As a Forester, I use a Silva Ranger 15. I keep the lanyard through the top button hole in my shirt and keep it in the front pocket when I'm wearing a cruising vest. When wearing the vest, it goes through a loop-hole designed for a compass. Set declination properly and get used to reading the needle while level and you'll always keep the compass level. I always line the needle, the reference line, and the sight notch on the top of the mirror, sight on the object furthest away I can see, then fold the compass away and walk towards that point (pacing). When I get there, repeat the process on another point.
I'm a 22 Year USMC & US Army Vet and I taught Land Nav to a lot of Infantry Soldiers (and ROTC Candidates and Boy Scouts) over the years. My lensatic compass lanyard was always looped through my top BDU button Hole and NEVER came off (if you lost'em, you had to buy'em!). I used the Army's Steady hold (both pointer fingers alongside the Compass like a pistol) method and made sure my wire line bisected my pivot point. Even though I considered myself (past tense) an expert in Map Reading and Land nav, its good to get a refresher, b/c its a perishable skill. Thank you. (SFC, USA Retired).
Appreciate you sharing your knowledge What compass would you recommend if a person is not in the military? Of your recommdation of compass why that model(s) Thank you for your reply
Hand to cheek method has worked for me for years when shooting an azimuth but the important thing is you have to find what works for you. Land navigation is an art once you get the basic principles down.
I learned land navigation in the army in 2004. Its sad that in 2017 when i got out 99% of Soldiers and NCO's were not capable of completing land nav courses. 2 people finished within the alotted time in my company. Those 2 people were me and a Soldier who tagged along with me. (I turned it into training for the Soldier he before did not know how to read/orient the map, shoot azimuths, and had zero clue how to identify land marks, didnt know what a pace count was either. With me teaching him we were still the only ones to complete the course.) During the AAR I brought up how sad this was and the response was sad as well. "We dont need this anymore, we have Blue Force Trackers now."
@@jonpatterson5668 Thank you so much. i think it’s one of those things, once you get it, you can’t understand how you didn’t get it before lol. I’m getting better for sure. But still A LOT to learn. I need to just practice more, and some lessons would only help me speed up the process.
Good basic info for people Dan. Thanks for sharing. Quick tidbit of info for you......the furthest from a road a human can get in the entire state of Pennsylvania is 2.7 miles. It’s roughly a 2 hour hike one way from the most remote spot in the state out to a road. Enjoy sir and stay safe!!
The lanyard trick is a new one to me (the reason behind it, that is). It seems really obvious now, but I had never considered it before. Very cool tip! Dan is my friend, he said so! I'm having some proud now!
I would have never thought about the lanyard use beyond just keeping it around my neck! I recently bought my first compass and I'm still trying to figure out all its features. There is no mirror on mine, but it does have a level...so, bubble in the center of the circle and I know it's level. That's one feature of mine that I greatly appreciate.
So, after probably more than 35 years of land nav, I just learned something new. Using a lanyard as a distance limiter. I came from 20 years using a lensatic compass in the army, and am still most comfortable with it. BUT, I have gone to a more civilian one, and never once thought of using the lanyard like that. Gonna work on that with my civvie one!! Lensatic still works best cheek method :).
Great tips. I know how to use a compass but hadn’t thought about consistency. I figured I would always do my sightings consistently by habit. Now I know how to assure they are consistent. Thank you.
Very good tips. Especially for using a mirror compass. Outdoorers from US often make the mistake to use a mirror compass like an old lensatic type as the military cammenga. Hand to cheek method or trying to read the bearing while aiming are not recommended with a mirror type compass.
I always add a small lenght of orange fluo flagtape on my lanyard. Nearly all compass are dark and camouglage very well with the ground, so if one use it on a map to get a bearing, there is little chance to 'forget' it on the ground with that bright color flagtape. I learned long ago to put flagtape on all my field accessories, it is always a pain to go back because I have forgot the notebook on an outcrop 100 yards before. :P
Singing and Compass twirling got a laugh and thumbs up! 🤣😂😁 One my Scouts twirled his compass and broke it on a rock. His fellow Scouts ribbed him mercilessly. I had my own Ranger Compass and a GI Lensatic Compass. Semper Fi!
With the tritium lensatic compass we were issued in the Army we were taught to hold it up to our face, holding it like a pistol...but it has a wire in the sight window to use, performs the same function as the line down the mirror. Another tip, don't hold your knife in your hand either! LOL Or any metal object nearby!
Yeah actually he covered all that stuff in an older video on navigation, actually it was a series. Belt buckles, phones, an axe head it's an easy one to forget and then you're wondering why the compass seems to keep changing its mind
Land nav is my favorite, I taught land nav in the Army for awhile. You covered great beginner points. I would love to see you do a series on land nav. Compass reading, pace count, map reading. There is so much to learn. I love it!
@@sport07-o2l I thank you both for your service. In the Army it seems you're either very good at and love land nav or you're bad at it and hate it. No in between, that's my experience anyway. Again thank you both.
I learned to read A compass in 4 th grade. We had to go from point to point. Got friends in their 50's like me. They have no idea how to use one. Very simple but great piece of gear. Get out of truck see where your at, no matter where you go you can get back
Great rips. BUT..... it got too model centric. How do you do these things using a lunatic style compass? Or the solid plastic base/w rules that doesn't have a wire? Might add 3 minutes to video but apply to more people.
These are things that I haven’t seen before. I thought that leveling and squaring your vision would be self evident, but not everybody thinks of those things. The consistency of site pictures using the lanyard around the neck never occurred to me. I have studied the astrolabe and like things like that. Have you done a segment on distance? Be Well and Good Journey Richie
Thank you for reminding me to drill navigation even when I'm hiking familiar spaces. I've gone a few YEARS without needing those skills at this point, and they've definitely slipped. Thank you.
Thanks Dan good video, in the Army we did a lot of map reading and navigation in the day and a lot at night . Through the woods and the swamps . Does anybody remember those days ?
Had to pass land nav in all the NCO leadership schools. That was way before GPS for me. Although, in 1984 NAVSTAR started testing the first GPS systems on Ft Campbell while I was stationed there. The first units were a little bigger than a PRC77 radio. Only one vehicle in our infantry company had GPS in Desert Storm.
Never saw a compas with a mirror. Always had a lid with a clear lens and line. That mirror would be awesome to line up with. Great, I'm sure I will get one in my arsenal.
@@asmith7876 Basic compass use is to teach how to sight on a distant object and set your directional bearing! I all ready know how to hold a compass. 🤣🤣🤣
Great tips I never realized before. Kind of like learning to shoot a recurve bow. Repitition and consistency in compass holding form and you will have a better shot. Or should I say " best" shot. Thanks for the great vid. I will be working on these tips. God bless.
I’m a land surveyor. Sometimes we use a hand bearing compass to establish angles for line cutting. I’ve got an eye condition(?) that causes my readings to many degrees off. I can’t recall the name of the disorder, but it’s embarrassing.
I don't see or hear of anyone doing orienteering anymore..... When I was a kid we had navigate in areas like LBL and out in rural areas....kind of like a treasure hunt. Then we had to bring back the items we found....and do it fast....to "win". Usually for something like a better meal at dinner at camp....or a candy bar. It was a blast and a fun way to learn.
tell the stay away from brown spots on rocks (most likely rust) throws you way off i have a brunton tru arc 3 and 5 a brunton type 7 (nexus) and a brunton 9077. and my gps , spare batteries no screwing around. its a lit of fun but going home is mandatory have a good day
In the Boy Scouts I always won the map and compass courses. Then as a Scoutmaster I taught my Scouts how to navigate with a compass. I made it fun by turning it into a game and offering a prize to the winner. They tried really hard in order to win a nice full tang knife with leather sheath and a sharpening stone.
In my Scout Troop, we made bamboo backpack frames. The knot tying knowledge was the crux of the lesson. I can still tie a clove hitch & a bowline. Now that you got my memories churning, I feel like volunteering with my old troop, if it still exists.
@@savage22bolt32 Savage the Scouts did a lot for me so I tried to pass on some of what I learned, including the very important act of knot tying. At the Jamboree at Andrew's AFB my troop was voted #2 out of 38 troops. I was pretty proud of my guys.
@@theprophetez1357 Girls should not be in Boy Scouts & visa versa. I know when I was in junior high, if we had girls camping with us, the whole experience would have degenerated.
@@savage22bolt32 We had an area where the Girl Scouts camped on one side of a lake, and the Boy Scouts on the other. We did canoe over, but were told not to go ashore, and we didn't.
Always great tips and to the point. I do t believe although has been a while that these issues were ever talked about in the siva Bjorn compass navigation book, although it's been along time since I have read it. Learned truckers hitch by your video..could figure it out using other people's methods, your a great instructor. Do u recommend this particular compass? Or do you prefer another. Ive though of getting an intl compass but I see a lot of negative reviews of the Santo intl needle sticking etc? Thanks again for all your reaching.
Really appreciate the tips. Navigation is a subject I really need to learn along with topo maps. I obviously need a better compass as well. Mine was inexpensive and has issues. Don't think the one on my phone ok quit laughing is any better.
To see an example of this in the field would be helpful. Say a hiker has some sort of mishap in the deep woods. loses cell phone. Still has survival gear in backpack but needs to use this compass to find their way out. And maybe isn't experienced with a compass. What then? This video could have been a half hour at least, showing actual field use.
I have that compass, it's nice but it feels a bit flimsy, now i see how you open it and close like nothing, i feel like i would break it if i open it too much xD
Interesting Some people's sense of direction is very acute I posses that from a young age I wish I could challenge more often It would seem wise to have a compass as a back up ( just in case) What tips / suggestions do you practise?
So survival experts, soldiers, expedition teams, hikers, overland parties, hunters, and search and rescue use map and compass or GPSs but you don't need it? You should do the video.
Do you have to have a compass with a mirror? I understand the dual functionality of having the mirror for hygiene and rescue. But aside from that what are the pros and cons? I kind of feel like the mirror would get in the way?
There are many videos about compass choices. If you don't like the mirror, search for lensmatic compass. I have both & prefer the Sunntu or similar style. But you will have to spend many hours with each one to decide what is best for you. I only paid $5 for my chinese mirror compass. I'm ashamed to admit that, but I wanted something cheap to learn with. It's a couple of years old & I haven't had any problem with the cheap thing. The lensmatic compass was purchased at a military surplus store. Also cheap chinese with crappy instructions. The first compass I bought 50 years ago was made in W Germany. Just a plain, brass cased liquid filled compass that can keep you on track. It's my favorite!
Thanks for the tips! I’m a surveyor and I learned something. BTW it’s bisect not dissect. 😄
I attended Dan’s nav clinic last year. It is a fantastic class and I learned a lot more than I had expected. Dan and his instructors are great.
As a Forester, I use a Silva Ranger 15. I keep the lanyard through the top button hole in my shirt and keep it in the front pocket when I'm wearing a cruising vest. When wearing the vest, it goes through a loop-hole designed for a compass. Set declination properly and get used to reading the needle while level and you'll always keep the compass level. I always line the needle, the reference line, and the sight notch on the top of the mirror, sight on the object furthest away I can see, then fold the compass away and walk towards that point (pacing). When I get there, repeat the process on another point.
Same here.
I'm a 22 Year USMC & US Army Vet and I taught Land Nav to a lot of Infantry Soldiers (and ROTC Candidates and Boy Scouts) over the years. My lensatic compass lanyard was always looped through my top BDU button Hole and NEVER came off (if you lost'em, you had to buy'em!). I used the Army's Steady hold (both pointer fingers alongside the Compass like a pistol) method and made sure my wire line bisected my pivot point. Even though I considered myself (past tense) an expert in Map Reading and Land nav, its good to get a refresher, b/c its a perishable skill. Thank you. (SFC, USA Retired).
Appreciate you sharing your knowledge
What compass would you recommend if a person is not in the military?
Of your recommdation of compass why that model(s)
Thank you for your reply
Hand to cheek method has worked for me for years when shooting an azimuth but the important thing is you have to find what works for you. Land navigation is an art once you get the basic principles down.
While I don't use a hand-to-cheek method, I do have my compass close to my face. Probably like you, I need a consistent frame of reference.
I learned land navigation in the army in 2004. Its sad that in 2017 when i got out 99% of Soldiers and NCO's were not capable of completing land nav courses. 2 people finished within the alotted time in my company. Those 2 people were me and a Soldier who tagged along with me. (I turned it into training for the Soldier he before did not know how to read/orient the map, shoot azimuths, and had zero clue how to identify land marks, didnt know what a pace count was either. With me teaching him we were still the only ones to complete the course.) During the AAR I brought up how sad this was and the response was sad as well. "We dont need this anymore, we have Blue Force Trackers now."
Good morning from Syracuse NY USA brother and thank you for sharing your thoughts and adventures
Great tips. Land Nav is one of my weaker links. Always looking for tips to help me improve. Thanks again. 🙏🏼
Don't feel lonely, my brain just doesn't grasp the concept for some reason
@@jonpatterson5668 Thank you so much. i think it’s one of those things, once you get it, you can’t understand how you didn’t get it before lol. I’m getting better for sure. But still A LOT to learn. I need to just practice more, and some lessons would only help me speed up the process.
laminated map. Pick one up for your area, throw it in the glove box
I wish could give you two thumbs up. These nuggets of info are pure gold! Thank you.
Good basic info for people Dan. Thanks for sharing. Quick tidbit of info for you......the furthest from a road a human can get in the entire state of Pennsylvania is 2.7 miles. It’s roughly a 2 hour hike one way from the most remote spot in the state out to a road. Enjoy sir and stay safe!!
Same thing in most parts of Europe.
The lanyard trick is a new one to me (the reason behind it, that is). It seems really obvious now, but I had never considered it before. Very cool tip! Dan is my friend, he said so! I'm having some proud now!
I would have never thought about the lanyard use beyond just keeping it around my neck!
I recently bought my first compass and I'm still trying to figure out all its features. There is no mirror on mine, but it does have a level...so, bubble in the center of the circle and I know it's level. That's one feature of mine that I greatly appreciate.
So, after probably more than 35 years of land nav, I just learned something new. Using a lanyard as a distance limiter. I came from 20 years using a lensatic compass in the army, and am still most comfortable with it. BUT, I have gone to a more civilian one, and never once thought of using the lanyard like that. Gonna work on that with my civvie one!! Lensatic still works best cheek method :).
I was in for 22 yrs and would of never thought to stretch the lanyard to the lensatic.
It's always good to know where you're going
Killer Tips Brother. Nice and straight forward. They will definitely help people for sure.
Thanks Dan! I learned something new today. Details matter.
Good advice. Somethings I had not thought about. Keeping the compass level should be self evident.
Another helpful tip. NEVER let the butter bar run nav drills
We had one LT that was a master at it! One, out of 4 years LOL.
Great tips. I know how to use a compass but hadn’t thought about consistency. I figured I would always do my sightings consistently by habit. Now I know how to assure they are consistent. Thank you.
Good stuff Dan 🤠
Very good tips. Especially for using a mirror compass. Outdoorers from US often make the mistake to use a mirror compass like an old lensatic type as the military cammenga. Hand to cheek method or trying to read the bearing while aiming are not recommended with a mirror type compass.
I always add a small lenght of orange fluo flagtape on my lanyard. Nearly all compass are dark and camouglage very well with the ground, so if one use it on a map to get a bearing, there is little chance to 'forget' it on the ground with that bright color flagtape. I learned long ago to put flagtape on all my field accessories, it is always a pain to go back because I have forgot the notebook on an outcrop 100 yards before. :P
Awesome video Dan! Very useful tools ! Take care and stay safe my friend!
Singing and Compass twirling got a laugh and thumbs up! 🤣😂😁
One my Scouts twirled his compass and broke it on a rock. His fellow Scouts ribbed him mercilessly.
I had my own Ranger Compass and a GI Lensatic Compass. Semper Fi!
Thanks Dan, take care.
Good tips Sir. The lanyard to compass one is real cool. Keep up the good vids-
With the tritium lensatic compass we were issued in the Army we were taught to hold it up to our face, holding it like a pistol...but it has a wire in the sight window to use, performs the same function as the line down the mirror. Another tip, don't hold your knife in your hand either! LOL Or any metal object nearby!
Steel pot will give you a no go at this station.
Yeah actually he covered all that stuff in an older video on navigation, actually it was a series. Belt buckles, phones, an axe head it's an easy one to forget and then you're wondering why the compass seems to keep changing its mind
@@geobloxmodels1186 or standing under a pylon line…
Land nav is my favorite, I taught land nav in the Army for awhile. You covered great beginner points. I would love to see you do a series on land nav. Compass reading, pace count, map reading. There is so much to learn. I love it!
My son’s army. Loves land nav
@@sport07-o2l I thank you both for your service. In the Army it seems you're either very good at and love land nav or you're bad at it and hate it. No in between, that's my experience anyway. Again thank you both.
Great mini-course, Dan. Thank you. Stay safe and stay cool
Would also be great to see a video on navigation without a compass. Sun, moon, stars, moss and insect locations, etc
Good tips that when thought about should be common sense. Thumb up.
Great land nav tips for the cranial toolbox. Im looking forward to seeing more videos on map reading & compass navigation. Thanks Dan
Good practical tips. Thanks.
I'd like to know more about navigation. These are some good tips. Thanks for the video.
I learned to read A compass in 4 th grade. We had to go from point to point. Got friends in their 50's like me. They have no idea how to use one. Very simple but great piece of gear. Get out of truck see where your at, no matter where you go you can get back
Great rips. BUT..... it got too model centric. How do you do these things using a lunatic style compass? Or the solid plastic base/w rules that doesn't have a wire? Might add 3 minutes to video but apply to more people.
Excellent tips, but there is only 4. Still i am new to this, great stuff
These are things that I haven’t seen before. I thought that leveling and squaring your vision would be self evident, but not everybody thinks of those things. The consistency of site pictures using the lanyard around the neck never occurred to me. I have studied the astrolabe and like things like that. Have you done a segment on distance? Be Well and Good Journey Richie
This made me remember the Boy Scouts. Thanks for the great vid.
Also, the words you forgot are accurate and perpendicular.
Immediately I think I'm wrong on the second word.
Thanks Dan.👉🏞🛶⛺🔥
Excellent tips thanks Dan
Thank you for reminding me to drill navigation even when I'm hiking familiar spaces. I've gone a few YEARS without needing those skills at this point, and they've definitely slipped. Thank you.
Yeah, it's good to practice in familiar territory in case you screw up badly & get lost forever!
Something to write with and write on are also darn handy to have!
Awesome tips. Thank you so much.
"Use 2 or 3 fingers" That's what she said.... But seriously, always learning something new from your videos.
My kids got me a MilSpec compass for Christmas. I had one while I was in the service and I love that model.
Good stuff, Dan - thankee!
Tip # 6, never swing your compass around.
Great tips! Thanks much
Thanks again Dan for the useful tips!
Thanks Dan good video, in the Army we did a lot of map reading and navigation in the day and a lot at night . Through the woods and the swamps . Does anybody remember those days ?
Had to pass land nav in all the NCO leadership schools. That was way before GPS for me. Although, in 1984 NAVSTAR started testing the first GPS systems on Ft Campbell while I was stationed there. The first units were a little bigger than a PRC77 radio. Only one vehicle in our infantry company had GPS in Desert Storm.
Never saw a compas with a mirror. Always had a lid with a clear lens and line. That mirror would be awesome to line up with. Great, I'm sure I will get one in my arsenal.
Good points on using a compass...
All good tips, but why not show the how to sight and set a bearing on your compass???
It wasn't presented as a tutorial on basic compass use.
@@asmith7876 Basic compass use is to teach how to sight on a distant object and set your directional bearing! I all ready know how to hold a compass. 🤣🤣🤣
Check his playlists... He has several on that topic..
@@MetalBuddhaHead I will thanks!
Great tips.
Great tips I never realized before. Kind of like learning to shoot a recurve bow. Repitition and consistency in compass holding form and you will have a better shot. Or should I say " best" shot. Thanks for the great vid. I will be working on these tips. God bless.
Excellent
I’m a land surveyor. Sometimes we use a hand bearing compass to establish angles for line cutting. I’ve got an eye condition(?) that causes my readings to many degrees off. I can’t recall the name of the disorder, but it’s embarrassing.
I think it’s called ‘2nd Lieutenant Syndrome’
Thanks for that...
All good advice 👍
🌲⛺🔥🤪
wow an actual useful channel on youtube would could have imagined
Look up on the internet: tiny spider on /in cracks of bark of trees: Dictyna arundinacea, DIctYna sp..... ALWAYS on the EAST side of trees
I don't see or hear of anyone doing orienteering anymore..... When I was a kid we had navigate in areas like LBL and out in rural areas....kind of like a treasure hunt. Then we had to bring back the items we found....and do it fast....to "win". Usually for something like a better meal at dinner at camp....or a candy bar. It was a blast and a fun way to learn.
Hi Dan. I'v been teaching navigation for years but thank you for the new information. Stay safe. ATB. NIgel
Great video 👍👍.
Still trying to get use to your introduction, Very Intense!
Great tips. Could you do a video on actual map reading. 5 major and 3 minor terrain features, contour lines, legend, and declination angle?
tell the stay away from brown spots on rocks (most likely rust) throws you way off i have a brunton tru arc 3 and 5 a brunton type 7 (nexus) and a brunton 9077. and my gps , spare batteries no screwing around. its a lit of fun but going home is mandatory have a good day
Good basic methods.
In the Boy Scouts I always won the map and compass courses. Then as a Scoutmaster I taught my Scouts how to navigate with a compass.
I made it fun by turning it into a game and offering a prize to the winner. They tried really hard in order to win a nice full tang knife with leather sheath and a sharpening stone.
In my Scout Troop, we made bamboo backpack frames. The knot tying knowledge was the crux of the lesson.
I can still tie a clove hitch & a bowline.
Now that you got my memories churning, I feel like volunteering with my old troop, if it still exists.
@@savage22bolt32 Savage the Scouts did a lot for me so I tried to pass on some of what I learned, including the very important act of knot tying.
At the Jamboree at Andrew's AFB my troop was voted #2 out of 38 troops. I was pretty proud of my guys.
@@theprophetez1357 Girls should not be in Boy Scouts & visa versa. I know when I was in junior high, if we had girls camping with us, the whole experience would have degenerated.
@@savage22bolt32 We had an area where the Girl Scouts camped on one side of a lake, and the Boy Scouts on the other. We did canoe over, but were told not to go ashore, and we didn't.
Good stuff 👍
EXCELLENT
Brilliant Dan, thanks! 💯💪
Great Vid…would love to see a more in depth use of a compass…compass to map and just compass
T22. I found your old vids
And here i thought i knew it all. Thanks
Nooooo. Your supposed to say stay in the woods!!! What the pickles. :+)
All very good tips that I have never heard before!
Great tips 👍👍
I second your comment.
Thank you 😊
Good stuff 👍👍
Good content.
very informative in hou to use a compass thank you :)
wow. good video. I just learned a lot. thanks! new subscriber:)
Great Vid, Thanks
GOOD VIDEO
Always great tips and to the point. I do t believe although has been a while that these issues were ever talked about in the siva Bjorn compass navigation book, although it's been along time since I have read it. Learned truckers hitch by your video..could figure it out using other people's methods, your a great instructor. Do u recommend this particular compass? Or do you prefer another. Ive though of getting an intl compass but I see a lot of negative reviews of the Santo intl needle sticking etc? Thanks again for all your reaching.
Never dissect the axis pin of your compass needle. You'll never get it back in its place. Bisect it instead. (Apologies. I couldn't help myself.)
You got a chuckle out of me with that one.
Really appreciate the tips. Navigation is a subject I really need to learn along with topo maps. I obviously need a better compass as well. Mine was inexpensive and has issues. Don't think the one on my phone ok quit laughing is any better.
I never use a compass in DAYZ. Even with very low light you still cast a shadow. That's all I need for dead reckoning with a map.
Thank you! Now I know!
It’s a parallax, you dig? You move around, the small gets big.
To see an example of this in the field would be helpful. Say a hiker has some sort of mishap in the deep woods. loses cell phone. Still has survival gear in backpack but needs to use this compass to find their way out. And maybe isn't experienced with a compass. What then? This video could have been a half hour at least, showing actual field use.
I have that compass, it's nice but it feels a bit flimsy, now i see how you open it and close like nothing, i feel like i would break it if i open it too much xD
Navigation Nation.
Don't forget to set your Declination ; )
“Rangers in the night, exchanging azimuths …”
First! UA-cams notifications worked today
For me too!!!!!
Is your boyfriend impressed that you’re first?
@@xploration1437 NO IT ACCAUTLY IDENTIFYS AS ATTACK HELICOPTER SO
Any chance youd start posting on Rumble? Love to see you over there
Navigation Negation
I'll be darned. I have the same compass and never paid attention to the mirror clicks.
What is the right way to use a Compass that does not have a merrow
I don't use a compass, and never will. I know my directions day or night. You should do a vid on that.
Interesting
Some people's sense of direction is very acute
I posses that from a young age
I wish I could challenge more often
It would seem wise to have a compass as a back up
( just in case)
What tips / suggestions do you practise?
So survival experts, soldiers, expedition teams, hikers, overland parties, hunters, and search and rescue use map and compass or GPSs but you don't need it? You should do the video.
Do you have to have a compass with a mirror? I understand the dual functionality of having the mirror for hygiene and rescue. But aside from that what are the pros and cons? I kind of feel like the mirror would get in the way?
There are many videos about compass choices. If you don't like the mirror, search for lensmatic compass.
I have both & prefer the Sunntu or similar style. But you will have to spend many hours with each one to decide what is best for you.
I only paid $5 for my chinese mirror compass. I'm ashamed to admit that, but I wanted something cheap to learn with. It's a couple of years old & I haven't had any problem with the cheap thing. The lensmatic compass was purchased at a military surplus store. Also cheap chinese with crappy instructions.
The first compass I bought 50 years ago was made in W Germany. Just a plain, brass cased liquid filled compass that can keep you on track. It's my favorite!
Did anyone find Mr. Wheelhouse?