That dial locking mechanism is vital in vast areas of featureless terrain; large expanses of dense wooded areas, and snow, and deserts and what not, fog, white-outs...and certainly at night. Vital when vision is extremely limited. Lock in your bearing, go 10 or 20 or 50 yards (whatever distance you are comfortable risking I guess), and unlock the mechanism to see/check how far you have wandered off of your course over each 10 or 20 or 50 yard distance - and keep checking for accuracy. Lock - unlock - travel - repeat. Compensate for inaccuracy and hopefully find that sweet zone where you stay on direct course by checking every set amount of distance. That lock provides physical and mathematical cross-references (a temporary history kind of), when you can't otherwise see shit (while on-the-fly). I don't know of any other compasses that have that feature. I've only seen it (so far!), on these military lensatic compasses. These are remarkable tools, and I think that that locking mechanism is one of this compass's most vital and practical features. I have a small handfull of compasses, but I ordered one of these today.
I have the exact same one but mine is pink for breast cancer. I was going to move out of state to Maine but knowing that there's another prepper in New York state makes me just want to stay here and move upstate
That dial locking mechanism is vital in vast areas of featureless terrain; large expanses of dense wooded areas, and snow, and deserts and what not, fog, white-outs...and certainly at night. Vital when vision is extremely limited. Lock in your bearing, go 10 or 20 or 50 yards (whatever distance you are comfortable risking I guess), and unlock the mechanism to see/check how far you have wandered off of your course over each 10 or 20 or 50 yard distance - and keep checking for accuracy. Lock - unlock - travel - repeat. Compensate for inaccuracy and hopefully find that sweet zone where you stay on direct course by checking every set amount of distance. That lock provides physical and mathematical cross-references (a temporary history kind of), when you can't otherwise see shit (while on-the-fly). I don't know of any other compasses that have that feature. I've only seen it (so far!), on these military lensatic compasses. These are remarkable tools, and I think that that locking mechanism is one of this compass's most vital and practical features. I have a small handfull of compasses, but I ordered one of these today.
Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts. I love this compass it's the best bang for the buck! Much better then the $300 Suunto's.
One of the better overviews on UA-cam
Awesome review! I got mine a month ago. Super accurate and durable.
I love them
7:02 that's why i have this exact compass.
It's solid
Me too (without the cammo).
I have the exact same one but mine is pink for breast cancer. I was going to move out of state to Maine but knowing that there's another prepper in New York state makes me just want to stay here and move upstate
That's really awesome!! I am actually moving to Tennessee next month unfortunately! There is no hope in New York anymore, I recommend moving out too.
My artillery M2 compass died after many years. Settled for one of these.
Good review my friend
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It's the same ALICE pouch.
Cool picture you have there in your profile