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How many pages do you like?
Board: Logbook Logistics
Jun 30, 2016 4:00pm
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How many pages do you like for an average logbook going into a traditional box?
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Board: Logbook Logistics
Reply to: #929877 by brailleboxer
Jun 30, 2016 4:27pm
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It depends, are we talking about an average traditional box, an exceptional box, or just a mediocre box? For the most part however, I would suggest an average number of pages for an average logbook. Any more and it would be an above average logbook, and any fewer would make it a below average logbook. I have however always fancied the number 42. You can't go wrong with 42!
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Reply to: #929877 by brailleboxer
Jun 30, 2016 4:39pm
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I usually try for 20-30 stamp-ins, if possible. This is based on the boxing activity in my area, and how often I want to replace a log book.

For my very first plant (newbie then) I got one of those cute $3 books from Hobby Lobby, because I thought I would get tons of people visiting. I got six before I had to retire the box. Talk about overkill. I have a logbook with lots of blank pages left.

My two most visited boxes (easy stroll/drive by) have had around 20 visitors within a 2-1/2 year time period. I just realized that they are not even in the same county in which I live (><).

Other parts of the country probably have different numbers.
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Reply to: #929877 by brailleboxer
Jun 30, 2016 4:45pm
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30. I figure that should fit at least 60 stamps, and only has one letterbox I made filled completely up, and been replaced. I dont get high traffic, typically.
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Reply to: #929877 by brailleboxer
Jun 30, 2016 7:20pm
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I think it depends on where you plant it. Is it a high traffic area? Somewhere where severa boxes are planted - like a cemetery?
If it's a lone box - you probably don't need many. I aim for about 18-20 pages that has space for about 40 stamp-ins. But they seldom fill.
Now in an area like a cemetery, where lots of boxes reside - these areas get high traffic because people box all day long in one place - and you may need room for 80 or so stamp-ins. And expect to replace it after a few years.
In my area spring grove cemetery has nearly 200 boxes, and every logbook that has been here any length of time is always full, and general a second book has been added to the box, and is full.
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Board: Logbook Logistics
Reply to: #929877 by brailleboxer
Jul 1, 2016 8:46am
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sometimes, i dont even put a logbook. i laminate a message about atlas quest and ask them to log in on here...especially if the stamp is in a small container or in a muggles filled area. shortens the time they have to hang around to get the box. i usually put about ten pages. i use 90 lb paper so it can handle back and front stamping. I also bind it with plastic so that nothing rust away in case they get wet. office depot will spiral bind tiny notebooks (they have to cut the bindings down or you can do it yourself. my cover is a laminated (heavy duty 10mm lamination) image of the stamp with all of the info. they are very plain, but very functional. the size of the book is about the size of a playing card.
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Board: Logbook Logistics
Reply to: #929877 by brailleboxer
Jul 1, 2016 9:37am
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I always go for at least 75 pages and usually 100, card stock so finders can turn the book over and stamp on the backs of pages from the back of the book towards the front. But I plant boxes on vacation in places that I will never return to visit or maintain, so the idea is that the log book must last the life of the box. I've only had a couple fill up, as far as I know, so for a maintained box that's perhaps more pages than necessary.
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Reply to: #929877 by brailleboxer
Jul 1, 2016 10:42pm
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Depends on size of my box, combined with how frequently people are boxing in my area. I average 20-30 pages per logbook. Seems that in my experience, that's about when they start to get old enough and out in the elements long enough that, even in a tried-and-true LnL, they need to be replaced anyway. Sometimes the seal is compromised if the inside contents are not tucked all the way in, etc. and all it takes is ONE person doing that to allow moisture in to damage the logbook. I also use a ziplock bag for double protection but over the years they also get less effective and can leak. In a perfect world, a LnL box with room for a thick, chunky logbook, that would never go missing or need maintenance is our ultimate dream...but I wouldn't waste all that extra logbook material on my fantasy!
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Reply to: #929888 by MoonshineOverKY
Jul 1, 2016 10:48pm
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yes-this cemetery is a letterboxing-mecca and gets lots of visitors. I recommend that any boxer planning to hunt here take replacement pouches or boxes and plenty of extra, small logbooks and ziplocs because there are always many boxes in need of maintenance. Local boxers, bless their hearts, are helpful, but all that work shouldn't always be on them, IMO, and many planters are from out-of-town anyway and have trouble doing their own maintenance (like me!)
Be sure to go here-and AQ me so I can go with! LOVE Spring Grove! :-) There always seen to be around 100 active boxes here at any time.....some go missing but others keep being planted. Hey, Ohio friends! When are you planning another event at Spring Grove anyway?