Product Description

*Handsome rendition of classic brass compass - relied upon for centuries with simple functionality*Improved with large phosphorescent adjustable dial; glows bright in dark-low light*Solid brass base, brass thumb-ring, durable polycarbonate crystal*Popular 2" diameter - easy to read without taking up lots of room*Outstanding value and quality, makes a great gift

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #788 in Sports & Outdoors
• Brand: Senter

Customer Reviews

Wow! It's actually a decent compass! And has some promise as well...
Sometimes cheaper priced products can work out! I ordered two of these as gifts based on the first review. The first thing I noticed was the needles seemed to drift aimlessly, certainly not north. When I removed them from the package and slightly wetted the top of the compass, they immediately pointed north, and have been ever since. The initial wandering was caused by a little residual static electricity, so don't panic if they don't seem to work while they're still packaged.

The luminous qualities are excellent, the outer luminous ring is bright enough to light up the compass rose at night. The needle is supposed to have a luminous dot on the north end of the needle. One had it, the other dot fell off the needle and floats around inside. For what I paid, I'm not even going to mention this to the seller. Here's a trick I've found over the years -- the phosphorous (the stuff that actually glows) gets more exited by short wavelength light than longer wavelength light. this means a cheap UV-LED microlight will really make these things glow very bright, and won't generate a lot of attention at night.

Also, these compasses are *liquid filled*, which gives a fairly steady reading. the compass actually rotates inside the brass housing, and with a little effort, can be pulled out. This might have some additional capabilities with this feature alone.

If they went one step further and used a card with luminous ordinal points instead of a plain steel needle, this would be a killer survival compass.

The brass case gives it slightly heavy feel, something I've associated with quality over the years.

Summary: a tad underpriced. Recommend buying a few extra in case the dot falls off.

Brass Compass
I was very pleased with the quality of this item for the price and glad that I bought three of them!

Very solid
Very attractive and solidly built. Not something you'd use for wilderness survival, but adequate for general directions when traveling. Came with a California state mandated warning of carcinogens?? Maybe related to the glow-in-the-dark dial, I don't know. I don't plan to sleep with it under my pillow, anyway.