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Bison Tubes-Canada


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Do you have a nearby drug store chain?

Here, CVS and Rite Aid both have a couple different varieties.

They're simply called pill fobs here.

 

Bison Tubes is a brand name. Pill fobs is a generic term.

That's weird, I looked at over a dozen "bison tubes" pages on ebay, and none were from bison designs.

- Maybe it's like all tissues are kleenex...

They were supposedly the originators of the design, but I believe it might be just the name, as my great-Grandfather had a "pill fob" more than forty years ago. :)

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Do NOT get them at MEC or Atmosphere. What they're selling for up to $13 we can buy for $5. Lee Valley has some smaller ones.

 

What I've seen on the drugstores are just the plastic pill containers.

 

You could buy them from a geocaching shop. Try Geowyrms at http://stores.geowyrm.com/ they're a Canadian store. I can't speak for shipping time and costs as I live close by and get them directly, but they have a good selection of caching stuff.

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Most of the bison tubes I've found had wet moldy logs inside. They are also an irritant. The logscroll is a bother to remove and put back. A pain to unfurl. The little logsheet fills up fast.

 

Instead of bison tubes buy Coghlan's Match Boxes:

 

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You can get them at Canadian Tire for $1.79. They are good quality containers.

They are small and easy to hide. And there's more room for a bigger logscroll. You can wrap the logsheet around a cut-down pencil that will easily fit in the cache. A little pencil in the cache is a nice touch.

Buy some black duct tape at the dollar store to cover up the orange. You can fasten some wire around it to hang it - an added bonus in Canadian winters.

 

Do not buy the dollar store knock-offs. The o-ring is cheap. The dollar store knock-off container is not water tight.

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