Magnets GPS Debate Bino harness

[AZ_Hunter_2000]

If magnets are bad then why do folks use Magview and Olin?

Honest question.

 

[TheTone]

If magnets are bad then why do folks use Magview and Olin?

Honest question.

Just my guess, but with both of those aren’t the magnets on the optic and not the phone? I’d guess most people aren’t trying to navigate while they’re taking a picture through a scope or binos

 

[Marble]

When I had a badlands bino case it ahopened to me a few times. One time I went in circles for about 45 minutes looking for my horse. If I held it put from my body then it worked better.

The magnets are okay as long as you know they can be affected.

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[Blackdog317]

Just my guess, but with both of those aren’t the magnets on the optic and not the phone? I’d guess most people aren’t trying to navigate while they’re taking a picture through a scope or binos

Agree with this… currently using a Scope Cam.

 

[AZ_Hunter_2000]

Just my guess, but with both of those aren’t the magnets on the optic and not the phone? I’d guess most people aren’t trying to navigate while they’re taking a picture through a scope or binos

Ollin should update their site for a better description as it could lead some folks, myself included, to interpret that there are magnets affixed to the phone:

Snapshot Case: The permanently installed magnetic tab comes centered around your phone's default camera
Snapshot Snapcase: the SNAPSHOT SNAPCASE MAGNETIC TAB is available as an option for you to use in place of an official SNAPSHOT SNAPCASE when your specific phone make or model is not offered.

 

[HuntHarder]

You are not navigating when digiscoping typically. Magnets can and do affect navigation if your phone is held too close to the magnet. I have had this happen a couple of times with my marsupial. You need to hold your phone out a little bit and not have it near your chest. Something to watch out for if you have never experienced this.

 

[taskswap]

Just to repeat again, magnets do not affect GPS signals. They only (and only potentially) affect the compass. You can buy (accurate) car GPS trackers on Amazon right now for like $50 that are literally attached to the vehicle with magnets.

When you are walking and keeping a track, the GPS track will be unaffected. It is a digital signal. If you are using your GPS for route tracking or navigation, magnets will have no affect on you at all.

The only time this can affect you is if you are relying solely on a compass and holding your compass or phone near a magnet or ferrous metal. That goes for ANY compass and ANY magnet - ships' compasses have built-in magnets specifically to help tune out / adjust for the metals in the ship. And for what it's worth, many states have a lot of ferrous and even magnetic ores in their surface rocks - it's all over the place in Colorado. Standard practice is to hold a compass at arm's length from any source of interference, and that should be done no matter what bino harness you're wearing. (The ferrous metals in your rifle and knives can throw a sensitive compass off as well.) If you are using a "sighting compass" you hold it at arm's length, get your bearing and adjust/zero the ring, then bring it to your eye to do the sighting step.

If you are strictly relying on just a compass for navigation, I have a really hard time understanding how you can walk around in circles for 45 minutes. Standard compass navigation technique is to take a bearing to a distant object, typically at least 30 mins / 0.5mi away, then note visual landmarks on the route to it, potentially (ideally) cross-referencing against a good topo. Even if you choose the wrong landmark because your reading is skewed, your circles should be much larger than a 45 min loop.

I say this with all respect, but if you are the type of person who gets turned that quickly around doing this, GPS is a better answer than worrying about a magnet in your bino harness.

 

[jadkins223]

For anyone in the market for a magnet free Bino harness check out the Alaskan guide creations ravus flex!


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