Bison tube - Revision history

NiraD: update Groundspeak link

2012-07-14T17:09:39Z

update Groundspeak link

2012-07-14T17:07:59Z

link to Bison's geocaching section

2012-07-14T17:06:50Z

Sources (clean up list)

2012-07-14T16:43:52Z

‎Sources

2011-10-08T19:15:09Z

new photo showing sizes of Bison tubes

2009-06-27T20:47:10Z

add photo of Scuba Tank Bison Tube

2008-11-25T05:04:29Z

move snake cache (camouflaged bison tube) here

2008-11-01T04:59:15Z

fix metric measurements

2008-10-31T12:05:31Z

+metric system values (to be understood outside USA)

2008-08-12T06:21:51Z

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 * [http://www.bisondesigns.com/products/25 Bison Designs]
 * [http://www.cacheboxstore.com/microcache.html CacheboxStore.com]
-* [http://shop.groundspeak.com/productDetail.cfm?CategoryID=4&ProductID=47 Groundspeak]
+* [http://shop.geocaching.com/default/cache-essentials/cache-containers/micro Groundspeak]
 * [http://www.shop4swag.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=29 Shop4Swag.com]
 * [http://www.southmountaintraders.com/details.cfm?id=bison South Mountain Traders]
 <!-- commented out because domain expired * [http://www.greatplainsgeocachestore.com/page/page/3869567.htm Great Plains Geocache Store] -->

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 ==Sources==
-* [http://www.bisondesigns.com/ Bison Designs] (search for "Capsule" or "Scuba Tank")
+* [http://www.bisondesigns.com/products/25 Bison Designs]
 * [http://www.cacheboxstore.com/microcache.html CacheboxStore.com]
 * [http://shop.groundspeak.com/productDetail.cfm?CategoryID=4&ProductID=47 Groundspeak]

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 ==Sources==
 * [http://www.bisondesigns.com/ Bison Designs] (search for "Capsule" or "Scuba Tank")
 * [http://shop.groundspeak.com/productDetail.cfm?CategoryID=4&ProductID=47 Groundspeak]
 * [http://www.southmountaintraders.com/details.cfm?id=bison South Mountain Traders]
 <!-- commented out because domain expired * [http://www.greatplainsgeocachestore.com/page/page/3869567.htm Great Plains Geocache Store] -->

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 ==Sources==
 * [http://www.bisondesigns.com/ Bison Designs] (search for "Capsule" or "Scuba Tank")
 * [http://shop.groundspeak.com/productDetail.cfm?CategoryID=4&ProductID=47 Groundspeak]

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 {|align="right" valign="top"
 |-
-|valign="top"| [[Image:BisonTube.jpg|thumb|A Small Bison Tube (and a US dime, to show relative size)]]
+|valign="top"| [[Image:Bison Tubes.jpg|thumb|Sizes of Bison Tubes: Small (red), Large (blue), Scuba Tank (green), and Extra Large (purple)]]
-|valign="top"| [[Image:Bison Tube- Scuba Tank.jpg|thumb|A Scuba Tank Bison Tube (and a US quarter, to show relative size)]]
 |}
 A '''bison tube''' is a small, metal, water-tight cylindrical container that can be used for [[microcache|micro-caches]]. These containers are usually small enough to fit on a keychain, and were originally designed to hold pills. The name is derived from the company which manufactures most of these types of tubes, [http://www.bisondesigns.com/ Bison Designs].
 Available sizes include:
-* 2 3/8 x 5/8 in / 60 x 16 mm (Small)
+* 2⅜ x ⅝ in / 60 x 16 mm (Small)
-* 2 3/4 x 5/8 in / 70 x 16 mm (Large)
+* 2¾ x ⅝ in / 70 x 16 mm (Large)
-* 2 x 3/4 in / 50 x 20 mm (Scuba Tank or Micro-Cache Capsule)
+* 2 x ¾ in / 50 x 20 mm (Scuba Tank or Micro-Cache Capsule)
 * 3 x 1 in / 75 x 25 mm (Extra Large)

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 [[Category: Terms]]
 [[Category:Cache containers]]
-[[Image:BisonTube.jpg|thumb|right|A Bison Tube (and a US dime, to show relative size)]]
+{|align="right" valign="top"
 A '''bison tube''' is a small, metal, water-tight cylindrical container that can be used for [[microcache|micro-caches]]. These containers are usually small enough to fit on a keychain, and were originally designed to hold pills. The name is derived from the company which manufactures most of these types of tubes, [http://www.bisondesigns.com/ Bison Designs].