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    • Overall Rating: 5
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 5
    • Ease Of Use: 5
    • Usefulness: 5
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    Great product

    posted by WereBunny on 10/12/2012 Certified Owner

    Involvement:General (knows how to use it) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month

    Pros:
    *Cheap. *Easy to use. *Offers 4 tools in 1device. *Lightweight.
    Cons:
    *Sometimes the whistle is quite. *Other than that this is a great tool.
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    • Overall Rating: 4
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 3
    • Ease Of Use: 5
    • Usefulness: 4
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    Nice thing

    posted by ClientSberbanka on 11/17/2010 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month

    Pros:
    + Cheap. + Compact and lightweight so can be a EDC whistle. + Has built-in thermometer - both Celsius and Fahrenheit. + Has built-in magnifying lens.
    Cons:
    - Whistle is not enoughly loud. - Built-in fluid compass is just a toy and nothing more!!! It shows everything such as weather ...
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    • Overall Rating: 5
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 4
    • Ease Of Use: 5
    • Usefulness: 5
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    Good EDC whistle

    posted by mrninja on 09/23/2010 Certified Owner

    Involvement:General (knows how to use it) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month

    Pros:
    -Fluid damped compass -Pea less whistle -Thermometer -Magnifying lens
    Cons:
    -Whistle isn't very loud -Magnifying lens too small, useless item? -Replace the magnifying lens with a mirror? -Has a very plas...
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    • Overall Rating: 3
    • Price: 4
    • Quality: 3
    • Ease Of Use: 3
    • Usefulness: 2
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    Alright

    posted by cherrypixie on 04/15/2009 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month

    Pros:
    Everything on this item works, just not very well. The whistle isnt that loud and takes a considerable effort to get going. The thermometer is difficult to read and not that accurate. The magnifying glass is plastic and pretty much useless. The compass, ...
    Cons:
    ...
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    • Overall Rating: 3
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 3
    • Ease Of Use: 5
    • Usefulness: 4
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    Good to have on trips

    posted by scope on 01/13/2008 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:more than 1 month

    Pros:
    Compass works ok, whistle works ok, magnifier works ok (although I have not tried starting fires with it), thermometer works ok
    Cons:
    Thermometer no longer sticks to the side in the whistle. It just rattles around in there although it still works
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    • Overall Rating: 5
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 5
    • Ease Of Use: 5
    • Usefulness: 5
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    Great little gadget

    posted by Carnath on 08/20/2007 Certified Owner

    Involvement:General (knows how to use it) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month

    Pros:
    Many useful functions for such a small thing!
    Cons:
    As mentioned before, the magnifying glass isnt all that useful since it's too small to start a fire with.
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    • Overall Rating: 5
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 5
    • Ease Of Use: 5
    • Usefulness: 4
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    A cute "bring-along" for the outdoors

    posted by EM745 on 07/31/2007

    Involvement:General (knows how to use it) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month

    Pros:
    Decent build quality. The thermometer on mine is surprisingly accurate. Compass is decent enough, when it's freely turning.
    Cons:
    Not as loud as another bonafide survival whistle I own, and requires more breath/effort... though it's still loud enough. Compa...
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    • Overall Rating: 4
    • Price: 4
    • Quality: 4
    • Ease Of Use: 4
    • Usefulness: 4
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    Nice, but a lil'l bigger than I expected

    posted by Dimmy on 07/22/2007

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:less than 1 day

    Pros:
    Nice multi purpose whistle. Works well.
    Cons:
    Rattles quite a bit, and I think it is a bit too thick. Would be a bit bulky hanging from a backpack zipper and is almost too ...
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    • Overall Rating: 5
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 5
    • Ease Of Use: 5
    • Usefulness: 5
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    Works much better for me

    posted by Leeloo on 07/13/2007

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:1 day to 1 week

    Pros:
    NOT easy to lose has a number of things you need while out hiking, biking, etc. Safety whistle is comforting when hiking or caching alone.
    Cons:
    plastic can break with heavy enough impact, but I haven't broken it yet.
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