Pens Pens Pens

[BOBBLES WORLD TOUR]

Now I've decided to draw my own maps.....

(only joshing GS)!

 

My real question is simple.What writng implement can I get for under a Fiver (£5.00) that will work under ALL caching conditions.

I've tried a few, but they always die on me. Especially in the cold and wet.

 

I don't mind sarcastic replies. In fact I'd be disappointed if some of you didn't.

[+The Frosties!]

gel pens seem pretty good, coping with damp logs quite well no idea if the ink then runs all over once I've placed the log and walked away though)

[+The Hornet]

A pencil!

[+Great Scott!]

get a space pen refill

[Alan White]

I'm reminded of the, probably apocryphal, space-race story about the USA spending a million dollars developing a pen that would write in zero-G while the Russians used a pencil .

[+Malpas Wanderer]

These are the ones I've been using for a few years.

 

http://www.cultpens.com/acatalog/Uni-Ball_PowerTank.html

 

Not had any great problem until the log is immensely sodden or should I say to the point of mush but then you've still more chance of writing on it than anyone else.

[team tisri]

I use a pencil. They'll write on just about any log and if the log is totally sodden I can make a hole in it with the pencil and use that as proof I was there.

[+The Patrician]

I usually use a pencil on anything other than a FTF. You don't want some unscrupulous swine coming along behind you with a rubber and pen.

[+Chief301]

I often use my bullet space pen since I always have it in my pocket, caching or not. I'm also partial to Sharpie pens... NOT markers, they make a regular pen and it works great on wet logs without bleeding.

[BOBBLES WORLD TOUR]

Thanks for some great ideas.

I'll try a Power Tank.

I'll carry a heavy HB+ pencil as back up.

I was toying with eye liner, especially as I do enjoy it on a weekend.

[+dartymoor]

I use a generic narrow fibre tip. Doesn't take up much space writing, works on wet paper. Love it so much I've refilled it twice by pouring ink into the top

[+drsolly]

I carry three.

 

A pencil

A biro

A gel pen

 

The biro is my usual writer, the pencil doubles as a stylus when my fingernail isn't good enough and the gel pen is good for write-on-wet.

 

I also carry a largish felt-tip for correcting spelling, factual and grammatical errors on notices. For example, on the back of some road signs these days, you'll find "this sign has no value", and although almost no-one will ever read what's round the back, geocachers will, so it's a good place for "but the pole it's mounted on is valuable metal" or "and the sign's message is also entirely useless".

[+Legochugglers]

I used to carry a series of cheap biros round with me however I ended up with so many embarrassing ink leaks I was worried that my thigh was going to end up permanently 'tatooed' with a splodge of leaked ink.

 

I then acquired a more expensive pen that seemed to be suitable for all types of logs no matter how wet. It was one of those very fine 'felt tip' type pens. Unfortunately I went and left it in a cache. I thought about returning to retrieve it but imagine my annoyance when I noticed a subsequent log that stated ' Took nice pen left childrens key ring'.

 

As I have signed some logs in blood, mud, mould and charcoal the type or lack of a writing implement is never going to be a berrier to signing the log.

[+metal-bijou]

I'm reminded of the, probably apocryphal, space-race story about the USA spending a million dollars developing a pen that would write in zero-G while the Russians used a pencil .

 

I loved this story when I heard aboutit as a kid. I even bought my old man a pencil in container saying space implement. However a friend ruined it for me with this link.

[Stompy]

Power Tank - cheap and reliable

[+Bear and Ragged]

I usually use a pencil on anything other than a FTF. You don't want some unscrupulous swine coming along behind you with a rubber and pen.

 

Just rip the page out, and sign your own name...

[+Chief301]

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I also carry a largish felt-tip for correcting spelling, factual and grammatical errors on notices. For example, on the back of some road signs these days, you'll find "this sign has no value", and although almost no-one will ever read what's round the back, geocachers will, so it's a good place for "but the pole it's mounted on is valuable metal" or "and the sign's message is also entirely useless".

 

So what you're saying is, while out Geocaching you also enjoy defacing and vandalizing public property. Yeah, that's the image of Geocaching we want to put out there...

[BOBBLES WORLD TOUR]

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I also carry a largish felt-tip for correcting spelling, factual and grammatical errors on notices. For example, on the back of some road signs these days, you'll find "this sign has no value", and although almost no-one will ever read what's round the back, geocachers will, so it's a good place for "but the pole it's mounted on is valuable metal" or "and the sign's message is also entirely useless".

 

So what you're saying is, while out Geocaching you also enjoy defacing and vandalizing public property. Yeah, that's the image of Geocaching we want to put out there...

 

And he tries to make us jump and down like rabbits outside stations too.

[+Teacosies]

Uni Power tank pens - very good even on wet papaer

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Uni-Ball-Powertank-Point-Outdoor-Assorted/dp/B000QW078W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329483763&sr=8-1

 

Just noticed these have already been posted

Edited February 17, 2012 by Djinnsplace

[+Lonetracker]

I found a pen yesterday at a cache GZ. Pity I couldn't find the cache.

[+Malpas Wanderer]

I found a pen yesterday at a cache GZ. Pity I couldn't find the cache.

 

I've done that before. Found 3or 4 pens on a very steep and isolated hillside and thought the cache must have been muggled.

Eventually when the GPS behaved sensibly (the hill was so steep movement and GPS adjustment was slow) I found the cache 100 feet away.

Still don't know the reason for those pens being there, but I guess they weren't write anywhere ones and had been discarded.

[+Fianccetto]

I like a Uni pin fine line drawing pen, or similar, in permanent black but usually have to settle for whatever I've got in the car/coat pocket.

[+NickandAliandEliza]

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I also carry a largish felt-tip for correcting spelling, factual and grammatical errors on notices. For example, on the back of some road signs these days, you'll find "this sign has no value", and although almost no-one will ever read what's round the back, geocachers will, so it's a good place for "but the pole it's mounted on is valuable metal" or "and the sign's message is also entirely useless".

 

So what you're saying is, while out Geocaching you also enjoy defacing and vandalizing public property. Yeah, that's the image of Geocaching we want to put out there...

 

Ssshhhh. Don't tell anyone else as it will probably spoil the joke for others, but you'll probably find the Dr wasn't actually being serious.

[+Fianccetto]

Found another favourite in the bottom of a bag yesterday - a fine liner Sharpie. Seems to write on anything.

[+Flo&LouLou]

I found a pen yesterday at a cache GZ. Pity I couldn't find the cache.

 

I've done that before. Found 3or 4 pens on a very steep and isolated hillside and thought the cache must have been muggled.

Eventually when the GPS behaved sensibly (the hill was so steep movement and GPS adjustment was slow) I found the cache 100 feet away.

Still don't know the reason for those pens being there, but I guess they weren't write anywhere ones and had been discarded.

 

They had clearly come back through a wormhole from the planet where all pens go. In the same region as the planet of single socks.

[+Flo&LouLou]

And I usually have a Hamlet pencil, unless I forget to bring it.

 

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