Decent for the money, fairly large/heavy, belt loop stitching immediately failed

I have a couple of fairly small monoculars for hiking; this is big enough that I wouldn't care to hike a lot with it, and related to some other review comments I haven't tried to somehow measure whether it's really 16 x 52. Well, I can easily measure the 52 part, and that's clearly not right --- it's about 40 mm looking into the large lense. So I tend to believe the other reviews that say that you're not getting 16x magnification either. Still, so long as you understand the size and weight of the thing, I think it's good for the price. Size: just under 6" long, outer diameter at widest point about 2", case is roughly 6" x 2-1/2" wide by 2" 'deep'. Weight: 8 oz even for the monocular, 8.7 oz in the included case. My big beef with this --- why I give it 3 stars rather than 4 --- is that the very first time I tried to use it was in kayaking. I put a strap from my life vest through the belt loop and as soon as I stood up it immediately fell to the ground. The stitching on the belt loop was that poor that it immediately failed as soon as the weight of the item was put on the stitching. So for quality control I'd give them a minus 5 stars. I really want a reliable attachment loop so will fiddle with a small needle to try to hand stitch it in place working sort of inside the item --- what a (needless) hassle. More to the point, I'm fortunate that it didn't fall off and into the water while I was kayaking. Don't rely on their belt loop, test it first.

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