Mossy Oak 4PC Compass & Fire Starter Set – Orienteering Compass, Hiking & Backpacking Gear with 4” Survival Fire Starter, Ideal for Camping, Hiking, and Map Navigation

__We have Ggrand kids they are at the age where they like to be outside camping exploring the wood-so far. The "MOSSY OAK 4PC Compass & Fire Starter Set – Orienteering Compass, Hiking & Backpacking Gear with 4” Survival Fire Starter, Ideal for Camping, Hiking, and Map Navigation" will be a great tool to have. An ABS compass with aluminum, they have N,S,E,W marking with sighting slot, lens, magnifies view which will help navigate to targets using direction given even in low light condition. Plus a fire starter using magnesium alloy assisting in starting a fire with a few wood chips, twigs. Both of these items need to be practice, lot of it, we goes through drills to get familiar and get up to speed to read, following directions. What to look for and collect along the way to help with start the fire. The two items is small and light able you to carry them on your belt inside a water-proof pouch which is not provide. Compass require a long paracord rope to keep them handy, nearby and from getting lost--again not provide. The fire starter do have "a cord" but we replace them the a long length of paracord, which will do multi-duties_

If you’re not planning on taking this combo on any extreme wilderness adventures, you should be well-satisfied with a doubled up (x2) compass/fire starter combo. The sight line style is useful for general direction cross-country navigation without a map, and the 4-inch-long ferro rod with striker will throw a good spark in virtually all weather conditions. At listed price under $20 USD (time of writing), the value of this combo pack far outweighs the expense, and it should help ignite and direct the enjoyment of outdoors activities for novice explorers (of all ages)!Hope you found my comments and photo helpful in your consideration.

The compasses are horrible. The baring numbers are on the directional floating part of the compass. The sight finder is useless. The directional floating part moves to much. It took over three minutes for it to stop moving. If you bump it slightly the movement starts all over. For example there where times it would rotate 180 degrees when not being moved after a slight adjustment.I haven't used the strikers but no matter how good they are, the compasses makes the a horrible item.

This is something for kids . It is cheaply made and not sure how long it will hold up.

This camping combo comes with two each of a navigation compass, and a Fero rod with a multi-tool striker. So let's start with a compass it's a good land navigation compass as far as function goes and includes a sighting wire and the standard two pointer face. The downside with this is it's all plastic. It's good plastic but it's plastic. It comes with a clip for hanging on your belt or whatever is. The Fero rod is good and beefy so it won't break off when you're striking it. And attached to a lanyard with it is a small striker with a roughed up surface for striking and it also contains a ruler a bottle cap opener and a hex head of some kind. All the product is moderate fit and finish and materials. But good for the price point and everything works correctly. 4 Stars.

these are a perfect starter kit for my boys. we make fires during the fall and winter, and these are perfect for them to practice with. the compasses are great for learning too. they likely won't really use them for navigation, but i still want them to learn how they work. maybe i'll set up an orienteering course for them. these are great teaching tools to cub scouts, boy scouts, and any youngster looking to learn some outdoor skills.

MOSSY OAK 4PC Compass & Fire Starter SetThe ferro rod and striker are good, work well. Surface must be scraped off before sparks will fly. Easy enough.The compasses are very workable, albeit made of plastic. So, just be careful with them, not the strongest.

This is a good set where you can order a few of them, and the entire troop will be set. The compasses are good for orienteering, and the firestarter set is good for the Scouts to practice with. One minor caveat is that the firestarter doesn't create huge amounts of sparks compared to others. I wonder if this is because the striker isn't made of a high-carbon steel.