Suunto SK-8 compass Suunto CB-71 (Back side)
The Suunto CB-71 (Back side) / Suunto SK-8 compass is the best-selling and most popular Suunto compass. The Suunto SK-8 compass is the latest Suunto compass, a successor to the well-known Suunto SK-7, a Suunto compass for the Northern Earth Globe that scores with its robust design, precision and ease of use.
The Suunto SK-8 compass is a high-quality Suunto compass that is filled with liquid to easily withstand high pressure when diving. The Suunto SK8 compass is available in different versions, as a compass with a hand strap, as a compass with a retractor, as a compass that can be mounted in a console. In this case, the Suunto Compass SK-8 is a Suunto CB-71 instrument that can be mounted to the back side of a Suunto console.
The Suunto SK-8 compass takes over the proven features of the old Suunto compass such as good readability thanks to fluorescent compass rose and robust, impact-resistant construction, and improves them even further. Because the Suunto SK-8 compass now has an even larger side reading window, and it also stabilizes faster, which makes navigation with a change of course even safer and easier for divers.
The bezel of the Suunto Compass SK-8 CB-71 (back side) is handy, easy to turn and adjust, and snaps into place every fifth degree. The Suunto SK-8 compass has a very high tilt compensation and can be read easily in almost any position.
Attaching the Suunto SK-8 compass is child's play in every variant, regardless of whether it is mounted in a console or to the back side of a console, carried on the arm or attached to a retractor.
As always, made in Finland, robust and almost unbreakable and suitable for temperatures below freezing, the Suunto SK-8 is the most reliable compass you can wish for when diving.
You can find the Suunto SK-8 compass in our online dive shop in various versions, and also fully assembled in Suunto consoles in various instrument combinations.
The matching Suunto console and Suunto instruments for a Suunto instrumentconsole for diving, as well as other diving instruments, compasses, attachments for compass and much more can of course also be found in our online shop for diving equipment.
Compass type: Liquid filled
Valid for: Northern hemisphere / north facing
Material: elastomer, plastic, rubber
Attachment: to the back side of a Suunto instrument console
Bezel: rotatable, with a ratched every fifth degree.
Tilt compensation: very high
Side window: yes, cut very large
Special features: stabilizes very quickly, can also be used at sub-zero temperatures
Dimensions: 65.5 x 65.5 x 43.7 mm
