S-53 Ritchie Navigation Explorer Compass 2 3/4-Inch Dial with Surface Mount, Black

Doing rural deliveries of agricultural goods in our van is made vastly more reliable and enjoyable by having a good compass on the dash. For one thing, cellphone and GPS service often drop out in mountainous regions such as ours, and have you ever been told "go southwest" by your navigation app when in the middle of a vast parking lot? Gee, I wonder what direction that would be? You fiddle with your phone for the compass app, you look to see where the sun is in the sky... now we can just look at the compass.

This is the best compass that is available. Did not need any adjustment due to built in compensators. Fabulous construction and design. Now used on a brand new vehicle that did not have a compass.

I have two of these. Bought them both at the same time. One is mounted on my console, the other on my bow. I like them just fine except for ONE thing: I do NOT like is how easy the compass can be removed from it's base. Just press both the super handy little "knobs" (one on each side of the compass) and it pops off the base. The bow mount one is especially vulnerable to a covetous passer-by. ALSO, in some fairly rough water, the boat bounce popped the bow compass off the base. Thankfully it bounced into the boat instead of into the water. I'm going to be tape the compass to the base before my next fishing trip. I wish I had noticed this model had the "easy removal" feature. I would have not bought them. It's my own fault tho, and I can deal with it.

I couldn't be more pleased with this compass. It invariably shows the correct direction my car is headed. It also rotates vertically so as to continue functioning up or downhill, no matter how steep the grade. Rotation is continuous, very smooth and quick with no jerking or hesitation, until the correct reading is found. The compass is roughly the size of a softball, or a little bigger. Before I ordered, I found a convenient spot above the dashboard where the accuracy of a small Suunto field compass was not affected. Once it arrived, I attached the "Ritchie" compass at that spot using foam-backed, double stick tape. This "Ritchie" compass works perfectly and looks great.

spent a lot of time on the phone to learn from their customer support I was on my own. From my own customer support, me, Ritchie needs a 12v usb pigtail, available here: (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BS6WHP3R/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1). Nice to know, but do you know how much money I dumped on tries/fails and had to figure it out myself, the many purchases and guesses to go through, cables I ordered, more than a few, to finally get it right, only to conclude this product is a scam? Unacceptable! With no guidance from Ritchtard customer support, I spent weeks on theories, hit and miss, on usb pigtail fails, until I finally got it right. Once powered correctly,, wow, ladies and gentlemen, also leaks the fluid, all over your dashboard, so here’s where it rests: trashcan! (Picture posted, never been so relieved to see $100 in the s-can!) Whoever the original Mr. Ritchie is, you left your company to the wrong people

Excellent value and readability. Necessity off shore.

Simple installation onto existing base.

Been using Ritchie products for years. Good stuff!! Can’t go wrong. My son took a fancy to this compass for his car. Fits in a cup holder. Now I have to borrow it from him. Guess I will just buy another and this time it will be the permanent mount