Silva

Small light and handy, perfect for most users if weight and size is more important than features and pin point accuracy for detailed Nav. I carried mine in a shirt pocket for a month in Borneo and hardly noticed it until required. Accurate enough for my needs and easy to use for quick point to point navigation, bearings and even checking my facial growth!!. The scale is in 5 degree increments and the markings are robust even with Mosquito repellent splashed all over it and subjected to abnormal Jungle abuse and wet conditions. Would be good as a backup in a medium sized survival kit or for use and permanant carriage on your person.

Good item

Cheaper compasses look similar - we've tried several other brands in our Scout troop. These, however, don't rub off, retain their accuracy, and are clear and easy to use whatever the weather.

Fantastic compass from Silva, exactly what I wanted for navigation in the hills, with all the appropriate romer scales that I need when map reading. My only real criticism, is that in one of the product photographs, it shows the compass at night with base of the bezel being lit up so as to show the luminous degree markings - I have not been able to replicate!

Sound, fast delivery, great compass, very easy to use, happy days

Great construction, never have to worry about batteries running out. For 100% functionality, best used with a map.

I bought the Silva Ranger SL compass three separate times, returning the compass to Amazon each time. Each of the three compasses that I was sent had the same two defects: 1. an air bubble in the compass fluid big enough to interfere with the movement of the needle 2. The "start" arrow printed in white on the base of the compass points 180 degrees in the wrong direction. Defect 2 is obviously a major issue because you do not want to be sent in directly the opposite direction from the direction in which you are trying to go. I am an experienced mountaineer and have happily used a standard Silva baseplate compass (without a mirror) for many decades for mountain navigation. I bought the Silva Ranger SL mirror compass because I wanted to experiment with a mirror compass and though this admirably compact model would be good as a back up compass for walking in less challenging conditions. I can only speculate that Silva had a batch of Ranger SL compasses which were mistakenly manufactured with these defects. Instead of disposing of them as defective, the compasses got onto a "grey market" for defective goods and were sold on by Amazon's supplier as if they were correctly made. The compass can be used with these defects as long as you know what they are and are prepared to tolerate an annoying air bubble and a direction of travel arrow pointing 180 degrees in the wrong direction when navigating. But I would not recommend buying this compass if you can find a non-defective version. If it was not defective I would have given this compass model 5 stars.

Excellent product , highly recommended

Buona qualità costruttiva. Ho ormai una discreta collezione di bussole, questa mi è sembrata subito affidabile e quando ruoti la ghiera apprezzi che è stata ben costruita. Lo specchio è il più grande che abbia visto in una bussola.

lightweight, functional, and durable. Not for serious navigation but great to keep in your pack for basic/moderate level use.

Stor luftbubbla i kompassen. Syntes tydligt och vem som helst som packade ner kompassen borde förstått att den var defekt. Ändå skickas den ut till kund.

Delivery was prompt and packaging was adequate. The unit performs as expected.

Silva is a great standard in compasses. Lots of great features , nice and smooth.