A steady mount beats a big number on the box · review
A 70/300 refractor for beginners with two eyepieces, a 3x Barlow, a 1.5x erecting lens, a metal Moon filter, an aluminium tripod and a phone adapter.
The bottom line A fast, wide little refractor that gives its best at the low-power end and is advertised at the high one.
With a 70 mm objective that gives f/4.3 — one of the fastest ratios on this shelf. The consequence is a genuinely wide low-power field, which is the easiest kind of telescope for a child to find anything in, and a heavier demand on the supplied eyepieces than a long tube would make.
Three hundred divided by twenty is fifteen; divided by six is fifty. Those are the maker’s own quoted magnifications and they are correct. The 140x that appears at the top of the same bullet comes from stacking the 3x Barlow on the 6 mm, and that is where the aperture gives up.
Ninety degrees, not forty-five. For a telescope aimed at the sky that is the comfortable angle, and it is not what every set in this price class supplies. The 1.5x erecting lens is there for daytime use.
Barrel diameter. Nothing in the listing says whether the eyepieces are 24.5 mm or 31.75 mm, and that single fact decides whether anything better can ever be fitted.
German Amazon store sat at about 39 € on the day of the survey.
British, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon catalogues hold a record for it that nobody is selling.
American Amazon store gave no result whatever, so the buy button there opens a search rather than an empty page.
Figures as Keepa reported them on the day this page was last updated. Stock and pricing shift without warning.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 17 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Mount steadiness | Alt-azimuth, 90° vertical and 360° horizontal per the maker |
|---|---|
| Aperture | 70 mm (title and bullet agree) |
| Focal length | 300 mm (maker’s bullet) |
| Eyepiece fitting | Not published by the maker. |
| Finder type | Not published by the maker. |
| Tripod height | Not published by the maker. |
| Assembly effort | Not published by the maker. |
| Supplied contents | 20 mm and 6 mm, giving 15x and 50x per the maker · 3x Barlow, 1.5x erecting lens, metal Moon filter, phone adapter, aluminium tripod |
| Amazon reference | B087BKMZT5 (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces) |
| EAN | 0795890035880 |
A very wide field at low power, and more demand on the eyepieces. Fast ratios flare stars at the field edge with simple designs, and the effect is more visible the cheaper the eyepiece.
Arithmetically, with the 6 mm and the Barlow. Optically, a 70 mm aperture runs out well before that; the image gets bigger and worse. The 20 mm is where this telescope is at its best.
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