Good magnification, good brightness, nice for the price. One real problem: inadequate eye relief, especially when set to the higher power. At 60X, you just about have to have your eye touching the lens to get a full view. Since Simmons makes rifle scopes, where adequate eye relief is an absolute requirement, no excuse - they know how to do it, but saved money on this spotting scope by eliminating some of the additional lenses. Cheaper ain't always good.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
Spotting scope is entry level which is what I had the budget for at the time. The tripod however is complete garbage!! There is absolutely no way to make minor adjustments. It's very flimsy and wobbly. I plan on getting a better tripod for it
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I haven't used many spotting scopes. But where many options are hundreds of dollars and I'm thrifty I wanted something sub $100. This seemed to have the best reviews under $100 so I gave it a try. I got done with my 1st range day with it and I'm happy to report it's well worth the money. It's extremely clear and bright and the magnification is plenty. I got an adapter to put my phone on the eyepiece. Zoomed in to 60x looking at a target at 100 yards the paper fills most of the view and you can clearly see the holes and fine details. The tripod it comes with is much smaller/shorter than it looks in the photos but I suppose it would work. I used a normal camera tripod I had laying around since the scope takes a normal 1/4" tripod stud.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
scope is great.. love it.. now the tripod is a little light duty .. plastic piece broke during shipping.. but the company... was right on it... had another here the next day.. great service...i tell anyone if your looking for a spotting scope... you should try this.. am now using it to check my animals out in the back of my place... .. 0-200 yards can watch a squirrel.. chew on corn .. up close and personal...i am a old man and wear glasses .. an it works fine for me..
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I received my simmons 20-60x60mm spotting scope before Christmas of 2015. Haven't been able to use it outside because of the weather but I set it up inside and pointed it out a window about 200 - 250 yds and it brought things in crystal clear. I ordered it to spot targets about 100 yds away with a .22 marlin M60, 9mm carbine hi-point also AR-15's. After reading the reviews I also bought a different tripod because the one that comes with it is junk. I would recommend the scope (not the tripod).
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
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