Wrist compass

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Any recommendations on a compass?

 

[gfisher4792]

I hear that the suunto sk-7 is a very good compass. sturdy, easy to read and functional to a 30 degree tilt.

 

[nickjb]

Suunto SK7. About as good as they get.

 

[metridium]

Agreed on the SK7; I'm very happy with mine.

One bit of advice: if you dive with gloves, remove the compass strap and replace with two loops of bungee cord. Donning/doffing is much easier to manage, and it's more secure.

 

[Dryglove]

I also use an SK7 with a bungee strap. Works great

 

[Waterborne]

I use an SK-5 with two loops of shock cord for the strap. A nice little compass. I picked it up brand new and dirt cheap on eBay

 

[Mo2vation]

The SK7 is tall...really tall. Some prefer the SK6, some prefer others.

I chose the SK7 for two reasons:

* The 30 degree tilt tolerance
* No brainer to bungee up (I'm pretty much a DIY idiot)

Here's the thread for the Bungee for the SK7.

Enjoy -

K

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25964&highlight=bungee

 

[Miku]

I also have Suunto SK-7 compass in my (Combo) console.

I think that Suunto make best compass units in the world!
If you folks didn´t know, Suunto was founded in 1936, and started to make compasses to Finnish army.

When i was in the school we use Suunto Compasses in sports lessons. Later when i was serving in Finnish army there were same kind of marching compasses.

Now i´m proud owner of Suunto products in my "scuba-hobby"

 

[FSUgly]

I, too, have the SK-7, and as mentioned above, it is fairly thick ( I assume thats to allow for the high degree of tilt). It is a very nice compass. Not sure about how the wrist mount feels, mines on a retractor.


Tom

 

[Boogie711]

Say, for example, something like this Suunto, which is advertised as being for a console. Suunto in question
Is it possible to turn that into a bungee'd wrist compass, or is it missing something?