"micro"

[radracer20]

hello newbie here, I have two finds under my belt and when Im looking at geocache.com I see the word Micro alot. can someone fill me in please. thanks

[+Panther&Pine]

hello newbie here, I have two finds under my belt and when Im looking at geocache.com I see the word Micro alot. can someone fill me in please. thanks

A Micro is a film canister or smaller. There is a volume amount but I just think of them in terms of film canisters.

[+Mezgrman]

Film canisters, pill bottles... those are "micro" sized cache containers. Many don't like them and many micros are bad.

 

*** DISCLAIMER: (I didn't say ALL micros are bad! )

Edited September 1, 2010 by Mezgrman

[radracer20]

thanks to both of you. your replies helped just reading them lol. I need to go back and look for a few i missed now. thanks alot

 

radracer

[+Panther&Pine]

thanks to both of you. your replies helped just reading them lol. I need to go back and look for a few i missed now. thanks alot

 

radracer

Just know that smaller can mean itty bitty.

Micro can be very frustrating.

[+mwellman]

Welcome to Geocaching radracer20!

 

Have a look at the different containers at the Groundspeak store and at the Cool Cache Containers forum topic for some ideas for what to look for, you may be surprised.

 

Enjoy your Geocaching Adventures!

 

The mwellmans from Alberta, Canada

[+worstcaster]

Some micros are actually nanos which are about the size of a finger tip. There is no listing setting for nano so they are usually listed as a micro.

[+StarBrand]

Some micros are actually nanos which are about the size of a finger tip. There is no listing setting for nano so they are usually listed as a micro.

Actually the definition for "Micro" includes the wording ".....and smaller" - so even those things that some choose to call "nano" are very much so included in the definition of "micro".

[+Cherokee Bill]

Micro's ....... Nano's

 

The next time you hide one Hide it in a "ammo-can"

[+ngrrfan]

Micro's ....... Nano's

 

The next time you hide one Hide it in a "ammo-can"

And watch the DNFs pile up because there's no log in the ammo can.

 

I like the idea tho.

Edited September 1, 2010 by ngrrfan

[+JL_HSTRE]

Generally, a micro is something small enough that it cannot hold anything except the log sheet: no swag/tradeables, no trackables/travelbugs/geocoins, and usually no pen/pencil.

Edited September 2, 2010 by joshism

[+Mongo1965]

Still new to geocaching but seams like these micros are the big thing up here. Gotta say there kind of a turn off to me logs are small can hardly read them with my eyes. So are micros the in thing to hide these days or am I just in an area that has an odd amount of them?

[+Bear and Ragged]

Still new to geocaching but seams like these micros are the big thing up here. Gotta say there kind of a turn off to me logs are small can hardly read them with my eyes. So are micros the in thing to hide these days or am I just in an area that has an odd amount of them?

Micro >

Free container.

Only contains log sheet. (sometimes a pencil, doesn't stay in there long!)

No need to provide swaps.

Little thought on placement > No great shakes if it gets muggled.

 

If/when it needs maintenance, cos it's wet, 'Archive' it, place a new one.

[+Mark+Karen]

Still new to geocaching but seams like these micros are the big thing up here. Gotta say there kind of a turn off to me logs are small can hardly read them with my eyes. So are micros the in thing to hide these days or am I just in an area that has an odd amount of them?

Micro >

Free container.

Only contains log sheet. (sometimes a pencil, doesn't stay in there long!)

No need to provide swaps.

Little thought on placement > No great shakes if it gets muggled.

 

If/when it needs maintenance, cos it's wet, 'Archive' it, place a new one.

 

While that's true micro's are much easier to hide than bigger caches just due to their size. So you either have a micro cache or no cache at all.

[MuggleBum]

I have found that some say micro and are really NANO.

 

To really understand the size of a nano - this is my small 11 yo holding one next to a dime...

http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/d3e563...91dbc5bddb8.jpg

(i hope that worked...)

[+Bear and Ragged]

Nano's are Micro's!

"Micro, film pot or smaller"

 

Edit:

If you want "Nano" as a size, go over to the Feedback site and vote for it! I have.

http://feedback.geocaching.com/geocaching/.../cachesize_nano

Edited September 2, 2010 by Bear and Ragged

[MuggleBum]

Nano's are Micro's!

"Micro, film pot or smaller"

 

Edit:

If you want "Nano" as a size, go over to the Feedback site and vote for it! I have.

http://feedback.geocaching.com/geocaching/.../cachesize_nano

 

voted!

tx

 

I did not realize there was no category - maybe b/c some CO's will note in the description that it is a nano.

That's okay too. It sure helps me!

[radracer20]

I have found that some say micro and are really NANO.

 

To really understand the size of a nano - this is my small 11 yo holding one next to a dime...

http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/d3e563...91dbc5bddb8.jpg

(i hope that worked...)

 

there is a log book in that thing ( nano ) next to the dime? wow thats crazy small. I have too admit I was looking for something on the ground lol something bigger.

 

thanks for all replys, going hunting again today. im excited about my next find.

[+e5c4p3artist]

So what would you (anyone who cares to answer) consider those ever-popular bright-orange waterproof matchstick containers? Would you call them micro or small?

Edited September 2, 2010 by e5c4p3artist

[+Bear and Ragged]

So what would you (anyone who cares to answer) consider those ever-popular bright-orange waterproof matchstick containers? Would you call them micro or small?

Haven't seen one, but would say Micro.

The line seems to be 'If you can get swaps* in, it's small. If it's only a log (with/without pencil) it's micro'

 

*May be just a small TB and tag, Geocoin** small item/items.

** Yes, I'm aware there are Micro Geocoins.

 

Not easy this, is it?

[+Bear and Ragged]

I have found that some say micro and are really NANO.

 

To really understand the size of a nano - this is my small 11 yo holding one next to a dime...

http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/d3e563...91dbc5bddb8.jpg

(i hope that worked...)

there is a log book in that thing ( nano ) next to the dime? wow thats crazy small. I have too admit I was looking for something on the ground lol something bigger.

 

thanks for all replys, going hunting again today. im excited about my next find.

Hence the suggestion, when you are new, to look for small, regular, and large.

And miss the size unknown/not stated, as most times (not always) they are nano's.

[+Ed & Julie]

Here is a great article with photos:

 

http://www.todayscacher.com/2004/nov/olla2.asp

 

If a Travel bug and dog tag won't fit and logbook (not log sheet), it's a micro..and repeat after me: "Altiods containers are micros!"

Edited September 4, 2010 by Ed & Julie

[+niraD]

Here is a great article with photos:

 

http://www.todayscacher.com/2004/nov/olla2.asp

I have mixed feelings about that article. On the one hand, it illustrates different container sizes very nicely. On the other hand, most of the containers it uses as examples make terrible caches.