Hmmm ... I'll have to take a good look at mine again. It is nice knowing that I can take a compass with me when traveling overseas and that it will work.

I got incredibly turned around once while walking in downtown Taipei in Taiwan - all the signs looked the same and none of the streets ran parallel. I REALLY wished I'd brought my GPS and a compass that worked there. I might ask Santa for a Garmin Geko 201 for Christmas - it is small and very easy to carry.