BARSKA 20-60x60mm Colorado Zoom Straight Spotting Scope Waterproof with Flip-Down Lens for Target Shooting Range Hunting Birding

I needed a scope for zeroing in my rifle and looking for a used one, I found the cost for this one to be of better value and purchased it. It works just fine. Have used it for my rifle and my sons. It is easy to set up and use and comes with a handy case. Well worth the price paid for it.

Great for spotting at the range which is where I use it the most. Good picture quality, the small tripod it comes with is stable and works well with it. The bag is a soft cover, does the job, but I am getting ready to make a custom foam insert for a hard case to keep it in.

A good value for the money with easy features to use. Field of view is a little narrow at 100 ydsAnd seems a little dark. Still very good for range use.

I looked at all the customer ratings and this scope had one of the lowest percentage (9%) of 1-star rating, so I thought I could "gamble" a bit. Well, I realize within 5 minutes of opening the box that I lost: All the issues cited by other 1-star ratings were apparent on this spotting scope:1. No eye relief. Whoever designed / manufactured / QC this scope obviously does not wear any glasses. The lack of eye relief is such that beyond ~25X, one's eye is literally touching the ocular lens to see anything! So much for wearing safety glasses at the range. Beyond 40X, it's like looking through a straw if one can get it to focus at all.2. It's impossible to focus and obtain a clear image above 20X; good luck trying to spot any POI at 200 m.3. There are some serious misalignment of internal lenses and mechanism such that the image would shift as one tries to focus and loose track of the target.I can't imagine this spotting scope ever passing QC / QA - well, may be by a blind inspector.Unless one likes the feeling of anticipation and opening boxes, this scope IS NOT worth the effort to click the ADD TO CART button.

This spotting scope is inexpensive and a good value for that reason, but it's not the highest quality. The eye relief is not great. With magnification higher than 20x the visual field becomes very limited. I used this for elk hunting and probably should have spent more money for something higher quality. My 25x binoculars worked better for spotting animals than this did.

For the price this is an awesome scope. It gives a pretty clear picture at 200 yards. I haven't used it any farther, so I can't give an opinion on any range past 200. Highly recommended. The tripod is actually pretty good quality, and serves its purpose we'll. No issues.

Never owned a spotting scope before so I wouldnt be able to compare to its competitors that are 2 times the price, but I love this thing. I use it at a 300 yd range and I can see every shot I hit from my Mosin all the way down to my .22. The stand does take up a lot of room on the shooting table so I would recommend putting it on a full sized tripod to save you table space.

worked great