WIND GUAGE

[john allsop]

I often would like to know the speed of the wind, so i have bought the German wind guage called "Windtronic 2". It appears to be well made, plastic housing of course and is supposed to be water tight and floats, (to look at it it doesn,t look water tight and i am not going to test it) it measures wind speed in,kilometer/hour, knots, miles per hour and meters/second. It is at the lower end of the price range and cost $69.90 US at Hobby Lobby ( the model people) in March 2009

[Greg Loftus ( Cominco)]

John I use the Brunton Sherpa when I paddle and it is fairly close. It tells me wind speed , air temp and pressure . Air pressure shows a graft that allows you to track the highs and lows. It runs on a battery that once installed runs for two years or so and then you need to replace it as there is no on or off. On one job our chopper pilot used it to check the air pressure all the time and he really liked it. I wear it around my neck and it is about the size of two Bic lighters side by side. I have a great wind guage we used to use for checking ground winds when sky diving and it works great but takes up a bit of room. However if your just day tripping and stowing is no problem it works great. Brunton as a couple of models and they are very handy rigs indeed I am pleased with mine. Greg

[john allsop]

GREG, just got back from Thunder Bay , i,m hoping the one i got will be good enough for me, We are having a warm week the ice will melt SOON on the lake. Will add a photo or 2 of Lake Superior i took to-day.