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Reviews & Ratings for Barska 88x Compact Refractor Telescope 400mm x 70mm w/ Table Top Tripod & Carrying Case — 12 reviews

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Barska 88x Compact Refractor Telescope 400mm x 70mm w/ Table Top Tripod & Carrying Case
Barska 88x Compact Refractor Telescope 400mm x 70mm w/ Table Top Tripod & Carrying Case
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Most Helpful Positive Review Barska 40070, 88x Compact Refractor Telescope
The telescope is just what it is - an entry level, inexpensive. Investing $40 to $80 in a Super Plossel eyepiece improves the performance many times over. What is impressive about Oprics Planet is their Customer Service - the greatest I've seen in years. Fast, accurate, responsive to all your inqu...
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Most Helpful Negative Review Ummmmm...... okay
Wow i was expecting much better and did not get what I wanted, DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT! Shaky and very hard for vertical viewing only works along the horizon. Extremely Dissapointed.
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You get what you pay for

by Bill, from OK, United States Written on April 20, 2018
Cheap, cheap, cheap! But I needed an inexpensive 70mm x 400 mm fl refractor objective for making a spectroheliograph, and I did not want to risk pointing my Orion ST80 80mm x 400 mm fl directly at the sun. With this guy you don't worry so much and though time will tell the 70 mm achromatic (coated), appears to give a good projected solar image that I can project on a slit - collimation telescope - diffraction grating - recording camera to get h alpha images of the sun when the movie is suitably processed. For an introduction to astronomy, go Orion or Celestron or Meade brand, pay s bit more and you will never regret it.
Pros:
  • Cheap
  • objective front lens may be worth it
  • carrying bag cheap but useful
Cons:
  • focuser imprecise, loose, plastic
  • telescope tube plastic
  • eyepieces, cheap Kneller
  • finder worthless
  • software 32 bit OS
  • mount too small - plastic imprecise
Would recommend: Yes
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by Legacy Reviewer, from WA, United States Written on May 4, 2012
Not so good.........I do not recommend this item.
Would recommend: No
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Great Little scope

by Legacy Reviewer, Written on December 16, 2011
This is a great small telescope. Good for travel, have reasonable magnification up to 100X. Should have included better eyepiece for greater Viewing
Pros: Good Optics
Cons: Should have better tripod, include better eyepiece
Would recommend: Yes
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Great Scope at a Bargain

by Legacy Reviewer, Written on September 1, 2011
Great optics. Fully Coated 70mm Achromatic objective give bright & sharp image up to 100X. These unit includeds a 20mm Coated Kneller eyepiece & 4mm Symmetrical Ramsen (SR) eyepiece with 3X Barlow. For this price, great optics & power definately
Pros: Great optics
Cons: Maybe need bigger tripod
Would recommend: Yes
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Good Travelling Scope

by Legacy Reviewer, Written on June 27, 2011
Great Traveling scope. Compact & yet you get a 70mm Objectives. The magnification is useful up to 100X with minimal chromatic aberation. Good sight seeing scope as compact & portable
Would recommend: Yes
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Great starter pack of spotting scope

by Sebastian Tai, from OR, United States Written on April 23, 2011
This scope is great. Fully coated optics. I can use up to 100X magnification, seeing birds from as far away as 1km. Watching saturn ring with this is good but the tripod is giving problem... it can't be adjusted to view zenith object plus it's 45 degree prism will break your neck, but hey anyway it is a just a spotting scope. If you ask me, it worth every penny to buy. Best of regards to opticplanets team for providing such a wonderful service to all it;s customer.
Pros: Large aperature, clear image
Cons: tripod was... ? unuseful
Would recommend: Yes
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Compact & yet powerful scope

by Sebastian, Verified Owner from OR, United States Written on January 10, 2011
This is a good scope. Compact & portable. Chromatic aberration presence, but minimal. Useful magnification should be around 100X, without significant image darkening. I can see cloud bands of Jupiter, Saturn's ring, Orion nebula & much more with this telescope (But of course, you need basic astronomy knowledge to see all this) Worth the buy for this price. If they include a full sized tripod would be nicer. I you want to use with star diagonal, you can only reach focus with pulling out the diagonal & eyepiece a bit, so that I can reach the focal point.
Pros: Good light gathering capacity, can use high magnifications
Cons: Image appears soft
Would recommend: Yes
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by Legacy Reviewer, Verified Owner from OH, United States Written on August 10, 2010
The unit that I received is actually a 100x and not 88x as it has a 20mm and a 4mm lens. Also it comes with a 3x Barlow lens instead of the advertised 2x one.
I'm having a ball with mine as it does everything I expected it to do.
Thanks

Pros: Very clear, easy to use/set-up
Cons: Tripod is a little light for the scope
Would recommend: Yes
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Great Telescope for a Beginer

by Legacy Reviewer, from WA, United States Written on March 15, 2010
Great value. This is my first telescope, so I have no basis for comparison. But this thing does not disappoint. Looking at the moon through this is amazing.
Pros: Inexpensive and easy to set up. Good clarity.
Cons: The tripod is limited due to size, but very portable.
Would recommend: Yes
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Fantastic !

by Legacy Reviewer, Verified Owner Written on July 16, 2008
I'm very satisfied with this scope.It looks and feels like a quality piece of equipment, and does a great job for its size and price . I have a 6 inch newtonian and this little 70mm scope is going to be a real good side-kick and competitor for it.
Pros: has more features than are advertised
Cons: the 4mm fl eyepiece is not very worthwhile
Would recommend: Yes
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