05-03-2005, 21:47
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
Thanks for such a high praise CCRN. I guess it doesn't mean much if you're still hunting for a compass.
Team Sergeant
(Still owns a Silva Ranger after 20 some years....)
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Lesson learned.
My apologies for offending-
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05-10-2005, 12:09
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#47
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BANNED USER
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Rei Sale!!!
Just picked up a Silva Ranger at REI for $37.99 (Normally $55)! Sale is on for only a few more days.
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05-23-2005, 18:50
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#48
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Guerrilla
Join Date: Mar 2005
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I picked up one of the Silva Rangers through the REI sale. Thanks to all for your advice and input.
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05-23-2005, 18:53
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Castle Rock, CO
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cincinnatus
I picked up one of the Silva Rangers through the REI sale. Thanks to all for your advice and input.
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you're still in deep shit...i advise skulking out of here before TS decides to wake up in a bad mood again...
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10-23-2008, 17:44
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Area Commander
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Cochise Co., AZ
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Not your daddy’s Silva Ranger!
This is an update.
The Silva Rangers in the stores today are not the original Silva 15s!
I have a Silva Type 27 that developed a huge bubble. (In fact, a Google search for the warranty information on the 27 led me to this site many moons ago [I’m studying American Indian for the Adventure Challenge]. ) Silva USA (now owned by Johnson Outdoors) would not honor the “lifetime” warranty. I’ve only owned it 30 years or so. But, I did learn that Brunton bought Silva Sweden over a decade ago. I contacted Brunton and they will honor the warranty on my 27 or any other Silva Sweden compass.
Today, the Brunton 15TDCL (made by Silva Sweden) is the real Ranger. Confused yet?
Pat
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10-23-2008, 17:55
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PSM
This is an update.
The Silva Rangers in the stores today are not the original Silva 15s!
I have a Silva Type 27 that developed a huge bubble. (In fact, a Google search for the warranty information on the 27 led me to this site many moons ago [I’m studying American Indian for the Adventure Challenge]. ) Silva USA (now owned by Johnson Outdoors) would not honor the “lifetime” warranty. I’ve only owned it 30 years or so. But, I did learn that Brunton bought Silva Sweden over a decade ago. I contacted Brunton and they will honor the warranty on my 27 or any other Silva Sweden compass.
Today, the Brunton 15TDCL (made by Silva Sweden) is the real Ranger. Confused yet?
Pat
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Good to know....
I'll be purchasing Brunton from now on...
TS
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10-23-2008, 18:42
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Area Commander
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
Good to know....
I'll be purchasing Brunton from now on...
TS
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Well, TS, to add to the confusion, this is in the US only. Elsewhere, Silva is still Silva. (I was snorting Aleve sorting this info out! )
Pat
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"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." -- Frederick Douglass
"The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen." -- Dennis Prager
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10-23-2008, 19:58
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PSM
Well, TS, to add to the confusion, this is in the US only. Elsewhere, Silva is still Silva. (I was snorting Aleve sorting this info out! )
Pat
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So what is their web site?
Last month I ordered 200 Silva's for work. I bet they will not be honored by the company I got them through.
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10-23-2008, 20:23
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Guerrilla
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Da South
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PSM
This is an update.
The Silva Rangers in the stores today are not the original Silva 15s!
I have a Silva Type 27 that developed a huge bubble. (In fact, a Google search for the warranty information on the 27 led me to this site many moons ago [I’m studying American Indian for the Adventure Challenge]. ) Silva USA (now owned by Johnson Outdoors) would not honor the “lifetime” warranty. I’ve only owned it 30 years or so. But, I did learn that Brunton bought Silva Sweden over a decade ago. I contacted Brunton and they will honor the warranty on my 27 or any other Silva Sweden compass.
Today, the Brunton 15TDCL (made by Silva Sweden) is the real Ranger. Confused yet?
Pat
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Thanks for throwing that into the conversation! Working in the outdoor industry, I was trying to recall the details of this when someone was asking about other brands earlier.
Bruntons are definitely the recommendation, its what we sell in the store now as they are indeed the true Silvas. Johnson Outdoors is the same parent company of Eureka! tents, Old Town Canoes and lots of other stuff. They are large conglomerate and by no means focused on quality navigational tools any longer.
I would also second the recommendations for a wrist compass. As you get better and better with terrain association and a strong pace count, quick wrist checks will keep you moving more and stopping less. For the "average" Soldier doing land nav on a mainstream course on post, a wrist compass is the business.
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10-23-2008, 20:56
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Area Commander
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Originally Posted by SF_BHT
So what is their web site?
Last month I ordered 200 Silva's for work. I bet they will not be honored by the company I got them through.
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PM, with contact info, sent. It depends on your source.
Pat
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"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." -- Frederick Douglass
"The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen." -- Dennis Prager
"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it." --H.L. Mencken
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10-23-2008, 21:36
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PSM
PM, with contact info, sent. It depends on your source.
Pat
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Thanks Pat I got the info.
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08-14-2009, 07:48
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Which model did you get, the Geo Pocket Transit for $819?
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08-14-2009, 08:10
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Fayetteville
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S and Y 884
You used to be able to order a small pocket compass through the military system. Looked a little like a small Silva Ranger but reversed and without the black cover. Had/has a green cord attached.
It was marked
S and Y
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Beverly
MA USA
Mine is as old as my Ranger and still no bubbles in either one of them.
Hmm. It appears "Sandy" is no longer in business.
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08-14-2009, 10:24
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Quiet Professional
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Originally Posted by Pete
Hmm. It appears "Sandy" is no longer in business.
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SandY, or Stocker & Yale, are now StockerYale and are involved in other areas.
http://www.stockeryale.com/company/about/index.htm
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08-16-2009, 14:30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Archangel
Silva Field: http://www.silva.se/outdoor/products...om_field26.jpg
This series is created to meet the demands from Boy Scouts/youth organizations, hikers to use on shorter day trips and schools. Patented red/black north/south lines in the capsule (Field 7 and 26) and a north indicator on the compass needle are standard on the Field series.
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I still have my Silva Official Boy Scouts of America compass - "Made in Sweden, Assembled in the USA" that I purchased in 1954!!
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