12x56 HD Monocular Telescope High Powered for Adults with Smartphone Adapter, High Powered Monocular Scope with Clear Low Light Vision for Star Watching, Bird Watching, Hiking, Concert

This is a very useful and compact monocular and an excellent value. The 12X56 lens brings things nice and close and is honestly about as high as one would want to go without a designated tripod for stability. The optical clarity is very good, especially for the price. The clarity of this monocular does not compete with an equivalent power Zeiss or even a mid-level Vortex or Leupold, nor is it intended to at this price-point. For the money you would be hard pressed to find a better optic. We use ours to spot hits for short range air rifle, and for that it does an excellent job. It has a very short focal distance which is critical in our application (5 yards or less). The sturdy construction of the monocular would make this a good optic to keep in a vehicle as it takes up half the space of an equivalent pair of binoculars. Unlike the optic itself, the included accessories, while functional, are entry level at best and I would not depend on them in any rigorous or critical use-case.

The media could not be loaded. This purchase turned out better than I expected. This 12x56 monocular is comparable to more expensive brands for sure. We had good luck with the Adasion when looking for 12x42 binoculars last year. We had purchased three different brands at the time and the Adasion was substantially the better quality binocular. We also had friends with more expensive Binoculars and monoculars to compare. We found that same quality in this monocular as we did previous purchases which definitely rivaled big dollar devices. After using binoculars and deciding to try a monocular for further distances and tripod mounting we decided to buy Adasion again. The more powerful the lens you have the more steady it needs to be when viewing. This is where a tripod comes into play. To me, when viewing at greater distances with mounted or tripod setup, a monocular is a better choice over binocular but that is personal experience. This particular unit has a wide 56mm lens which looks amazing! Crystal clear. The lens size allows nice viewing even in low light conditions. It comes with a good quality tripod and no need to upgrade. We were surprised the tripod was such good quality. Has leg extensions and a quality that doesn't seem like what you'd normally find as a free add-on. The focus adjustment knob is precise with no slop when adjusting in/out. This is one key thing that really set Adasion apart from some other brands we tried. Many of the other brand had that looseness or slop feeling with the knob which resulted in constant hunting for good focus. In other words, when you fine tune adjust one way then back the other way you feel a wide gap where turning doesn't move the lens initially....then it moves. The precision with this Adasion knob makes finding the sweet spot quick and precise. The phone attachment is not something we would normally use however it does work well once you get it adjusted. I can see where this would a benefit some people. Comes with a good quality carrying case with hand strap. The monocular has a padded hand strap for for secure hand held use. Low light viewing is another thing we were pleasantly surprised with. This would be great for deer hunters and you name it to scope out areas even during light low in the early morning or late evening. The lens covers are nicely made and fit snug. The unit as a whole seems like a more expensive unit than what the price leads you to believe. It feels substantial and quality in hand. Hope they keep up the good craftsmanship.Pros: Wide lens is super nice at low-light or mid-day bright sunshine, great viewing angle, crystal clear, precision focus knob easy to find sweet spot with no slop, lens dust covers fit nicely, durable feel, phone adapter, great quality tripod with leg extensions, cleaning cloth, instruction manual, case with hand strap, also padded hand strap for monocular hand held useCons: Phone adapter works great but takes some time getting adjusted. Not much at all to gripe about

Nice for taking pictures with your phone

Got this for a present for my husband. He really likes it and says it works well and has good features.

My friend git this for Christmas and I was playing with his - I loved it so I bought one! Good quality lenses, and I works great with my iPhone16 Pro Max. I takes a while to get the phone lenses aligned, but once you do, you will get a great telephoto option. NOT good for using on the go, but for wildlife photography where you can sit it on it's tripod - perfect.

Very dissapointed-not good for long range like after 200-300 yards.-but when advertising its written 600 yards bird like very close, when you look 600 yards you will every birds the same.+good size+not bad less that 200 yards.

Good monocular scope.

Bought it based on reviews and only tried it out once so far so can't comment on durability. Received it approximately 5 hours after purchasing. Works great and has clear field of view. Could watch mirage at 115 yards on a 85 degree fairly humid sunny day with clear pic of object about 70 percent zoom on camera. Only thing you have to figure out is which lens your smartphone uses at different zoom settings. On galaxy S22, at 10x magnification on phone it appears to switch lenses so you have to pick a lens (either main lens less than 10x or telephoto at greater than 10x) and go with it for your setup and shot unless you have plenty of time to play with the rig. The monocular also has 3 eye relief settings by turning eyepiece 3 clicks from up close to back further away. Using it as a monocular, eye relief works better clicked further away, with phone attached i dialed it close and that seemed to be better. Works fine with phone case on the phone but definitely works better without it. Carrying case that came with it only holds monocular, have to find a bag or case to put accessories in so i can carry them altogether. Tripod seems serviceable, held it steady just fine. No surprises, seems like good quality and what i was looking for.