Learning Resources EI-5129 GeoSafari Jr My First Telescope, Toy Telescope for Kids, STEM Toy, Ages 4+

Easy to assemble. Easy for young children to use and enjoy.

Lenses out of line. Something broken inside it and rattling when taken out of the box on Christmas day. Waste of money. Other products by this company have been great. Very disappointed.

Absolutely tiny, size more suitable for a 9 month old than toddler. Stand broke within 2 days use with my two year old. Waste of money, should have listened to the reviews!

Great Christmas gift

When my nieces visit they are always enamoured with my telescope but they always get annoyed with it as it's not built for kids to use. So, when this came up for review I jumped at the chance as thought it would be great for them, enjoyable and a gateway to a STEM subject.Sadly though, while they seem to enjoy it, it's me who isn't enamoured with it this time.The telescope, though I loathe to call it that, is really basic, easy to set up and suitably colourful to draw the attention of kids. I'm just not quite sure what it is, but it's not really 'my first telescope'.Somewhere between a cheap telescope and a cheap pair of binoculars, it doesn't really offer the benefits of either. The optics seem cheap though as an adult you can't really see what the kids do, 10x magnification is OK but from what I can see (pun intended) it lacks clarity.It doesn't offer the portability of an actual pair of binoculars, nor the sensitivity or light-gathering powers of a telescope. At £40 I honestly can't recommend it and would say you're best off buying a budget pair of binoculars, sure they're not as engaging but they'll be a lot more useful and long-lasting.

Upon opening the toy the stand legs had fallen apart. Its clear this has been poorly repaired using superglue. After that the lens fell off and now it just doesn't work. You cant see anything through it. Such poor quality for the money you spend.

My son has the binocular version of this telescope and he loves them so when I saw the telescope I had to have I for him.He finds the easy soft compfort eye piece easy to use even if hebdoesnt know what he's looking at just likes to look thru.It comes in 2 pieces the stand which to set up you just pull the legs apart and then you have a screw to fasten the telescope to the top of the stand and a second screw to position the angle then tighten them both up and its set.After reading the instruction it says it won't work for adults designed for kids. And everything was a blur when I looked thru it. And my son can't talk so cant tell me if he can see anything.However if I look thru with one eye closed I can get lined up enuf to see slightly and make out scenting things.It's no good to look at close things like in the same room for instance the zoom is rather powerful and there is no way of changing the focus.However if I looked out the window I could see a lamppost 4 streets over clear so it is designed for very long distance which to be fair I presume its really designed to be looking up at stars in the sky on a night.There is a lens cap to put on when not in use which is attached so cant be lost.The telescope and stand is bright and colourful very apealing to kids its made of plastic but knowing the brand and having other products it is made strong and secure and can withhold withhold bit bumping aroundThankyou for reading

This is a fairly well-made telescope for children. It is, in essence, a toy so don't expect to be gazing at the moon and seeing it with a perfect crisp image.I have a proper telescope myself and even with that, it can be tough to get the moon in sight if you don't know what you're doing. You can't just point it up and hope for the best.Telescopes, at least the proper one I have, don't have 'zooms'. It's not a camera, you have different lenses which you have to change to get a closer look at things.Now, this is a kid's toy and, therefore, has a set magnification of 10x, I believe. The easiest way to use this is in the day time like you would use binoculars and I expect this is how most children will use this.It is possible to spot the moon (I don't think you'll see stars, though) but you have to align this telescope properly with a red dot finder (which is not included). Red dot finders allow you to properly align your telescope lens to the object you're trying to look at. It would be almost impossible to just point the telescope up and catch the moon (at the end of the day, we and the moon are moving so watching the night sky is a lot more involved that it seems).Overall, I think it is a fun toy that can be very educational but it will 100% take some input (and research) from an adult to get it working as a proper telescope. Otherwise, it will make for a pretty flashy bird-spotting device!