I know this was filmed years ago - BUT thank you!!! Just tried this and fell in love with my notebook even more!!! I didn't like the way the inserts were just using the one band - found this video, went and got some elastic band, and followed your instructions - I love the way the inserts sit inside the cover now!!!!! Thanks again!!!

Brother i just did this. I know its 6 years later but thank god. What a great idea. Works like a charm. Thank you. And if anyone else needs to know. In the midor repair kit, the elastic bands are the exact perfect size to do this. Thank you all

Thank you... six and a half years later and your tutorial is still useful to people. I just received mine and dropped everything I was doing and looked this up. I used a hammer and small nail to poke the holes, then used a screw to make them large enough for the elastic to go through. I didn't have a long enough elastic so I did a little more tying in mine, but may redo it with a long elastic.

Outstanding! I just received my Traveler's notebook and did this after trying their rubberband way. Just so everyone knows, if you already have their Repair Kit that comes with a bunch of elastic bands, those are the ones I used to do this (I preemptively bought the kit, now I'm glad I did lol) and they are more than long enough. Thanks for the video!

Just wanted to say thanks for this video. I customized my traveler's notebook this way after watching, and I'm much happier with my setup this way. Thanks!

Thank you for sharing this. I appreciate your non fussy approach to the Travellors Notebook.

Finally got around to doing something like this with my MTN, but I went with just two extra holes up top and two down bottom. I looped a single piece of elastic through the holes and across on the outside instead (so the horizontal parts of the loop are on the outside and the vertical parts are on the inside). It's a little more clean inside without the redundant short loops and it works great. thanks for the video.

Thanks for this. your first video was one of the things that finally pushed me over the edge to getting a Midori. I just ordered it today and hope to have it by this weekend.

Thanks for this! I had a lot of inserts but they were sticking out quite a bit. After doing this I can fit 5 books including a sketch book as well as a folder and zipper pocket. It still pokes out but not nearly as bad.

This was amazingly helpful, thank you for taking the time to make the video and explain everything

Thanks for the video, as a matter of facts I watch all of your videos :) You know my love for Midori so was happy to watch this one. Hope you can find a charm you like I still don't have any on my Midoris. Just received the Special Blue Edition, it's very nice but a bit bigger.

I just modified my MTN using your video and method. It works great. Thanks.

Thanks for this. I will try it on my book.

+joshua j. kurz - I'm glad it worked out well for you. Thanks for watching!

Thank you for this video and I was able to customize my Midori! :D

Hey Bradley, Nice to see the Midori update. Thanks. You will get some ladies with this one!!haha. But that's a good thing. I had to laugh about the Hello Kitty charm... funny. I'm sure you would love to have some stickers and washi tape too! Looking forward to your next Sunday Smoke....I enjoy them so much, you are so calm and smooth "oh so smooth" KY HeadHunters:-) Hope you have had a good week. Have a nice weekend.

i tried this on my midori and has been loving it even more! only difference is i tied it off on the inside of the leather cover. it was a bit of a hassle punching the holes without leather tools, but i managed without them, and i think it went okay. im using my midori as a daily planner as a student, so this is very convenient for me. thanks for sharing. the video is helpful 🙌

Thanks so much. I desperately need the additional rubber band set up but too scared to scar the new leather or to muck it up at the moment. Hoping to find some courage soon.

Good idea!

Hey, man, thanks for doing this video. I honestly really dig your way better than the Midori way with the rubber bands and I love the frigging simplicity! @STUFFandTHINGS

aw, I was sad to see the tuppence go! I like how you showed your failed attempt at making the charm hehe! honest. I'm so glad you shared this midori hack.. I agree with you on the points of disliking the original setup because of the overlap. I want to add a fourth insert to my MTN but it seems like it would be to crowded. Now this is a better option! It expands the use as well.. no longer having a separate planner/book to haul around. So far I have the zip pocket + weekly planner + blank insert(as sketchbook).. hoping to add a lined insert (journal) + monthly calendar + kraft file. Your tutorial will be a perfect fit. Thanks again. (also, i researched bullet journalling.. seems like a really cool system, you should check it out!)

Awesome mod brother! Not only looks a heck of a lot better but it’s actually easier to access the books as they aren’t sliding. I inserted the 3 notebooks like you and added a fourth with a rubber band attached to the third.

+Idalfkjahsl - Sounds like another good option. Thanks for watching!

I'm a nurse and the whole time I'm watching your video, I look at your veins! Great vid tho :)

Great explanation and very useful. I also didn't like how the elastic band Midori suggest worked either. I did it your way but threaded it so the knots are on the inside.

Great work Bradley. Your previous in-depth review of the Midori from a man's perspective was awesome & I really liked the way you have attached custom elastic bands to it, (Can I do the same with the Midori elastic bands sold separately? ) makes the inserts look really neat. I just received my Midori yesterday & would like to apply the same elastic customization to it that you have used. This video was very clear as to how anyone can do the same, but just to share my honest opinion, it would have been great if you could demonstrate the procedure while actually doing it, would have made it easier for a few. But great work on the Midori & looking forward to more of your videos eviews.

Just watching this [I know it's an old video, you might not even use this system anymore] but you could have done this slightly more economically. If you'd made only the two holes that you made to mimic the slits, then threaded the elastic through the four holes [instead of the eight] in a square loop, you could have saved yourself the elastic that goes unused underneath your books. But the elastics on the front of the cover would be turned into a "T" design rather than three parallel lines... Very cool video though, I wouldn't have actually thought to do this! Thanks!

Thank you for this terrific explanation. I wondered what you'd think about copying the Midori way of making slits instead of holes for the extra two elastics. I'm planning to make the cover from scratch so I could do it that way but do you think that's advisable?

Awesome idea; Do you think this would be possible using the elastic from the Midori Repair Kit? I'm planning on turning some leather I have into a Fauxdori and i want to use your method.

Hi. Nice Job! But I'm worried; won't the holes enlarge and get worn from use eventually? Do you have a counterplan for that?

Hi there :-) Excellent video with clear and complete instructions ... a rare find! Thank you for being so precise. I actually have a "fauxdori" from Chic Sparrow that came with four elastics.... but they are (in my oh so humble opinion) an ugly brown color and seem too thick. So that leaves me wondering where you found your elastics....I know Midori sells some, but I dont think thats what I want and can't tell by looking if they are Midori - dont look like it to me ....I would so appreciate it if you would share! Thanks so much .... and I love your channel!

Love the shirt comment. Thanks for the info.

Hi there, not sure if I missed it, but how do you add the extra holes? I've been thinking of doing the same but I'm not sure how to create additional holes without damaging the leather...

Can you tell me where you bought the pencil board? I couldn't quite make out what you said. Thanks

Nice video and very helpful, thank you. Question ... I see what appears to be a bookmark. Did you add that or did your Midori come with it? I've been trying to figure out how to add a bookmark like that.

Where did you get that line mat (not the grid but the one that looks like a library card)?

I have a really important question, I just got my midori and the elastic for holding the notebook is really loose, how do I tighten it?

Can anyone tell me what thickness to use

Just curious what you actually write in your Midori

8:03 1 ha ha ha 2 ha ha ha 3 ha ha ha Lol the way he said it just reminded me of the counting vampire guy from Sesame Street

If you like I can send you a " Hello Kitty charm " for front band ? Big thanks and congrats on your 1 year ..thanks for sharing !!

Is the the Midori band closer to 1/16 " or 1/8 " in diameter?

Oh man it's such a shame with the coin, I really loved that idea, and planned on doing it myself.

you can find the plain leather charms i think I saw some on etsy.

Fantastic video! Here is a sincere request. Since KZfaq is restricted to China, can I repost this video to a China app named "Youku" so that more midori addicts can see it? It's a app like Youku, and of course I will demonstrate the video link and your ID. Waiting for the reply, thanks a lot.

@STUFFandTHINGS ha! your vid is Le DOPE. That might be the Midwestern American English version of American English. Le DOPE. Or Italian. I'm not sure. thus, meh. keep up the stellar work yo! A Sick Trick to make muhMidori better'er. :)

glad i aint the only dude who uses this. all I've seen is scrap book videos and i almost canceled because of it. glad i didn't.