Thursday, January 5, 2012

BRASS SUNDIAL Review

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BRASS SUNDIAL Review


BRASS SUNDIAL Review by Sir Edmund HIllary (Nepal)

Did I receive the same item as the other reviewers? Are they on crack? This is the most dissappointing thing I have ever received from Amazon. I knew the fit and finish wouldn't be top notch from the price and I knew it would be smaller than expected from the other reviewers. I also was not expecting it to be accurate or even useful but I was floored by how poorly manufactured it is. You will be disappointed no matter how low your expectations are.
* The construction is extreemly thin brass - practically tin foil.
* The finish wears off when you touch it.
* The printing is smudged and contains random black streaks and blobs.
* The thing that looks like a level has a piece of plastic that you can't quite see through, with a grain of sand inside that spastically rolls from side to side.
* The feet are just screws which don't quite turn in their threads.
* There are no instructions.
* There is a piece of paper warning "This product contains chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm" - but they don't tell you what the chemical is (strange becuase it doesn't have any chemicals unless they are talking about the really cheap brass - or maybe there's lead.

It's going back to Amazon. Last time I buy anything from American Science and Surplus. Shame on you, Amazon, for pedaling such cheap crap


BRASS SUNDIAL Review by A. Roberts (Cleveland, Ohio)

Photos can be deceiving, and so I was prepared for a 'reality check' when I finally had this sundial in my hands. But, unlike many disappointments in the past, this is a wonderfully made unit.
If you have a male friend who has everything and want to get him a special gift, this could be it. Attractive, mechanical ajustments, professional features.
That being said, it doesn't come with instructions. So once you unfold it, you use the compass (there's a compass needle lock on the side) to align Noon with North. Then you use the elevating table to adjust it's angle to your latitude.
Now you can read the correct Solar time. It won't be the correct local time, because we've imposed time zones on different areas of the globe. (There are compensations for this, but they're not applicable to this sundial.)
But then sundials were never intended as chronometers.
Tell time like the ancient Egyptians when they were building their magnificent pyramids, get one of these sundials.


BRASS SUNDIAL Review by Nick (USA)

I have this sundial. It is one of many different types in my collection of sundials. It is well made and teaches one about leveling, latitude and solar versus mean solar (watch) time. With a few helpful articles from the 'Net one can learn much from using a sundial. I'm not sure it will replace my cell phone in daily use as a timepiece, but it is fun to learn, by using reproductions of historical items.

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BRASS SUNDIAL:: Description


A Working Wonder If we had a category just for customers who lust after Jules Verne inventions and elegant gadgetry, this would be in it. The wonderful brass sundial, a reproduction of an antique, is approx 3" dia x 11/16" thick overall, and actually works! A latitudinal gauge lets you tilt the engraved dial to the correct angle for your location, and a bubble and three leveling feet allow the 1-1/2" dia lock-down compass to point in the precise direction. And if you never took it out into the sunshine, you'd still love it for the look and logic of it.



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