| Hmm . . . Usually you don't know what a
cache is like until you get there, so I doubt people are avoiding your
caches because of container size. I'm inclined to think today's cachers
prefer P&G micro caches to pump up their numbers, so yours should be in
demand. By far my most active cache is a micro on a bench where you only
have to pull off the road and walk a few feet. My next to last cache
is a nice size ammo box in the woods, in a location with historic
significance and a scenic view. It's been there almost a year and had few
finds. I think in the old days it would have been a popular cache. That said, at the top of my "I like" list are caches that take me to interesting places. Next are novel hides -- that doesn't mean hard to find, just novel/different/creative. In general I prefer regular or large caches, and second small, but not micros classified as small. To me a small needs to be at least tennis ball size -- that's volume, not length. Maybe with the advent of nanos and other tiny micros, newbies think an ordinary medicine bottle is a small. I've even seen a couple of 35mm film containers labeled "small" They were once the classic micro (in spite of the fact they often leak). In general, I'm not a fan of the burgeoning growth in the use of micros and I would ban nanos unless a convincing justification accompanies the cache submission. I think micros in the wood are an abomination. Not only does this make for a cache that's pointlessly hard to find, it hogs a location that could be used for a real cache. Micros are sometimes necessary and useful. I have a few because they take people to (I hope) interesting locations where there's no place to hide a regular cache. I call most of mine micro-virtuals, because I began using them for this after virtuals were outlawed. I'm in the process of putting out a series that uses nanos because, for involved reasons, I was only able to do them this way. In summary, it's my opinion micros should only be used when there's a justification for using them -- not because someone wants to cover a lot of territory cheaply with little effort. And, certainly not skirt lifter micros -- who wants to visit a Walmart parking lot? Finally, I really, really hate containers that leak. There's little in caching more obnoxious than trying to sign a mush-wet rancid log -- and those teeny ziplock bags provide little-to-no protection. 
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