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Use Toilet Tank Lift Wires To Make a Self Standing Monopod Staff

Mar 13, 2013 by Udi Tirosh Leave a Comment

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If you like both hiking and photography you’d probably be thrilled at this hack which converts any wooden hiking staff into a self standing monopod.

Use Toilet Tank Lift Wires To Make a Self Standing Monopod Staff

This means that when you are hiking all by yourself (or with a friend) you will always have a way to take a selfy (or a couplefy).

The instructions are quite simple with the secret sauce being a set of Toilet Tank Ball Lift Wires.

Here is the relevant ‘toilet’ part from Camera Technica:

“The key to stabilizing the monopod is to mount a series of wire rods which can be inserted into the ground like tent stakes.  Use any lightweight rod material you wish, but we found these toilet tank repair kit accessories to work well.  They fold out of the way when not being used and they don’t add any extra weight.

Use Toilet Tank Lift Wires To Make a Self Standing Monopod Staff

And if you wanna keep on the go, your stuff can now double as an X-shot.

For the full instructions head over to cameratechnica.

Thanks for sending this in, Allen

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About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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