550 01 Noris School Compass with Centre Wheel, Universal Adapter and Lead Box (350 mm Diameter), Blue / Silver

Good for drawing larger circles plus I can fit a pen into it to draw inked circles. My favourite is still my Faber Castell compass but this Staedtler can do things the Faber cannot so well worth owning both.

I bought this because I needed a decent compass with a pen holder. I had persevered for some time with an old but very solid drawing kit that used ruling pens and wasn't able to hold a fine liner or a pen. I think I was a bit put off by the product name "school compass", which made me think this might not be a serious bit of kit, but I was wrong. The hinge section is metal and very secure. The interchangeable legs are plastic, but look reasonably durable. Most importantly, the compass draws a good consistent circle with no creep either wider or narrower. The pen holder, which is what I bought the kit for, will hold a pencil, mechanical pencil or fine liner, and even an extra fine sharpie, and performs just as well with these attached. With the extension bar in place, I have the range to cover anything I'm going to need to draw on an A3 sheet of paper. The only limitation is at the smaller end of the range, where there's a practical minimum radius with pen holder of about 16 or 17 mm due to the pen touching the centre wheel thread. All in all a very good instrument at a very reasonable price.

great set for the price, only i had to make adaptions to some pens and pecils to fit them in exactly the same place , a bit of tape or a ruber sleeve sorts that out though

A good little compass, works well enough for my needs and draws a round circle very well. I have read some bad reviews regarding the strength and durability of this compass but I'm not planning on using it to prop up a building or fend of hords of crocodiles or something. I just wanted to be able to draw accurate round circles and this compass does that very well.

Perfect for my needs with crafting projects where large circles are needed in sewing patterns. Maximum 45cm with extension arm. Feels solid and easy to use. One spare lead and no spare needle as standard but spares are easily available.. Good price point for such a versatile instrument.

Ive now owned and tried to use this for over a year. Its terrible! Its made of awful plastic that wears and isnt accurate. The wheel slips and so you cant have any accuracy at all and the whole thing feels cheap and is poor quality....yet is expensive! The pen holder is terrible and the whole thing is falling apart. Even the case hinge gave up and no longer works. All of it is very poor. Totally disappointed by this and Ive now put it in the bin and need to start over again finding another compass, but will avoid Steadtler next time,

A good quality item, delivered on time and as described.

Nice

Well made. The compass can be used not only with a lead for marking, but also with a pen. Easy to use. Well made considering it is plastic.

Muy bueno.

Super compas, tient super bien en main. Mon fils a beaucoup plus facile avec ce compas

Qualität ist sehr gut. Im ständigem gebrauch für die Schule

STAEDTLER’den iki pergel aldım. Birinci STAEDLER Mars Comfort 556 00-M3. Mars Comfort, Alman malı kalitesi yüksek. Metal diye daha sonra yine STAEDTLER Noris Club 550 02 Pergel Okul Setini sipariş ettim. Noris Club 550 tam bir hayal kırıklığı oldu. Çok farklı kalitede. Tüm ek parçalar, (Sadece ana iki bacak üst kısmı harici) plastik. Çin malı. İş görmesi bakımından sorun teşkil etmemekle birlikte, kalite STAEDLER Mars Comfort ile kıyaslandığında 3 yıldızdan fazla veremedim. Okula giden öğrenciler için tavsiye edebilirim. Fazlasıyla iş görecektir. Bir de fotoğraftaki gibi yedekler kutusundan metal uç çıkmadı, sadece bir kurşun yedek uç vardı.Kaliteli olsun derseniz bu model yerine Mars Comfort 556 00 tercih edilmeli.