Truly entertaining! This guy knows nothing about what he is talking about, but the entertainment value was top notch!! My suggestion to you fine sir is that you actually learn about what it is you are trying to review. Your credibility for anything else you might review on KZfaq is now ZILCH. Congratulations! :-)
@Funkteon3 жыл бұрын
Can somebody tell me the official name for these compasses with the little eye-hole for sighting the bearing? I want to find an expensive one that isn't junk like this eBay crap...
@petemoore51043 жыл бұрын
@@Funkteon Look for a Mark 3 Military or Nautical Prismatic Compass. Avoid buying the ones that are graduated in Mils... The better ones come in brass and actually gain value over time. There are many tutorial videos on here that are very helpful. On this model, swap the lanyard to a dog leash clip. This will help you use the thumb ring, correctly. Thread the lanyard through the hole in the pouch. Then you can hang the whole thing around your neck. Tuck it inside your shirt or jacket, to stop it flapping about. Buy yourself a book on Orienteering, it will be hugely helpful... As will, finding someone who is ex-artillery and asking for help. I really hope that this helps you in your choice of compass.
@HENSLEYMB3 жыл бұрын
I’m ex-field artillery. It’s good to have a compass that has both degrees and mils.
@cindytait46102 жыл бұрын
Agree - I'm a pilot and need a survival compass if I go down in bad weather when rescue teams are unavailable. Nothing here about how to use it........
@kaktuskopf3214 Жыл бұрын
I got more information from reading the half English half Chinese instructions
@mmapinkall11 ай бұрын
The thing you unscrewed is a magnifying glass to see those inside numbers easier.😊
@HaggisMuncher-69-4203 жыл бұрын
There seems to be so many people on KZfaq reviewing and teaching how to use these types of compass who have clearly never used one before
@herculesbrofister2652 жыл бұрын
The bottom of the barrel as far as content creation. Reactions and unboxings.
@reghiggins53984 жыл бұрын
I have one of these compasses. You don't have to unscrew the peephole. There is a magnifying glass in this piece which you look through. This magnifies the ring settings. At least, that's how may compass works. We have the same compass so I am sure yours does this as well.
@sayswho91272 жыл бұрын
What is the reason for the screw hole located on the back? My suspicion is it’s used for mounting… 🤷♀️
@sayswho91272 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for recording this 5 years ahead of time!! 😂 I just got a slightly different version of the one you reviewed. I’m woefully unfamiliar with using compasses, (which can be blamed solely on the creation of smartphone tech), so this video was quite precise, to the point and immensely helpful!!
@sholland42 Жыл бұрын
Try looking through the piece you screwed out, it’s a lens for seeing the degree. This compass is great, I’ve got the same one.
@cvcoco2 жыл бұрын
I have this and you dont unscrew that piece. Its a magnifier, you look through it and turn to adjust until you can read the degrees clearly and with the other eye you can line up your destination, i suppose. The level isnt for fun, this wont work unless it is level which is a challenge when its in your hand. The front sight is fine but the rear sight is so low it makes using sights useless. It also has another sighting window which you can view with the cover closed. The directions are extensive but you'll have to scan the pages and blow up 500% so that you can print and read it. When you do you will find out the instructions were written for a different compass. They simply copied some military compass papers and stuck it in the box. The directions also say the compass dial floats on a sapphire but who is going to believe that for $5? The outer dial ring is silly, maybe its supposed to fool you to be MILS but its just more degrees. MIL-radians requires some learning and would have 64 graduations. The downside is that its very heavy to carry around and not high quality. Though the compass points North i wouldnt rely on this if you have to be somewhere important. Its fine to have more compasses to compare readings and this is fun to play with to see if a person likes this type of compass and then upgrade to a quality version like Cammenga. But nothing matters if you dont learn how to use this or any compass and maps. This as a cheap learning tool is fine but even then id rather go with a cheap baseplate compass but thats another story. Happy trails!
@ryanburbridge10 ай бұрын
Yeah that compass is utter garbage.
@mlc99284 ай бұрын
I’m going to be brutally honest with you. It doesn’t make a difference if you’re using mils, degrees, or a made up unit of measurement. As long as you use your measurements correctly, it’s accurate. Your argument basically is the same as a metric user saying that imperial is inaccurate. That’s just ignorant. You just want what you’re used to and that’s fine but it doesn’t mean this one is inaccurate. I have a metal compass that I bought from a gun show that was used in WW2 (U.S. stamped on cover) army issue, that is so much harder to use than this $10 compass. If they can use a super basic compass and win a war, I think we can use a much more superior compass that uses degrees to navigate a simple hiking trip. And furthermore, do you really think anyone has somewhere “important” (meaning war time destination) that wouldn’t have a military issued compass? Use your brain and don’t be a jerk. You aren’t intellectually superior like you think you are. You’ve watched too many movies. I assure you that an intelligent person can navigate with a cheap compass and map.
@charliekrummreich38094 ай бұрын
@@ryanburbridgewhy do you call it garbage?
@pengiethebird7 жыл бұрын
Dear Peter, Why don't you learn about this compass and orienteering before you review it?
@Doesnt_Matter9496 жыл бұрын
hes just trying to get amazon affiliate commision. typical youtuber that doesn't know how to use products that they do reviews on !
@Wayneawebb5 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. GOD help us if we're in a Zombie apocolypse with this Knobrot LOL.
@CristiNeagu4 жыл бұрын
Indeed.
@baronedipiemonte39903 жыл бұрын
Gee... Amazon just gave me a $3 gift card for reviewing something I DO KNOW ABOUT ! And I've done a lot of other reviews on things I DO KNOW ABOUT. How can I get paid for it ...?
@Mark1alLu5 жыл бұрын
the nicest title for this video : "how to open a box of lenstatic compass .."
@jamestaylo35854 жыл бұрын
As a Infantry veteran, I can see you don't really know what your talking about!
@bigshock46743 жыл бұрын
He got lost :)
@richardschafer78583 жыл бұрын
It was entertaining though. Former Airborne Infantry here.
@miguelsalami3 жыл бұрын
He's still trying to find his way back from China 🇨🇳
@jaredfoster21262 жыл бұрын
He would be an officer if he served. Lost af
@joja43232 жыл бұрын
@@bigshock4674 LMAOOOO
@JB-ym2yy7 жыл бұрын
Sorry, but you seem to be totally clueless as to how this compass works, especially since you unscrewed the black magnifying lens used to read the edge marking of the floating compass dial. However, I did enjoy your haphazard narration.
@fatlife89765 жыл бұрын
Wow lmao
@matthewpowderly24225 жыл бұрын
I know right
@gfexc3 жыл бұрын
So when you look through the lens, which one is the bearing? the black or the red numbers?
@YSG_DARK47503 жыл бұрын
I was just about to comment about that
@mickd69422 жыл бұрын
@@gfexc the black number is the bearing the red number is the back bearing so that if for any reason you have to turn back you can set the compass up to follow the back bearing quickly and easily, depending on the compass the red or black could be the bearing but the bearing is usually the largest number and the smaller one the back bearing a quick look at the compass and it will be immediately apparent which is which
@austinschaaf41224 жыл бұрын
The black thing you unscrewed that “screw” has a glass at the end of it so you did not have to unscrew it so you can see it even better
@tikusagram73603 жыл бұрын
After absorbing this fascinating insight into modern mountain men, its revealed that we are truly not worth saving.
@jolee15066 жыл бұрын
you unscrew the magnifying glass to see the edge just when you hold it up you adjust magnifying glass on the side to see the degrees on the side try to learn your Compass before you do this
@jamesstamper516810 ай бұрын
There is a lot you can do with this compass. Unfortunately the person who made this video is completely ignorant of its features and capabilities. My only complaint is the weight. At 7.95 oz (with pouch), it’s about 4 times heavier than a standard “UST ENGINEER LENSATIC COMPASS”. But it is also MUCH more precise if you know how to use it. The heavier weight even aids the accuracy. And accurate readings are everything!
@FocusTvBoy2 жыл бұрын
When you forget your book report is due so you just wing it… 😂 😂
@WaveRidingMachine6 жыл бұрын
Peter have you ever been in the "Outdoors"? When you were in the boy-scouts did you fu*k up your compass too, when you took apart your sight hole?
@michaeltrees68722 жыл бұрын
Same exact compass is also on Amazon under the "Sportneer" brand. :-) $15.00
@rotorheadv8 Жыл бұрын
Definitely more features than the compasses we used in the Marines in the 80s. However, ours were all metal and glass.
@rotorheadv84 ай бұрын
@@mlc9928 Compasses have a way of getting gone. I still have mine floating around somewhere. I am sure the luminescent paint doesn't work anymore. The newer ones had tritium in them.
@mlc99284 ай бұрын
@@rotorheadv8 bot
@rickpacko90686 жыл бұрын
You can pry up the bezel then bend out the white tabs to make turning the bezel tighter.
@armorvestrus41192 жыл бұрын
Beware of one thing the black scale on the glass will rub off easy do not rub it very hard or it will come off. My wife clean the glass on mine and removed all of the markings. But I still use it with the bottom sighting lens which I prefer anyway.
@williamdavis99434 жыл бұрын
Like many of these videos you don't know how to use it. This is a military compass. O.D. green stands for olive drab. You are hold it wrong. You put your thumb through the metal loop and rest the compass on your pointer finger. Don't open the sight glass all of the way. keep it at approx. a 45degree angle so you can view the face of the compass dial. You must line up the marks to find the direction to which you want to travel. the magnifier is also used to start a fire if you have sun? You probably confused many people.
@baronedipiemonte39903 жыл бұрын
I've been using a Cammenga compass for years in the Armed Forces of the United States and was confused and bemused after watching this. How do I get free s""t from Amazon ? At least I DO KNOW about the things I review !
@KandaJE4 жыл бұрын
I just got one of these, I like it! I notice you completely unscrewed the lens magnifier and took it out. It screws out so that people who wear glasses can see the marking magnified. I can't imagine why that would be useful, since you have to pick it up to look at it...
@larrymiller5253 Жыл бұрын
I like mine. I wish for that age old problem: 1:24 V 1:25 That said, the only real issue I've had with mine is the compass mount. It's not some high dollar ruby so it jams occasionally. My favorite is that it has a standard screw mount. I actually used that once setting fence line
@diamondking13962 жыл бұрын
My own compass I just got today and I didn't know that 1 piece screwed off (now I just need to master the work of the compass) 😅😁
@aussieshootandhuntadventur49736 жыл бұрын
the chrome rim pushes down to lock for magnetic declination its not loose... just saying
@eltipobigotudo21625 жыл бұрын
0:36 Nylon green is an interesting color. 😂 Awesome video! Subbed.
@JamesPliny6 жыл бұрын
the Video was clear and sharp. Good Photography. Narrative lacked some important information (for example, exact cost and weight) and there was some inaccurate, or at least, dubious, statements made. Some of the important pros and cons were left out. I could tell by his vocabulary he didn't know a lot about compasses. I also thought his introduction about cheap compasses was bogus.
@James-ke5sx6 жыл бұрын
Walking in a circle saved my life. Many years ago my girlfriend and I went to a friend's farm and we decided to go into the bush in back to take pictures we started walking through the bush and I figured I was walking in a straight line and would just have to turn around and come back after a while we got lost we kept walking and finally in the distance we saw a house we decided to walk towards the house not knowing where we were going to and lo and behold when we got to the house it was the house that we started off from we had walked in a complete circle in the bush if that was a myth we would still be in the bush somewhere as Corpses. Nice compass, never go into the woods without one lesson learned
@JPAll6 жыл бұрын
Once I walked in a complete circle too.... I needed to cross a little hilly forested range in well known area to me. After 2.5 hours I ended up at the same spot I walked through a couple of hours before. I would not believe it could happen to me.... it looked so simple ..... just keep walking straight .....
@jackmurphy92255 жыл бұрын
Enough negative comments. I don't want to add any more
@EmilyVanVlack8 ай бұрын
Thank you! Your video was so helpful!
@osuclassof884 жыл бұрын
The black thing that you unscrewed is a magnifying glass
@mickd69422 жыл бұрын
Two minds about this video , the video itself showed the features of the compass but your narration showed your out of your depth on compass work , might be a good time to learn how to use it properly now before SHTF
@madhusudhans55554 жыл бұрын
Good product....
@BlackAcePlays4 ай бұрын
I baught this just for fun. The face gets stuck very often, compared to my Recta, Suunto and Cammenga compasses it is way off. Don't ever buy it, if you intend to use it out in the woods for actual navigation. I gave mine to my little niece to play with.
@jipi81632 ай бұрын
Yeah, I don't need it, but I want it.
@saimanullah85232 жыл бұрын
7:26 you are not supposed to open that, you just blew the gas that was kept to keep the lense clean.
@mrnickbig16 жыл бұрын
The ring is for your thumb, or other finger to hold the compass. WTF? RTFM before trying to make a video!
@desertmaverick75673 жыл бұрын
Ya, right, you had a compass when you were in the boy scouts. What did you do with it. Use it as a paper weight? It's obvious that you never learned how to use it.
@Soryueva026 жыл бұрын
so.... you actually don't know how to use it.....
@cajuncritter88226 жыл бұрын
But,But it's robust lol gave him a thumbs up anyway,at least he's trying
@manamedan54285 жыл бұрын
Yeah and he also bought a compass made in china
@maxlopez50114 жыл бұрын
@@manamedan5428 The compass was invented in China. He may not know how to use it, but, it still looks like a good unit.
@diavel45343 жыл бұрын
With your expertise, and now that you've acquired the best compass made, you should really consider starting your own Guide business.
@draco5991rep4 жыл бұрын
"It wasn't cheap." I got it for 11€ on Amazon. I think you might have been ripped off
@geneangelos97644 жыл бұрын
draco5991rep go it on amazon for 15.99$
@Jabcross12344 жыл бұрын
That’s a crap compass get a cammenga don’t cheap out when you depend on it
@rogats11 ай бұрын
Hahahaha! "You look at the other numbers of you're on the southern hemisphere" 😂 If you told this guy he was going to review a watch, he wouldn't know the difference!
@TyJee287 жыл бұрын
Nice review of the features of this compass. I'm a bit of a compass junky, I like to buy and play around with different designs to see how different designers try to add useful features, and I'm intrigued by this design. What I haven't yet figured out is who makes this design and where. The same design appears to be sold under different names such as: TF Stevens, Gwhole, Sunfunk, Banne, Ueasy, and several other names. I've found about a dozen different names thus far. And the prices vary widely from $9 to about $50. All of them appear to be the same design, same color, same materials, same pouch, same instruction booklet, same table printed on the bottom, same features, etc. And there's a second version - looks the same, but they have an additional plate that folds up on the side that is an inclinometer. Like most other lensatic compasses for a lot of different map work a separate protractor would be needed. Anyway, once I decide if they are all the same or if one brand is a higher quality build that justifies the higher price I will order one of them. Would I be correct in guessing that the black piece you unscrewed and removed actually has a lens inside it to focus the numbers printed on the edge of the magnetic compass card? The numbers appeared to be the sighted bearing and with the back angle printed in the different color.
@bananabong49114 жыл бұрын
I don't know who designed it either but if you want to figure it out it might help to know it's more or less a copy of the Wilkie 110P. Hope I could help even though I'm about 2 years late.
@nathanwillo1990 Жыл бұрын
I bought one today and was branded proster. Hope that helps
@akshayviruss3 жыл бұрын
Actually there is a lense inside the piece he too off at 7:28 that you can look into to see the marking on the rounded edge. He missed that. And that exact thing is pretty cheap in India like 6USD or something...
@SilverMoon2007 Жыл бұрын
İ love stuff like this
@56CrownVick7 жыл бұрын
This could give me direction.
@wb3ccn5 жыл бұрын
Great compass, sorry I missed out on your contest.
@evansmoak718210 ай бұрын
They tried to get us on metric in school back in the 80s... it just didn't take.
@TapSnapOrNap2035 жыл бұрын
Omg. He unscrewed the eye piece... u leave that in so u can see up close.. lololol.. instructions do come with it..
@tutorialesymateriales405910 ай бұрын
How you use the spider lines, for measurement angles or distancies? I find it, but I not find any information about these lines. I have the same compass model/issue. The graduation are single, ten lines at right and left of a major cross line with two little triangles for alignemnt. But which is the value for each step? are on mils, or degrees?
@tutorialesymateriales405910 ай бұрын
Sorry for my (very) poor grammatical syntax...
@ahah87974 жыл бұрын
Totally clueless Did you EVER use a compass?
@georgen9755 Жыл бұрын
scale 1 :50000, 1"= 1 mile , over, elevation 547 , you observe the microorganisms .... through this navigators compass ..........
@AmjadKhagga6 жыл бұрын
Sir! what is the price of this compass, I also like this
@KG5CUO2 жыл бұрын
Nice
@artiehess71106 жыл бұрын
This is the 2nd video this guy made about this same compass. In the first video he thought it was an alarm clock.
@DeejayTricks Жыл бұрын
What's the difference between lensatic and Prismatic Compass?
@tonys85675 жыл бұрын
I agree with the guy below me. The black screw was a diopter. And you really don't know what you are talking about. Why post just to post. Know your material and product prior to posting.
@Tracks7777 жыл бұрын
When is your next video? :D Keep it up!
@victorhomann17735 жыл бұрын
Ez
@mickd694210 ай бұрын
Just checking to see if you went out into the woods and never returned due to not knowing how to use a compass
@atan72606 жыл бұрын
is the compass oil filled?
@rhysmodica2892 Жыл бұрын
I have one of these but I've lost the instructions. Can someone please tell me how to find range using the graduations fitted to it? No matter how much I search the internet, no one seems to tell you.
@Mr8808813 жыл бұрын
What did I just watch. I will never get those 10 minutes back.
@pruitthall5 ай бұрын
I cannot add much more than what has been said by many: this guy knows absolutely NOTHING about lensactic compasses (in general) nor this compass (in particular). That said, he did take the time to post the video, so we have to give him props there. As a seasoned outdoorsman, let me add something that might help somebody that just inadvertenly stumbles across this video with the (false) hopes that they may learn something from his review. In his format, you won't (lol!). This is a Chinese copy of the US military lensactic compass (Model 3H) that offers some worthwhile features and suffers from a lot of misunderstanding; and his video clearly doesn't help any on this. First, the body is zinc, not steel. The US military model is aluminum, but at this price point, I'd have expected nothing more than zinc or pewter (pot metal). The liquid damping is quite good, but the compass card does take a moment to settle; far longer than a commercial baseplate compass (Suunto, etc.) or US 3H (which is induction dampened). Yet no bubbles and the sighting tool is top notch. There is no declination adjustment, but nor is there any in the US 3H model (the Army teaches protractor use in Land Nav). BUT: and here's the kicker: FOR THE PRICE: you can't beat it. It IS heavy. It does take a moment to dampen. And you had better know how to use a compass because the instructions won't help and this video will help even less :). But great buy for 2024: under $20.00!!!!
@rodneymatthews39447 ай бұрын
I think u got jipt U got got😂😂
@CRJines2 жыл бұрын
That compass is actually a piece of junk. I had one just like it.
@bowieknife9936 Жыл бұрын
my compass alo has a gradient inclinagion
@okers12 Жыл бұрын
Don't compasses point to magnetic north? Did he just say this compass tells you the "true north"? -_-
@yellowstonenaturerc85184 жыл бұрын
Excuse me, do you really know what you are talking about?
@adventureguy41194 жыл бұрын
Dropped one and it was filled with kerosene
@PaulGuess13 жыл бұрын
OMG the blind leading the blind....
@rhettoracle96797 жыл бұрын
Nice device with a magnetic personality! :)
@justinbouvier1324 жыл бұрын
How you review something and dunno nothing about it????? THAT BLACK SCREW STAYS IN AND YOU GET REALLY ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS!!!!
@vdub50304 жыл бұрын
You have no clue what you are looking at or how to use it.
@billellis31375 жыл бұрын
Give it away as it's apparent that you don't know how to use it!!!!!! I know I missed the give away.
@anonymoussourcesofficial53755 жыл бұрын
_Dude, If your serious about navigation why would you waste money buying a cheap piece of garbage like that, you're better off using a sewing needle on a leaf. Educate yourself before attempting to teach others._
@stevemazz31213 жыл бұрын
WOW, I think the comments cover the subject of this video well... Read comments before watching.....
@LAZER002217 жыл бұрын
I was thinking of getting a compass. USA
@zrwmac5 жыл бұрын
Hopefully he's not a scout leader :P
@DeejayTricks2 жыл бұрын
What's the difference between the lensatic and prismatic compass?
@tomroj2 жыл бұрын
Lensatic has lens and prismatic has a prism.
@carsonchow32 жыл бұрын
i am still confused
@birdjo62345 жыл бұрын
I have the exact same one. It was ten bucks
@Funkteon3 жыл бұрын
Can somebody tell me the official name for these compasses with the little eye-hole for sighting the bearing? I want to find an expensive one that isn't junk like this eBay crap...
@caldeira_a3 жыл бұрын
sighting compass?
@kronomikon53555 жыл бұрын
Can you guys recommend a great compass at a somewhat affordable price?
@paganphil1005 жыл бұрын
Krono Mikon: The Cammenga 3H (A.K.A. USGI) is one of the best lensatic compasses.....its not cheap though so it depends on what you define as "affordable". kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ieBzedSf39qVdIk.html
@20Hikecdt232 жыл бұрын
Ha ha this guy is funny. Ne, ive got the claasic Cammenga Lensatic compass.
@deathb4digital6 жыл бұрын
Seems terribly cheap. I would gladly spend more on a cammenga lensatic.
@stepheng.80134 жыл бұрын
thanks man....! Good info...
@joshuaychung7 жыл бұрын
PVP, a fantastic review. I learned more about compasses in this review than I did in 3 years in a knock off Boy Scout (I couldn't join the real Boy Scout for some reason.)
@outdoorfreedom97785 жыл бұрын
It would be best to learn how to use a product before you try to demonstrate it. To learn to use this compass simply ask any military person that has just gotten out of basic training.
@killslay6 жыл бұрын
Walking in a circle is an instinct, if you don't know where you're going you're more likely to wind up back home. It's nothing to do with leg length
@qianhao30403 жыл бұрын
Hello
@lwilliams27996 жыл бұрын
Some knock-offs from China have bad center hubs. You should check the needle drift and return with a nail before using.
@brianrosa94696 жыл бұрын
As far as survival items
@brucefisher65665 жыл бұрын
got 1 don't like it wish I never bought it Bought Siva MC2globel Love it
@drennonkeller72622 жыл бұрын
It is true , you have a dominant side , so yes , you will walk in circles , it is a fact
@priyanbh47196 жыл бұрын
its look like he doesn't know how to use it but surely he act like a amazon dealer
@thelthrythquezada83976 жыл бұрын
I have the same type the only difference is mine has a digital print.