I have one of these myself and I like it a lot.I also like the fact that it is a dry needle compass.Sorry to hear of your last one.The military should adopt a new type of testing for new equipment.Let a five year old child or a puppy play with it for fifteen minutes.If it survives and still works it can handle any thing <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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