Geocache Kit-any ideas?

[TeamCacheCab]

It has become obvious that I need to put together a Geocache kit to take along on our Geocache adventures. Any ideas on what to use? what to include in kit? I am thinking small first aid kit, extra water, SWAG for trading, etc. Any helpful tips are greatly appreciated!!

[+Mom-n-Andy]

Small flashlight, tweezers, extra pen, extra batteries. A couple of disposable exam gloves if COs in your area like to hide caches in icky places.

[+mpilchfamily]

Have a look around the site. Do a search! This sort of thing comes up all the time from what kind of pack people use to what they carry in there packs.

 

Here is what i generally carry.

 

Leather gloves- Many caches are in or under hollow logs. You never know what might be in there with the cache.

 

Flashlight- to see into those dark holes

 

2 30 gal trash bags- For CITO opportunities, they also double as emergency rain cover

 

4 freezer bags- In case a cache is in need of a new bag

 

note pad- Helpful with doing Multis or if a cache log is full and there is room in the container for an added sheet to the log.

 

Bottle of water- no explanation there

 

50+ft paracord- Never know when you may need a bit of rope

 

Pen- another no brainer

 

hand sanitizer pen- Works as a great disinfectant for any cuts and scrapes you may get

 

Swag items (small toys)- duh

 

4+ cereal bars- A good hike needs some good trail food

 

3 or 4 film cans- Replacement containers if a cache is in bad shape. Not the best but will work till a CO can get out and do some maintenance.

 

Folding saw- Been several occasions on the trail i find trees and limbs over the path. Just doing my part to help maintain the path. It also came in handy once retreving a cache that fell into an 8 foot tall hollow stump.

 

large camping knife- Never know when a good knife can come in handy

 

3 sets of spare batteries- Batteries are always going dead on a GPSr

 

Compass- My GPSr doesn't have an electronic compass so a magnetic compass comes in handy at times.

 

First Aid Kit- for obvious reasons.

[+The Jester]

A couple of the "Tools Of The Trade" - Extendable magnet and extendable exam mirror.

 

Other items of general help - small roll of duct tape; Leatherman type tool; small calculator.

[+swissgreys]

Small, agile, fearless children, for sending into small holes and boosting up trees.

[+WarNinjas]

What everyone has posted. We use a back pack. I have found a need for a flashlight. Pen, Plastic bags to help out if a container is wet and extra containers in case the one there is badly broken. Swagg for sure. Maybe some kind of poking stick in case it is under a bush you don't want to stick your hands in.

-WarNinjas

[TeamCacheCab]

Small, agile, fearless children, for sending into small holes and boosting up trees.

 

LOL - I will have to find one. My son is 6'3" and comes in at around 200. So no small holes for him. LOL

[TeamCacheCab]

thanks to everyone for all of the ideas. I will be able to put together a great kit!

[+mullyman]

Small, agile, fearless children, for sending into small holes and boosting up trees.

 

I thought that was what wives are for?!?

MULLY

[+Chilli Pipers]

Small, agile, fearless children, for sending into small holes and boosting up trees.

 

Lol I am glad I am not the only one to use my kids to help out! Big ants nest in a tree recently, yet my 4 year old couldnt wait to stick his arm in amongst it all to retrieve the cache they were crawling over

[+Legochugglers]

Small, agile, fearless children, for sending into small holes and boosting up trees.

 

I thought that was what wives are for?!?

MULLY

 

No, they are for sending down deep holes and extemely long hikes. Especially when the football is on.

[+Team Van Dyk]

I use a Camelbak Mule NV containing the following:

 

1. Swag

2. Travelbugs and Geocoins

3. Otterbox for iPhone

4. Fisher Trekker Space Pen

5. Gerber Infinity Flashlight

6. Gerber Suspension Butterfly Multitool

7. Canon S95 Camera

8. Aloksak bags (running the gamut in sizes)

9. Rite-in-Rain Logs (runing the gamut in sizes)

10. Pencils

11. Cache containers (decon, micro, and nano)

12. Marmot Power Stretch Gloves

13. Lansatic Compass

14. Bushnell Powerview Binoculars

15. 3M Ultrathon Bug Spray

16. Tick Key

17. Afterbite Pen

18. Lighter

19. pH Strips

20. 3 1" Rare Earth Magnets

21. 50' 550 Paracord

22. Duct Tape

23. Tecnu Extreme Poison Ivy Scrub

24. Lightweight First Aid Kit

25. Ponchos

 

That's it.

 

--Matt

Edited October 2, 2011 by Team Van Dyk

[+Team OPJim]

A leatherman tool is great. Also, I take items for replacing/planting/restoring caches, including micros, small containers, logs, pencils, and ziplock bags. Notebook, and multiple pens/pencil. More importantly:

DUCT TAPE, camo and black. No substitute for this.

I take flashlight/mirror/water/compass: essentially survival gear in case I hike further than planned.

 

iphone has become a must for me. I use it to paperless cache

 

Batteries

 

Camera (iphone now works for this).

 

I have a smaller bag with cache swag and my travel bugs for park and grabs, and a dedicated backpack for longer treks.