Customer Reviews

Wayfinder V100 Digital Vehicle Compass

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

I am disappointed with this compass. The directions for calibrating it are ambiguous, and it took me several tries to get it to agree that it was calibrated. That having been done, it seems to display "distortion" and incorrect heading information about 20% of the time. Further, even when it thinks it is accurate, it is often at odds with what I know to be the accurate direction -- not totally off, but showing W when we are going almost directly NW, for example. And it has no provision for accuracy beyond the eight directions that it can show with two letters. I will be replacing this with something else.

I found this compass fairly easy to calibrate (2 attempts the first time) and it displayed the direction with moderate accuracy for 3 months. Then one day as I pushed a button it sprang out of its windshield mount and landed softly on the carpeted floor of my car. It worked for a short while thereafter, and then just started displaying "E", "N", or "NE" whatever direction I was pointed in - as if only half the sensor circuitry were active.

So be warned about spotty quality and/or poor durability of this compass - keep your receipt if you buy it!!!

ADVICE: DON'T buy this thing!

I bought this thing hoping that it would really "navigate". It is definitely disappoining. I followed the instructions on the manual and calibrated it. It eventually got the right direction after several frustating calibration. The second day, it was totally off (indicating "N" while I was traving south). And now I just cannot get it work -- it is displaying "E" no matter where you are heanding, and no matter how you calibrate it.

I was bought this as a present. After spending some time getting it calibrated it worked for about a week, then went off the rails. Now, the odd times when it does actually display something, it doesn't provide any kind of useful information, with the direction displayed being completely inaccurate. DON"T BUY THIS PRODUCT!

The V100 is a great buy. It was easy to set up and calibrate, and gives consistently accurate readings. It stays securely attached to my windshield. The overall design is well thought out.

I have tried many conventional compasses for my car, and they have never seem to work right. This one fills my needs, and at a very reasonable price.

I've always wanted a compass in my car but could never find one at a reasonable price that worked -- until now. All you do is insert a couple of AAA batteries, stick the compass on your windshield with its suction cup cradle and then calibrate it. The calibration is very simple -- you press the calibrate button and drive your car in a circle -- it literally takes less than a minute. After that the compass works perfectly, showing the direction the car is headed with large LCD letters -- N,NE,E,SE,S,SW,W or NW. The compass automatically shuts off after a couple of minutes if the car doesn't move, saving the batteries. My only complaint is that the LCD face doesn't illuminate, so it's hard to see at night. But other than that, this compass really does the trick. You can't beat it for the price.

Nice idea and this is a good looking unit, and not terribly bad for the money, but its ability to maintain directional accuracy is of questionable quality. Compass seems to drift regardless of where mounted and requires recalibration quite often. I suspect compass has the same degree of accuracy as does the digital clock that loses 30 seconds per day. Electronics today should be more dependable than this unit.

This product never worked -- buttons were defective, it wouldn't stay on, it wouldn't calibrate. The seller - Sky Box USA - wouldn't exchange or refund because I was outside of the "30 day window" (this was a Christmas present, and a very disappointing one at that). You'll want to look elsewhere for technology that should be as reliable as a Casio watch.

This was the first of three different PNI compass models I have bought through Amazon, and I would not recommend any of them. If they worked right, I would love them. But all three of them will not stay on. It says they will stay on unless no change in the magnetic direction is for ten minutes. This simply is not true as all three of mine that I have bought shut off all the time, even if I just drive around the block all day.

I don't understand all the negative comments about this good product. It is a CAR compass, not an airplane. All we need is a general direction, not accuracy to one degree. It works fine and does what it's supposed to do. No, I don't have any financial interest in the company, just a happy customer.