Betalight Hand Bearing Compass
Colour options: army green, desert sand colour, navy blue and neon yellow
Illumination: Tritium illumination: € 65.00 including 5 year warranty
Glow in the dark: € 55.00 including 5 year warranty
Key Features
- Dual-use hand bearing and traditional compass
- Absolutely reliable Betalight® light source
- Optimised performance for reading and bearings
- No parallax errors
- No bubbles or leaks
- No batteries, bulbs, spares or switches
- Tough, lightweight construction
- Smooth, non-slip casing and ergonomic design
- Neck cord for easy deployment
- Long Service Life
- Customized design on the back plate
Good protection against hard knocks;
The smooth finish feels soft in your hand, and it will not slip, even if it is wet.
Outstanding legibility of the card, with one-degree graduations.
No parallax error: a prism projects the reading of the bearing to infinity. This also contributes to a more comfortable operation, as you do not need to alternate close-reading to read the card and infinite-reading to take bearings.
Optimum conditions to take bearings: thanks to the superb card stability and the wide 20° field of view, which will accommodate the roughest sea conditions.
Most accurate bearing: the pivot and very hard stone are a guarantee of long life and shock resistance of your compass.
Soft bottom cell: engineered using ultra-sonic welding, it acts like an expansion diaphragm, preventing the formation of bubbles and leaks.
Built-in tritium illumination completely maintenance-free, impervious to corrosion, operates without batteries and a service life of more than 15 years
Course reading from above the compass: one can read your compass like a standard compass, with no need to look through the prism.
Performance
Betalights provide the compass with a continuous and secure light source that preserves night-vision and enables readings to be taken quickly in partial and total darkness. Parallax errors are eliminated by a prism that projects the reading of the bearing to infinity. A wide 20° field of view ensures optimised conditions for taking bearings and red lubber lines make reading quick and easy. The compass is supported by a 5 year warranty.
Operation
Illumination of the compass is self-powered, requiring no batteries, bulbs, switches or secondary light source. They are rated for operation in temperatures ranging from -20° to 60° and underwater to a depth of 50m. Note: compasses are calibrated for use in the Northern Hemisphere as standard.
Illumination
Illumination is provided by Betalights® fixed securely within the unit. SRB Technologies is the original developer of Betalights®, innovative technology that uses gaseous tritium activation of phosphor within a sealed glass tube to produce light. Betalights® are self-powered, providing an absolutely reliable light source throughout their service life of 10 years. They contain no moving parts and are maintenance-free.
Regulations
It is the buyers responsibility to comply with the local regulations.
Physical Characteristics
Diameter: 83mm
Height: 33mm
Weight: 105gm
Colour: green or dessert
Options:
Scale: mills or degrees
Colour: green or desert
Company name engraved