+jimmyreno Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Until 2 years ago few caches were smaller than a 35mm container, now nano's are popping up everywhere. I've found enough of those, I think they should have their own size category. Running queries etc, a person could select those out. Currently we have: micro, small, regular & large, either have nano, micro, small, regular & large, or do away with the small or large categories. Large caches are really rare, and many small's are too small for a 2" diameter geocoin, so I'd say they're really micro's. Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 and many small's are too small for a 2" diameter geocoin,so I'd say they're really micro's. Bingo. Too many folks are deliberately mislabeling micros as small, I'm guessing, so their caches won't be filtered out from the stigma micros have received. ...or Monkey See, Monkey Do. Link to comment
+Geovius Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 This topic has been raised quit a many times. Still I wouln't like to see nano size because it courage people place even more nanos and that is not a good thing. You can almost always place a micro to the place if you want and making cache a nano is not a good way to raise difficulty. Link to comment
+Tequila Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 This topic has been raised quit a many times. Still I wouln't like to see nano size because it courage people place even more nanos and that is not a good thing. You can almost always place a micro to the place if you want and making cache a nano is not a good way to raise difficulty. Is it even possible to place more nanos???? I doubt creating a nano category would encourage more nano's. Apparently it didn't create more large caches. Link to comment
+Knight2000 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Still I wouln't like to see nano size because it courage people place even more nanos and that is not a good thing. You can almost always place a micro to the place if you want and making cache a nano is not a good way to raise difficulty. Why is having more nanos a bad thing? Why is making a cache a nano not a good way to raise difficulty? This sounds like a matter of opinion. What is lacking is creativity. Link to comment
Mushtang Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Instead of more categories to describe the cache before I hunt for it, I'd prefer fewer. I'd think that 2 sizes would be perfect: Can hold trade items, Cannot hold trade items. The more you force people to define a cache as they're setting up the cache page the less mystery there is on the hunt. If someone would like to tell you they have a nano container they're free to do so in the description. That's true for any other aspect of the hide. I'd hate to see categories for size keep getting more specific, and then someone will ask for hide techniques to be a category, and so on, and so on. Link to comment
+Kit Fox Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Until 2 years ago few caches were smaller than a 35mm container, now nano's are popping up everywhere. I've found enough of those, I think they should have their own size category. Running queries etc, a person could select those out. Currently we have: micro, small, regular & large, either have nano, micro, small, regular & large, or do away with the small or large categories. Large caches are really rare, and many small's are too small for a 2" diameter geocoin, so I'd say they're really micro's. Those that run this site have spoken against the nano category, "There is no need for a nano type. As mentioned above the Micro type includes nanos. It also includes picos. even the atto (10 to the -18) would be covered by Micro. At some point there has to be a cap on types. The Micro was a good point to stop. " Add another cache size to selection Feature request: Nano cache size, Smaller than micro Nano Caches why is there not a new size on the website for nano sized caches Feature Request: Nano size option Discussion on adding nano to the size options for listing Nano cache category Enhancement Request - New Cache Size NANO Instead of more categories to describe the cache before I hunt for it, I'd prefer fewer. I'd think that 2 sizes would be perfect: Can hold trade items, Cannot hold trade items. The more you force people to define a cache as they're setting up the cache page the less mystery there is on the hunt. If someone would like to tell you they have a nano container they're free to do so in the description. That's true for any other aspect of the hide. I'd hate to see categories for size keep getting more specific, and then someone will ask for hide techniques to be a category, and so on, and so on. After giving your idea some thought, I actually like it. Link to comment
crawil Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Instead of more categories to describe the cache before I hunt for it, I'd prefer fewer. I'd think that 2 sizes would be perfect: Can hold trade items, Cannot hold trade items. The more you force people to define a cache as they're setting up the cache page the less mystery there is on the hunt. If someone would like to tell you they have a nano container they're free to do so in the description. That's true for any other aspect of the hide. I'd hate to see categories for size keep getting more specific, and then someone will ask for hide techniques to be a category, and so on, and so on. I like this idea, too. Mushtang, you may be onto something! Link to comment
+StaticTank Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I believe that the size categories are just fine the way it is. A "Nano" is really just another type of container (like ammo can) and not an actual size. StaticTank Link to comment
+jimmyreno Posted April 1, 2009 Author Share Posted April 1, 2009 (edited) The more you force people to define a cache as they're setting up the cache page the less mystery there is on the hunt. Cache placers are NOT REQUIRED to state the size of the container, they already have the option of leaving it a mystery. I don't care if others want to place or look for nano's, I only want to take myself OUT of that game. In the real world finding them is a farce, someone looks for 2 minutes, then takes out their cell phone and asks someone "where is it". That's not hard. Edited April 2, 2009 by jimmyreno Link to comment
Recommended Posts