Gejoy 6 Pcs Portable Orienteering Scout Compass for Hiking Bulk

Bought several to teach our Federation of North-American Explorers group orienteering. This is a good basic compass. - A little big for the younger boys to easily hold in 1 hand comfortably but good for older boys, adults, etc. - The lanyard is a nice-to-have to avoid having to hold or put in pockets when you want it close by but don't need it at the moment. - Helpful to measure distances on a map, to enhance the value of learning the map-and-compass skill by the boys. - The display is easy to read, and the needle is fully colored Red to point North (vs. just a dot on some other compasses I have seen). - Does not handle declination, but that was beyond the scope of our lessons. - Watch-out!! Slow to get it accurate as the needle moves a lot before settling. Also sensitive to other magnetic items and may not be a perfect read. I have recommended that each of our boys buy 1 of these for their day pack as one of the "Ten Essentials of Hiking!" A good item to have handy at a good price.

Bought two boxes of these. They simply do not work at all. The seating of the directional arrow on the pin seems to be bad and you can turn the item all you want and nothing happens with any accuracy. Tried tapping the top and holding in different directions. This item is pure garbage.

Purchased for kids to have and keep for use in a class merit.

5 of the 6 are good. 1 came with no liquid in it so it doesn't work. They were cheap so too much of a bother to return for a new one.

These are great, reasonably priced, simple but has eveything you need for navigation around a map. Light weight, but will stand up to rough treatment. Nice equipment.

Very inaccurate, I purchased this to teaching an orienteering class, the compass is nice and comes with quite a bit of features, but the needle is very inaccurate and does not rotate appropriately. Further there is not leveling bubble. I would HIGHLY recommend you avoid this product, it is 100% not usable for navigation. Now I do understand you get what you pay for and these were cheap, but my main focus was teaching, and I couldn't even teach with these.

They are OK, good for the price but I feel like usually they’re not giving me accurate readings. I tested a couple times and it usually just feels a little bit off. If you’re looking for a precise would not recommend.

I picked these up for use with my Cub Scouts. First thing I did when the package arrived was sit all of them next to each other. They spin, wobble and hit North. All of them were pointing to the same spot and within 2 degrees of North. They have shown no issues so far. I let my son play with one for a while and he liked the weight and size; and the magnifying section with the measuring markers so he can learn map orienteering this summer. Update, after getting to use them myself I found that 1 was liquid filled and 5 were not. 1 of the 5 seems to move less free than the other 4 without liquid but is still usage for Scouting. The liquid one is silky smooth. I will contact the company about the lack of liquid and see what happens.

They break easily, cant rely on them.