Your compass

Well, I hope you carry one, anyway. Surprised

Mine is a Brunton Expedition Compass:

^Not my picture, but same compass.

What's yours? Very Happy

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Mine's a Suunto MCB.

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That Suunto looks nice!

Im currently using a B.Zone compass. but im looking to purchase a SILVA when i get the chance!!

Great topic!!

Are we the only one's who carry compasses? Confused

Come on, people. Post!! Very Happy

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Here they are Very Happy

eric

Nice.

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This Bee Mine. Does the job, I use it 77 % more than my GPS. And cost ALOT ! less Laughing

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Where'd you come up with 77%? Laughing

Is that the pouch it stays in? Very Happy

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	flashlightfreak9 wrote:
	Where'd you come up with 77%? Is that the pouch it stays in?

lol, just a random # i picked. but i do use it Waaaay more than the GPS.
No it doesn't go in the tinder pouch. Its 93.4 % of the time around my neck, OR , in my front pocket. Cool

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I have a couple of the ones like FF9 uses. I bought them six months apart and from different stores *just in case* there was a bad batch. Laughing

I've had to pull them out and use them both after three of my GPS units failed in one night! I was seriously considering staying the night out in the field, but the guy I was with was dead set on walking out. So against my better judgment we started walking aimlessly in the dark for over five hours, and ended up covering about four miles. Sad

The next day I logged onto my laptop and pluged some waypoints I knew we were around into a mapping program, and then used the 3D feature to see about where we were (hills, streams, and water catchments) only to find out we were within less than a hundred yards from camp at one point, and took off in the wrong direction. My first mistake was not keeping my orientation, second I trusted my GPS a little too much from the fast pace we were going at, and third for listening to a guy who had only been in the area a couple times while I had just spent over six months preparing for his hunt. Evil or Very Mad

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I use a silva huntsman but I want a Silva Ranger (Dad had one for many years and the seal wore out make'n it difficult to use, always liked it).

Huntsman:

Ranger:

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good to see this thread come to life. never leave home without a compass!
rather than get a new compass i found an older (official) US Army lensatic compass that belonged to my dad i am now using. it looks just like this one:

I don't really carry a compass, I have a few but no digital camera Wink

It is just a generic compass, nothing fancy but I don't usually carry it with me though I probably should Laughing

If I'm lost I will use the shadow stick method Wink

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Great compass jax Very Happy

eric

	Survivorman wrote:
	I don't really carry a compass, I have a few but no digital camera It is just a generic compass, nothing fancy but I don't usually carry it with me though I probably should If I'm lost I will use the shadow stick method

But if there's no sun...

Or if dark falls...

You're lost! Surprised

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I'll wait until there is sun, morning! Idea

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flashlightfreak9 wrote:

	Survivorman wrote:
	I don't really carry a compass, I have a few but no digital camera It is just a generic compass, nothing fancy but I don't usually carry it with me though I probably should If I'm lost I will use the shadow stick method

But if there's no sun...

Or if dark falls...

You're lost! Surprised

You got that right FF9. No sun ! No fun without a compass.

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	Survivorman wrote:
	I'll wait until there is sun, morning!

sometimes the sun dont come out for days/weeks depending on where you are and/or what time of year it is!!

just always take a compass to be safe!

Yep, that's right jax I probably should always carry a compass Wink

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	Survivorman wrote:
	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.

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