Gosky ED Double Focus Spotting Scope with 20-60x 80mm with Smartphone Adapter, Spotting Scopes with Extra Low Dispersion, Perfect for Bird Watching, Target Shooting, Hunting, Wildlife Scenery

superb spotting scope. bird watching, looking at moon etc. quite lage with great magnification. i use a large compatable tripod. easy to use. has fixture to put phone on to take pics.. fantastic piece of kit

The scope itself is very sturdy and has good picture for the price, there is some slight colour fringing on the periphery of the image and in low light at 60x zoom. Not amazing in low light levels but otherwise a very good scope for the price. The tripod is stable but a bit basic, is very easy to use and can be used to track birds in flight. The phone compatibility is a bit rough, it pulls the scope down when on so is hard to take images of the subject. For the price its a very good scope and I would buy it again in a heartbeat

This is a good spotting scope for the price. I tried it's larger brother (which cost £149 as opposed to this one at £89) and found them very similar in quality, yet this one was about 2/3 the length so more suitable for my purpose. One downside (removed a start for it) was that the front section had been cross threaded (I read elsewhere that others had experienced the same issue so there is clearly an assembly quality problem). Fortunately I managed to unscrew the section and put it back on straight so didn't need to return the unit for a refund (Gosky - kindly note I fixed your botch up)

I don't normally write reviews but my Gosky purchase really is worth mentioning. I wanted a spotting scope for target shooting and my automatic choice took me to a competitor brand of outdoor optics that is tried and trusted and also gives a lifetime guarantee. As my interest is mainly for shooting I set a price limit around £150 Sterling. At that price level my competitor product choice had 20-60 magnification but only a 60mm objective lense. Most reviews on my competitor first choice were consistently poor. I decided to go for the next price level up and ordered a the competitors well rated scope 20-60 x 80 at a lowest price of £230 Sterling. It is a very good scope at that price point. However by the time I costed-in a table top tripod, and phone camera adapter, my outlay was going to be circa £265 sterling for the competitor. My emotional heart still said the competitor was a good product and it would be best choice despite the cost. I noticed the Gosky scope on Amazon, and was initially cynical. The all up price was £160 sterling which included table top tripod and phone camera adapter. I fully expected the Gosky to fall short of my expectations in either quality or optics performance against the appreciably more expensive competitor. When the Gosky arrived I was very impressed with the build quality of the scope and the anciliaries, but I was emotionally locked into the competitor product. It seemed only logical to carry out a back to back evaluation, fully expecting the data to go against the Gosky optics. I placed a target on a wall with 4mm bullet holes already in the target. Starting from 20 meters distance the Gosky had the edge; with the other product struggling on image clarity so close in. I then took comparisons at set magnifications going further away in 25 meter increments. The Gosky was equal to the the other brand in clearly seeing the individual bullet holes all the way back to 220 meters ! Beyond that range I'm unlikely to need a scope for target shooting and both scopes were cose to their limit in that comparison. There was no disadvantage with the Gosky and it was also more user friendly to focus. I then did a number of landscape spotting comparisons at various ranges. Once again both scopes were absolutely identical with excellent detail image clarity even at long distance. I was astonished that the Gosky is such an optically capable scope, particularly as it was £115 sterling lower in price for my requirements! As a last check I did some star gazing and was blown away with the sharpness and detail of lunar craters with the Gosky. The comparison scope did struggle to get sharp focus of the moon crater edges on this test. In summary, the Gosky perfoms fantastically when compared to a top brand that is around 50% more expensive. It is such a capable scope I am certainly going to use it for more than target shooting. And I've saved enough by avoiding the competitor that I can invest in a Gosky full sized tripod and still have change left over.

I had never had a spotter scope before, just binoculars and long lens camera, and after going through what seemed like reams of information I had originally bought a cheaper Gosky model because it came with a phone and camera connector but although good it didn't give the level of clarity that I wished for and seemed to be somewhat loose in its connections and focus holding. I queried this with Gosky's customer services and was immediately contacted by Alan who was extremely helpful. It was decided that the model I had received was possibly a faulty one and he very clearly explained the differences between the models as regards my requirements. He explained that my options were either to return the one I had and receive a replacement or my money back or to return it and purchase a different model. I decided to return the first model and to upgrade my purchase to the 20-60x80 Dual Focusing Ed spotting scope. I had mentioned to Alan that although this came with a phone connector it did not have the camera connector and he immediately arranged to send me one free of charge, which arrived within ten days. I thought that the customer service was excellent at that stage and it was matched by the quality of the scope when I received it. Superb clarity and focusing is so easy with the Dual facility and yes it doe's give clear crisp images even in low light conditions. As described in the write ups the variable zoom magnification allows you view a wide field at lower power and then zoom in on details at higher power without losing focus. Even at dusk and early evening I was clearly able see wild birds over very long distances and I was blown away by the ability to clearly see Mars and Venus and get close ups of the Moon. The finish on the scope is excellent with a hard wearing shock-proof easy grip coating and antifog on the lenses. The scope is every bit as good as advertised and I would not hesitate to recommend both it and Gosky's customer service.

Très efficace pour la vision d'animaux, bonne luminosité mais passable avec appareil photo Nikon perte des automatisme, mais super avec smartphone (ne pas abuser du zoom!) le support livré d'origine est anecdotique. bilan rapport qualité prix très bon.

Muy buen producto

Nach etwas Produktvergleich und Recherche habe ich mich für dieses Spektiv entschieden. Preis/Leistung ist sehr gut. Ich brauche es vorwiegend für den Schießstand (KK und GK) auf 50m und 100m, da nicht jedes Gewehr ein Zielfernrohr hat. Sobald ich es dafür getestet habe, werde ich ein paar Bilder der Rezension hinzufügen. Es macht einen wertigen Eindruck beim ersten Auspacken und Anfassen. Die Handyhalterung ist schnell und ordentlich montiert, kein billiger Klemmmechanismus wie bei anderen Modellen. Der erste Test bei Nacht mit dem Mond offenbarte eine Mondoberfläche wie ich sie bisher noch nie live gesehen habe (siehe Bilder, Mondbild 1 ohne Handyzoom bei ca. 55x Vergrößerung, die beiden anderen mit zusätzlichem Handyzoom). Ich bin echt auf den Schießstand gespannt. :) [Update] Test auf den Schießstand und Vergleich zu einem anderen Spektiv mit 60x Zoom - Top! Sehr klares und helles Bild (bei windigen Regenwetter). Auf 50m sind die KK Einschusslöcher auch auf dem (schwarzen) Spiegel sehr genau erkennbar (quasi schwarzes Loch auf schwarzer Scheibe). Der Rand des Einschussloches ist klar erkennbar, somit kann genau erkannt werden falls ein Ring nur angerissen wurde. Auf 100m bei einer 15fach ZF-Scheibe (15 kleine blaue Spiegel) sind die Löcher bestens erkennbar (quasi schwarzes Loch auf hellblauer Scheibe, dadurch guter Kontrast). Das Stativ ist stabil und zweckmäßig, wobei es wahrscheinlich bessere Stative gibt, die sich etwas leichter feststellen oder bewegen lassen. Aber einmal eingerichtet leistet es gute Dienste. Durch den Drehring kann das Spektiv bzw. das Okular gedreht werden (man kann dann nicht nur von "oben" durchschauen, sondern auch von der Seite). Somit kann man es direkt neben sich platzieren und nach dem Schuss durchschauen ohne aus dem Anschlag zu gehen. [Update] Nach ca. 2 Monaten und ein paar Mal Verwendung hat das Stativ den Geist aufgegeben. Die Verschraubung zum Fixieren/Feststellen hat überdreht. Es lässt sich also nicht mehr feststellen und klappt weg. Der Verkäufer hat mir aber ein neues Stativ zugesendet und das hält nun schon über1 Jahr. Alles immer noch top!

Tutto molto positivo. Ottimo imballo con borsa per il trasporto ben fatta. La qualità del cannocchiale si percepisce subito, in relazione alla fascia di prezzo. Solido. Buoni materiali. Il cavalletto è abbastanza stabile per un montaggio a tavolo e ha fissaggio a vite semplice ma efficace. Flette un poco sotto sollecitazione, ma se non lo si tocca fa il suo dovere. La rotazione su perno favorisce la rotazione dell'oculare (con tutto il corpo cannocchiale) e permette di trovare facilmente la posizione ideale per non torcersi il collo. La regolazione della posizione si ottiene facilmente ruotando la barra di pilotaggio sul cavalletto (allenti la vite, muovi il corpo, e fissi di nuovo con una sola mano). Unico neo, vista la qualità del cavalletto, stringendo la vite cambia in tempo reale l'allineamento e questo si percepisce solo osservando piccoli particolari o stelle e pianeti. Le ottiche sono esenti da aberrazioni cromatiche e difetti. Alla prima serata di prova, con cielo non nitido al 100% e in città (inquinamento luminoso) ho visualizzato nitidamente Giove e ho potuto scorgere le bande equatoriali colorate e i suoi 4 satelliti medicei (Io, Europa, Callisto e Ganimede), così come Saturno con i suoi anelli (appare come una nitida sfera con gli anelli ed è visibile nitidamente lo stacco nero tra gli anelli e il pianeta dato l'orientamento attuale. Non ho ancora osservato Venere, Marte e la Luna, ma ritengo che saranno belle osservazioni. Il supporto per smartphone è appena sufficiente ma utilizzabile di giorno per osservazioni terrestri. Di notte è difficile in quanto fissare bene lo smartphone non è semplicissimo e il peso dell'apparato aggiunto dopo avere inquadrato il target sbilancia l'allineamento e si perde il target. Inoltre, non ho il SW fotografico giusto, e l'autofocus dello smartphone oscilla molto per cui ritrovare il target è difficile e le (singole) foto non rendono l'idea del potenziale di osservazioni raggiunto dall'occhio nell'obiettivo. Nel complesso il cannocchiale fa egregiamente il suo dovere e permette osservazioni soddisfacenti da 20x a 60x, con buona raccolta di luce (80 mm) battendo per distacco la qualità di strumenti 300x con diametro 40mm che hanno minore luminosità e peggiore ottica pur con ingrandimento maggiore. Acquisto consigliato.

Very disappointed as the view inside the view finder is circular and small not NOT a full screen view be aware of this ! veyr disappointed