The compass is pleasantly flat and therefore always in his pocket unnoticed with the move. When selecting was important to me that it is not too small to allow a sufficiently accurate bearings. Exposed part and the flat bottom surface are sufficiently thick and rigid material from. The acrylic case is so far little scratched, but where do I avoid it, to put in the same bag etc. Key. The externally mounted highly visible 5 degree divisions are even after long use all nor how newly available. The North / south orientation can be reached just by a parallel arrow. The needle is fluid damped and after 3-4 seconds at a standstill. And with the carabiner or even with the hole on the housing end it can be attached to a keychain also eg. A deduction of points there, because the display quite sensitive to static electricity and a capacity-gauging device or a straight edge of the housing missing. However, the charge will disappear fairly rapidly by itself and for accurate direction finding you can attach up something, for example, 2 small adhesive dots or a thin plastic needle.