I had one on my watch band on a canoe trip and when I was lifting my canoe onto my shoulders it got ripped off and flew off somewhere in the long reeds or grass along the riverbank, I couldn’t find it. I still have one but I keep it on my headlamp strap. Thanks for the great video!
I have this. Carry it on my watch band. Only issues have that it is very sensitive to metal (totally off inside a vehicle), but that is no problem to work around. I was also reaching into a water rack one time, caught it and it pulled out of the base. Found the parts and reassembled it. It did acquire an air bubble after that. Not sure how that could happen, but still works! Don’t have the shirt yet, but I’m sure it will be here soon. Thanks again!
I noticed that the buckle on my watch band can throw it off 10° but, for what it is that's not a big deal. I shipped the shirt a day later than I expected. Should be there soon. Postal service is super busy this time of year. I know Amazon is super slow right now, ha.
@ I first heard of these from Dave Canterbury. They wear them on the strap on their ball caps. Might be a good idea. At least mine gets beat up pretty bad on my watch band. It is still going after a year of daily wear though. Have a good week!
Have owned at least 4 of these through my 47 year career as a consulting forester. The last two I've had had issues with bezel popping off You don't always find them Suunto was not helpful in replacement However, they are still the best option
For what it's worth: unless you keep track of any turns you make and how far each leg is a compass will not bring you back to where you left unless you walk a straight line in and out. If you walk in 100 feet at 360 degree (north) then went 100 feet 90 degrees (east). When you come back on your back bearing 180 degrees (south) you will be 100 feet east of where you started. Any compass is a valuable piece of kit and you should never be in the bush without one. Just understand how they work.
Compasses are almost useless for map reading unless the surrounding environment is easily identifiable on the map you're holding in your hand... People get this idea in their head that all they need to find their way back to civilization after a random, unknown, unplanned drop-off is a map and compass, completely ignoring the fact that unless your immediate surroundings are visually identifiable on that map, you're still almost permanently lost... For example, I took a backup paper map and compass to Wadi Rum at the end of 2022, and even though my GPS device was working perfectly, I thought I'd have a crack at navigating with the satellite and see-through topographic map overlay I'd brought with me, and even though I'm a highly proficient map reader, those red rock formations were visually indistinguishable from one another when looking up and back down at that map. It's completely useless tech in parts of the world you're not already somewhat familiar with...
What a compass like this is good for is noting your general direction of travel, say northeast. Then, if you lose your bearings, you know you have to travel generally southwest to get back to where you started, or at least to a handrail like a road, river, or railroad track.
Saw your video but I have to say Cammenga compass made a wrist watch made out of brass no water in it to freeze balanced and the best one ever this is my vote
I lost mine it slipped of my watch band on a canoe trip. Lost forever , moved to the ones wazoo survival gear uses they have a enclosed loop to capture the watch band no chance of slipping off.
That does sound like a better fitting. I had a cheap Marbles in a nice brass enclosure with a loop for a lanyard. Gave it to my nephew. I really liked the brass.
I use it for general directions in the woods and I find it very handy.
I have three of these.
Stuffed in small basic personal survival kits or get home bags.
Great emergency compass , no bubbles yet and true.
I had one on my watch band on a canoe trip and when I was lifting my canoe onto my shoulders it got ripped off and flew off somewhere in the long reeds or grass along the riverbank, I couldn’t find it. I still have one but I keep it on my headlamp strap. Thanks for the great video!
I have one on my Timex Expedition for 2 years now. All times.
I have this. Carry it on my watch band. Only issues have that it is very sensitive to metal (totally off inside a vehicle), but that is no problem to work around. I was also reaching into a water rack one time, caught it and it pulled out of the base. Found the parts and reassembled it. It did acquire an air bubble after that. Not sure how that could happen, but still works! Don’t have the shirt yet, but I’m sure it will be here soon. Thanks again!
I noticed that the buckle on my watch band can throw it off 10° but, for what it is that's not a big deal.
I shipped the shirt a day later than I expected. Should be there soon. Postal service is super busy this time of year. I know Amazon is super slow right now, ha.
@ I first heard of these from Dave Canterbury. They wear them on the strap on their ball caps. Might be a good idea. At least mine gets beat up pretty bad on my watch band. It is still going after a year of daily wear though. Have a good week!
I have one of these, also the suunto mc2 global, I prefer the m2 is see the wrist band one for dire emergency.
Have owned at least 4 of these through my 47 year career as a consulting forester.
The last two I've had had issues with bezel popping off
You don't always find them
Suunto was not helpful in replacement
However, they are still the best option
For what it's worth: unless you keep track of any turns you make and how far each leg is a compass will not bring you back to where you left unless you walk a straight line in and out. If you walk in 100 feet at 360 degree (north) then went 100 feet 90 degrees (east). When you come back on your back bearing 180 degrees (south) you will be 100 feet east of where you started. Any compass is a valuable piece of kit and you should never be in the bush without one. Just understand how they work.
Compasses are almost useless for map reading unless the surrounding environment is easily identifiable on the map you're holding in your hand... People get this idea in their head that all they need to find their way back to civilization after a random, unknown, unplanned drop-off is a map and compass, completely ignoring the fact that unless your immediate surroundings are visually identifiable on that map, you're still almost permanently lost...
For example, I took a backup paper map and compass to Wadi Rum at the end of 2022, and even though my GPS device was working perfectly, I thought I'd have a crack at navigating with the satellite and see-through topographic map overlay I'd brought with me, and even though I'm a highly proficient map reader, those red rock formations were visually indistinguishable from one another when looking up and back down at that map.
It's completely useless tech in parts of the world you're not already somewhat familiar with...
What a compass like this is good for is noting your general direction of travel, say northeast. Then, if you lose your bearings, you know you have to travel generally southwest to get back to where you started, or at least to a handrail like a road, river, or railroad track.
Saw your video but I have to say Cammenga compass made a wrist watch made out of brass no water in it to freeze balanced and the best one ever this is my vote
I lost mine it slipped of my watch band on a canoe trip. Lost forever , moved to the ones wazoo survival gear uses they have a enclosed loop to capture the watch band no chance of slipping off.
That does sound like a better fitting. I had a cheap Marbles in a nice brass enclosure with a loop for a lanyard. Gave it to my nephew. I really liked the brass.
Great! One more thing to fall out of my pocket in the woods 😂
Those cost a few bucks more but I don’t trust the other option - those cheap no name made in China button compasses.
I hear you
The site radius on that is ridiculously shoit's just for basic rough guestimates. It would be a lot better to stick that on top of a hiking stick.
It will go on a watchband and the watch will throw it off.
That's true. Probably gonna make a bracelet for it. The buckle on my watch band throws it off by at least 10°
Mine lives on the end of the sternum strap of my daypack.
Popped out of bezel for two of them and developed bubbles 🫧 in a couple others I’m done with these suunto’s.