If you are looking for a telescope to get into astronomy, THIS IS IT! I can think of very few things that have brought me as much joy as this little scope, it's perfect for everything I have wanted to do so far.With it, you can see clear details of the moon, Jupiter's moons and bands, Saturn rings, split binary stars, and even see messier objects like the plieades. I even made out Uranus with it. For the price the visual quality is great and perfect for simple stargazing.Additionally, it is so easy to carry around and set up. The scope comes off it's mount with ease and the tripod folds up well. The tripod is stable for its weight and size. This scope is so easy to take on a walk or throw in your car to go somewhere.I can't understand any negative reviews of this scope. The truth is they probably just don't know how to use it. I have been using this for a few months now and I feel that there is so much for me to see with it yet. I would advise getting a better eye piece to go with it, I picked up a nice 50 dollar one with variable zoom.Now stop reading reviews and buy this scope!!!

The telescope is pretty good, I think it's better to buy more eye-peices in order to see planets more clearly. My 7 year old and I looked at the moon, Jupiter and Mars, we could see Jupiter's colors and moons and Mars appeared as a large dot which was exciting.I think the eyepiece supplied provides a small zoom, I want to try a bigger zoom and see if I can see planets larger.The optics on this toy are amazingly clear! I recommend.

Just received this little gem. Easy to install, lightweight and compact. All things I really wanted. I was able to take some pictures of the local birds and I’m pretty impressed. Can’t wait to try it at night.

The equipment installation booklet was missing...But otherwise everything was perfect.

If it were ideal for beginners, they would’ve included instructions on how to put the damn thing together

This telescope is very small and easy to carry everywhere, so far I have looked at the moon and Jupiter. The moon looks pretty well, the image is clear. Jupiter looks good too, obviously far away but you can see the planet, you can distinguish the strips of the planet that you see on a picture.The telescope comes with everything you need to star looking at the sky, comes with the telescope, the viewfinder, 2 eyepieces (diferent magnification), cellphone suport to take picturea and it also come with an adjustable tripod (adjustable height so you can use it being sit or stand)Obviusly not the best telescope but great for beginners and very good price.

Considering the modest cost of this telescope there is little to complain about. Of course, no tripod can ever be too stable for viewing the heavens - the included tripod is adequate for this and quite good for terrestrial viewing. Overall, the Sarblue is easy and comfortable to use, is made of good quality components and materials, and has capable optics. Saturn on first viewing session! My impression is that I won't be outgrowing this telescope anytime soon. Very satisfied.

Delivered lightning fast. I wanted a very portable quality refractor telescope to take on my canoe trips. This telescope is perfect because it’s incredibly small and light but the focal length is long due to it’s unique Maksutov-Cassegrain design. The tripod in this package is portable and very sturdy, and the finderscope is good quality with sharp crosshairs. Good eyepieces and phone mount. I fit everything perfectly into a very small waterproof case for canoe trips and travel.

I've never had a telescope with such crisp quality. It's unbelievable what you can see.

I consider myself a "professional amateur" in the sense that I've had formal training in and am far deeper in the astronomy hobby than most, and for over 40 years. Even though I have loads of equipment, I bought this on a whim out of curiosity. Over the course of 3 weeks, this scope just earned its place as my grab-n-go, goto, and photography scope.First, I'm very attracted to the Maksutov platform as it is both compact, and the design has optical properties that make it inherently "all purpose". Deep sky scopes are often f/4 to f/6. Planetary scopes are usually f/15 - f/20. Maks usually run the range f/10 - f/13, so they are a "middle ground" that lets them swing both ways. My first attraction was that this scope had an unusually long focal length for its size. When I did the numbers for the 70mm, I came to f/14.3 which surprised me. I immediately thought this scope might be better suited for my astrophotography interests. I did some googling around to find that a few others were already playing with the 60mm version doing exactly that and getting better results than I would have expected. So I decided that the 70mm was worth a shot for the price.I was pleased from the point I first received the box. Has a nice box outer box (laminated cardboard) with plastic handle. Every component is individually boxed inside. It's trivial to repack and carry this way if you don't have anything else. The all important main tube is well made with easy access to culmination screws, accessory ports, etc. Mine was grey instead of the white shown in the ad, but still looks great. The metal stand was heavier and sturdier than I would have expected at this price point. It's solid enough to use for terrestrial photography, but still very compact. The alt-az gimble surprisingly has micrometer drive adjustments on both axies. Nice touch!OK, sure we know they have to cut corners somewhere to get this price point if they are giving you a decent main tube and stand. Well, the diagonal prism and eyepieces have all plastic bodies instead of the usual metal. They view finder is primitive, but functional. I tried all the pieces as is and was blown away the first night out. Specifically, on M42 (great nebula) using the 20mm eyepiece I could easily see 4 stars in the trapezium cluster. You have no idea how many low end scopes fail this test. I dropped in the 10mm eyepiece and the trapezium became 5 stars! Now I'm really getting interested. Despite the small size of this scope, I could easily see the nebulosity and dust lanes in and around M42. I slewed over to a bright star and did the diffraction rings test in and out of focus. I was amazed how clean and sharp the diffraction rings and disk were. I replaced the original diagonal and eyepieces with much higher end stuff out of my collection and it only gets better. Again - blown away. Beat every scope in this class I've used over the years, except for a Questar - and that's really saying something.Attached, I have a 1,000 meter image of the antenna on a hospital building across town. This was done using eyepiece projection with my cell phone and the projection kit they include in the package. I found the projection kit to be better than most in how it secures to the scope. You can make out the mortar in the bricks and start to see the words on the warning signs near the electrical stuff. The sunspots photo was taken using a CCD imager and a objective solar filter (a 90mm diamter cap is needed). Sorry, the CCD software does some funky dithering that may create a grid effect when viewed at the wrong zoom level. Just try to expand or shrink the image to see it smoothly. With little effort, this was one of the best sunspot images I've captured over the years and I can take it to twice the resolution shown.I'm not saying this scope is perfect, but it offers a lot for the price. If you're a beginner, everything you need is in the box. Even if you're super experienced, this scope might still fill a niche with your current kit. Did for me. I use mine with an iOptron motorized tracking mount. Imaging stuff like the ring nebula (M57) that requires magnification is no problem for this beastie. Cannot wait to go after some challenge objects as the results I am getting are better than the two other small scopes this unit just displaced.