Suunto M-3 Global Compass IN

The M-3 Compass from Suunto represents a durable, reliable, high quality navigational aid, which performs flawlessly in even the most demanding of conditions. This compass features a large liquid filled capsule and adjustable declination correction scale. Another convenient feature is the serrated bezel ring, which is easy to turn even in cold conditions while wearing gloves. Due to its easy-to-read luminous markings and magnifying lenses, this compass is also ideally suited to navigating in conditions of poor visibility.

Mechanical compasses have been working as the navigator since several thousands of years. Still today magnetic compass is environmentally friendly, cheap and the most reliable tool when choosing the course. The oldest Suunto field compasses, which are still in use, are manufactured in 1938. A high quality field compass hardly needs any other service than washing in fresh water from time to time. The compass works without any external power supply. The compass gets its power from nature – from the magnetic north pole.

This M-3 Global model comes with the global balancing system. The vertical intensity and direction of the earth's magnetic field, the inclination, influences the horizontal plane of a compass needle according to the latitude where it is used. Due to inclination, compasses must be balanced for different geographical zones in order to keep the needle in a horizontal position.