lets talk compass' s

[Deleted member 92]

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.

 

[Alan]

The brunton seems like a good upgrade, given the better build

 

[more_ammo]

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 had a Suunto for a few years. Clear base and mirror... I'm not great at makes/models... But I'm very happy with it

 

[Deleted member 30]

My Suunto is over 50 years old and still works just fine. It's actually the only one I've ever had. That said, it is showing it's age.

 

[more_ammo]

My Suunto is over 50 years old and still works just fine. It's actually the only one I've ever had. That said, it is showing it's age.

Daaaang yea sounds like a winner. Hopefully they still make em like they used to, and mine will last that long!

 

[Deleted member 92]

they may have a clear base, but the good ones seem to have a bluish color in the base

 

[Silent Dog]

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 thought that once the patent expired, that protection is over, at least on the product or design in question. The product may then be copied and produced by anyone without restriction. Johnson outdoors should have been able to continue to produce it, no?