Average Customer Review: Based on 2 Reviews  • Write a Review Customer Reviews    Great Tool!   (Jan 22, 2009) Reviewer: C M Davenport  North Carolina      Excellent idea and a great tool! Great for residential, large building ops and any other situation that requires a point of reference. Never used it for wildland but I’m sure it would work great for that as well. I have used it in training and everyone that sees the thing hits themselves on the forehead and says ‘why didn’t I think of that, it’s so simple’. Made well and stands up to heat and firefighters (yes it will break a window and still work although I didn’t- I saw it- and wouldn’t recommend it). Gloved hands can operate it with no problem and it lights up like a Christmas tree. Training with it is a must and will make companies more aware of their locations in smoke filled/ low visibility situations. The needle is a bit sensitive to metal but it is not hard to work around (training- just like thermal imagers show reflected heat- train around it) As with anything we use in the fire service it is a tool, not a do all save all, but if the chips are against you and you are lost or in zero visibility it will aid in saving your hide!    Great Concept- Still needs work   (Feb 21, 2009) Reviewer: Justin  Denver, CO       I tested the compass in at least 20 structure fires of various sizes and I think the idea is fantastic, but the application needs refinement. Just as it can be manipulated with a gloved hand, the regular bumps of firefighting easily change the settings. Its big enough to read easily, but too big to clip on your SCBA without feeling like flav-o-flav and it will fill a standard bunker pocket without room for much else. I would like to see a smaller version that can't (yes, can't) be manipulated with a gloved hand. It was my experience that if I didnt set it immediately upon arrival at a fire I wasn't going to interrupt fighting the fire to set it. I got into the habit of setting it before I put my gloves on and entering a building, but my test unit rarely emerged with the original settings regardless if I had it in a pocket or attached to my gear.   Read More Fireground Compass® Reviews