A person on Amazon reviewed one of the Suunto compasses (MC-2DLIN), said this
http://tinyurl.com/85ssum9 :
". . . Overall the compass is a well made example of a classic design and first impressions are very good. However, on close examination of the compass needle capsule it is clear that the alignment arrow in the base of the compass capsule and the parallel alignment marks/declination scale indicator are slightly offset. This indicates that the two scales are not concentric. . . ."
This concerned me because I have a Suunto M3 Global (it's all Lyle's fault . . .
), and I assumed that the capsule, baseplate and declination adjustment are the same — or almost so — in the two compasses.
So I tested my M3 using a map-reading grid (in lieu of the graph paper the reviewer had used) and wrote a reply to the effect that at first, it did seem to me that there was a QC issue, but when I moved my head around a bit, it seemed I could make the problem disappear from where it had been but reappear elsewhere, and I wondered if it might not be a case of parallax. (Lyle stresses the need to eliminate parallax when discussing proper compass use.)
Anyone have any thoughts on this? If I'm wrong, I'd really like to know it so I could correct what I've written there.
Thanks all.