SILVA Ranger Compass | Traditional Baseplate Compass with Flexible Distance Lanyard

Navigate with absolute confidence using the newly updated SILVA Ranger Compass. Universally trusted by hikers, backpackers, scouts, and weekend outdoor enthusiasts, this classic, highly reliable traditional baseplate compass balances premium Swedish engineering with intuitive, everyday functionality.

Rugged Ergonomics & All-Weather Handling

The Ranger is built around a heavy-duty DryFlex™ rubber grip bezel, ensuring smooth, easy handling and precise capsule rotation even when wearing thick winter gloves or operating in heavy downpours. The updated styling features a fresh, outdoor-harmonized green and black colorway, paired with contemporary, high-visibility typography and a prominent, sharp orientation arrow inside the fluid-filled capsule.

The Flexible Distance Lanyard: A Navigation Game Changer

Say goodbye to guessing trail mileage or awkward ruler measurements. The SILVA Ranger comes equipped with an innovative soft, bendable distance lanyard printed directly with 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 mapping scales:

• True Route Tracing: Because the lanyard is soft and completely flexible, you can drop it directly onto your topographic map, bending it along winding rivers, jagged ridges, and switchback trails.

• Instant Calculation: Simply match your traced trail length against the map’s scale to get an immediate, incredibly accurate measurement of your upcoming hike.

Precision Orienteering & Features:

• The SILVA 1-2-3 System®: Specifically engineered to maximize the speed and accuracy of the classic 1-2-3 navigation method. The clear baseplate allows you to plot lines without losing sight of landmarks, ensuring your determined direction remains flawlessly accurate as you travel between checkpoints.

• On-the-Fly Declination: Includes a handy, easy-to-use declination scale printed right inside the capsule, making it simple to calculate the local variance between True North and Magnetic North anywhere in the world.

• Detailed Map Work: The crystal-clear acrylic baseplate features an integrated magnifying lens for reading fine map symbols, alongside molded measuring scales in millimeters, 1:25k, and 1:50k ratios.

• Guaranteed Reliability: Backed by an industry-leading 5-year manufacturer's warranty, ensuring your lifeline to the backcountry stands up to years of hard field use.