Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I wanted to wait to review this item until I had a chance to use it a few times and now that I have here is my review. This is a very simple telescope and not very well constructed. The assembly for focusing the telescope was "broken" when the item arrived. I say broken in that a piece had come detached and I was able to take apart the whole thing and put it back together. It worked for a while but came apart again tonight as I was trying to look at the full moon so I could not change the focus on the telescope. In addition to the poor construction / assembly of the telescope itself the tripod the ships with the telescope is very poor as well. The tightening mechanism on the tripod is either "LOCKED" or "COMPLETELY LOOSE" and the difference between those two states is barely a twist on the tightening knob. As such, trying to find an object in the sky and then lock the telescope in place is a crap shoot as everything easily moves up and down / left to right including drift when tightening the tripod. I bought this item on sale on Prime Day so the expense was not great but even so its frustrating at how poorly the equipment performed. 3/23/2021 UPDATE -- Company e-mailed me and tried to basically bribe me to remove this review by offering me $10 because they have "changed to another manufacturer to ensure the better quality and service." I told them to make better products and they would get better reviews!