Timex Expedition

[jawilder]

Well my wife got me a Timex Expedition with a digital compass for early father's day present.

Have any of you used one of these before or have any thoughts about them? It seems to work very well, although I have to recalibrate the compass every so often if it gets wacky, but it doesn't seem to hard and something I can do in the woods without any other compass aruond.

 

[aceofblades]

I have one. Been wearing it for a year straight. It hasn't failed me yet.

 

[Diomedes Industries]

I have one as well - Not bad - Ace - have you seen the need to frequently recalibrate the compass?

TF

 

[aceofblades]

I rarely use the compass, but I do recalibrate. Not very often. Maybe once or twice a month.

 

[jawilder]

when you recalibrate, do you enter the declination, or use magnetic? I think magnetic may be better because you may not always have the declination info for every place you travel... unless you look them up ahead of time.

 

[Diomedes Industries]

I do enter the declination in my compass. It is only 3 E for my location.

TF