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<blockquote data-quote="shooterdave" data-source="post: 1981073" data-attributes="member: 3128"><p>The issue with the cammenga lensatic, the current mil compass, is the graduations are in both mils and degrees.&nbsp; That is two different systems of measurement.&nbsp; Great for the military that uses mils, but civilian use, including USGS Topo maps, are in degrees.&nbsp; It is difficult enough explaining Magnetic declination and getting someone to use it without adding another system of measurement to the equation.&nbsp; I agree that they are a great compass, just unnecessarily complicated for someone that isn&#039;t familiar with a compass.&nbsp; One thing that has become important to me when working with tools like this that aren&#039;t used everyday has been the KISS principle, the cammenga doesn&#039;t fulfill the Simple part of that, sorry.&nbsp; Besides, if I&#039;m showing them how to use it, I want them to have a sighting baseplate like the Silva Trekker.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="shooterdave, post: 1981073, member: 3128"] The issue with the cammenga lensatic, the current mil compass, is the graduations are in both mils and degrees. That is two different systems of measurement. Great for the military that uses mils, but civilian use, including USGS Topo maps, are in degrees. It is difficult enough explaining Magnetic declination and getting someone to use it without adding another system of measurement to the equation. I agree that they are a great compass, just unnecessarily complicated for someone that isn't familiar with a compass. One thing that has become important to me when working with tools like this that aren't used everyday has been the KISS principle, the cammenga doesn't fulfill the Simple part of that, sorry. Besides, if I'm showing them how to use it, I want them to have a sighting baseplate like the Silva Trekker. [/QUOTE]

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