Reviews
Pocket Monocular
I found myself varying my rating from 1 star through to 5 stars for this item and eventually settled on 4 stars. So what's the issue?Firstly in the box you receive:+. The telescope itself. Reasonable quality item at the price point of £29.99 (7th June 2021). At this price, no-one should expect fantastic optics but from my perspective, I was sufficiently pleased with what I could view and the levels of magnification. you can adjust the telescope for those wearing glasses and to focus on different distance objects - overall, not a bad telescope.+. A tripod which isn't really any good or of value.+. A mobile phone adapter+. auxiliary items - lens caps front and rear, a soft storage/carry bag, carry handle and a lens cleaning cloth.So what happened to that 5th star? Firstly, the supplied instructions are poor and there is no indication of how to attach a mobile telephone to the telescope. It would seem simple enough, but it wasn't and it was only through trial and error that I was able to work it out. It was at that point that I realised that the supplied tripod was not of any use at all, as not even my compact iPhone SE (2020) was small enough to fit on the telescope and align the lens of my phone with the viewfinder of the telescope, as the legs of the supplied tripod were too short. A minor point? Possibly, but there is no way that you will be able to take photographs at this magnification without a tripod: the supplied tripod is totally useless as the legs are too short even for a compact phone like the iPhone SE.Handheld, the telescope is fine for viewing distant objects and is compact enough to keep in a pocket and light enough too. Just don't expect too much.I note form the description that this item has night vision!! I am not sure where they got that from. With normal optics, it is impossible to offer night vision in any form, other than from increasing the amount of light which enters at the front of the telescope and even then it will make little impact. It is absolute nonsense that this item offers night vision and it is misleading.I have attached a couple of images to demonstrate how this item performs with an iPhone SE - images taken from 25 metres. They aren't great shots, but it will give you an idea! Neither the iPhone or this telescope are ideally matched, but you can get an image of sorts.
10/06/2021