The_Hypnotoad Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Found these on dealextreme, and thought some of my fellow cachers might be interested. If you buy 3 or more they will come to about $1 each shipped right to your door straight from China. http://www.dealextreme.com/p/pep-plastic-container-100ml-24472 Quote Link to comment
+dorqie Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 this was the first review on the page "Bottomline: I don't think these will stay watertight if left outdoors (e.g. when used as geocache containers). It won't take very long for the plastic to degrade under the sun, and anyway I'd bet the foam disc seal inside the cap will fail sooner. Adding a rubber gasket or silicone O-ring may help. Very nice to store tidbits at home though." Quote Link to comment
The_Hypnotoad Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 The reviewer just told his opinion, but other people said they work fine. I'm sure it's better than a film canister. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Looks to me to be the standard soda bottle preform that we've all seen work quite successfully. I've never bought any, so I don't know how good a deal this is, but looks to be about the same as match safes. Quote Link to comment
The_Hypnotoad Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 They're bigger than a standard preform and the quality probably isn't as good, but they look like they might be an acceptable GC container. Quote Link to comment
+eagsc7 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 $1 per container is WAY to expensive!!! The Steaks Quote Link to comment
+DonB Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 $1 per container is WAY to expensive!!! The Steaks A cacher I talked to at an event last month said he bought a bunch of the two liter size for around seventy cents apiece. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 A dollar each for preforms? That ain't cheap, that's a ripoff. Quote Link to comment
The_Hypnotoad Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 A cacher I talked to at an event last month said he bought a bunch of the two liter size for around seventy cents apiece. How many did he have to buy to get that price? 100? 200? Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) 30 of the soda preforms is about $20. They have the advantage of being tougher and using the readily available soda bottle caps. Down side is you gotta get 30 of them. Edited July 25, 2011 by GOF and Bacall Quote Link to comment
+Indotguy Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Can't speak for the company or the preforms, but they do have some cheap swag (keychain flashlights, etc.) and micro cache container (pill vials - aka bison tubes). Quote Link to comment
The_Hypnotoad Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 I've ordered things from the site before. They have a good reputation. Just don't expect things to show up in the mail for about 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) Here's 30 for $18.95 Evidently you can stick a log sheet in them, call them a geocache and sell them for $2.99 each plus shipping! "There's a sucker born every minute" P. T. Barnum. Edited July 25, 2011 by TheAlabamaRambler Quote Link to comment
The_Hypnotoad Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) Here's 30 for $18.95 Evidently you can stick a log sheet in them, call them a geocache and sell them for $2.99 each plus shipping! "There's a sucker born every minute" P. T. Barnum. Check out the shipping policy on those. Add 8.5% of total order cost and a minimum of $7.95 for shipping. I'll order a couple of the cheapies from dealextreme and see if they're any good. They probably have some cool swag on the site for cheap too. Edited July 25, 2011 by the4biddendonut Quote Link to comment
+slukster Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Here's 30 for $18.95 Evidently you can stick a log sheet in them, call them a geocache and sell them for $2.99 each plus shipping! "There's a sucker born every minute" P. T. Barnum. With $7.95 shipping and $1.33 tax (I am not even in there home state of CT but they are charging it anyway) that would be $28.23 or $.94 each. Quote Link to comment
+slukster Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 (edited) Found these on dealextreme, and thought some of my fellow cachers might be interested. If you buy 3 or more they will come to about $1 each shipped right to your door straight from China. http://www.dealextreme.com/p/pep-plastic-container-100ml-24472 I actually just got finished ordering 10 more of these containers last week. I had good luck with them so far. The material does seem to be a bit thinner than the preforms but they appear to be larger in size which I prefer. I do add an o-ring to the container to help with waterproofing. I also use this large bison tube like container from dealextreme and liked them enough to order more. Edit: And yes they do take forever to arrive from overseas. Edited July 26, 2011 by slukster Quote Link to comment
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