What Compass do you use.

[Ludedude]

Indeed :ylsmoke:

 

[Hltoppr]

Silva Ranger for me.

-H-

 

[Nigel Caffiene]

I use my beloved Cammenga Lensatic with Tritium illumination. Tough as nails, easy to use for simple grid and point navigation I do.
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[Ludedude]

I have one in my rear view mirror, works great. Costs nothing to me.

How's that work when you leave the truck? :ylsmoke:

 

[1911]

My 40-year-old Brunton still does the trick.

 

[cnynrat]

I have a Silva Ranger that I've been carrying since the early '80s.

 

[NuggetHoarder]

What do y'all carry for map tools? When hiking and using USGS quad maps, I carry a yellow hi-lighter, a red pencil, and a regular pencil. I don't use the hi-lighter much because it can ruin a map.

I also use the protractor that is built into the suunto m3 when I am out hiking. In my center console of my rig, I have a larger protractor that I use instead of trying to use the tiny one on the compass but it's too bulky to carry while hiking.

I used to hike with someone who kept a string of beads and I'm thinking about doing this on my next long hike. Is anyone here using beads or other methods to keep track of distance?

 

[Ludedude]

Who leaves the vehicle? :sombrero:

Aww hell and here I was waiting to hear about the battery pack you grafted onto the back of the rear-view along with a cool quick detach :safari-rig:

 

[Jeep or Tacoma]

brunton

very durable I have dropped mine down a 110 foot hole and only cracked the mirror. i am a geologist

 

[bcrez]

I carry a Compass (mentioned above), 14 scale UTM overlay, pencil, and a plastic bag to keep it all dry. I also carry my GPS for easy positioning at night or in bad weather.

 

[craig333]

I use the one in my head. It really works too, nine out of ten times. That other ten percent is what leads to "adventures"

 

[762X39]

I used to hike with someone who kept a string of beads and I'm thinking about doing this on my next long hike. Is anyone here using beads or other methods to keep track of distance?

In addition to my Silva compass and Map60, I carry the "Ranger" beads. I have tested the beads a bunch of times and found that per kilometer, they are fairly accurate (990 metres to 1015 metres) depending on my stride.Beads, my compass and gps are just tools though.If you can't read a topo and don't have good situational awareness, nothing will help you.

 

[tdesanto]

Brunton International Pocket Transit

 

[teotwaki]

Depending on how light I have to travel and going from memory...

US Mil issue lensatic tritium compass (heavy but the best), might be a Cammenga
Silva Ranger- or Suunto MCA mirrored lid compass
Silva Explorer Pro or Suunto
Suunto older K series aluminum body compass plus their similar clinometer

....and ranger beads

 

[DontPanic42]

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I use a Brunton plus a vintage sun compass.