I carried this scope with its tripod in my hiking backpack all the way down into the Grand Canyon to Phantom Ranch and out again(North Rim to South Rim). This little scope performed very well, and stood up to the rigors of the trip very well.

Compact; Easy to Use; Lightweight; Quality Lenses; Strong Construction

This will be two reviews in one. I bought this as a super budget astro-imaging scope to be piggyback mounted on a Celestron 8 and Advanced VX equatorial mount. I image with a Meade Deep Sky Imager and use Travel Scope 70 (TS70) to image wide field nebulae and star clusters.

The scope appears larger than the one shown in the pictures. Build quality is good but the focuser is plastic, to keep the cost low.Optics wise, Celestron never fails. A quick view at the pleiades shows pinpoint stars, more faint stars, even better than my barska 70mm bino.Turning towards the north,...

Compact; Quality Lenses

Plastic parts; Poor quality tripod; Unstable

The power seeker series is designed to give the first-time telescope user the perfect combination of quality, value, features and power. It features fully coated glass optics with high transmission coatings for enhanced image brightness, contrast and clarity.

Amazing telescope for the price

You need buy 3x barlow lens, without barlow product is useless

Good for terrestrial viewing. Excellent return for the price you pay. Tripod of course is a little shaky but then it is meant to fit in your backpack. Overall, it is a good product for casual veiwing.

My husband and I do a lot of traveling. This will be GREAT to take along with us. I can't wait to go on our next trip. Now that we have this we will have to go back to Yellowstone.

I was extremely disappointed with this purchase. It is cheap and worthless. I threw it away because it was so cheap. I will never buy it again. I wish's that I would have sent it back to Kohls.