Well I guess with a smartphone a cache owner atleast gets:
"TFTC
This cache was logged from cacher's smart phone on **/**/****
using the caching app"
geez. I'll try to not take a personal offense to all this smartphone bashing, but ...MAN. you guys are rough!
I have a smartphone, and I always write something.
i plan on using a smartphone for a while, unless someone wants to shell out the $$ for a GPSr for me. our family of 4 lives on a tight budget.
I have only found 127 " with my smartphone" so far, I know... not 200, not 1000.... but I have ALWAYS traded up. ( yes, up.) I continue to make personal swag as well as assemble "geo emergency kits " and purchase other new things to leave. plus I leave them all in little ziplocs so they won't get dirty . I realize most of the swag I've seen so far is what w
most would consider to be junk- but I will still leave behind good stuff. and usually at least 1 more than i take. AND write a decent Found log. some are rather wordy.
we're not all bad. at least I'm not. ;-)
I know i'm old fshioned and not with the times but,,,
I would not have a smartphone if my budget was tight. First you have the initial phone and setup cost, then the ongoing service charges. Heck, the cost for two months of these would be enough to get you a decent gpsr that would never incurr monthly a fee. Well, you would have to replace the batteries every once in a while.
I'm on a tight budget as well, but I managed to get a smart phone because it doesn't cost anymore than a regular phone. Straight Talk, for example, is $45/month unlimited data/text/web regardless if you have a smart phone or not. Cheaper than most contracts, really.
Back on topic: I try and say more about the caches we find, but sometimes it's hard when I get home after doing 10 or so caches. The smart phone has helped me write better logs because now I can log from the field. I will admit that sometimes we are in a hurry and do just post a TFTC. I will start making more of an effort to do so. We have only hidden one cache, and it is nice to see logs with more information. It just gets hard sometimes when I have 3 little ones who get impatient! lol I will start asking them what we should say in our logs to get them more involved as well.
This is my first post here by the way, so HI EVERYONE!
