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Plastimo Iris 50 Hand Bearing Compass
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Average Rating: 4 out of 5
No. of Reviews: 4
RRP: £29.99

Description: Read in roughest conditions. 1degree graduated card. Prism eliminates parallax error. Built-in photo luminescent lighting, lanyard, rugged blue housing. NEW LOW PRICE - SAVE XTRA £10!

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Ken Boullier 2 
Posted: 13/04/07
'FIRST CLASS'
Strengths:
Really easy to use and very clear.
Weaknesses:
Disappears when I'm not looking - popular with the rest of the crew.
Overall:
I think it works well at night. Just cup your hand around a torch shining straight into it and it stays bright long enough to take several bearings.
 
Performance
 
80%
Reliability
 
80%
Value
 
100%
Overall Rating
 
87%
 
Martin Ackland 
Posted: 13/12/06
'WORKS WELL EXCEPT AT NIGHT'
Strengths:
Robust and easy to read a bearing
Weaknesses:
Getting to luminesce at night was difficult.
Overall:
"Charging" the compass with light for night bearings was very difficult and tedious.
 
Performance
 
60%
Reliability
 
80%
Value
 
60%
Overall Rating
 
67%
 
Catherine Hartley 
Posted: 11/10/06
'EXCELLENT IN THE DAY, DIFFICULT TO READ AT NIGHT'
Overall:
Needs to sit under light to be charged up for night time use. Excellent in the day but difficult to read at night - vision a little cloudy to get a reading
 
Performance
 
60%
Reliability
 
60%
Value
 
80%
Overall Rating
 
67%
 
Tim Houghton 
Posted: 27/04/06
'THIS HANDBEARING COMPASS REMAINS EXCELLENT'
Strengths:
Easy to hold, stabilise and read, good luminescence
Weaknesses:
None really
Overall:
Excellent
 
Performance
 
100%
Reliability
 
100%
Value
 
80%
Overall Rating
 
93%
 
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