Good Cheap Beginner Spotting Scope? (1 Viewer)

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AidenD

Well-known member

• Feb 9, 2017

• #1

I was wondering if anybody had recommendations for a cheap spotting scope, preferably under $250?

 

Alexis Powell

Natural history enthusiast

• Feb 11, 2017

• #2

Find something in the used market, ideally with a fixed ~30x eyepiece. --AP

 

Tero

Retired

• Apr 8, 2017

• #3

There are only a few reliable scopes for that. The optics will be OK to about 30x. Look in Eagle Optics and Amazon under Celestron. Most scopes 100-200 will be crap or fall apart. The one year warranty is all they shoot for.

Celestron scopes can becimproved later with eg Vixen eye piece.

 

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b-lilja

Well-known member

• Apr 16, 2017

• #4

An older used Nikon Fieldscope from Japan on ebay. Pure bliss.

 

John Cantelo

Well-known member

• Apr 16, 2017

• #5

The chances are that, not too far down the line, you'll find yourself very dissatisfied with an instrument at that price point. So if possible, and I recognise that it might not be so, my advice would be to put up without having a scope for a while longer and continue saving until you have enough to buy a better quality instrument (new or second hand).