Well I never thought I would do a review on an ALDI special but here it is.
Build quality: well for ?20 it's a miracle. Good feel and weight with a good degree of rubber protection. Focus is smooth enough if a bit sensitive. Zoom feels positive. Tripod... yep includes a tripod is worth ?20 alone. It actually works well with the scope if a bit jumpy in the wind.
Optics: Wasn't expecting much and I was not expecting an image I would be looking for in a ?130 scope but there it was. Good level of focus across the FOV but does fall off towards the edges. At 40x, you don't want or need to go further it was good even to 100yds. It was a bright sunny day to be fair but I did not exprct to be able to identify my arrows at that range.To be honest I don't know where ALDI get these scopes and make a profit, they must have fallen off the back of a lorry.
Waterproofing: Not waterproof... but what the hell it's ?20, buy a 5p bag from tesco and chuck that over it.
Overall: if you want a scope that can reach 100yds in good light (still can't believe I'm saying this) and don't care that it may fog up in a couple of years, and you would rather spend more money money on a mid range finger tab, then buy one.
This is just the weirdest and unexpected review of a bit of archery kit I've done. The world can be an odd place sometimes But there it is.
Build quality: well for ?20 it's a miracle. Good feel and weight with a good degree of rubber protection. Focus is smooth enough if a bit sensitive. Zoom feels positive. Tripod... yep includes a tripod is worth ?20 alone. It actually works well with the scope if a bit jumpy in the wind.
Optics: Wasn't expecting much and I was not expecting an image I would be looking for in a ?130 scope but there it was. Good level of focus across the FOV but does fall off towards the edges. At 40x, you don't want or need to go further it was good even to 100yds. It was a bright sunny day to be fair but I did not exprct to be able to identify my arrows at that range.To be honest I don't know where ALDI get these scopes and make a profit, they must have fallen off the back of a lorry.
Waterproofing: Not waterproof... but what the hell it's ?20, buy a 5p bag from tesco and chuck that over it.
Overall: if you want a scope that can reach 100yds in good light (still can't believe I'm saying this) and don't care that it may fog up in a couple of years, and you would rather spend more money money on a mid range finger tab, then buy one.
This is just the weirdest and unexpected review of a bit of archery kit I've done. The world can be an odd place sometimes But there it is.
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