This compass went to my youngest nephew. Looks classy with the stainless steel case, he has super happy and are so in his circle of friends. Certainly not suitable for precise location determination, but determines the approximate determination of direction. For hiking I have my older nephew bought a genuine, more expensive cards Compass: Huntington Map Compass ACL 1 GLOBAL, Compass system suitable for northern and southern hemispheres, transparent acrylic case, professionally liquid damped scales, mirror in the lid and magnifying glass So one gets the Recent next year.