What compass do you use and why?
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Oh, I just looked up and found a photo of my little sere compass.... 
http://www.compassupplier.com/LWC20-3.htm
Mine is slight different in the north arrow but else exactly the same. :biggthump
http://www.compassupplier.com/LWC20-3.htm
Mine is slight different in the north arrow but else exactly the same. :biggthump
I use the sliva type 3. its simple cheap and does the job. Not sure i need to spend a fortune on a compass?
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I have an older Silva Ranger. They had just switched the compass rose to the current black plastic. My local backpacking shop had just sold me a arctic rated down bag in a pea green color at discount. Nobody wanted something that warm and bright blue or red bags were the in style. So, this quick thinking salesman offered the older, aluminum bezeled compass for $5 along with the bag. The bag lasted 25 years until this past spring. I ceremonially freed the down insulation. Within a day the local bird populations all sported white goosedown and brown sycamore twig tweed nests. The old Silva is still in first rate order. I also have a button compass in my PSK and a Recta World on order.
Schwert, thanks for the observations and the link :biggthump
Chris, love the idea of letting the down loose, so obvious but I'd never heard of it before. :super:
Chris, love the idea of letting the down loose, so obvious but I'd never heard of it before. :super:
My compass is a trusty Silva Ranger 3.
It sits round my neck on it's lanyard with a whistle and It works great !!
I've fancied one of those small watch strap compasses but i'm a bit concerned as to their accuracy :shock:
It sits round my neck on it's lanyard with a whistle and It works great !!
I've fancied one of those small watch strap compasses but i'm a bit concerned as to their accuracy :shock:
i got a recta DP6 greta compas, than again it is my first and only "expensive" compas i own. The reason for the choice, it was free 
I've got a common or garden Silva in Mils , needs replacing soon cos there's bits floating in it , must be the needle bearing corroding , must se if I can be sly and swap it for a new one when no one is looking . I have my gps too which , of course is no good for taking a bearing unless you are moving :chill:
I use Silva key chain compass. It has nothing, but compass and carbine to link with keys. Very convenient and I used it even during my last trip to Kazakhstan. In general, it is simple, cheap, reliable and looks good. It covered all my requirements, except one occasion. I also have Silva Ranger with mirror, but I bought it mainly as memory about my military service in artillery (it looked like artillery compass, but different scale). I used it only once when I had to find direction of a route in Kazakhstan with good precision. I think my keychain compass could do the job as well, but Ranger gave me good precision quicker. :super:
Regards,
Regards,
i use the Silva Expedition 4, used it when i was in the Cadets, and it was (and still is) accurate and reliable.
I think both are excellent choices. I really like the my Global Suunto, but I think you cannot go wrong with these two choices.
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