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Without one, you can not obtain a good bearing. With a few minor design changes, it could be very useful. These buttons are so tiny and so close together that you must look at the device to locate the one you want to use. Two key problems with this product: 1) No sight. That means you will need to keep your instructions to find the other functions that are not marked on the device.
I bought it as a tool for determining the bearing to a mark in sailboat racing. Very strange that a DIGITAL COMPASS that even has a setting for the DECLINATION ANGLE -- HAS NO SIGHT. 2) There are FOUR TINY BUTTONS that operate the device, namely stop/setup, mode, bearing and start. Finally, the instructions reference these four buttons as S1, S2, S3, S4, however there are no such markings on the device.This nearly $50 device falls short on practical use. I received my Brunton Nomad V2 Digital Compass today.
A sight or line or set of guides is needed to get a reasonable bearing. Some of the button functions are marked on the bevel of the device, but not all are.
Four of the five worked perfectly. This compass needs to be returned. The compasses were shipped and received promptly. Unfortunately one the the compasses could not be calibrated correctly and was off by at least 5 degrees.
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