Enough With The Micros!!

[MrPepper]

Getting really tired of all the Micro Cache's out there. I have placed 4 traditonal cache and they are a lot more work finding places to put them then micro's, but well worth the hunt. The main reason for regular sized cache's is so the children and the kids in all the adults can get a prize for their find. Just my 2 cents. Peace.

 

Pepper

[+rover-r-us]

i like to hunt mirco cache because they are harder to find.but a cache is a cache and i just like looking for them all

[+CYBret]

Enough mincing words...tell us how you really feel.

 

Personally, I like a good urban micro. What I get frustrated with are caches out in the middle of nowhere that are too small for the average travelbug. But hey, that's just me.

 

Bret

[+Renegade Knight]

Insert standard opinion # 327 here.

[+wildearth2001]

I also like to look for them all. The biggest reason I hunt micros is because you can get more of them in a day. If you go trad only you might only get 2 in a day at most. I am a kid who has NON caching parents so the trads are very hard to get to. THe micros I can ride my bike to (as they are usually along paved roads and I ride a road bike) or I can convince the parents to pull over as we pass by the cache on out way to do something else (like shopping). The cache should fit the area, a ammo can in the parking lot of WallyWorld won't work (well I do know of one HUGE ammo can at a Walmart but it is the bottom of a

wash that runs though the parking lot, away from traffic) and a breath strip container would not be a good idea for way out in the middle of nowere (unless it is an intermediatary(sp?) stage in a micro). But to each his own.

[Tahosa and Sons]

A good cache requires effort to plant and effort to find them.

 

It shouldn't be no more micros, but less 1x1's save them for those who have difficulties and can't do the difficult ones.. Lets stick to 3 x 4's or higher.

 

Since your profile doesn't show your hides, maybe you could give a link to them so others could see what they are like.

[+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite]

Or for those of us who enjoy micros

 

Enough of the whining about micros

[+The Leprechauns]

I see from a quick search that there are a grand total of 67 micros within 100 miles of your first cache find (which is usually fairly close to your home). All's I can say is, be grateful you don't live in Nashville, or any other area known for having a true abundance of micros.

 

Like any other cache type, micros are fine by me, as just part of the geocaching mix. I also believe that all caches of any type ought to be well thought out... to have a reason for being there, apart from "here is a place that doesn't have a cache"... and that the container size chosen ought to be appropriate for the location. I have found micros that weren't enjoyable, just as I've found soggy gladware traditional caches in the bushes 50 feet from the parking lot.

 

I don't like webcam caches because of the hassle involved in coordinating the picture being captured, and because I don't feel like I "found" anything. So, I just don't find them. There are only two webcam caches in my area. I suppose if there were 200 of them, out of 500 total caches, I might be a bit upset. But 2 webcam caches, like 67 microcaches, don't bother me much.

[dead_white_man]

Insert standard opinion # 327 here.

ditto

[+Geo Ho]

I like micro caches as much as I like full size caches. I like a challenge in any form.

 

Hence my relationship with Mopar. J/K!!

 

SOLUTION: If you don't like doing micros then don't do them.

 

Problem solved. How complicated is that?

 

That is my opinion . . . such as it is.

 

Happy caching and stuff!

[+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite]

I like micro caches as much as I like full size caches. I like a challenge in any form.

 

Hence my relationship with Mopar. J/K!!

Mopar, dude, she called you a micro

[+The Weasel]

Hence my relationship with Mopar. J/K!!

 

SOLUTION: If you don't like doing micros then don't do them.

 

As long as you don't say the same thing about Mopar. "If you don't like him don't do him"

[+WalruZ]

I like caches that take you someplace or show you something. I don't really care as much if it's a micro or a regular or a huge. Never mind cache sizes. Enough with the Parking Lot Micros!!

[+Melrose Plant]

I guess some people like micros, and some people don't. There is nothing new under the sun. Quite coincidentally, I found my first micro today. It was not an urban one, either. However, I've hidden four micros, although some here might not consider them true micros. They are all 1/2 cup round Rubbermaid containers (slightly less than 3" round by 3" tall), and they are all in wooded areas in city parks. I chose them because they have a pretty doggoned good seal (I submerged one in the sink overnight with no leakage), they have room enough to put in a few small items, yet they are easy to hide from muggles.

 

I feel the container should fit the circumstances. Out in the real woods, I like to use 1.7 or 2.3 quart Rubbermaids. Ammo boxes would be more durable, but with maintenance, the Rubbermaids are easier to squeeze into places which are off the ground a little bit. We'll see how they hold up after a year or so.

[+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite]

Enough with the Parking Lot Micros!!

Would you feel that way if you were severly handicapped?

[+rover-r-us]

Or for those of us who enjoy micros

 

Enough of the whining about micros

thank you

[+WalruZ]

Would you feel that way if you were severly handicapped?

 

probably. If I were sereverly handicapped, I'm not so sure that crusing around in parking lots looking for same-old same-old magnetic micros under light pole skirts would be all that great. A micro or mini (1/2 cup size) in a park with good access and paved trails would be much more pleasant.

 

Again, it has less to do with size and more to do with location.

 

-- uh, caches I mean. Only caches.

[+Prime Suspect]

Personally, I like micros. Edited February 19, 2004 by Prime Suspect

[+bons]

I like authentic pirate chests filled with real gold.

 

In comparison with that, the difference between a micro and an ammo can doesn't really matter. With the limited number of authentic pirate chests in the area, I have to be satisfied with what I can get.

[+The Cheeseheads]

[+planetrobert]

i second that

[+cache-man-do]

I also like both. I live in a small town so not many places to place a trad here. I am going to place a micro in a small park here this weekend in an effort to get more people around here into geocaching. When my son is with me I try to find the ammo cans because of the prizes but for me its the find that is the prize. That's just me tho.

 

~Mark

[Major Catastrophe]

I think micros probably belong more in the urban areas, where they are both less visible and less expensive when plundered (and that's gotta be more likely to happen in town.) A clever hide is still clever, no matter the size of the prize.

[+Wyoming Travelers]

If ya don't like the game don't play!!!

[+9Key]

I wondering why, after only a handful of caches found, that you would decide that you don't like a certain cache type. Seems like a knee-jerk reaction to me.

 

Its true that some cache hiders don't "fit the container to the park", but that's not the norm.

[bug and snake]

So, what ever your opinion is, are we agreed that size does matter? One way or the other.....

[+Polgara]

Does anyone have any oreos?

[+Dan-oh]

What you talking 'bout Willis?

 

[+Team DaSH]

SSDD

[martmann]

It must really suck to have somebody point a gun to your head and force you to hunt micro-caches.

Edited February 20, 2004 by martmann

[MrPepper]

DOH! Sorry, how do you say, open mouth... Sorry guys and gals. Glad I live in the US. Happy Mardi Gras.

[+mrmnjewel]

Getting really tired of all the Micro Cache's out there. I have placed 4 traditonal cache and they are a lot more work finding places to put them then micro's, but well worth the hunt. The main reason for regular sized cache's is so the children and the kids in all the adults can get a prize for their find. Just my 2 cents. Peace.

 

Pepper

If you don't like them, don't hunt them. We enjoy both for different reasons...

[+Dan-oh]

SSDD

So Sad, Dead Dog?

[martmann]

SSDD

So Sad, Dead Dog?

Silly Subject, Don't Debate.

[martmann]

SSDD

So Sad, Dead Dog?

Same Software, Different Database.

[+cacheKidds]

Micros are defintley my least favorite but they can be fun sometimes.

[+Chuy!]

Sometimes I feel like hunting micros, sometimes not.

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't.

[+Blind Avocado]

Where is the guy with the dead horse pics when you need him?

[uperdooper]

[+rusty_tlc]

I got a FTF on a really nice micro today. It was very well done. ANY cacher would enjoy this find. I usually avoid absolute statements but it is warrented in this case.

 

Some quotes:

FTF!!!!! In this case Fun to find....

...Oh yeah, THIS is caching at its finest. Every cacher should find this alone to experience the thrill of such a great hide....

...Definately one of my top 3 best caches ever... thank you...

...this was an excellent hide...

The only other log was a DNF.

 

All you anti micro fanatics listen up. It can be done well. I'm sorry it isn't where you live.

[+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite]

If ya don't like the game don't play!!!

There ya go

[+cache_us_if_you_can]

If you don't like micros, don't look for them. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean others feel the same way. I enjoy a good hide, regardless of cache size.

[+Harrald]

This was posted 11 posts above!

 

DOH! Sorry, how do you say, open mouth...    Sorry guys and gals. Glad I live in the US. Happy Mardi Gras. 

Guys lighten up.

 

I think the OP has realized that his comment might have been an error in judgement.

 

Let this thread fall away.

Edited February 21, 2004 by Harrald

[+TPUC]

I wish that you could filter out the searches on this site by cache type? Say show me only Regular or show me only Micro, etc.... Would be very nice I hate to scroll thru several pages of Virtual caches to get to the good stuff.

[+sbell111]

You can do this filtering with PQs.

[+Mopar]

I like micro caches as much as I like full size caches.  I like a challenge in any form.

 

Hence my relationship with Mopar.      J/K!!

Mopar, dude, she called you a micro

Man! Even LEP isn't defending me!

[+Geo Ho]

I like micro caches as much as I like full size caches.  I like a challenge in any form.

 

Hence my relationship with Mopar.      J/K!!

Mopar, dude, she called you a micro

Whatever . . . A classic case of cache-envy!

 

Edited February 22, 2004 by Geo Ho

[+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite]

I like micro caches as much as I like full size caches.  I like a challenge in any form.

 

Hence my relationship with Mopar.      J/K!!

Mopar, dude, she called you a micro

Whatever . . . A classic case of cache-envy!

 

Yeah yeah yeah I know, his micro is way bigger than mine.

 

But my micros last a really long time, really, ask anyone.

[+ADKcachers]

What a shame that we need This

[+Metaphor]

I have to defend the original poster -- lighten up. Unless you want to go the extra route of downloading pq's, you don't have a filtering choice. Micros are pretty much not my pint of ale, but unless I do the cumbersome process of looking each cache up to see what type it is, I have no choice. I, for one, would like to to see all cache formats listed in my filtered search by what they are, not how far they are from my home area. With the Chesapeake Bay seperating me from the "most direct caches" versus the caches that I don't have to drive a 200 mile round trip to find, I would rather not have to look each one up.

 

Some of you who live in cache rich areas, where it doesn't matter if a micro is not identified as to its type, not how far it is, say "don't hunt for it", but also don't see it from our point of view. I have to look to page 3 or 4 before I see a cache that I can go to without a day trip; a good fifth of those listings are by small cliques of local micro challengers whose ideas are fairly provincial in testing who can stump whom. Small fish in a small pond, but unfortunately, I can't negate them.

 

My proposal: List caches by cache type. Then, if I don't want to hunt them, I will know not to, and forum posters wil not have to be so condescending to people who are not so interested in crawling on four legs to find what often happens to be needles in haystacks, placed by in-house cohorts.

 

Pardon the rant -- just got home from a wine tasting party, populated by mostly beer drinkers. A pint of red wine is diffferent from a pint of ale. The proof of my experiment will be tested tomorrow morning.