MiniComp II – Mini Orienteering Compass with Rotating Bezel| Easy-to-Read Zipperpull Compass for Jacket, Parka, or Pack
April 19, 2019 - Comment
Unique micro orienteering compass. Makes a great companion to GPS or a fine backup orienteering compass. Rotating bezel. Luminous, liquid filled compass. Inches/cm rulers. Designed and final assembled in USA. Includes black nylon lanyard.
Product Features
- LIQUID-FILLED LUMINOUS COMPASS – Easy-to-read compass stays luminous for up to an hour after being exposed to light. Perfect for low-light conditions.
- ROTATING BEZEL – Bezel rotates so that you can set your course. Great for orienteering.
- NYLON LANYARD – Black lanyard included. Wear around your neck or attach to your jacket, parka, or pack.
- BODY INCLUDES RULERS – The left side of MiniComp II’s body features a ruler in inches, while the right side features a ruler in centimeters. These rulers can be used to determine approximate distances on a map.
- EXTREMELY LIGHTWEIGHT – At just 0.4 oz, MiniComp II is lightest compass of it’s size.
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Great small compass This is a great small compass! The bezel rotates so can legitimately use it as a map tool and so far it’s very accurate. For such a small compass it’s pretty easy to read and useful. It’s compact enough that I can fit in into any pack so it’s pretty handy as a backup that you can actually depend on.
Nice little compass. Seems like a nice little well-made compass. Decided to spend a little more for the azimuth ring model. Plan to use for urban orienteering in foreign cities and as a backup compass for backpacking. One caveat: The index arrow on the base plate points towards the lanyard hole whereas it should point away for better convenience while using the compass attached to the lanyard around the neck: see any Brunton or Suunto orienteering compass.
Much Better Than Expected Several years ago I got utterly lost in Pompeii, and only dumb luck saved me from missing my cruise ship, and I wanted a travel compass for my next cruise. I was prepared to buy several small compasses until I found a suitable one, but this is it. It’s small, smaller than I expected, but that is a plus…unobtrusive, light, but always there. My MiniComp II lacks the brightly colored, cartoonish sun logo in the picture, which made the compass look like a cheap party favor. Instead mine has a…