Customer Reviews:
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 it worked for 3 month October 28, 2006
Z. Deng (sugar land, tx)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought it from sears, it worked for 3 month, then stoped, no screen display, changed with new battery, still not working. I gave up.
 A Loser January 6, 2007
Harbormaster (New Hampshire)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
If it were possible I would rate this item at no stars, completely undependable. Requires constant recalibration lasting for all of a few minures. Have tried all the suggested remedies, including new batteries, nothing works. Next stop is the recycling center.
P.O.S. January 24, 2007
Not So (Buffalo Grove, IL)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Have been using this for a couple of days now and sorely disappointed. If you move the compass (of your own choice or it falls off the windshield), you need to recalibrate it. I've been sitting at stop lights and seen a 10 swing of direction. I have no intention of keeping this because of its lack of user friendliness.
 Wayfinder is Way Cool March 16, 2007
Desert Lion
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The WayFinder is a very nicely packaged and built, rugged and accurate compass. It provides 5 degree sensitivity in the numeric display, versus the typical 45 degree compass points of most automotive application units. A result, in some environments, e.g. areas with lots of metal in the surroundings, is that you may notice a numeric readout change back or forth that you would not see in the typical 45 degree type compass.
It should be noted that interference environments affect ALL compasses, but when this one is significantly affected, it will tell you by displaying DISTORTION, so you know the currently displayed accuracy is suspect. In the areas I have tried it, the WayFinder is as accurate as my lensmatic engineering compass, but a LOT easier to use.
It comes equipped with a dual suction cup mount which stays put on my motorcycle windshield while driving down washboard dirt roads at high speed. Another post on this topic indicated that the compass would not stay put. Chalk that up to operator ignorance. Suction cups must be wet to stick to glass, but the manual did not mention this, likely assuming people have common sense, when obviously they don't.
All suction cups require moisture on the cups to stick to glass.
The only bad thing about this unit is that it has been discontinued, and is being replaced by a unit with more features at a LOT more expense.
Bottom line, if you need a high quality, off-road tough, accurate compass, find a WayFinder before they are all gone!
 second time around November 5, 2006
Henry A. Muller (Denville, NJ USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a good compass for someone like myself with no sense of direction. It works well the second time around. The first one I received was dead on arrival. I was promptly shipped a replacement which seems to work well. I have had it now for about two months and the battery seems to be lasting although I only turn it on when I need a direction.
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