ordered telescope and it was here within a week, was expecting it to take a lot longer so was a nice surprise to get early. box was in great shape when it arrived and was packaged so that it was very secure. telescope was color it was supposed to be and all the parts were there that it was supposed to come with. Telescope is very clear & easy to use and assemble would highly recommend this company for anyone looking.

I purchased this telescope for my 9 year old sons birthday! He is so fascinated with science and space so this is the perfect starter telescope for him to explore! Very sturdy stand and simple to assemble!

The telescope is a birthday gift for my husband. He was quite pleased overall with this telescope. He did not expect NASA quality images, but he was happy with views of moon, planets, stars and deep-sky objects. Our kids joined the adventure, and it really made life better and more interesting for the whole family. I find this telescope satisfactory and recommend it.

I like how small it is and it doesn’t take up that much space. It’s an easy to use telescope and you can bring it with you wherever you go. Great telescope overall.

My daughter is five and she wanted a telescope for her birthday! We have brought it with when we have been traveling! Such a great telescope and easy to bring with where ever we go!

This is my first telescope and i have no knowledge of putting it together but these instructions were clear and very easy to assemble. The telescope works amazing and can see very clear through the lenses, happy with this purchase

if you are even remotely interested in Astronomy then this is quite a good starter telescope. There are quite a few telescopes in the $400-$700 range that youmay want to consider. For example a $700 Dobsonian with the larger 8 inch aperture will probably give you better views however for beginer I think this is an incredible telescope because of the go to future. This telescope can be used to look at deep space objects however keep in mind that everything you see will be monochromatic. In addition do not expect nice beautiful pictures like you would see with astrophotography. Large galaxies such as Andromedea can be visualized. Nedulae while they can be visualized but will appear as small gray smudges. Therefore have reasonable expectations before buying any telescope. The go to feature is nice and fairly accurate when alignment is done correctly. Which means the tripod has to be leveled with built-in level. It is better to find out the coordinates of your site by going to a map such as iTouch map. Make sure you entered the time correctly since this will determine what Celestial objects are visible at that time. I also use software apps: google sky maps, astro panel and SKEye which are very helpful. Overall I can visit her weight started telescoping. Having used this for the last few months I cannot wait to upgrade to a larger aperture telescope in a few years.

If you are looking for a relatively easy to use, budget telescope, this does the job nicely. Is it perfect? No. If you are an amateur astronomer, this probably isn't for you. If you are a parent/grandparent looking for a gift for an inquisitive child, this is fantastic. I was impressed with how clear the images were. The spotting scope actually is usable making finding images in the objectives much easier. The tripod is quite stable, which is a huge plus. Unfortunately, its also tiny. You'll either need to put it on a table or lay in the grass. I used an old camera tripod and it worked out pretty well, but it wasn't as maneuverable and stable as the included tripod.Using this telescope with a phone and the included holder is a little tricky. The eye piece holder is not set firmly in place, so the weight of a phone tends to move it quite a bit. This results in the image being pulled out of the frame. This is accentuated when trying to use the Barlow adapter making it almost unusable, especially with a phone. I think looking through the eye piece gives a much better experience than using it with a phone.The telescope is very compact. Save the box and store everything inside. The telescope is also small enough to be stored on a desk or shelf.Update: I added a layer of painters tape around the neck of the focus arm. This helped a lot with stability when focusing. My images are no longer pulled out of frame when attaching a cell phone. I designed an adapter to connect my Nikon 1 cameras to the scope and the images turned out pretty amazing. The moon can easily be explored and the moons of Jupiter are clearly visible. I even captured Saturn with it's rings, though it's tiny and blury. Don't expect to see a lot of detail of the planets.