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Azarcher
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 |  | | | Yep, that's right jax I probably should always carry a compass  |
Besides, if you get good at using it, you can look for things off the beaten trail. I've used them to find springs, streams or other geological formations or just to use the compass. It can be fun. |
That's too much work! Just flash your GPS with the location from your computer and then go find it! 
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OGTL
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Got my new compass today, a Brunton 9045 with a thermometer and wind chart. Not bad!
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turd
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Cool 
How does the wind chart work?
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flashlightfreak9
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HA! OGTL has outdone us all! 
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jax
Boreal Forest Survivor
Joined: 08 Jan 2007
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Location: usa |
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thermometer & compass in one - very nice OGTL!!
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TommasisX
Georgian Swamp Survivor
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Location: Hurricane Alley, Florida |
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| | | | | | Yep, that's right jax I probably should always carry a compass |
Besides, if you get good at using it, you can look for things off the beaten trail. I've used them to find springs, streams or other geological formations or just to use the compass. It can be fun. |
That's too much work! Just flash your GPS with the location from your computer and then go find it! |
What do you do if the darn thing stops working?
Bet you could take a metal part out of it to use as a compass needle.
That would be a pretty expensive compass.
Maybe you should just buy a nice little compass like the one OGTL just bought. Pretty sweet and you'll know at what temperature your GPS conked out at
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Survivorman
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Joined: 16 May 2007
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Location: British Columbia, Canada |
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| | | | | | | | Yep, that's right jax I probably should always carry a compass |
Besides, if you get good at using it, you can look for things off the beaten trail. I've used them to find springs, streams or other geological formations or just to use the compass. It can be fun. |
That's too much work! Just flash your GPS with the location from your computer and then go find it! |
What do you do if the darn thing stops working?
Bet you could take a metal part out of it to use as a compass needle.
That would be a pretty expensive compass.
Maybe you should just buy a nice little compass like the one OGTL just bought. Pretty sweet and you'll know at what temperature your GPS conked out at |
You've got a point, it's best not to rely on electrical devices to save your life or depend on a GPS when in a dire situation and you realize you forgot the batteries.
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flashlightfreak9
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Don't trust your life to a GPS.
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Drummer Dave
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> That & dont trust your life to any electronic device  always learn the old ways first.
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Mystik Spiral
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Joined: 25 Mar 2007
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I bought a silva ranger about a month ago. It was about $55. It's really nice, I like the adjustable declination, and my favorite thing is the inclinometer. It's the black arrow and it tells you the slope of something, say a mountain.  One thing I'm confused on are the glow in the dark sights. Why would you have glow in the dark sights without having a glowing needle and shed? The dial isn't illuminated, but that's not as important as the needle and shed.  Has a v-notch and a slit through the mirror for sighting. I'm really happy with it, works great.
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Drummer Dave
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^ Nice Mystick, looks good
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Drummer Dave
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This is my new Engineer's Compass. All metal, heavy well made. I put on the leather lanyard
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Mystik Spiral
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I have a cheap one of them. If you get the military ones they're called lensatic compasses. They come in mills instead of degrees. 
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flashlightfreak9
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Nice compass, Dave.
I think a mill is 1/3600 of a degree, Mystik.
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Mystik Spiral
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I think a mill is 1/3600 of a degree, Mystik. |
I'm pretty sure there's like 6400mills in 360degrees. I forgot.
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Drummer Dave
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It is in mills. Ive seen those $ 5.00 walwart jobs, lol.
But hey, if thats all a person has to spend, any compass is better than no compass.
I bought it cause i have 1 in my expition pack and it stays there. So, i needed another one 
Its good enufe for keeping direction if i go off course & start trail blazing
I never take one thing out of one pack for the other, cause as sure as the sun comes up i will take the other pack and forget that i have taken something out that i will need !. So i pretty much buy 2 of everything.
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flashlightfreak9
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| | | | Nice compass, Dave.
I think a mill is 1/3600 of a degree, Mystik. |
I'm pretty sure there's like 6400mills in 360degrees. I forgot. |
I remember 1/3600 of a degree from my Algebra book.
I tried to look it up in the dictionary and the encyclopedia, but I can't find it. 
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schmitty
Boreal Forest Survivor
Joined: 24 Jul 2007
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Location: Orlando |
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Ive got the same compas as OGTL, my thermometor broke off though.  The compasses you guys have are nice.
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Brian
Kalahari Desert Survivor
Joined: 02 Jun 2007
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Location: Spencerport, New York |
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Anybody use one of these?
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Drummer Dave
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Holy Crap ! Cool. Is it a sexton ? ... dont know if i spelt that right...
That just looks cool.
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