M8 and M20 make a pretty pair in binoculars or with the naked eye. Use the highest power you feel comfortable with, after you locate it with low power. The Crab isn't that difficult. You just need good skies. It is elongated and of uniform brightness in a 60mm scope.
Higher power seems to improve the view.
Two stars are involved. Brightness and shape are similar to M1. It certainly looks brighter than that, and has a well-defined, misty disk. I find it pretty easy in my 60mm at 35x, and have even seen it fairly low in light-polluted skies at this power. Orion's nebulas don't end with M42.