I think the K-Y jelly is going to end up in Boxers 'n Briefs with a reference to the panty liner. Set yourself up for that one.

Fiddleheads

From your tests, I wouldn't want to use film canisters for microboxes.

I think adding anything to the containers would be beyond most boxers, plus who is to say that the jelly won't wash out.

What other containers would you be willing to test? I just saw these online: http://www.sciplus.com/singleItem.cfm/terms/487/cartLogFrom/froogle. They look like a container I've seen The Yorkshire Tortoise use, only blue instead of clear.

Bravo! Good test...fascinating results.

We can probably safely say film canisters are not bullet-proof containers.

I would like to see some more tests on the duct tape/ paint theories about animal attacks. I usually paint my lock&locks, but have always wondered if I should go with duct tape instead. But if that would lead to animal attacks, I would reconsider.

Does anyone have a pet rodent we could set containers up in the cage? Hahaha.

WOW! That's a lot of testing! I'm impressed!

My question is where were these containers placed? Were they directly on the ground or in trees/logs? Were the ones that leaked on the ground versus the ones that didn't leak placed in trees?

See what I'm getting at? Maybe the leakage has to do with the placement and not the container itself.

Applying some K-Y jelly to the seal area

Aside from the obvious B-n-B self-setup here...

K-Y is water-soluble, so it'll wash away. What you need is silicon grease.

*S

Every dark cloud has its silver lining and for me, it was finding out that the containers I use for diabetes test strips make very, very good micro boxes/caches (yeah, yeah, I know). They are a little slimmer than a film canister, have a snap on lid, and best of all, there is a white lining which is actually solid desiccant. I sold a ton of these on eBay with a geocaching label on 'em (yeah, yeah, I know). As long as the lid is snapped down tight, they will not leak. Geocacher James Montgomery says this in his blog about the containers: "I tested these canisters by closing a dripping wet piece of paper into one. Over the period of a day and a half the paper was dried completely. So, I soaked the paper again. And again, the paper dried completely. I’m sure there is a limit to the amount of water the desiccant can absorb, but clearly it is enough to keep all but the most abused geocache dry for a very long time through many rainy days/months of logging. And heck, even if you are not concerned about moisture, the size and the attached lid still make these one of the best micro-cache containers I’ve ever seen . . ."

I've got probably 20 of these right now. Write to me off-thread if you want to try one and I'll send it to you free as long as they last.