Team OUTSID4EVR

I use one for an intermediate step in a multi-cache. Inside are maps, a pencil, and the next set of coords. They may not work well for caches with more stuff in them because the top is narrow.

Labeling caches is important, but experience has shown here in the DC area that caches placed in high traffic areas are at-risk. Many new cachers are afraid that if a cache is not visible, a geocacher will not find it, so they leave it partially visible. After you find a few caches, you know where to look. Hiding caches very well, and avoiding popular spots will do a lot to keep caches from being plundered and/or being found by non-participants and mistaken for harmful objects.

I like to leave a floppy disk with a couple of topo maps and waypoints on it.