Our Overall Score:
9.4/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Telescopes category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £92
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Nat. Geographic or alternative products in the Telescopes category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red
NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red scores 9.8/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Telescopes. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Telescopes, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Telescopes? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red scores 8.6/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Telescopes category was £529, whilst the cheapest we found was £19.99 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Telescopes category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Telescopes category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Telescopes category. This was £150.04 from the 26 products we found in that category. So NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red actually comes in below average at £92.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £529 and the least expensive, which was £19.99. In total we found that of the 26, 16 were more expensive and 9 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red.
Prices of products from Nat. Geographic
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Nat. Geographic. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Nat. Geographic, which was £77.75 of the 4 products we found. So NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red price is above average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Nat. Geographic was £15 with the most expensive coming in at £105.
Prices of products from Nat. Geographic and in the Telescopes category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Nat. Geographic that sit specifically within the Telescopes category.
For this we found that the average price was £98.67, making NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red at £92 actually below average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £105 with the lowest priced item being £92. In total there were 2 items that were more expensive and 0 that was less expensive.
Reviews of NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red
NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red scores 9.7/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red is.
Overall score
NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red scores 9.4/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Nat. Geographic so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: NAT. GEOGRAPHIC 114/500 Compact Reflector Telescope, Red
- Brand: Nat. Geographic
- Model Number: 10119013
- Eyepiece magnification: 25 xEyepiece 2 magnification: 167 xFocal length: 500 mmFocal ratio: f/4.4Mount: Altazimuth
- EAN: 4007922000374
- Description: Compact yet powerful, the National Geographic 114/500 Compact Telescope is ideal for any hobbyist and amateur astronomer. Greater Detail With a 114 mm aperture, the 114/500 collects three times more light than a 76 mm telescope, which allows you see objects in far more detail. By making difficult-to-see objects more visible, you can get more out of your stargazing. The red LED viewfinder also makes it easier to locate objects. Compact and Transportable The 114/500 is quick and easy to set up and compact enough to transport to your favourite night-time observation spot. The built-in accessory tray keeps eyepieces handy so you don’t miss out on anything. With accessories including a Barlow lens, compass, moon filter and astronomy software, you’ll have everything you need to become a zealous astronomer. Get started in the world of astronomy with the National Geographic 114/500 Compact Telescope.
- Product ID: 3363792221
