Magnets in a bino harness?

[Buckhorn 70]

What is the affect on devices when used in conjunction with harness’s or packs with magnets?

In regards to devices I am talking about a compass, electronic GPS and cell phones with ONX app.

thx

 

[JakeSCH]

I run the marsupial and never had any issues with my gps...but others have.

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[87TT]

My Garmin compass goes all screwy near the magnets. Have to hold it at arms length and then it's hard to see. I ditched the magnetic pouches.

 

[Wassid82]

I have Garmin handhelds (for running dogs), Garmin mini, phone, rangefinder,........all of which have electronic components but I haven't seen any adverse effects.

 

[dsotm]

Maybe this explains why the compass in onX was acting screwy my last trip. I have a Badlands harness with magnets.

 

[Brendan]

It won't affect electronic components in general. It will affect a compass.

I run a Marsupial, and it straight up messes with the magnetic compass in my phone. At best case, I have to recalibrate frequently and extend my arm full length away from my body to get a reliable reading. I've tested it and had it be off by 30-40 degrees, or straight up flip it 180 if I get it close.

You can deal with it, but it's a little bit of a pain.

 

[Ralphie]

Haven’t used a compass since I was a first year Boy Scout. Love my magnetic closure on the badlands. I can’t stand all the other closures. And Ive carried my phone in the bino case and have noticed nothing.

 

[Buckhorn 70]

I can understand the magnets effecting an old school compass.

Whats the effect on something like an ONX map on your phone?

 

[87TT]

Just try it and see. All I know is on my Garmin, you can watch the compass dial and map orientation move as you move the GPS around the magnetic bino case or other closures.

 

[Brendan]

I can understand the magnets effecting an old school compass.

Whats the effect on something like an ONX map on your phone?

Your phone has an internal magnetic compass used for heading on apps like OnX, Gaia, Basemap. It throws off the direction arrow which is a giant pain in the rear if you head off in the wrong direction trying to get somewhere and don't realize quickly.

 

[Brooks]

I bought a Kuiu and don’t worry about magnets affecting my phone or gps.

 

[Buckhorn 70]

Up for more opinions regarding magnets

 

[mrbillbrown]

No magnets in my AGC harness and no issues with compass heading.

I have too much invested in a trip to have something like magnets in my bino harness mess with me.

 

[bsnedeker]

I get turned around easily enough already when I'm navigating in the dark. No way I want to have to chance having magnets on my chest affect my compass, phone, or watch.

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[JohnnyB]

I have not had an issue with the magnets in my Badlands harness affecting my Garmin or phone ( but it is likely I wouldn’t have noticed anyway in the areas I am familiar with). I switched back to my FHF because of sizing Issues with my bino/range finder. Didn’t like the noise potential of the magnets either if I wasn’t being careful.

 

[wingmaster]

Marsupial magnets made my Suunto compass unusable, hence why I sold the harness on here last week.

 

[Rock-o]

Life is too short to worry about this. Buy one without magnets and don't think about it again. I went with the Stone Glacier Skyline.

 

[Blackdog317]

I can understand the magnets effecting an old school compass.

Whats the effect on something like an ONX map on your phone?

Magnets had a significant effect for me while using OnX last November. It was VERY frustrating to navigate off the mountain in the dark with a full pack, plus an elk quarter on your back. Those magnets had the compass heading/map spinning in circles. Just about put me into panic mode before I figured out the issue.

 

[mtnbiker208]

the magnets can be loud when the clank together if you are not careful.

 

[Buckhorn 70]

I really like the Marsupial harness.... but this magnet deal has me concerned. I don’t want anything to effect my ONX app as I use it all the time while hunting In different areas.