For a long time I had been quite hesitant about purchasing these long zoom all-in-one lenses - mainly due to the inherent tradeoffs from trying to cover such a long focal range. But I stumbled upon this lens on eBay (from a great seller), who had 30 of them - new, separated from the kit in a white...
Covers a great range of a 29-240 MM focal range; Performance surprisingly good for an all-in-one lens of this genre; Surprisingly great build quality
Performance decreases as to approach 100 MM; Plastic lens mount; Canon should have made it wider at the long end (like an equivalent 24 MM); Can does not provide a lens hood