Bucket stools are useful!

I tried sitting on a Bucket Stool at an Expo, and fell in love with them and bought a couple.
The Original Bucket Stool™

The idea is basic, sturdy plastic stool that hooks to the top of a 3, 5 or 7 gallon bucket, and makes it so you can sit on it and still use the bucket too.



What I liked is when it's on a 5 gallon bucket the seat height is 20 inches. Measure the height of your favorite chairs, mine are 20 inches high. I can get up easily off of the stool, I have knee problems and most things light enough to carry around are too low. I quite often carry a 5 gallon bucket around while I work anyway, the stool sits on top as a lid when carrying the bucket, so it adds no effort to having a place to sit while I work.

It's worth considering these things, and the guy that was selling them said they make great gifts, I think he's probably correct.  
:D

How long have you been using them?

I love anything like this for a couple months, but most of it doesn't get much use a year later.

Just got them. Have used in the house, and twice outside.

OK, I just bought two. I can always get more later if I want them all over the property. :)

I am very intrigued. I wonder if the space is open enough to toss rocks into the bucket comfortably as I pick through a sieve.

Thank you for sharing, they are going to be owing you commission soon!

Timothy Norton wrote:I am very intrigued. I wonder if the space is open enough to toss rocks into the bucket comfortably as I pick through a sieve.

Thank you for sharing, they are going to be owing you commission soon!

Whipping out my handy dandy yardstick (since I'm a tool using animal!) says the space of the height is 4 inches, the side to side size of that hole is 5 inches at the narrowest part, but that part is a few inches in on the posts, so possibly a bit bigger will go through it.
As with all of the answers on Permies... it depends.
How big are your rocks?

Timothy Norton wrote:I am very intrigued. I wonder if the space is open enough to toss rocks into the bucket comfortably as I pick through a sieve.

I'd just use a second bucket... then when it's full, move my seat over to the full bucket and fill the second bucket... do you get the impression I grow rocks *really* well?

Jay Angler wrote:

Timothy Norton wrote:I am very intrigued. I wonder if the space is open enough to toss rocks into the bucket comfortably as I pick through a sieve.

I'd just use a second bucket... then when it's full, move my seat over to the full bucket and fill the second bucket... do you get the impression I grow rocks *really* well?

You have so much wisdom obviously from experience. Two buckets and a bucket seat it is.

Timothy Norton wrote:... You have so much wisdom obviously from experience. Two buckets and a bucket seat it is.

Yes, and my biggest bit of wisdom is that for some of us with life-long wimpy backs, carrying a lighter bucket in each hand is *much* safer than carrying a single heavier bucket in one hand.

I won't say that's a rule, because there are absolutely situations where one wants a hand free for balance or holding a walking stick, or etc, but anyone with elbow or shoulder issues might also find it helps to share the load!

I am trying to find if they send them to Australia

Yeah, these get my first-blush endorsement too. My hands are large (but not freakish) and have good access through the gap between the bucket top and the seat. They’re pretty sturdy and I think the whole thing tipping over is a much greater concern than the stool legs breaking, for instance.

After my time as plumber, I consider a bucket to sit on as vital for almost every job.
It really helps when changing tires.
I often cut off the top 8-10" of a bucket, put a lid on it, and slide it into another bucket.
This increases the increase the interior  space and raises the seating surface.


These look great, and potentially something to diy from scrap wood, but only where weight isn't a consideration.

I just came up with an interesting use of a bucket stool. I took it out with me to pick purple pole beans growing on an arch arbor. I picked a few, realized there were tiny bugs on them, looked close, they are the itty bittiest Harlequin beetles I have ever seen. Thousands of them! Must have been multiple hatchings!  
So I picked the beans fast, holding the bucket under them, trying to catch all the bugs I could, shaking the bucket every so often to knock down any bugs trying to crawl out. Then when I was done I put the stool on as a lid, took it to a sunny spot in the yard, filled the bucket up with water, and put the nice tight fitting stool on as a lid again.
I'm REALLY hoping when I go back out there in a couple of hours, I have clean beans and dead bugs, easy to separate.
And that arch got hit with the highest pressure sprinkler I could put under it. Hoping that made the rest of the bugs have a very bad day too.

Yay! I had a pretty tight fitting lid right there when I needed it!

Christopher Weeks wrote:Yeah, these get my first-blush endorsement too. My hands are large (but not freakish) and have good access through the gap between the bucket top and the seat. They’re pretty sturdy and I think the whole thing tipping over is a much greater concern than the stool legs breaking, for instance.

That’s good to know (the strength of the stool as well as the tipping possibility). I’m not as worried about my hand versus the size of the gap as I have small hands.