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Hi Mace
Welcome to the Forum!
With optics, generally you get what you pay for! Inexpensive optics tend to produce soft images, maybe even tinged with blue/yellow fringes where all the colours are not brought to a common focus.
Also, the build quality is usually not that good and you may get slop in the focuser and the general design may be poor; that is, the ‘scope may not handle well and be made of inferior materials.
So, if you are definitely going to get into wildlife observing, you will want sharp optics so you can see the fine detail and markings on the bird or animal, with a nice focuser, handles well, etc.
Cheap quality scopes are soon outgrown – you may quickly become dissatisfied with the results and then you’ll have to throw the thing away and buy a more expensive one, so maybe save your money and get the correct one first up?
Cheers
Dennis
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