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Button Compass

Joben

Joben

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I'm looking for a good tiny compass to fit an Altoids tin PSK.

The ones i've had so far have been finicky.

(Compass enthusiasts forstall your lectures!
I don't want to know if a button compass is USEFULL. I just want one that WORKS. :P )

Thanks
 
not sure what you mean by finicky, but this one has been accurate and usefull for me...

http://www.tadgear.com/shop.php?id=444

it's tiny and north means north on mine. Also corosion resistant so if it sits someplace its should be ok for when you want to use it.

This compass fits in the end of their survival capsule but they've changed their website and I can't find the link for that thing yet but it sounds like you've already got something figured out kit wise.
 
The Suunuto Clipper seems to be the best I've come across so far.

-- FLIX
 
exitinyourhead said:
not sure what you mean by finicky,
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finicky = unreliable, sometimes works, sometimes doesn't

The mini compasses I have now tend to need to be extremely level, or be jiggled to make them spin properly.


Of course they are also $1 cheap ones, but at first i figured it was a simple enough device, how do you screw it up...apparently people have managed.

One of them is from GoingGear, 20mm, white, liquid damped.
It seemed fine at first...I wonder if I put it next to something magnetic...
 
I have button compasses, and I have a TruNord. I wouldn't consider the TruNord to be a button compass.
 
Lapp_Dance said:
Going Gear sells a few different sized button compasses.
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I just bought two and would not recommend them, although there are the only ones of their type I own and I may be expecting too much. I'd call them more of a novelty than a tool.


Stay sharp,
desmobob
 
I bought 5 BCB compasses from England and they all pointed in slightly different directions.

I think that all you can expect from a "button" compass is to get a general directional reading (like identifying North v. South) otherwise, be prepared to be off by 20 degrees or so.
 
Talfuchre said:
BCB Button Compass

TF
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I think the BCB is the button compass that comes in the Doug Ritter designed AMK Pocket Survival Pak. I have a couple of the PSKs, but i can't say I ever had to pull out and use the compass.

My Desert Storm vet buddy always has a Suunto Clipper on his watchband whenever we're out and about. He claims it is accurate enough for N/S/E/W, and has been reliable.
 
+1 on the Suunto Clipper. I keep one clipped to the sternum strap on my packs to do quick direction checks. I've found them reliable. As opposed to the $1.00 button compasses. I've tried various ones and the dials seem to "stick" when rotating north, sometimes just stopping. It can cause a misreading of true N/S/E/W. Never had this problem with the Suunto Clipper.
 
gander6 said:
+1 on the Suunto Clipper. I keep one clipped to the sternum strap on my packs to do quick direction checks. I've found them reliable. As opposed to the $1.00 button compasses. I've tried various ones and the dials seem to "stick" when rotating north, sometimes just stopping. It can cause a misreading of true N/S/E/W. Never had this problem with the Suunto Clipper.
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Any board supporters sell the Suunto Clipper??
 
My little trunord is built really well. Worth the $ IMO.
 
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