Customer Reviews

(Price for 50 Pcs) Precise Small Elegant Pocket Compass

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I bought sixteen of these for my classroom. They're great because they're accurate AND inexpensive. $0.99 each and the kids get some hands on learning about directions, magnets, maps, etc. I'm really happy with them.

this product does not work for a training situiton because it is not accurate when you hold it..only when steady on a table top

This item is perfect for my girlscout troop, for our hikes, and our overnights, and for locating coordinates for sky star gazing. The Compass was bigger and sturdier than I expected and it really works. Tip I learned: if the needle sticks on a compass just rub a drop of water over the glass top and it will eliminate any static that is causing the needle to stick. I would deffinately purchase this product again.

the compass was good for how much i payed for, but the shipping and handling was too expensive over all for the product....it does its job tho......i was extremely dissapointed because it took amazon a little over a month just to send it to me....was very unpleased..

I ordered up a batch of 50 of these to use as trade items in the game of geocaching. Frankly, I was prepared to get a box of total crap compasses. These turned out to be surprisingly sturdy and considerably bigger than expected. (About the size of a silver dollar) Also, each one is sealed in its own baggie, so I can carry several in my swag bag without them getting dinged up. The compass rose as well as the outer degree dial are crisply printed in a classic boyscout compass style. Would I try to orienteer through the Smokies with it? No. I have an expensive military lensatic compass for that kind of stuff. Are people (especially kids) tickled to find something this cool in a geocache? Yes, definitely. (And if you get right down to it, I bet I could use this thing along with a decent topo map to figure out where I am in a pinch.) I'll be ordering another batch of these when I start running low. I am very satisfied with the "bang for the buck" factor on this item, and the prompt delivery didn't hurt, either.

Addendum: I'm now on my third batch of these things. I've looked around the internet but have not found a better quality compass for the money. At the time I purchased these they were a little less than $40 for 50 units. They're actually pretty darn accurate. I typically leave them as geocaching trade items. I recently conducted an intro to orienteering event in the Hoosier National forest. I made up around twenty laminated topo maps, and taped one of these (in the little baggies) to each map. Every participant was able to accurately hit the waypoints using the maps and these compasses. After this third batch is gone I'm sure I'll be getting a fourth.

Thanks for a really decent product at a very reasonable price!

Actually works, its is a little larger than what I expected. The profile is thick 1/8th+ in order to permit the needle room to rotate.

I've gotten a lot of cluck for under a buck using these compasses in educational classes for high conflict parents of divorce. The price is certainly right for backing up a metaphor in any educational venue. Since I have no intention of using what, after all, is more a toy than a real compass, I have no fear that I'd end up going around in circles were I to try to find my way out of the wilderness with this novelty item.

I was looking for a compass keychain because it can actually be pretty useful, even in the city. I was kind of disappointed when I saw the product. It does work but I was looking for something smaller, more like a keychain. This product appeared when I typed "compass keychain" in the search of amazon, and I dont think it is really a keychain...