Why can't they make a compass that's easy to read?
Posted: Mar 8, 2006 5:47 pm
Seriously. I grant you that suuntos are easier to use than bruntons, but for me it's the lesser of two evils. And never mind trying to explain to someone who has never used a compass how to use it.
At the very least, there should be a larger viewing area where you can line up the two points on a station and see them directly against the measurement.
And we need a better way to light the darn things. Maybe some really hard transparent plastic shell rather than metal.
Anybody want to engineer a new compass??
John
PS: many of the same things go for clinometers
At the very least, there should be a larger viewing area where you can line up the two points on a station and see them directly against the measurement.
And we need a better way to light the darn things. Maybe some really hard transparent plastic shell rather than metal.
Anybody want to engineer a new compass??
John
PS: many of the same things go for clinometers