GoskyGosky Updated 25-75x85 Dual Focusing Spotting Scopes with Tripod, Carrying Bag and Quick Phone Holder - BAK4 High Definition Waterproof Spotter Scope for Bird Watching Wildlife Scenery

GREAT quality. Why spend $400 for a vortex spotting scope on sale when you can buy this? I added my phone and got even better zooms. (It came with a phone stand)Used this for moose and mtn goats and was durable, fit in its bag on our pack and light weight.

After years of contemplating getting a spotting scope for birding I decided to take the plunge wihout investing a large sum of money. I am so happy I did. This scope is a great starter scope, and an exceptional value.Note that the plastic phone attachment for digiscoping is garbage and after a few very frustrating attempts to use it I purchased the well built metal "Tridapto 3-axis smartphone adaptor". It is pricy but well worth the additional cost.A few Android camera digiscoping tips (I have a Galaxy S23): Download an app called Camera Assistant so you can easily set the camera to 2x zoom. Learn how to use the Camera apps "Pro Mode" and set it the camera to manual focus otherwise the phone camera is trying to autofocus the image in the scope's eyepiece which it does not do well at times. For some shots, like a duck on water, learn how to use the Camera apps exposure control so the photos are not to bright or dark. Use the two second shutter delay in the camera app since the whole setup will vibrate when you press the phone to take a picture (you can use a wireless remote shutter instead). I switch the Camera app from 12M to 50M to have a little more leeway when cropping.

It works, but the resolution isn’t all that great. I knew it wasn’t high end, but was hoping it would be a little bit better.

Ordered and just received our Gosky spotting scope. So far it's easy to use and works as advertised!

Awesome Quality great deal

The media could not be loaded. Even on the lowest power (20x) you can clearly and easily see .22 holes on a dead tree at 100yards. If one review had said that, I would have bought it a year ago. Instead I hemmed and hawed thinking I need to spend hundreds to get a spotting scope that would do that. So on prime day when it was 20% off, I figured, well heck, why not? If it sucks, I'll return it.At 40x I can see .177 pellet holes at 100 yards on plain old white paper. No more walking back and forth or having to buy shoot n c targets just to check my zero. The scope on my favorite airgun cost 4 times this and even at 25x you can't see your hits at 100 yards. This does it easily. Like others have said, image quality degrades after 40x, but if you want to see .22 holes at 100 clearly and easily, this will work. My 53year old, terrible vision eyes w astigmatism have no problem with this scope.The tree with holes is dead, so nothing was injured. The dove is at 20 yards, it was the only critter I seen out that day, except for my dog, she's at 50 yards. You can see things much further, very clearly, but when I tap "take picture" button on my phone, its blurry. So if you want to take long distance pics use something better than a 10yo cell phone on a shaky tripod. But as for the scope, it's better than I expected.

I bought this to use on the rifle range. I hoped to use this for spotting up to 300 yards, but I knew that the distance might be stretching the capacity of the scope. At the outset, one has to say that there is actually nothing wrong with this scope. The scope appears to be well-made and sturdy. Adjusting the scope for power and focus is easy. The phone mount actually works pretty well. You have to fool around with it to get a good fit on the spotting scope and it takes some patience to get the target centered in the spotting scope so that you can see the image on the camera. But it does work, and the images come out pretty well. I did not modify the images above to enhance them in any way other than to crop them so that I could post them in this review. I didn’t bother to use the included tripod because I had a much sturdier version of my own. The padded case works well and should be substantial enough to protect the scope from damage due to the regular bumps that it will invariably receive. I gave this scope four stars because it does well for the money, but it does not have the quality found in scopes that are far more expensive.If you are intending to use this for the range, be aware that your target distance will determine your degree of satisfaction with this scope. I used spatter targets for my 5.56mm rifle, hoping that the targets would highlight enough for the shots to be seen on the scope. (The 5.56 mm round leaves the same size hole as .22, or .223 rounds - so it is pretty small.) I put the scope on a good solid tripod on a concrete target table. If I was careful not to touch the scope very much I could see the shots at 200 yards pretty well. The photo on the left was taken of a target 200 yards downrange with my iPhone that was attached to the scope. There was a pretty good wind blowing at the range, and the wind affected the scope to the extent that I really had trouble seeing where the rounds impacted. When the wind was calm, of course, the image improved. When I used the scope for my targets at 300 yards, It was nearly impossible to get a clear view of the target because of the wind blowing the spotting scope around. The camera has a quicker eye than I do, and it caught some good shots at 300 yards. As you can see, you can just make out the shots on the spatter target. The targets in the photos are 17 inches in diameter, and the bulls-eye is 3 inches in diameter. The quality of optics really makes a difference. I use a 4.5x14x44 Sig Sauer scope, and the shots on the rifle scope appear clearer than with the spotting scope for 200 yards.If you are shooting at 25-150 yards, I think that this scope will make you happy. At distances greater than that, you have to balance the small dent this makes in your budget against your need to see your shots at greater distances. If you are not going to use splatter-type targets, then scale down your expectations. At the bottom line, this is a well-made spotting scope for the money that will work on the range at reasonable yardage. If you want to get a spotting scope for regular use at 200+ yards, then you will probably have to pay a lot more for a scope that has much clearer optics.