lurk from United States, NE Public Profile

This telescope uses a jones-bird style spherical primary mirror instead of a parabolic primary mirror which means it needs a a VERY accurate correcting lens in the focuser to correct the spherical aberration ( astigmatism). With very high priced and well made optics this could be corrected but at this price point it is simply not which results in very poor images and complete mush for everything but the center of the field. This correcting lens in the focuser also makes this scope nearly impossible to collimate (align optically) just save yourself the trouble and buy something that is made correctly with a parabolic mirror you will get much more hassle free enjoyment out of it and much better views. Sorry to write such a poor review but I hope this helps someone make a better decision than I did. For similar prices you could get a table top dobsonian that is much better made by first light explorer or many other choices. A good equatorial mount will also cost money, with telescopes by once and cry once. The OMNI XLT 150 from celestron is also a good scope but expensive because of its better quality scope and mount. Please do you own research with my review and make a better informed choice.

I mostly bought this because of the price point, and that I could clearly see it had an extra pocket. The pocket will fit a range finder, and that was my biggest concern. It is pretty high profile when you put binos and a range finder in it, so no prone crawling. The inside is lined with a suede type material to go easy on your glass. I wouldn't bother buying this if you're looking to use this with a set of porro prisms. You could maybe cram a set of 10x42 porro prisms in it but getting them out would be a pain. If you're using roof prisms upto 50mm you should fit fine. The top cover elastic flap is kind of a pain, it will probably take two hands to get your binos out without causing a big fuss unless you fold it open onto itself, but it was made this way to retain your optics securely. Obviously it does come with straps to go directly to your optics so you can drop them free outside of the bag.