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 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! |
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 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. |
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