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Silva Expedition 4

our price: £24.95

If James Bond had a compass, he would have this one. It’s got more features than an Aston Martin DB9, and a baseplate longer than an ironing board. Comes with it’s own guided missile and parachute.

But seriously, continuing with my Silva analogy, if the Ranger 3 is the big brother of the Field 7, then the Exped 4 is the wise and masterful patriarch. This is the compass mountain leaders use, and the one to use if you need to get it right. It has so many features that Silva themselves got bored listing them and resorted to this:

What they say
Baseplate compass with almost everything. Magnifier, millimetre and inch scales. Romer scales: 1:63.360 1:50.000 1:25.000. A compass with extra functionality for GPS users.

I would have a go at listing the features myself, but to be honest I don’t know what they all do. I can tell you that it is just over 12cm long however.