 "Good Beginner Compass" | 2008-06-23 |
| - Reviewed By mrmartyfromsf |
This `easy-to-read' compass is perfect for map and compass orienteering. It has a tool free adjustable declination for easy navigating and gives you graduations in degrees. The scale is in both inches and millimeters and the clear plastic makes for easy use on any map. Unfortunately, there is no site-mirror, which makes for a more accurate reading. It's small size and price (under $10!) makes for a simple, efficient compass when backpacking or hiking. It's a good beginner compass, but remember that you get what you pay for. For a little more money you can get a nice "Lensatic" military compass with a sighting-arm.
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 "Compass dead on target" | 2008-02-20 |
| - Reviewed By ab308 |
The Brunton Classic Compass is a good choice for the price. It delivers everything that you'd expect from a maptop compass... plastic base, bearings marked around the housing, easily rotating needle color coded for north and south, it even has a place for a lanyard or string to be attached.
The size is just about right for either a shirt breast pocket or to be carried in the hand in the field. The adjustment for declination and graduated measurements along the edge make it a most versitle tool.
In short, I am very pleased with this unit, and will recommend it to my students in the upcoming compass orienting and map reading class I am about to teach next month.
You could do a lot worse by buying a cheaply made compass. This one works well for the right price. Thank you Amazon. |
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| "Excellent" | 2007-11-10 |
| - Reviewed By nicknames_are_stupid |
| This an excellent, inexpensive compass which I use in the car for navigating. I understand that one needs a sighting mirror for serious work, but I just use it in the car. It has good visibility, is lightweight, accurate, and best of all, doesn't cost that much. It's cheap enough so that if I lose it, I can buy another one, and it's more than accurate enough for my needs. I like the green baseplate, which allows me to find it in low light if I drop it. The needle is quite responsive, and you don't have to jiggle the case to get it to move as in many cheap compasses. All in all a good, decent quality, inexpensive compass. |
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 "Excellent Basic compass" | 2007-05-13 |
| - Reviewed By awindel |
| I found this compass to be easy to use as we go geocaching. I would recommend it as a Basic compass. |
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| "dont leave home" | 2007-04-11 |
| - Reviewed By glstii |
| with the help of a decent map, this item kept us on track in both Rome and Venice, Italy - first day in Rome it was in the Hotel room - we walked in circles - after that, it was always in my hand - walked from the train station to our hotel...in the dark...we were on the track the whole time |
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| "Good design but durability lacks" | 2007-04-03 |
| - Reviewed By jimjuliem |
Some of the reviews I read sounded like they were written by people who had little real wilderness experience. A compass like this one is exactly what Boy Scouts learn to navigate with. Contrary to one review, this compass does have a declination adjustment. It is a bottom plate with an alignment arrow that turns independent of the top. So, in my case, I set the alignment arrow so that it is +19 degrees off of of zero (N). Now all I have to do is align the magnetic needle with the off set arrow and the compass readings all read true. There are several types of compasses. This is what I call "Type A". A magnetic needle operates independently of the compass card. It is the most popular type. You should read a book or on line to figure out how to do a few simple things like orienting the compass and taking a bearing, and understanding declination. My only complaint on this compass is that after rattling around in my pack for a few years the letters and numbers on the base plate almost wore off. Perhaps you should purchase a case for your compass. I helped teach a mountaineering class yesterday and this is the type of compass is what everybody used. 4 teams bushwhacked through steep terrain following a compass heading for over a mile and all (independently) came out within 100 to 150 feet of their destination. Conclusion: this type compass is good for woods navigation, a site mirror or a lensatic type is not needed.
I gave it only 3 stars because there are so many brands that are similar I can't say it is better than average, except it looks pretty cool with the colored base, and is easy to read. |
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| "Confusing but it works." | 2007-02-18 |
| - Reviewed By tamarbrks |
| I really thought that a compass would point at the letter representing the direction that I was facing. I was mistaken. It's a little more complicated than that. I called the company and a very nice guy named Mark carefully explained how to use this compass. It was not as I had imagined. But it does indeed work. Just yesterday I needed to find my way home from Long Beach. I remembered my tutoring from Mark and figured out which direction I needed to go. But I wish I had the simpler kind that just automatically points to the direction on the compass that I am headed in. Ignore this evaluation if you already know how to use a compass. The problem must surely exist between the hand and the user. |
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| "buy it!!!" | 2007-01-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: A34COTK63OY2F1 |
| Wow i really like this compass, the price, light weight and is so accurate. |
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 "For Absolute Beginners Only" | 2005-11-28 |
| - Reviewed By mountainmeister |
Any compass without a sighting mirror is virtually worthless for all but the most entry level forms of navigation. This item can be used to get a general sense of direction, but not for bearings or map and compass work. (Bearings without a sighting mirror are something like +/- 5-7 degrees, which translates to many hundreds of feet error for a distant object. With a mirror and care you can get +/- 2 degrees.)
If you are carrying something this big, you should expect it to be accurate enough for real navigation. If you need just general direction, there are smaller, lighter, and and cheaper items - or compass functions on watches of GPS units. |
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