Yeah, I dumped my Silva, too.
It gave long and useful service — perhaps 20 years or so — but it, too, developed a very large bubble on a search last fall. I tried to live with it, but I, too, just got fed up with it.
I've now got a Suunto M3 and a Brunton 15TDCL.
Though they're quite different from one another, I like them both.