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At Up and Under in Cardiff, UK, you can explore a diverse range of Silva products, including compasses, binoculars, trekking poles and orienteering equipment. Silva are renowned for inventing the first liquid-filled compass in 1933, and continue to develop innovative gear for outdoor enthusiasts, ensuring users can navigate any terrain, day or night, in any conditions.
Founded by Björn, Alvar, and Arvid Kjellström along with Gunnar Tillander, Silva set the global standard for navigation equipment with their groundbreaking compass. Expanding their innovation, they introduced the Zeiler headlamp in 1935. Today, Silva focuses on sports, adventure, and professional use, continuously improving their products to provide high-quality equipment for all outdoor adventures.
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OL Punches (Orienteering Punches)
The Silva OL Orienteering Punches are ideal for both official competitions and personal training courses. Available in two series packs (A and B), each set includes 10 unique, individually coded punches made from durable red plastic. These punches are easy to secure on a wooden board or hang from a flag, making setup quick and versatile. Elevate your orienteering experience with reliable, easy-to-use punches that ensure accurate scoring and efficient course management.
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Reflective Marker
The Silva Reflective Markers are high-visibility orienteering control markers designed for use day or night, ensuring clear navigation in any light conditions.
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Field
The Silva Field is a compass that's ideal for beginners, crafted to cater to the needs of schools, youth groups, and recreational outdoor enthusiasts. This compass features a base plate with millimetre map-measuring capabilities and scales of 1:50,000 and 1:25,000, making it compatible with the majority of maps.
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Ranger
The Silva Ranger Compass has been designed for use by seasoned hikers and mountaineers, offering precision and reliability for challenging terrains. Recommended by the Duke of Edinburgh Award, this compass features an extended base plate for superior accuracy, enhancing safety during navigation. Additional features include a built-in magnifier for detailed map reading and durable construction designed for rugged outdoor use.
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Binocular Pocket 8X
The Silva Binocular Pocket 8X are binoculars to count on when it comes to flexibility, quality and function. With quality optics and long-distance magnification these binoculars are the perfect aid for making route choices when out hiking. The lightweight, foldable design and grip friendly exterior lets you carry and use them with ease.
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Binocular Pocket 10X
The compact Silva Pocket 10X binoculars are not just for bird watching – they are functional, reliable and sturdy enough for the great outdoors. Pocket 8X and Pocket 10X are both binoculars to count on when it comes to flexibility, quality and function. With quality optics and long-distance magnification these binoculars are the perfect aid for making route choices when out hiking.
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Demo Compass
This Silva Demonstration compass version is ideal for whiteboard demonstrations and is made of white plastic.
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Competitor Cards
The Silva Orienteering Competitors Cards have 27 squares on each card and are used in conjunction with orienteering punches.
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Map Measurer Path
A well-planned journey begins in the comfort of your own home and leaves you time to enjoy the trip once you are actually out in the wilderness. With a map measurer your trip can be planned in detail, to avoid surprises on the way. Daily stages linked together with the number of days of the trip, should be equivalent to the distance you want to cover, to reach your goal in time.
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Binocular Pocket 7X
The Silva Binocular Pocket 7X is an easy-to-use compact monocular that will provide you with Bak4 optics and quick focus, as well as great optical performance. It will fit right in your pocket or backpack, so that you always have it within reach.
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Expedition
The Silva Expedition compass comes with all of the usual useful features such as rubber feet to enable precision map work and luminous markings to aid night navigation. But it doesn’t end there, there's also a magnifying lens to better see small details on you map and a clinometer for measuring slope angle.
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58 Kayak
The Silva 58K kayak compass is easily attached to the front of the kayak via four securing straps. It is clear, easy to ready and can be used without having to remove your hands from the paddle. Silva have designed this compass with a flat base so it will sit easily in the front deck of your sea kayak. It features a large globe that has clear white detailing, the globe then features a yellow marker so you can make and follow accurate bearings while on your kayak adventures.
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70P
The Silva 70P is designed for mounting on to sea kayaks that have got the moulded in recess at the front of the boat. This sea kayaking compass is easy and clear to read. It will then rotate and tilt to maintain an accurate bearing as the kayak tips and turns. The 70P is easily retro fitted into a kayak simply by 4 screws that locate in each corner of the unit.
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Classic Compass
This classically styled compass is ideal for hiking, walking, backpacking, orienteering and mountaineering, who wish to navigate using a map when outdoors in the hills/ mountains. Fitted with a ruled edge to measure distances easily and accurately and made a lightweight, durable base-plate this compass can withstand rigorous and frequent use outdoors.
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Compass Storage Case
If you've ever wondered what you were supposed to do with your compass' while not in use then this is for you! This is a zip around case with a foam insert that has space for 28 units. Does not include compasses.
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Expedition 4-6400/360 Militaire / Military Compass
The Silva 4 Militaire is practically the same as the Expedition 4, but graduated in miles rather than degrees as favoured by the armed forces. It features a full-sized base plate, magnifier and rubber feet for precision map work. Specifically designed for use by the British military, the base plate features 1:25k, 1:50k and 1:40k roamer scales, as well as centimetre and inch rulers. The needle and cardinal points feature a luminous compound which is activated by daylight and will maintain brightness for up to 4 hours in darkness. The Militaire 4 is a classic compass used by NATO forces around the world.
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Expedition 4
The Silva Expedition 4 is an advanced compass for serious navigation and high levels of accuracy. Primarily used by rescue workers and outdoor enthusiasts on demanding trips, the Expedition 4 offers everything you need in a compass to navigate advanced and precise techniques. It also features a handy map magnifier and Romer scaled suitable for 1:25, 40 and 50,000 grids. Thanks to its luminous markings it is possible to use for night navigation as well.