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 yds And seems a little dark. Still very good for range use.

The image was not sharp and the contrast is flat.

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.

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.

so far there is nothing I don't like about it. It does everything I wanted it for and the price is far less then the others I looked at.

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.

no rifle yet

For the price, this is functional piece of kit. Optics are not the best and flaws become apparent at higher magnification. When one dials the magnification to extremes there is a disconcerting "clunk" at the end of the range dial. This works well at the gun club but I do not have high expectations for it being very robust in the field. Be warned that the eye relief is nonexistent which in turn shows the eye pupil to be minuscule at higher magnification. I realize that I am unfairly comparing the quality of this spotting scope with those that are literally 20 times the cost. For what it is at the price point this scope is fully functional and performs adequately and within expectations.

Best spotting scope for the price. Perfect for the range and during prehunt tracking.

Satisfait

Never ever buy this scope. The picture is so blurry the target is barely visible even at 100m. This is not only a garbage product it has no warranty at least in Canada.