Alternative containers

[+Oxford Stone]

I'd be interested to know where COs buy their cache containers.

 

I own a couple of snails and magnetic nanos from geotees, and to my shame a Tupperware box and a film pot (scrounged from Boots). Sorry about that. OS Junior calls the Tupperware shelf in the supermarket the Geocaching Section.

 

Maplin (electronic gadgets http://www.maplin.co.uk/store-finder ) often have £1 bison tubes.

 

Wilkinson screwtop beakers, also £1, have a lip which I've found makes them easily tied up trees.

 

Oxford army surplus has ammo boxes going for £8 (I'm going to buy Junior one for his 6th birthday); I need to go back and see if they have any smaller watertight containers a soldier might use for fags, they make nice containers and are again ready-camoed.

 

A few local COs work in science labs and seem to have access to various neat small clip / screw-top plastic tubes - Anyone know where to buy such things? Any other suggestions for re-purposed containers?

[+kunarion]

I'd be interested to know where COs buy their cache containers.

I bought an inexpensive box of five hundred 50ml centrifuge tubes from ebay, so for Micros, I'm pretty much set for life.

[+gazooks]

http://www.cache4u.co.uk/ has a goos selection of alternatives.

[+QBDM]

Several of mine are repurposed urine sample bottles ( unused ) and *ahem* gentlemens relish bottles ( again unused ) friend of mine works in a private hosp and they have "borrowed" a few for me as and when needed ... They make excellent watertight containers Although I usually make a point of removing the labels !!

[+speakers-corner]

PETlings are a favorite in Germany. They come in different sizes.

[+Chrysalides]

PETlings are a favorite in Germany. They come in different sizes.

From what I can tell, PETlings is just another name for preforms. They do have lots of different types of preforms - over here in the US I find mainly the 14 cm ones - those that get blown into 2l bottles.

[+Happy Humphrey]

The film pot will make a great container for a log sheet inside the Tupperware box. Although it's great that there are so many geocaching suppliers now and so many interesting ready-made cache containers, there's a lot of satisfaction in devising your own. Or at least, customising your own.

 

Mrs H is good at sewing, so for my latest cache (a keysafe micro) she made a neat little sleeve from black water-resistant nylon (with a Velcro fastening). It cheers me up to think of people finding a nice clean and dry container with an immaculate RITR log sheet inside (bought from a geocaching supplier) when they are used to rather sad and soggy caches. I bought the keysafe from a geocaching supplier but beefed up the magnet.

[+Oxford Stone]

That reminds me, I have a dead laptop - I think there's a decent magnet to be had from the inside if I can do it without electrocuting myself.

 

Just bought a one-winged one of these: My link for £1.25, will shove a Tupperware in him and find a tree for him to hide in. Got an animal-themed cache idea brewing.

 

I'm always on the lookout for sturdy bits of bark and hollow branches for camouflage purposes.

[+Chrysalides]

That reminds me, I have a dead laptop - I think there's a decent magnet to be had from the inside if I can do it without electrocuting myself.

The magnets are in the hard disk (unless you have a SSD). There's no dangerous voltage in a 2.5" hard disk. Those are usually found in power supplies (the capacitors can pack quite a wallop long after they are unplugged from mains).

 

To open up a hard drive, you need a set of Torx screwdrivers. It will probably cost more than buying the magnets, but then you'll have tools to terrorize your other electronics with The magnets will be mounted on a plate, and they'll be almost impossible to remove from the plate without damaging them. I recommend leaving them on the plate - makes it a little bit harder to use but better than damaging them.

 

By the way, that plate is usually made of a material (probably mu metal) that can shield magnetic force. Quite an interesting material.

[+Oxford Stone]

Either the office "facilities manager" (moves desks around, keeps an eye on the CCTV) or the IT dept will no doubt have a set of Torx screwdrivers! Ta for the info.

[+dartymoor]

Several of mine are repurposed urine sample bottles ( unused ) and *ahem* gentlemens relish bottles ( again unused ) friend of mine works in a private hosp and they have "borrowed" a few for me as and when needed ... They make excellent watertight containers Although I usually make a point of removing the labels !!

 

These are indeed excellent containers. (Not the ones with the metal screw lids though, they tend to rust out)

 

Not having a friend in a hospital, I buy mine off ebay, mostly 60ml but the occasional 100ml one too.

[Wight Visitor]

For me guys I bought a 1ltr tub from poundland! I know, I know.. But the quality is really superb, a clip fast lid with nice thick plastic. I bought some camouflaged sticky tape from the local army supply store and a GeoCache sticker from eBay. Jobs a good'en!

[+heartradio]

For things like PETlings try eBay, but if you want devious containers try North East Geocaching Supplies

[+Oxford Stone]

http://www.cache4u.co.uk/ has a goos selection of alternatives.

 

Thanks Gazooks - on Easter Saturday I dropped by cache4u HQ, to save on P&P, and bought 8 containers from the proprietor. Not to mention getting my 1st Nottinghamshire geocache while there!

[+Ant89]

I tried to get a few hundred sample containers from the local doctors. They refused

[+englishpete]

e-bay and GO outdoors. Say no more.