The Brunton 8099 type compasses are seriously flawed in design in my view. A bubble of any sort will prevent the compass card from rotating....effectively making it useless. That coupled with its tendency to form bubbles at the drop of a hat has relegated mine to the storage box....after 3 capsule replacements it just is not trustworthy.
A bubble in a needle compass will most likely not make the instrument useless....that to me is the reason to not use any of the Brunton compass card type instruments.
Absolutly right. I have one of these. The compass housing is prone to fracturing.
Avoid.
The sad part is that Silva is, for the most part, the benchmark standard and this should be a flagship product.
I have several Silva's and provided you take normal reasonable care with them they give years of excellent service.
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