Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is a great telescope for a novice. My family and I have been thoroughly enjoying this, and have used it at least 7 times since we recieved it. We had the once in a lifetime experience of looking at the strawberry moon during the summer solstice, it looked amazing! The Gskyer Refractor 400×80mm comes with 3 eyepieces, a 5mm a 10mm and a 25mm, it also comes with a 3x Barlow lens which allows you to basically magnify those lenses times 3. This Gskyer telescope comes with a tripod that is adjustable, and also a little plastic tray that fits between the tripod. This shelf was great to put our other lenses when not in use, and very easy to find in the dark, and locks the tripod in place. It folds with ease, and stores nicely. The instructions to assemble this telescope were very easy to use, we had no problems with putting this together out of the box. There are no instructions however on use. Once you find the celestial body you are looking for, this telescope locks nicely so it won't move left, right, up or down. The handle on this makes moving in any direction smooth, and once you find what you are looking for it locks down easy with the turn of your wrist. To make finding planets easier for you I would recommend starting with the moon, calibrate the moon into the Eyepiece using the crosshairs. Once you have the moon lined up correctly, you should be able to see the moon in both the finder, and also the actual telescope. Once we made this adjustment, finding mars was rather easy. My son who is 4 wants to be an astronaut and go to mars, so this was very exciting for him. Mars looks very small in the telescope, and looks orange, and bright in color. It is very cool to see, and he was thrilled. The moon was the most amazing to us, especially the children, this telescope makes looking at the moon seem like you can just reach out and touch it its so close and amazingingly clear. I never knew there was a spot in the bottom right hand of the moon that looked like a Starburst. It is amazing. My 4 year old son thought it was pretty cool, and my 10 year old daughter didn't want to give the telescope up to anybody lol. The focus was so easy to use both of ny children could use it. The lenses come each in their own plastic case, with lids that keep them secure so as not to break them, and each lens comes with its own dust cover. This Gysker telescope makes looking at star clusters easy, and just generally looking around in space. We have not used this yet in nature, with I really look foreward to doing. We live by Joshua tree national park, and can't wait to take this up there and look around from the top of jumbo rocks, or at keys view. I think this would be a wonderful telescope to look at a comet, that is also something we will have to look up and see when the next one passes the earth. I think this telescope is built very well, it is nice and sturdy, and I feel will last for many years to come. The one thing my husband would have liked is the legs to he able to expand and be taller. He is 6'2 and he said he had to bend over so far it made viewing uncomfortable for him. We took 3 milk crates and placed them under each leg to make it taller for him to view. Other than that we think this telescope is wonderful, and have thoroughly enjoyed it as a family. I recieved this telescope for free in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own and I am not compensated for my opinion.