Steiner Navigator 7x30c Compass Binoculars

Taking a bearing on a headland while keeping it in view is something a plain binocular cannot do. The Steiner Navigator 7x30c solves it in a compact, boat-friendly package: Steiner's illuminated bearing compass built into a waterproof 7x30 marine glass, so you can read your heading and watch the mark at the same time.

The compass is HD-stabilized and fluid-damped, with an illuminated scale that stays readable in low light off a single CR1225 battery. Sight the object, read the bearing from the scale in the view, and hold it, all without lowering the binoculars or reaching for a hand compass. Because it is fluid-damped, the reading settles quickly as the boat moves.

The rest is the compact Navigator you would want on a smaller boat. Steiner-Auto-Focus keeps everything from about 66 ft to the horizon sharp once the diopters are set, the 7x view is steady and easy to hold, and the 30 mm objectives keep the weight down. The Makrolon body wears the same NBR rubber armor as its larger siblings, is nitrogen-sealed against fog, and is waterproof to 5 m.

Key Features

• Integrated bearing compass: HD-stabilized, fluid-damped, and illuminated, so you can take a heading without putting the glass down.
• Compact 7x30 marine build: light and one-hand-friendly, sealed to the same standard as the full-size Navigators.
• Steiner-Auto-Focus: set the diopters once, sharp from about 66 ft to infinity, with no refocusing.
• Waterproof to 5 m: Makrolon body, NBR armor, and a nitrogen fill.

Who It's For

• Coastal navigators on smaller boats who want a bearing compass without the size and weight of a full-size 7x50.
• Day sailors and paddlers who use the compass for pilotage close to shore.

One point worth setting straight: the compass is stabilized, but the optics are not image-stabilized, so the view moves with the boat like any binocular. For the same compass with the extra low-light reach of 50 mm optics, see the Navigator 7x50c. Without the compass, the Navigator 7x30 is the lighter, simpler option.