Reviews - Bushnell Discoverer 76mm x 500mm Starfinder Reflector Telescope 788930 Reviews - BU-TS-788930

Author: BRIAN ANDERSON , ASTRONOMY LOVER, from LOGANVILLE, GA on Mar 8, 2010
Pros:  EASY SETUP
Cons:  POOR CONSTRUCTION
Would recommend:  yes

BRIAN ANDERSON wrote:

I PUT RECOMMEND YES, BECAUSE ITS A GOOD EASY FIRST TIMER LEARNER TELESCOPE, BUT, THERE SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TELESCOPE! ITS THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MIRRORS! THEY USE A CHEAP GLUE TO MOUNT THEM! I HAVE NOTICED THE SAME PROBLEM IN PAST REVIEWS ON THIS TELESCOPE! THEY NEED TO SECURE THE MIRRORS IN PLACE ALOT BETTER THAN THEY CURRENTLY DO! USEING A SMALL AMOUT OF CHEAP GLUE DOES NOT WORK! WHEN I BAUGHT THIS TELESCOPE OFF EBAY, WHEN I GOT IT THERE WAS SOME THING LOOSE INSIDE, WHEN I OPENED IT UP THE PRM AND SECND MIRRORS WERE JUST FLOATING AROUND LOOSE INSIDE THE TUBE! I COULD SEE THAT THEY WERE JUST GLUED ON, AND NOT VERY WELL, I SWEE THAT THEY ARE MADE IN CHINA, (FIGURES) YOU WOULD THINK THAT A COMPANY LIKE BUSHNELL, IT WOULD BE MAKE A LITTLE BETTER THAN IT IS! I AM NOT GOING TO RETURN IT! YET! BUT I GLEUED THEM BACK ON AND TESTED IT OUT AND SEEMS OK, WILL TEST OUT FURTHER ON EVENINGS TO SEE HOW GOOD IT REALLY WORKS!

Author: cambone456 from utah on Aug 10, 2009
Pros:  none
Cons:  first of all it came broken out of the box the cheap reflector mirrors broke off in shipping the laser didnt work the plastic is made in china and is the thinest cheapest plastic you can probley get on a telescope do not buy only buy telescopes from a store where you know it wont come broken and now we have to wait 11 days to even get reimberst
Would recommend:  no

cambone456 wrote:

first of all it came broken out of the box the cheap reflector mirrors broke off in shipping the laser didnt work the plastic is made in china and is the thinest cheapest plastic you can probley get on a telescope do not buy only buy telescopes from a store where you know it wont come broken and now we have to wait 11 days to even get reimbersed