Bushnell North Star 3" Reflector Telescope with Computer Star Locator

Rating:
Summary: Not worth it
Review: I purchased this telescope last year as a Christmas present. Granted, both the recipient and I are amateurs, but after four hours of trying, the best we could get was an out of focus view of the moon. I've owned telescopes before, and they worked better than this one. The tripod's legs wouldn't stay extended, so that we eventually had to put it on a table to be able to see out. We never used it long enough to try the computer tracking, so I can't comment on that.

After a couple more attempts to get it to work by friends who know more about telescopes than I do, I unloaded it at a yard sale this summer.

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Rating:
Summary: Not worth it
Review: I purchased this telescope last year as a Christmas present. Granted, both the recipient and I are amateurs, but after four hours of trying, the best we could get was an out of focus view of the moon. I've owned telescopes before, and they worked better than this one. The tripod's legs wouldn't stay extended, so that we eventually had to put it on a table to be able to see out. We never used it long enough to try the computer tracking, so I can't comment on that.

After a couple more attempts to get it to work by friends who know more about telescopes than I do, I unloaded it at a yard sale this summer.

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Rating:
Summary: hard to use
Review: This telescope is very hard to use. It is hard to keep focused, the compass is just a little magnetic handheld compass, and the locator was impossible to figure out. Granted, we are amateurs, but we aren't ignorant. The printing on the telescope was upside down when we put it together. Several adults looked at this telescope because we were having so many problems getting it to perform, but they too, gave up! We sent it back!

Rating:
Summary: hard to use
Review: This telescope is very hard to use. It is hard to keep focused, the compass is just a little magnetic handheld compass, and the locator was impossible to figure out. Granted, we are amateurs, but we aren't ignorant. The printing on the telescope was upside down when we put it together. Several adults looked at this telescope because we were having so many problems getting it to perform, but they too, gave up! We sent it back!