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I haven't had any issues anyone else is talking about. I've taken it on several climbing trips and traveled with it. once you figure out the buttons its fantastic.
- Neither has been rained on- I've never tried to use it as a compass I own two of these and have had no problems using it as a thermometer. I use one for desert backpacking (over a year) and the other has been mounted outside my Jeep for several months.
I don't think it got down to 14F but it was definitely cold at night in the mountains. I'm guessing the freezing temperatures and maybe resulting moisture must have gotten to it. I've since moved on to non-electronic gadgets and that's my advice to wilderness hikers. I got this for my first 4 day wilderness backpacking trip in Yosemite high country. It worked well but died towards the end.
A VERY BAD SIGN: their websites contact form made me jump through all the hoops, then sent an error message stating that this portion of the site is "down" but that their engineers are "working hard" on the problem.Yeah, right. I tried going to the manufacturer's website to ask them to explain, or defend the product. I bet the part of the website that takes your money is working just fine. I have not purchased this item. It was selling in the National Geographic catalog for $49.95, so I was interested to look at it here, until I saw all the negative reviews.
the performance is very good as well. i own it, this product is very good, it's tough and stands alot of shocks, falls,. etc.
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