GWHOLECompass Waterproof Hiking Military Navigation Compass with Pouch Lanyard, English User Guide Included

Outstanding for the price. My little boy aspired to ownership of a piece of over-priced junk, masquerading as a compass, which he saw whilst on hol in the Azores last week. I ordered this to arrive by our return. It did. He is delighted. Until he loses it, he will have an excellent, very sturdy, good-quality sighting compass which looks like it will last a lifetime. Only thing to be aware of is that it is solid and therefore somewhat heavier than a plastic equivalent. It has a lanyard and may prove effective for breaking windows or his brother when he attempts to use it as a bolas.

Very heavy and good quality . Now concentrate : many other compasses have a clear and transparent face , so if you put it on a map , you can see the map through the compass .So far so good . But there is a problem , because reading the compasses' face with all those small numbers is difficult when you have the compass in your hand , not placed on ( map ) paper . The same problem exists with rulers . You can see everything if the ( transparent ) ruler is placed on paper . The problem arises when the ruler is in your hand measuring some object . Now you can't see the numbers easily . This compass is different : the numbers are read against a white solid fixed disc , now reading the face is easy because it is not transparent . Be careful what you buy ! Sometimes the transparent ones are good , and sometimes they are not , but I needed this one , so I bought it . Price is right too . Excellent product !

Being more familiar with the US military lensatic compass, I wasn't sure what to think of this compass at first. The moveable plastic bezel ring is a bit dodgy, but not so much that it interferes with the compass's operation. The overall quality is good, and the compass definitely points North!I took it out for a field trial and after some experimentation found that it worked well for what I needed it. I think I still prefer the US lensatic compass, all in all, but this compass is very adequate.

Used on field exercise , it’s really good

Although this was relatively cheap, I was still disappointed with this product. The immediate bug bare was that the cross hairs on the sight line glass was positioned off set which tells you that it was assembled during manufacturing with little care or pride. The next agrevating thing is the bezel, it is loose and a poor quality fit, giving you the feeling that it is going to be fragile. The looseness means that any bearing that you take is likely to change and be altered due to the bezel moving during normal handling of the compass.Another annoying thing is that it will not sit flat on a table due to the landyard toggle sitting proud when folded and won't open and lift up enough to get out of the way causing the compas to wobble when laid on a flat surface.I managed to unscrew the sight glass and realtime it into its correct position. The aluminium casing seems robust but the back plate is plastic which detracts from the benefit of the rest of it being aluminium.The compass needle section seems good quality and was accurate when repeatedly compared to a known.For a short trip through a small woodland this will be fine, but for a long trip in a wilderness to rely on this would be negligent.

I'm not an expert on using compasses, I can only just about manage Boy Scout/hiker level so take from that what you will. I bought this compass as I'm a disabled photographer and it's really important I don't get lost on my mobility scooter when doing landscapes. So with rudimentary map reading skills and this compass I'm fairly safe. The compass is very solidly made and seems accurate thus far, I'm very confident it will stand up to all the knocks and bangs I can give it and up to now I would certainly recommend it.

I have to say I'm honestly not sure why there are so many good reviews of this compass because it's not great.I suppose I should have been a bit informed by the price; <£10. When the bottom end of the Silva/Sunnto range will set you back £15-20. The saying is true, you DO get what you pay for.I originally bought this for my dad but we were both rather underwhelmed by the quality of it. Especially given its lifetime guarantee -you'd assume a higher quality product. The bezel is pretty loose and no way of fixing it in position. It can also be slightly pulled upwards by a couple of mil as well which I'm sure is NOT part of the design. The luminous section of the compass - the outer bezel with azimuth, or rather the ring under it - illuminates well after light exposure but the north point on the rose does not, at all. It is so faint it is barely readable in low light.The sighting port for the bearing is typically small, this is not something new to bearing compasses as anyone who has used prismatic compasses will tell you. But even in moderately low light it is hard to read the rose via this hole. The rose itself is actually misaligned, it points north, but it is not level placing the compass on a level surface, which means sometimes the rose edge 'sticks' instead of rotating.The construction seems ok. Again, it's not great; doesn't feel like its going to fall to bit besides the bezel but equally doesn't feel like it would survive long being knocked about in a backpack and it is cheap cast metal which means there is a likelihood of breakage if dropped on a hard surface.For the money I suppose it's not all that bad - it does point north and you can take a bearing with it.But I would highly recommend spending a little bit more to get a higher quality base-plate or bearing compass if you're planning on actually using a compass for navigation. Get a Silva Ranger or Field compass or a Suunto A-10. You will be rewarded for the extra money invested.

Sorry to say but it was a gift... And they didn't give it back or complain must be good