BUKI TS006B - Telescope 15 Activities

It’s OK for a toy and an educational learning aid but don’t expect the Hubble telescope.The telescope is quite large with oversized plastic components, it does fit together well and the tripod supports well.The telescope comes with two lenses which are fine and work relatively well in the day time but are little use at night.My son enjoyed working through the activity booklet but hasn’t revisited it since.If you are an enthusiast and looking to get your child to follow suit this may be a good starting point but as a toy I think it needs to pitched in a toy price bracket, right now it seems expensive for what it is.

My son is "over the moon" with this telescope, it's very much a toy in terms of build quality and how it performs but the concept is a great one and for my 6 year old he thinks he's a proper astronomer!The telescope comes well packaged in a fun and attractive box, Everything is laid out nicely in little compartments and there's lots of little bits to put together which can be a faff but we found it was all part of the fun. My son in particular likes the target site that goes on the end of the telescope as he can target various things in the daytime - probably where the telescope is best used as at night time it's difficult to get a detailed and clear picture.The telescope comes with 2 different strength lenses at the "eye end" and whilst the tripod looks good it's a little flimsy but again, this is a toy really rather than a serious item so just the fact that he's getting used to the mechanism might be good for later life if he takes it up as a proper hobby.There's an informative booklet with activities which my son is looking forward to working through - in reality I think he'll use this for just daytime spying!!It's perhaps a little expensive for what it is - I can see this being reduced in future and if so I would strongly recommend it!

• It doesn't work very well!• Yep, I know it's a TOY telescope; my expectations were already low.• A cheap pair of binoculars would be more practical and MUCH better value for money!misc:• It's all plastic.• It's made in China.• It's bulky.• It's a waste of space and plastic IMHO.• The glossy colour booklet with activities looks very nice — it is in French and English — but the actual optics of the device are dreadful, so you can't actually do them🙄)

First impressions were OK. Light but decent little tripod and a plastic telescope; perfect for kids.But even with a couple of lenses this was difficult to really see anything in day and night. The focus is poor and the eye sight tricky to use for little ones. Then you look at it again and it is nothing more than a toy that doesn't really work well enough, for all its pretensions.So after a couple of uses it was discarded. Nice idea but not one that works.

It's basically a fancy toy so don't get any ideas about discovering new planets with it. However, if you're looking to try out your eight year old without breaking the bank it does a decent enough job. You can certainly see the moon if you find a dark enough night but not much further. But the booklet with activities should muster up some enthusiasm with the kiddies. Just remember, it's a toy for kids. And that's what you get.

This is ok to look at the moon with. That's all I've got. It is cheap and plastic and has too narrow field of view to see anything else unless you are lucky.

Firstly, this is NOT a 'proper' optical instrument, it is a toy. It is designed to be used following the guidebook, and will teach your child how to operate a simple telescope. Everything is made as cheaply as possible in order to keep the price low, and this includes the optics themselves. Even in broad daylight it is not sharp (certainly worse than a £20 pair of binoculars). Younger kids might need some help during assembly, but anyone capable of following lego instructions can go this up and working.For the normal price of £35 I think this about £10 too much. Personally I would save up about £100 and get a proper beginners telescope that all the family can use and that will show clear craters on the moon.

The accompanying, colourful, friendly brochure is full of excellent educational and inspirational suggestions, however the instructions for putting the thing together are poor, it is not easy to make the mounting for the telescope, and when constructed and fixed tight, the legs of the tripod of very light and bendy. The screws/wing nuts are unnecessarily fiddly. I know that this is not an expensive toy, but it was frustrating to get it sorted for the children, who were waiting, excited to try it. They have to be very careful when looking down through the telescope as the tripod is weak and wobbley when fully extended.We were able to direct the children to look at buildings a mile or so away, also to check out birds, trees and other day time subjects. The night stars are of course, fascinating, and there is a circular star atlas included for each month and day. I found that almost impossible to follow though.An entry level toy telescope in a jolly box, all packed up in a moulded container. We won't be taking it apart again any time soon though!