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Your cart is empty.The Iris 50 compass is clear evidence that a sturdy marine compass no longer needs to look austere. Good protection against hard knocks: the smooth finish feels soft in your hand and it will not slip even if it is wet. Outstanding legibility of the card with one degree graduations. No parallax error: a prism projects the reading of the bearing to infinity. This also contributes to a more comfortable operation as you do not need to alternate close-reading to read the card and infinite-reading to take bearings. Optimum conditions to take bearings thanks to the superb card stability and the wide 20° field of view which will accomodate the roughest sea conditions. Most accurate bearing : the pivot and very hard stone are a guarantee of long life and shock resistance of your compass. Soft bottom cell: engineered using ultra-somic welding it acts like an expansion diaphragm preventing the formation of bubbles and leaks. Built-in photoluminescent lighting completely maintenance-free impervious to corrosion operates without batteries or radio-active tritium. Course reading from above the compass: you can read your compass like a standard compass with no need to look through the prism Features Two functions: handbearing and traditional compass.
David
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2025
Works great
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2025
I have found this to be a very accurate hand bearing compass. I hold it pressed to the lower edge of the frame of my glasses and can see the bearing and lubber line clearly. Some reviewers have suggested metal framed glasses may affect the accuracy of the compass. My glasses have plastic frames and I have found no difference in bearing with my glasses on or off. It is equally clear without my glasses too (although distant objects aren’t!). I was unhappy with the narrow string lanyard attached to the compass and made a wider strap that attaches to the front of the puck and the existing lanyard allowing me to forget it’s around my neck. This thing is expensive, I agree, but you can’t buy an easier to use, more accurate one. It’s a keeper.
Diane Wickmann
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2025
A great buy for a bearing finder compass. I use it all the time to determine the lay line to the windward mark when beating up wind.
Paul Carew
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2024
This puck compass is easy to read and with a thick rubber container easy to hold while also providing protection.Used this in the BVI for determining headings
Carvejibe
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2024
Very handy gadget and so far has held up well under frequent use while sailing.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2024
Love the magnification provided by the prism. Ably to get accuracy to one degree.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2023
My aging eyes focus well at infinity without glasses, but lack accommodation such that anything close is a hopeless blur. The prism and lens built into this make it easy to see the compass card scale and distant target in perfect focus simultaneously. The lubber line is a bit fuzzy, since it's closer than the card, but I've been experimenting with taking sights and cross checking with Google Earth. I'm finding that on dry land, taking my time to ensure the compass is truly horizontal, and being sure no ferrous metals (e.g. glasses frames) or electric devices are near, I can read this to around 1/4~1/2 degree. Don't forget to include an up to date magnetic variation (aka declination) value.I worked my way up to the non-trivial price of this product trying to save money, but none of what I tried at lower prices was remotely usable for someone with old far-sighted eyes. I can imagine that if you are near sighted, it might be hard to read wearing glasses, plus, if those glasses have ferrous metal frames, they would likely introduce unpredictable deviation errors.I'm thrilled with the precision this affords and the ease of use.
Oliver
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2020
The unit is great, I purchased it to replace a 25 year old compass of the same make and model that worked really well for about 20 of those years before developing an air bubble that was knocking the card out of balance.The lens you look though to take the bearing of a distant land mark is a little wonky with a little aberration near the center so the digits are a little blurry, on the 25 year old model it was crystal clear.
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