30x telescope - Tasco Specialty 30x76mm Reflector Telescope 30076150

Well, what can I say? This telescope shows clear imaging and very simplistic eyepiece makes it easy to use. However, it's corkscrew style using 2 pins prohibits the use of other eyepieces. For planetary observation, 30x is adequate to view Jupiter with it's moons and if you look real carefully, you can just see a couple of it's cloudbands. I find it very difficult to locate objects in the sky w/o a finder scope. This goes back to the eyepiece selection. Supposively, it has a 12mm eyepiece. It's 350 mm in focal length. If there was a 25 mm wide angle corkscrew eyepiece available, it would enable the user to find much more at ease. Looking at various Nebulas and the Andromeda Galaxy, you're better off using an standard 7x50 binoculars that can give you as much detail if not more. 30x is way too much for this telescope for deep space observation. It took me 5 seconds with my 7x50 to find the Andr Gxy versus 10 minutes using the Tasco. I really frawned on these facts. If more eyepieces were available, I would give this scope a much better rating. In ways I can recommend this product but then again, I wouldn't recommend it. It's a toss up.

For land viewing, this is the only reflector telescope to give an upright image. Objects are clear and the permanent base mount makes it very easy to use. Again, sometimes it's hard to find objects with 30x going back - there should be more eyepieces available.
Pros: Very lightweight, easy to use eyepiece. Permanant base simplicity goes handinhand with the round shape.
Cons: Only one compatable eyepiece available. Hard to find sky objects at 30x.

This review was written in the old system and had content requirements that are different than reviews written today.