Daylight optics that double for the Moon · review
A waterproof 20–60x80 spotting scope with fully multi-coated optics, a 340° rotating body and a supplied tabletop tripod — published with its field of view, close focus, size and weight.
The bottom line The best-documented spotting scope on this shelf, and heavy enough that its own tripod is the first thing to replace.
Two point zero six degrees of field. Nine metres of close focus. Four hundred and seventy by a hundred by a hundred and seventy millimetres. One thousand three hundred and thirty-six grams. Four published figures where the rest of this shelf offers adjectives — and that is the reason to take this one seriously.
Three hundred and forty degrees of rotation in the tripod collar. Pointed at anything high, the eyepiece can be turned to meet the observer rather than the other way round, and that single mechanism does more for comfort than any coating.
One and a third kilograms on a supplied tabletop tripod is a lot. At 20x it will be steady enough; at 60x every touch will take time to settle. The published weight is exactly what tells you that in advance.
Two degrees is four Moon diameters. For finding something in the sky that is workable; for sweeping it is narrow. A binocular at 10x50 covers two to three times as much.
German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores ran from 150 € to 187 € on the day of the survey.
American and British Amazon stores list it in local currency, which the euro range above sets aside.
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.
| Aperture | 80 mm |
|---|---|
| Zoom range | 20x to 60x, variable |
| Exit pupil | 4 mm at 20x falling to 1.3 mm at 60x |
| True field of view | 2.06 degrees, as the maker publishes it |
| Body shape | 340°, per the maker |
| Glass type | Not published by the maker. |
| Coatings | Not published by the maker. |
| Close focus | 9 m, as the maker publishes it |
| Focusing | Not published by the maker. |
| Sealing | Not published by the maker. |
| Weight | 470 × 100 × 170 mm, as the maker publishes them · 1336 g, as the maker publishes it |
| Eyepiece fitting | Not published by the maker. |
| Supplied accessories | Carry bag, tabletop tripod, manual |
| Amazon reference | B07S98ZY8B (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces) |
| EAN | 4007922040721 |
The listing does not say, and on a zoom the field changes across the range. It is almost certainly the wide end; this page reports it exactly as published without assigning it a setting.
Considerably. Pointing high, the eyepiece can be rolled to whatever angle suits the observer’s position — which is the same problem a Newtonian solves by rotating its tube in its rings.
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Best for: The observer who wants one instrument for birds by day and the Moon and planets by night
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