Hi Tom and all, I appreciate your advice--especially since I've never used a Braille compass.
I did go ahead and order it, partly because they only had five of them left in stock at the reduced price ($45.00 instead of its regular price at $69.00) and partly because I recently wandered onto someone's property by accident. From my perspective, it was like someone put a garage door in the middle of the street. <smile> The owner was friendly and very helpful, but it was embarrassing. In that particular case, I was ninety degrees off course, and walking on an open area like Terry described earlier. A compass might have helped. Maybe not, but who knows? Hey Jim - Is your Brunton difficult to keep level enough for a good reading? I suppose Dan and I will find out in a week or so. Gary in TX > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Tom Fowle > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Braille compass > > Hi Gary, > I havn't tried this specific one but have seen such over the years. > They're better than nothing if you have the time and patience to stop, hold > the thing very level, open and look. > > Usually they have to be held within a very few degrees of level so as > to allow the card to spin on its needle bearing freely. > > So, it's of no use trying to follow a course or read whilee > moving. If you have any trouble telling where > level is, or following a straight course once you've found it, > then the thing will probably not help much. > > Hope this gives you some idea whether it'll fit your needs. > > Tom Fowle > > >
