremorningstar]

Does binder clips have plastic and they can melt you can do the same thing with a pair of paper clips because it has a lip the paper clip the pointy end of the paperclip can hook underneath and you can use it and not have to worry about melting anything by the way I mean a metal paper clip and not one of those metal coated ones.

[@WayPointSurvival]

The binder clips are all metal.

[@grimbo73]

Hmm....would you be able to use a snare wire to make a variant of the first one? Make a circle of the wire and snug it underneath the lip of the container...and have amother length secured to the first part to hang it with...or use the fishing lure wires to hang it. It's hard to explain...i see it in my mind....

[@WayPointSurvival]

Yes, some folks have done that.

[@andrewheynig2721]

Is there an advantage to hanging it over the fire compared to just sitting it in the coals or very near the coals.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Absolutely. It allows you to control the amount of heat by raising and lowering it.

[@rickhall1027]

🙂👍👍👍👍

[@mHysteresis]

Please show the version with the métal part of the domino

[@WayPointSurvival]

I'm not sure what you mean by that.

[@mHysteresis]

​@WayPointSurvival you can create an handle by using some copper wire and 2 electrical dominos. Strip the plastic part of the domino and keep the metal part with the 2 screws. Feed the wire in the 2 dominos to create a full loop around the Stanley then an extra loop to use as handle. I will try to take photos and send them to you. Issue with this set up is that you need a small flat screw driver every time you want to create the handle or put it away.

[@rogueraven7603]

These videos must be popular because the cup supply is drying up.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Right?

[@cigardaddy9745]

👍👍💯