What is your favorite compass

[usmcvet]

I like the Silva Guide. I bought the Ranger online, it was a great compass but freaking huge. The Ranger does everything I need it to do and it fits well in my shirt pocket.

http://store.silvacompass.com/produc...e_426_Graphite

[dan1775]

USGI lensatic.

[Muddyboots]

Like many, I'm overly familiar with the USGI Stocker and Yale tritium. I've carried one for years. I always carried a simple Silva or more recently Suunto baseplate type compass too. These are what I've always done land nav with. The lensatic had just been going for a ride in my pack. I almost never used it. I stopped carrying it. I keep it in my gear because they do have there uses. So does the M2 Transit.

General Nav? These days the MC-2G.

Muddyboots

[M4Fundi]

Suunto MC2-G
I usually work in the southern hemisphere so I need a global compass. When I switched over to GPS as primary (became way to dependent on it) on one job I was not paying attention to where I was and the GPS broke I realized I was very rusty on my compass/nav skills I now try to regularly over the course of the day transfer waypoints onto the map, so if GPS goes tits up I can get home.

[Redmanfms]

I've only ever used the Cammenga 3H and it works so I stick with it. Plate types like the Silva Explorer and the Brunton 7 seem to be vastly more popular among the backpacking community (at least on the East Coast) because of their weight and size.

[Watrdawg]

I've been using a regular Military Lensatic compass since the late 80's when I was in. The one i have is the one that I had in the Army.

[Tortuga]

I know I said the MC-2G was my FAVORITE compass, but as far as what compass I use the MOST, it's the little Suunto Clipper I keep on my G-Shock.

[K.L. Davis]

This question (with about hundred votes) is on my facebook page also.

[maximus83]

I like the Silva Guide. I bought the Ranger online, it was a great compass but freaking huge. The Ranger does everything I need it to do and it fits well in my shirt pocket.

http://store.silvacompass.com/produc...e_426_Graphite

Not a compass expert enough to have any grounds for comparison, but a couple years ago, I got the Silva Guide as well for the features and, like you said, the convenient size.

[maximus83]

Can somebody educate me: Aside from the visibility in the dark, are there features in a military lensatic-type compass that a typical Silva, like the Ranger or Guide, would not have?