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Tetrian · 03-02-2006, 09:47

Sorry to intrude here - but since its been brought up, i have a question about the cammanga/GI tritium compass.

I've been reading a few reviews on it, and I'm also in a market for a new compass(with tritium, since im tired of flipping around with a flashlight everytime i want to operate my compass), and it seemed like a good compass but theres one thing i'm not fully clear on with it it..

In the few other tritium compasses i've seen - they simply replaced the usual fluocent markers with tritium, which is all fine and dandy, but it means you have to bring out the flashlight everytime you want to know more than where north is - As i've understood it, In the GI Tritium compasses, the whole needle box filled with tritium gas, so that you can see the mils/degrees all the way round, and thus, operate the compass entirely without an outside lightsource,

Am i correct in that assumption?

Thanks in advance,

-Tetrian.

03-02-2006, 09:47	#5
Tetrian Asset Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Denmark Posts: 49	Sorry to intrude here - but since its been brought up, i have a question about the cammanga/GI tritium compass. I've been reading a few reviews on it, and I'm also in a market for a new compass(with tritium, since im tired of flipping around with a flashlight everytime i want to operate my compass), and it seemed like a good compass but theres one thing i'm not fully clear on with it it.. In the few other tritium compasses i've seen - they simply replaced the usual fluocent markers with tritium, which is all fine and dandy, but it means you have to bring out the flashlight everytime you want to know more than where north is - As i've understood it, In the GI Tritium compasses, the whole needle box filled with tritium gas, so that you can see the mils/degrees all the way round, and thus, operate the compass entirely without an outside lightsource, Am i correct in that assumption? Thanks in advance, -Tetrian.
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