A full compass for hikers, the plate is long enough to make alignments on a map at 1/25000, the rather large magnifying glass to see the details of the card, the black markings are very readable transparency on the map especially the GPS grid to 1/25000 utlise that most (of my old compass, it was red and almost unreadable when we put the compass on the map). Reading the azimuths is nice but I have a little apprehensive about the life of burning angles on the impeller (I enetendu say that over time they faded) but as the equipment is guaranteed 5 years, I will make a complaint if necessary. I also enjoyed the cushioning of the movement of the needle that slowly arrives at its position without oscillating as in most lower quality compasses. Excellent ultimately compass.