Cheap "spotting scope" at Wal-Mart

mikikanazawa · January 18, 2005, 02:14 AM

They're clearing out the Tasco tabletop astronomical telescope for $28 and change. It's the one that looks like a pink rubber enema bulb, LOL. It sits in a cradle and you can swing it around. It's really an astronomical scope, but for the cheap price I think you can live with reading your targets in mirror-reverse. ;-) (Or get an image-erecting prism.)

FirstFreedom · January 25, 2005, 05:04 PM

I find it rather frightening that you know what a "rubber enema bulb" even looks like. I don't even know what that is, and furthermore, I don't want to know.

In any event, sounds like a pretty good deal - what's the objective lens size and other stats/features?

mikikanazawa · January 27, 2005, 02:26 AM

LOL, well the rubber enema bulb is something I learned about in a Robin Williams flick where he's a doctor at a children's hospital. The name of the movie escapes me, but he cuts the tip off an enema bulb and turns it into a clown nose.

Anyway, here are the specs on the scope:
http://www.tasco.com/telescopes/spec...30076150.shtml

I was at Wally World two nights ago and it was still available.

January 18, 2005, 02:14 AM	#1
mikikanazawa Senior Member Join Date: September 26, 2004 Posts: 449	Cheap "spotting scope" at Wal-Mart They're clearing out the Tasco tabletop astronomical telescope for $28 and change. It's the one that looks like a pink rubber enema bulb, LOL. It sits in a cradle and you can swing it around. It's really an astronomical scope, but for the cheap price I think you can live with reading your targets in mirror-reverse. ;-) (Or get an image-erecting prism.)

January 25, 2005, 05:04 PM	#2
FirstFreedom Junior member Join Date: May 31, 2004 Location: The Toll Road State, U.S.A. Posts: 12,451	I find it rather frightening that you know what a "rubber enema bulb" even looks like. I don't even know what that is, and furthermore, I don't want to know. In any event, sounds like a pretty good deal - what's the objective lens size and other stats/features?

January 27, 2005, 02:26 AM	#3
mikikanazawa Senior Member Join Date: September 26, 2004 Posts: 449	LOL, well the rubber enema bulb is something I learned about in a Robin Williams flick where he's a doctor at a children's hospital. The name of the movie escapes me, but he cuts the tip off an enema bulb and turns it into a clown nose. Anyway, here are the specs on the scope: http://www.tasco.com/telescopes/spec...30076150.shtml I was at Wally World two nights ago and it was still available.