Silva Polaris 177 High Visibility Compass
June 5, 2017 - Comment
If you’ve been looking for a compass that’ll give you excellent value and superior accuracy, your search is over. The Polaris Model 177 compass has everything you need to help you find your way. It has 2-Degree graduations as well as large numerals at every 20-Degree mark, and its clear base plate with inch, mm & 1:24,000 scales makes it easy to read a map, set bearings, and plan a trip. Our fixed declination correction scale allows you to make quick adjustments of map bearings to field headings. Ergonomically designed base plate.
Product Features
- Hi-Vis Bezel
- 2-Degree graduations as well as large numerals at every 20-Degree mark
- clear base plate with inch, mm & 1:24,000 scales makes it easy to read a map, set bearings, and plan a trip
- fixed declination correction scale allows you to make quick adjustments of map bearings to field headings
- Ergonomically designed base plate
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This is an outstanding compass and I am quite pleased with it While I have not yet used this specific item in the fired yet, I am quit familiar with Silva products. This is an outstanding compass and I am quite pleased with it. It’s my intention to attach this to a lanyard and keep it snugly tied to my shirt and tucked in my pocket for quick reference. My only complaint is that “I” did not get the Silva that had the magnifying glass incorporated in the base. I’ll buy another soon. This is an excellent compass.
Strange – Instructions are for the Silva Explorer 203 I just received this compass a couple days ago; purchased from Beach Cities Scuba Center. The item pictured is the one I received, it was in “bulk packaging” (I guess it was, it was just like what you would see in a store); however, when I sat down to read the instructions, the first item (field bearing) said “hold the compass level and point the Direction of Travel Arrow at the landmark.” Being an experienced compass reader, I thought, “hmmm, what’s the direction of…
Lightweight and easy to read! This was recommended to me by an instructor for an orienteering class I took. After the classroom portion, we headed to the mountains and got to use it.