10-30x50 Monocular Telescope - Low Night Vision HD Monoculars with Smartphone Adapter & Tripod Waterproof BAK4 Prism - High Power Long Range Scope for Bird Watching Travel Camping Hiking

The media could not be loaded. The 10-30 power is very sensitive to vibration. The video was taken with the tripod setting on the hood of my truck. Seems to work quite well.

I finally got around to testing this monocular and I was more impressed than I expected. I could read a license plate number, in the dark just by the light of the car’s brake lights, from about 150 feet. The clarity of the lens was very good and the unit is easy to use, lightweight and has some extras like a carrying case, screw hole for a tripod, and a phone adapter. My only complaint is that if your it looking exactly straight through the lens, you start seeing the inside wall of the unit.

Awesome is not a word that that I customarily use, but I used it as the singular word to describe the features and performance of this magnificent monocular.When it arrived I unpacked it immediately and was very impressed with all of the added goodies.A really decent tripod with solid legs that cCAN BE RELIABLY EXTENDED. Not spindly but nearly rock solid.The carry bag is a little more substantial than most others that I have reviewed. The nice feature is the fact that the carry bag is roomy. Enough looseness to accommodate a quick connect tripod mounting plate.No tugging an pulling, I installed the mounting plate and dropped the scope into the carry bag.It settled right smartly to the bottom of the bag and Velcro flap closed the bag with ease. I really liked that feature.I then proceeded to mount the GTYORUS 10-30x50 Monocular on one of my professional camera tripods.My test target number one is a church spire that is about a mile distant from my location. The spire was located and I set the focus for best detail of the shutters in the belfry. Then I began looking to set the diopter adjustment. The view of the spire was very good, it seemed like I was already in the high power mode.Then I turned what normally would be a fine tuning of the focus or the so called diopter adjustment. Turning the ring brought the powerful zoom function into action. 'The image came closer and closer until I felt that I could lean forward and almost touch those lattices in the belfry. It was exciting, it was awesome! The detail was amazing. I then turned the scope on a ridge with trees that are beginning to leaf out. It was amazing. The individual limbs and twigs were clear to view with amazing definition and no aberrations. No prominent outlines of that familiar yellowish wash oor line on one side of the object, while a bluish wash or line appears on the other. On distant objects these prominent aberrations on more cheaply made telescopes all bugt wipe out the enjoyment of seeing detail of distant objects that have fine details in their makeup.So slight is the amount of achromatic aberration that I found myself looking many times to make sure that I was actually seeing and not imagining the trace amount light gathering discrepancy on finely detailed far distant objects. The untrained eye would never see it. A very impressive performance.This GTYORUS 10-30x50 Monocular performs fully if not more than full to its published specification.In my opinion this monocular far exceeds the performance of other monocular that boast an 80 power magnification.I spent the better part of an afternoon and late evening enjoying new discoveries about my city. I was able to see things that I had not seen before with other monocular that I have tested and reviewed.I have never felt as though one scope over another offered better night viewing until this review.This monocular brought incredible noticeable brightness to my eye with fine details.I will run a foot candle test and make a comparison with a light meter. I will add the results to this review soon.That should tell you that I am very excited about and impressed with this monocular. That should give you a clue as to why this AWESOME telescope is getting the Full FIVE GIANT STAR rating from me.I have no doubt that this GTYORUS 10-30x50 Monocular will become a popular best seller.

I have used monocular lenses for 4 decades due to my low vision; I have Stargaardts, similar to dry Macular Degeneration, impairing my distance, color, central and fine (reading) vision.Some things I look for in a monocular lens are portability, meaning it should not be too large to carry in my purse, or to wear on a lanyard. This is the largest monocular lens I have ever owned, they are usually no more than 5” long, this one is about 8” long and weighs proportionally more than the smaller monoculars. It fails with respect to portability by comparison, but let’s see if other features make it worth carrying a larger bag just so this monocular will fitNext, I want to be able to see through it easily without having to struggle to see more than the inside wall of the lens. This item passes that test, but I have a much smaller monocular that also passes this test, and it fits in my bag.I need to be able to see at a distance quickly. I don’t want to be standing at the crosswalk, spending several minutes trying to focus the lens on the walk/do not walk lights, and missing the walk signal. This lens required too much time to focus.I want to be able to see at a variety of distances, fairly close (the sign a few feet away that my vision impairment prevents me from reading) to farther away (the moving car license plate across the street to know if it is the Uber I am awaiting, before the drivers wait-time allotment has ended). I can not read close up with this monocular, it takes time to focus so I can not find items quickly, I can not find moving objects, and the range is limited, so when it is focused on one item, another just closer or farther away is not visible.I have not had a monocular that connects to a smartphone before, and I do use my devices to magnify or to see things far away. The magnification of the phone plus this monocular is no greater than the magnification of the phone without the monocular.I could not see through it in low light.Overall, I have another monocular that does a better job and takes up less space, time and effort.