Type S Digital Compass
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List Price: $47.99 Our Price: $39.99 You Save: $8.00 (16.7%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours (as of 4:08 PM CT - detail)
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- Blue LED backlight
- Large digital display for easy reading
- Attaches with 3M double sided adhesive tape (included)
Product Description
Type S Digital Compass by Winplus guides you in the right direction with digital accuracy. Compact modern design enhances your car interior. Sticks to any surface with double sided adhesive tape (included)
Spotlight Customer Reviews:
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This unit was purported to work in most any vehicle, but was completely flummoxed by my Hyundai Santa Fe. I then took it and attempted setup in my Dodge Grand Caravan - same results. Returned the product for a refund. This auto compass thing appears to be a non-starter, because I had also tried 2 other after-market comapasses from places like target, and still got only north, regardless of direction I was facing. I finally bit the bullet and bought a Garmin 1300 (a relatively inexpensive GPS), and now my directionals are satellite-perfect.
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Wish it had more mounting options
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Comment:
My truck has a fancy-shmancy mirror with built-in compass and thermometer. When I got a used car, I missed those features so I bought a Type S digital compass and a taylor 1522 thermometer (thermometer reviewed separately). Some of the reviewers complained that they couldn't calibrate the compass. The ones who had trouble seemed to be the ones who drove in tight circles. I hit the calibration button and drove around the block once and it calibrated easily. I don't know how accurate it is because I don't have anything to compare it to, but it gives me the basic information I need. My only complaint is that it is clearly designed to be mounted to a horizontal surface like on top of the dashboard; and there are no screw holes or slots. You are supposed to use velcro, which doesn't provide much stability. I don't want anything sticking up from my dashboard so I made a bracket out of angle iron which I screwed to a spot on front of the dash next to the steering column. It looks okay there but still moves around quite a bit because of the velcro. I may have to find a way to clamp it down better.
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Summary:
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Just what I was looking for!
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Comment:
I wanted a simple compass for my car and one that would not obstruct my vision in any way while driving. I saw this one on Amazon and I've found it to be just what I wanted. It is as accurate as I need and it is light enough so that I was able to mount it on the face of my dashboard in an out of the way spot with double sided tape. It works very well. It is battery powered so I can turn it on when I want to use it and leave it off when it isn't needed, saving battery power.
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Proplem with this compass is that it did not give true directions or true readings. After repeated attemps to correct and reset this item the direction was off by about 60 degrees. While traveling N it showed E. Changed batteries an again reset with no luck. Did not work well in my car.
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This "compass" is a piece of cr-p.
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Comment:
I only got a few weeks of unreliable use before this thing quit completely. A complete waste of $40 and a lot of aggravation.
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