i've had several silvas over the years, and all of their liquid filled ones fail pretty quickly. silva of Sweden owned the patent . the patent expired. johnson outdoors grabbed it up and years later the original silva got it back. so most of mine were the in-between years.
i've got maybe 2 of the old brunton basic baseplates for about 20 years. and they are still good, but the markings are a little biggish. my silva mc2 global mirrored with baseplate is still going strong with no bubbles at about 5 years old now.
the 2 i have my eye on now are the brunton truark20 and the suunto MB6 matchbox , but thats a bit lower on my wish list. has anybody played with the new production bruntons. i know they had some manufacturing upgrades recently.
i've got maybe 2 of the old brunton basic baseplates for about 20 years. and they are still good, but the markings are a little biggish. my silva mc2 global mirrored with baseplate is still going strong with no bubbles at about 5 years old now.
the 2 i have my eye on now are the brunton truark20 and the suunto MB6 matchbox , but thats a bit lower on my wish list. has anybody played with the new production bruntons. i know they had some manufacturing upgrades recently.
