Is this a nano?

[+TheLoneWanderer]

I went hiking around a nice lake trail with a bunch of caches along the way, and came across what I believed to be my very first nano! Or was it a micro? The cache container said micro, though a nano category hasn't been put in the database, though I've seen some nanos listed as "Other". The pen in the size comparison picture is pretty much standard pen size

[jholly]

nano or micro, both are micros. You found a bison tube.

 

Here is a nano ....

 

[+ras_oscar]

Guidelines give size based on volume of container. Micro is officially the smallest size. although nano is widely used. I suspect nano has never officially been added due to the potential for size wars. If nano was added, someone would feel compelled to add an unofficial micro-nano, one half size of a nano. It's continue to deteriorate intil we had people hiding molecules.

[+StarBrand]

All nanos are by definition micro size caches.

 

Some folks seem compelled to list them as 'other' but that (while allowed) is largely incorrect.

 

What you found is a failrly standard micro. What some folks call a nano is actually smaller.

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

Most probably was listed as "other", because the CO did not want to qualify it as a micro.

Quite a few do that.

 

Whatever the case... that sure is a fine job of camo, dontcha think?

Lotsa work involved with that one.

[+niraD]

That's a blinker. Not all nano-caches are blinkers.

 

IMHO, the smaller Bison tubes are nano-caches, because they can hold only a custom fit log sheet. But that's my definition of a nano-cache. Others define them differently.

[Northwoods Tom]

That camo would blend perfectly in my iris flowers (right now for about 2 weeks). Sometimes the most obvious works quite well.

[+d+n.s]

Most probably was listed as "other", because the CO did not want to qualify it as a micro.

Quite a few do that.

 

Whatever the case... that sure is a fine job of camo, dontcha think?

Lotsa work involved with that one.

If no one is muggling it the camo is fine right? Am I supposed to camo a bison tube in a field? I'm only asking for future reference.

[+NatureGuy360]

Most probably was listed as "other", because the CO did not want to qualify it as a micro.

Quite a few do that.

 

Whatever the case... that sure is a fine job of camo, dontcha think?

Lotsa work involved with that one.

If no one is muggling it the camo is fine right? Am I supposed to camo a bison tube in a field? I'm only asking for future reference.

 

Camouflaging a geocache increases the challenge of finding it by a geocacher, and reduces the chances of finding it by a muggle.

 

However, at the end of the day, if you place a geocache, then place it how you want to. It's your cache!

[+briansnat]

As others pointed out, a nano is a micro. It's just a term for a very small micro.

 

I don't believe most geocachers consider a Bison cylinder to in the nano category.