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I always have my planisphere to hand. I bought the large version of the one advertised in Astronomy Australia 2007, from Quasar Publishing. I see it has "David Chandler" written on it.
I use it to get my bearings and for finding constellations, but for anything beyond that, I rely on more detailed maps or pages printed from Stellarium. The planisphere I have is just not accurate enough on objects. I spent an evening searching for NGC 253 with binoculars, based on the plotted position on the planisphere, which was all I had with me - did not find it. When I could get back home to look at more detailed maps, I realised that the location on the planisphere was just too far off.
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