I’m thinking of getting my son a globe for his fourth birthday. I’ve done a little research, which I’m going to share here.

Replogle appears to be the largest manufacturer of globes. But dig into some reviews, and they appear to be not all that well made, yet not priced any lower than other brands.

There are all kinds of globes with electronic bells and whistles out there, like this one from Oregon Scientific. In the end I decided to keep it simple and not go for one of these.

Some globes have “raised relief” for mountains, like this Advantus globe, which is cool.

Ultimately I picked this Waypoint model. Even though it doesn’t have topographic relief, I like the colors and topographic detail.