Daylight optics that double for the Moon · review
A 20–60x80 zoom spotting scope with anti-reflection coating, a retractable dew shield and a photographic tripod thread, sold as an entry-level nature observation instrument.
The bottom line A sensibly featured entry scope described in prose rather than specification — the dew shield is the reason to consider it.
A retractable dew shield. It shades the objective from side lighting, and it keeps the front element from radiating straight to the sky, which is what causes dew. Most spotting scopes at this price have none, and on a damp evening it is the difference between an hour of observing and twenty minutes.
The maker’s bullets run to prose — imagining a poorly lit forest, promising an image that impresses — and one of them is cut off in the middle of a word. Between them they establish the magnification range, the objective, the coating in the vaguest possible terms, the dew shield and a photographic thread. Nothing else.
Find at twenty, then increase. At the top of the range the exit pupil is 1.3 mm and the image is dim; the wide end is where an 80 mm objective earns its size.
A photographic thread is named. Whether it is the 1/4-20 or the 3/8-16 of ISO 1222 is not stated — and on a scope of this weight that is worth checking before buying a head for it.
German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores ran from 159 € to 170 € on the day of the survey.
American Amazon catalogue holds a record for it that nobody is selling.
British 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.
| Aperture | 80 mm |
|---|---|
| Zoom range | 20x to 60x with the zoom eyepiece |
| Exit pupil | 4 mm at 20x falling to 1.3 mm at 60x |
| True field of view | Not published by the maker. |
| Body shape | Not published by the maker. |
| Glass type | Not published by the maker. |
| Coatings | Anti-reflection coating, per the maker; no label or figure is given |
| Close focus | Not published by the maker. |
| Focusing | Not published by the maker. |
| Sealing | Not published by the maker. |
| Weight | Not published by the maker. |
| Eyepiece fitting | Built-in zoom; no eyepiece change is possible |
| Supplied accessories | Photographic thread, named by the maker without a size |
| Amazon reference | B0CLHZ6NZZ (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces) |
| EAN | 4049467739968 |
Two things. It shades the objective from side lighting, which raises contrast, and it slows the formation of dew on the front element by keeping it away from the open sky. On an autumn evening that second effect decides how long a session lasts.
A label. “Coated”, “fully coated”, “multi-coated” and “fully multi-coated” each count something specific. “Anti-reflection coating” counts nothing, and cannot be compared with another maker’s claim.
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