Coghlan's 8162 Map Compass

Giod device to have.

Good and crystal clear view on map

Atendeu as expectativas!!

Certes le prix est très raisonnable mais l'aiguille est excessivement mobile. Lorsque nous orientons la boussole dans une direction et que nous ne bougeons plus, l'aiguille met du temps à se stabiliser. Je regrette cet achat.

Muy útil y fácil de utilizar

This is an accurate, well made compass. I have owned compasses for 50 years and teach map and compass and bush navigation. I was looking for new compasses for an upcoming class and decided to try this one. I put this compass through the wringer over the course of one weekend and was impressed more than I could have imagined. Very easy to read bearing at index line. Housing turns easily but not too easily. Baseplate seems to be made of same plastic and quality as any $100 compass. Accuracy was spot on. Not a negative but just so you know there is no declination scale inside the housing like a typical Silva would have. For declination adjustments either subtract or add the correction to the existing bearing or azmuith and move on. No marking for back bearing but that’s not a biggie either. Needle stabilizes very quickly and is obviously liquid dampened. Lanyard is crap so toss it out. I will be buying many more of these for teaching. Manufacturer seems to have put in a line at about the 10 degree mark as a visual reminder to correct for declination (either east or west). A thin straight line shows up on each one of these compasses. Does not effect use in any way and is purely cosmetic. For daytime use only. No glow in the dark marking’s. Just so you know, I own thousands of dollars worth of compasses and have the true “dirt time” to know better. This is a very good compass as far as I can tell. Only time will show if it develops a bubble which does not go away.

I have two Silva compasses, and I ordered Coughlan's Standard Map Compass as an inexpensive alternative for my grandkids. I wasn't expecting it to be anywhere near as good as my Silva compasses, but I was happy to discover that I was wrong! Coughlan's Standard is absolutely outstanding in build quality, simplicity, accuracy, and durability, and I expect it to last for years. But I don't understand the significant price fluctuations over a period of about ten days. In early September 2023, it was a little over six dollars. A week later, it was less than five, and it was at that point that I bought four of them. I was so happy with it, I was planning to buy a couple more, but the price had gone up to over ten dollars! It started at 6.50, then 4.75, then 10.50. Or in terms of percentages, there was a 27% decrease followed by a 120% increase. Meanwhile Coughlan's DELUXE Map Compass is just over six dollars. This is just plain nuts! I guess I'll have to upgrade to the Deluxe version if I want to save money! One final note: Throw away the "directions" that come with the compass. Apparently they were written in French and very poorly translated into English. Even allowing for the language differences, they are needlessly complex, thoroughly confusing, and just plain wrong in places. "Be Expert With Map and Compass" by Bjorn Kjellstrom (3rd ed.) is a good introduction to using a compass.