Re: Food Prices

On 6/1/2025 3:40 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Sun, 1 Jun 2025 11:24:01 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 

One of my more
satisfying purchases last year was a tiny flat compass that clips
perfectly onto the rear center of my handlebar bag's lid.
https://www.rei.com/product/857612/suunto-clipper-lb-nh-compass

 <https://www.suunto.com/Products/Compasses/Suunto-Clipper/Suunto-Clipper-LB-NH-Compass/>
1.2 inch diameter.  Luminescent dial and fluid filled (waterproof).
Good enough for most uses.
 Have you tested it for accuracy?  I've found the very small diameter
compasses to be very inaccurate.  I prefer the somewhat larger
diameter hiking compasses:
<https://www.google.com/search?q=compass%20parts&udm=2>
The larger diameter oil filled marine compasses are much better, but
are unfortunately unsuitable for hiking and bicycle riding:
<https://www.google.com/search?q=marine%20compass&num=10&udm=2>
 

I've proven to myself many times that I have no talent for guessing
which way is north. My notoriously cloudy riding area doesn't help.

I haven't tested that compass for accuracy, largely because I don't need much accuracy. My intent is to tell which way I'm pointing, plus or minus maybe 20 degrees.
Example: Many years ago a friend and I headed out for Cleveland, about 60 miles away, using a AAA Northeast Ohio map with unusual detail, to follow some pretty remote roads - e.g. within Amish territory.
We came to one complex 5-way intersection that was not accurately represented on the map and had trouble picking the proper road. A compass would have helped.
For more accurate work I've got a Brunton pocket compass with sights, mirror, declination correction, etc. I was able to use it to locate survey stakes in our forest preserve at distances of up to about 100 feet.
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- Frank Krygowski