Customer Reviews

Brunton Classic Mirrored Map Compass

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This compass is very well made, very good workmanship, all of these, together with a very good price, make for a very good purchase.

I would have given this thing 5 stars but the little nobs guild on keep breaking under normal use. No problem, just a little super glue and it back to normal. But still, the rest of the unit is made solid why not the 2 little white nobs?

Has all the options I need and works great. Haven't taken it out in the field yet, but took to a couple navigation classes and it has always worked as well or better than my classmate's compasses.

Well, this one is the 'one.' The best compass to have in the field since it has adjustable declination, a good sighting, the mirror, and it's built with quality. I now have a pile of imcomplete compasses that I will not be taking with me. Thank you for incorporating all the right features on this unit (reasonably priced too!)

I had an old, OLD Brunton mirrored compass that I bought back in the late 1970's - it got many years of hard use, as I worked summers for the Forest Service and Fish and Wildlife. In recent years it hasn't gotten much use, but when I pulled it out to use with my son's Cub Scout campout, I found that the housing had cracked, and there was a large air bubble in with the needle. I contacted Brunton and they sent me an RMA, and I returned the old compass hoping for repair. Less than a week later, I received a brand new compass (Model 8040G, with more features than my original), no charge.

Brunton has a lifetime warranty on their products, and they stand behind them - OUTSTANDING JOB, Brunton!

I have a Garmin GPS 60CSx and wanted a standard magnetic compass as a backup. After considerable research I settled on the Brunton 8040. I felt it had all the features I needed. The needle settles very quickly and appears to match the GPS. I especially like the declination adjustment feature. When I set my GPS to "True North", the heading is in sync with the Brunton 8040 with the declination adjusted. The only thing missing that I can see is that there are no luminous dial or points. I did need to adjust the thermometer about 6 deg by sliding it down and then regluing with contact cement. Overall this compass will work fine for me.

This design is difficult to read in bright sunlight mainly due to the color design. I think the Silva Ranger would have been a better choice for me. I would have upgraded but Amazon would not allow the return because of the liquid fill? Thx........