scooter from United States, TX Public Profile

The big question is: would I buy it again? Probably not for what I wanted to use it for; here is way. I intended to use it for distance of about 200-300+ yards and wanted to see, with reasonable clarity, a small sharp detail. There are 2 things I've learned very quickly:1. chromatic aberration plays a significant role at 60x and a bit less so at 40x, so images are "soft" even at good daylight- this scope disappoints .2 in the evenings, the 80mm optics gathered much less light then I was expecting so it produced dim images. I am finding myself using 20x-30x more often at the cost of less detail but deeper & brighter field of view. All that said, at less then $500 is probably what I or anyone should expect from it. If you decide to acquire 40x+ scope, make sure that you invest in a very good, solid tripod! Slight motion, even a few minutes of angle (a very slight movement or vibration) at 300 yards translates to 3 inches of motion and sometimes it looks like many feet off the intended object.