4x 9.6mm Black Button Compasses Type 2 (NEW) Mini Slim Pocket Compact Small

Description

They’re oil-filled and don’t glow in the dark. They have an acrylic-top and a black-plastic base. They work even at below-freezing temperatures. These are the smallest-size compasses we’ve ever seen and we’ve seen a lot of compasses. The difference between the Type 1 9.6mm compasses and the Type 2 9.6mm compasses is the Type 2 9.6mm compasses have more increments of direction so are better if used for navigation.
While they do not glow in the dark they are still designed in such a way to try and help you read them in low-light conditions.
Like all oil-filled compasses they might have an air bubble, when they make them they try to make them without those, but an air bubble will not affect its accuracy.
To use a liquid-filled button compass: put it on a flat surface or hold it as flat as you can in your hand with the compass face up and if it doesn’t automatically start to rotate to point to north then hold it between your thumb and index finger (with the compass as flat as you can get it with the compass face up) and jiggle it a little bit and then it will start to rotate to point to north fine unless it has a little air bubble lodged underneath the compass face (the air bubble is jamming it so it still won’t rotate) so then you have to shake it rather hard (with the compass face up) but then once the air bubble comes up to the top of the compass face it will then rotate to point to north fine. And they can also be thrown off of giving an accurate reading if they are near metal, or near magnets, like for example if they are near other compasses.
Compasses that are liquid-filled can leak if damaged and are heavier than the same-size compass that is non-liquid-filled but it takes less time to get an accurate reading than a non-liquid-filled compass because the inside of the compass doesn’t wobble back and forth which causes you to have to wait 5 seconds or so for it to “settle down.”
The Sun rises roughly in the east and sets roughly in the west, but when the Sun is directly overhead as well as at night you can’t rely on the Sun for direction. In the Northern Hemisphere there is the North Star (Polaris) and in the Southern Hemisphere the Southern Cross to guide you at night, but sometimes the stars are obscured by clouds. The solution to these problems is a compass, and a compass requires less training to find direction with and is an easier and more accurate way to find direction even if you know how to use the Sun and stars for direction. Also GPS might not work in an emergency, but a compass will.
Perfect for EDC (Every Day Carry), your BOB (Bug Out Bag), as well as survival kits and emergency preparedness in general.