This low-cost, lightweight spotting scope is designed to be an easily portable solution for people who don’t want to be bothered overmuch with taking care of an expensive product.
Sporting a decent 60mm objective diameter and multi-coated optics, the scope is able to yield sufficiently bright and detailed images suitable for bullet mark spotting up to 300 yards (with Shoot-n-c targets and a hunting rifle caliber), as well as casual nature observation, and digiscoping at close range.
However, the optical limitations with this scope are immediately apparent due to its low 36x magnification cap, and you can’t use it for several mainstream spotter applications such as astronomy, long range hunting, and observing birds in flight and so on.
The build quality, while definitely not the sturdiest one out there, is still quite decent for a budget offering. A non-slip rubber focus ring makes it quite easy to zero in on your subjects, and the integrated tripod mounting collar can be rotated to modify the viewing angle to match your needs.
The low zoom limit means a decent FOV range (157’-84’), but the restrictive 18-14mm eye relief will create problems for those who wear glasses. There have been some complaints pertaining to shoddy focusing and abnormal blurriness as well, which indicates poor quality control – unsurprising for a product this cheap.
Still, the product comes with a limited lifetime warranty that should cover the QC issues - and even though I found the included complimentary tripod to be essentially useless, given the scope’s reliable core performance, I feel it offers good value at a sub-$100 price.