Can someone tell me if those electronic digital compasses, the ones that tell you your course in a large readout, are worthwhile? I'd love an LCD screen with a backlight.

I was doing some land navigation yesterday in my survival course. I found that while my compass work was very accurate, I had a difficult time setting and reading the compass.

I am extremely nearsighted, and those two-degree tick marks were murder to make out under the fading daylight. They were also difficult to read with my Inova X5. They're just too bloody small.

-- Craig