Terminology

[+WeWhoSee]

We're new to geocaching and need help with a term--blinker. If the cache description says "Not a blinker", what is it telling us? Thanks for any insights/help that can be offered.

[+KoosKoos]

I've never heard them called blinkers, always blinkies (assuming this is the same thing). A blinky is a very tiny container made from novelty, blinking jewelry.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinky_(novelty)

 

And a Markwell too:

 

What is a blinkie?

Edited June 8, 2008 by KoosKoos

[GOF and Bacall]

A user that goes by the name Prime Suspect has compiled a lexicon of terms that is a good source of definitions of odd words of geocaching. See it here.

 

It is linked to in this very useful thread.

[+JacobBarlow]

I have not heard blinker or blinkie, in Utah they are "Magnetos" lol

[+Photographer Jim]

Have also usually seen the term "blinkie" rather than "blinker" but I assume that is just a regional difference. Around here, that usually refers to a nano cache - one of those little 1 cubic centimeter magnetic containers.

[Skippermark]

I have not heard blinker or blinkie, in Utah they are "Magnetos" lol

 

Have seen them called blinkers but generally around here they're called nanos.

 

I mentioned a "Magneto" on a cache and people didn't know what I was talking about. It's funny how different areas develop different dialogs.

[+J-Way]

A "blinker" might be a reference to a cache that looks like an outdoor Christmas tree light...

[+Prime Suspect]

A "blinker" might be a reference to a cache that looks like an outdoor Christmas tree light...

And it might refer to a device used to restrict a horse's vision, so it's not distracted by things to the left or right.

 

But I think they're equally unlikely.

[+Isonzo Karst]

Mr Magneto™ is a small container constructed specifically for use as a geocache container and sold by a Florida cacher.

 

Blinkies are a tad larger, constructed as jewelry. Both have rare earth magnets at one end and screw on cap.

 

The Blinkie has a hole in the threads on the cap for a tiny piece of paper to prevent contact between the battery and the LED light in the cap during shipping. Makes it somewhat less water resistant. Removing the battery leaves a place for a log. There is some slight variation in Blinkie sizes.

 

Blinkers? a lot things are blinkers...

Edited June 11, 2008 by Isonzo Karst

[+TMDMom]

A "blinker" might be a reference to a cache that looks like an outdoor Christmas tree light...

And it might refer to a device used to restrict a horse's vision, so it's not distracted by things to the left or right.

 

But I think they're equally unlikely.

 

We call the horse vision restrictors "blinders", but in the south blinkers are the things you use to indicate which way your car is going to turn. Although, since many people don't use them...they are often not blinkers at all but pretty plastic on the corners of the car...so we joke about blinker fluid being expensive and in short supply so people don't waste it.