+TeamBarnesUK Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Does real 'Tupperware' actually make a good cache container? I've never found any genuine Tupperware containers so wondered if perhaps they weren't as good as the myth suggests? Quote Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Does real 'Tupperware' actually make a good cache container? I've never found any genuine Tupperware containers so wondered if perhaps they weren't as good as the myth suggests? Not positive i've found genuine tupperware but i will say the majority of plastic in tupperware shape and form does not usually work very well. You'd think that those containers with their tight, sometimes rediculously hard to remove lids, would seal great but in the end, most do not. For the most part, the only plastics that i've found to do well are soda tubes, genuine locknlocks, and some storage type containers with screw on lids. Quote Link to comment
+TriciaG Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I've heard that the UV rays degrade genuine Tupperware, and thus they don't make good cache containers. Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 We started out with Tupperware hides. Every Mom and Grandma had a two mile stack stashed somewhere and was the norm in this area. No actual seal, found that most had issues with wet and (mega) mold within or less than, a year. Like many at the time, we switched to ammo cans. I don't recall seeing lock n locks until years later. Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Good question by the way, as we see many with tees still mentioning those containers. Quote Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I've been caching for almost 13 years now, and I've only found one genuine tupperware container. And yes, it wasn't sealing well. I think it's funny that the word tupperware is so much a part of our vernacular, when it's just not the norm, and never was in some areas. Quote Link to comment
+L0ne.R Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 None of the real Tupperware containers that I've found were water tight. Here's an example of one (arrow points to the Tupperware logo on the lid): Quote Link to comment
+JL_HSTRE Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Screw top, latches, or don't hide it. Quote Link to comment
+Manville Possum Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Not really. Almost a must to have a latachable container with a good rubber seal. Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 None of the real Tupperware containers that I've found were water tight. Here's an example of one (arrow points to the Tupperware logo on the lid): Call me crazy, or "Lock-n-Locks" were not invented until like 2006. Or at least they didn't start showing up as Geocache containers in my area until then. I actually have one genuine Tupperware container out there, and it's recycled. It was once inside a HUGE birdhouse in the woods, which was destroyed by critters, and I recovered it, and it still sits out in the woods until this day. I believe I first deployed it in 2005. I think I've literally found about 5 genuine tupperware containers with almost 3,000 finds in 12 years in 15 or so States and one Canadian Province, or whatever is is. Quote Link to comment
+L0ne.R Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 1421553474[/url]' post='5464819']1421522674[/url]' post='5464722']None of the real Tupperware containers that I've found were water tight. Here's an example of one (arrow points to the Tupperware logo on the lid): Call me crazy, or "Lock-n-Locks" were not invented until like 2006. Or at least they didn't start showing up as Geocache containers in my area until then. I actually have one genuine Tupperware container out there, and it's recycled. It was once inside a HUGE birdhouse in the woods, which was destroyed by critters, and I recovered it, and it still sits out in the woods until this day. I believe I first deployed it in 2005. I think I've literally found about 5 genuine tupperware containers with almost 3,000 finds in 12 years in 15 or so States and one Canadian Province, or whatever is is. Around here the best plastic containers we used were Rubbermaid before Lock & Locks came on the market. I'm always surprised to see genuine Tupperware. I thought they stopped making them in the 60s. Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Around here the best plastic containers we used were Rubbermaid before Lock & Locks came on the market. I'm always surprised to see genuine Tupperware. I thought they stopped making them in the 60s. We had and saw some Rubbermaid (white lid) containers and they didn't seem to fare well either. Recently product tested their version of lock n locks and passed. CJ just had cracked lids from tupperware containers that were forgotten in the bottom of her hopeless chest replaced with new. We were kinda surprised they were still around too and lifetime warranty really is. Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Around here the best plastic containers we used were Rubbermaid before Lock & Locks came on the market. I'm always surprised to see genuine Tupperware. I thought they stopped making them in the 60s. I don't know, don't they still have Tupperware parties, where you host one in your home, and get people to buy them, and you get a small commission? Personally, I prefer Lingerie parties, but that's probably just me. Yeah!!! Rubbermaid with the blue ring, that acts as a gasket of sorts? I actually used a couple of them within the last 2 years or so, when I saw them on sale. Quote Link to comment
+L0ne.R Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Around here the best plastic containers we used were Rubbermaid before Lock & Locks came on the market. I'm always surprised to see genuine Tupperware. I thought they stopped making them in the 60s. We had and saw some Rubbermaid (white lid) containers and they didn't seem to fare well either. Recently product tested their version of lock n locks and passed. CJ just had cracked lids from tupperware containers that were forgotten in the bottom of her hopeless chest replaced with new. We were kinda surprised they were still around too and lifetime warranty really is. I stopped using Rubbermaid many years ago. They were the best there was for the time but they just weren't watertight enough. Water could wick in and condensation formed inside regularly. Now we use authentic Lock & Lock™ mostly. The occasional ammo can - but they are hard to find and pricey; and we have a couple of hanging Kraft peanut butter jars with a homemade gasket inside the lid to keep water from wicking in. Quote Link to comment
+narcissa Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Does real 'Tupperware' actually make a good cache container? I've never found any genuine Tupperware containers so wondered if perhaps they weren't as good as the myth suggests? No, it doesn't. Quote Link to comment
+Bubbles&Bonkers Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I never really noticed, but Tupperware's expensive!! I wouldn't give it up (if I had any). Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) My wife is a Tupperware Director. She sells a lot. We have a lot in the basment. We even drive a Tupperware car (we are now driving the 8th new car that Tupperware leases and pays the insurance for us). So I can talk to this with some knowledge I first thought that "Tupperware is awsome, it will work great for geocaches, and I have a lot!" But... Tupperware is engeneered for domestic food storage, and each type for a different type of food and storage location. The huge temperature changes in the outdoors coupled with the fact that cachers will hardly ever take the time to replace the seal correctly, make Tupperware less than ideal for a geocache container. Examples: I have a Tupperware small round 2 Modular Mate as a back country geocache http://coord.info/GC1W1VP. After about 2 years it got it's first find, and everything was nice and dry. However, the next finder a year later reported that the seal had not been replaced correctly, and the contents were wet. When back country cachers can't even get the seal back on correctly, what are the chances urban numbers cachers are going to? None of the real Tupperware containers that I've found were water tight. Here's an example of one (arrow points to the Tupperware logo on the lid): This container is meant to store food in the freezer, and keep the mosture inside to help prevent freezer burn. It is definatly not meant for airtight storage at room temperature. It will definatly either pop the lid as temperatures warm up, or suck in moisture as temperatures drop. As a side note, I have sucessfully used the rubbermaid equivalent of loc-n-lock. I think the real key is the locking flaps or wings. It prevents temperature changes from compromising the seal, and insures that caches can't* mess it up. * actualy, they still can, but the insidance is much less common. Edited January 19, 2015 by Andronicus Quote Link to comment
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