#215050 - 01/16/11 06:58 PM
Re: Urg, compass bubble
[Re: jzmtl]
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Registered: 12/14/09
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Loc: Nothern Ontario
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Lol, this is a new one, I bought it two days ago.
I'm going ski again tomorrow, so I'll take it and see what happens. As I suggested and posted above, contact Suunto...especially due to the compass being brand new.
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#215052 - 01/16/11 07:07 PM
Re: Urg, compass bubble
[Re: Teslinhiker]
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Lol, this is a new one, I bought it two days ago.
I'm going ski again tomorrow, so I'll take it and see what happens. As I suggested and posted above, contact Suunto...especially due to the compass being brand new. It's the weekend so they won't answer till next week anyway, so I'll wait till then. I'm leaving again in a few hours, and I'll bring it with me.
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#215083 - 01/16/11 10:17 PM
Re: Urg, compass bubble
[Re: jzmtl]
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Registered: 09/01/07
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As I remember it a lot of the early all-plastic compasses suffered from capsules that would leak, sometimes come completely unstuck, with heat, cold, normal levels of abuse. It took a few tries but Silva came out ahead, in part, because they solved the problem and manufactured capsules that were very near indestructible.
Sounds like the manufacturer has suffered a setback in their engineering and quality control.
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#215111 - 01/17/11 01:20 PM
Re: Urg, compass bubble
[Re: Art_in_FL]
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Registered: 12/20/06
Posts: 78
Loc: Hudson, FL
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My silva developed a huge bubble, don't think it impacted performance, but didn't want it. Called them, got an RMA, and they gave me a brand new one.
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#215121 - 01/17/11 03:31 PM
Re: Urg, compass bubble
[Re: jzmtl]
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"Be Prepared"
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Registered: 06/26/04
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Loc: NE Wisconsin
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Every time one of my compasses has developed a bubble the manufacturer has replaced it without any hesitance.
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#215160 - 01/18/11 12:50 AM
Re: Urg, compass bubble
[Re: jzmtl]
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This is weird. After the bubble appeared I left it in my room, and in the course of 24 hours, the bubble got smaller and eventually disappeared. I took it skiing again, and the bubble re-appeared, and for the past 24 hours it's again getting smaller (but haven't disappeared yet).
There doesn't seem to be a service center in Canada, I'll have to call them and see how things work.
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#217600 - 02/20/11 08:25 PM
Re: Urg, compass bubble
[Re: jshannon]
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Just some update, hopefully final. The bubble seems to have stabilized at 3 mm or so, and no longer getting bigger. If it stays this way I won't bother with replacing and going to keep it this way, it even works sort as a bubble level and a 2nd clinometer lol. Thought bubbles at altitude were a normal phenom. It's not at altitude, the bubble persists at near sea level (home).
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