I come across some caches that I haven’t been able to find that indicate requires TOTT. What exactly are TOTT and do you need them? The only ones I’ve done are the birdhouses one where I use a long paint roller so that’s obviously necessary. I did a nano size one that said it requires TOTT but it was a small ass magnet sized thing and I just found it using my eyes.
TLDR; What are TOTTs and do I need to buy TOTTs to do caches?
Any area I’ve cached, there have always been plently of caches that don’t require a TOTT – so no, you don’t need one, but it might come in handy, depending on what you want to find.
Around where I live, probably the most common TOTT is a long pole to get caches down from trees. Don’t exchange this for a ladder – a lot of the caches are up in thin spindly trees growing on uneven ground. They’re designed for you to get them with a pole, with both feet on the ground. You can buy golf ball retrievers for not too much money at a sporting goods store, these usually work well.
Other TOTTs I’ve seen are batteries for gadget caches or a UV flashlight. If you read the cache page, you should be able to get a sense of what you need. But every so often, a cache owner will get creative and make you use something you’ve never thought of before ;)