25x100mm or 30x100mm AOE binoculars

[bobtuc47]

I am thinking about getting a 25x100mm or 30x100mm AOE binoculars and wondered if anyone had bought these or knew about them and if it would be worth getting the higher power.
Thanks
Bob

[janoskiss]

they are very big and very heavy and mounting them so that they are both stable and usable on the night sky is the biggest issue I see with them.

[Starkler]

I would go for the 25x for the simple reason that extended objects will appear brighter.

[g__day]

I prefer 80 * 20 triplets from Andrews. Go for lower magnification and wider depth of field - as everything you see other than the moon, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars will just be points of light.

[Satchmo]

4mm puipil ( 25X) is a really good balance between magnification and rich field for deep sky viewing. 30X will push your mounting system that much harder.

[erick]

I think 25x and 30x from AOE are the same weight and size - just different magnification eyepieces?

[Satchmo]

Yep , thats what I meant. Certainly for hand holding, I find the differnce between 8X and 12X quite noticeable.

[rmcpb]

Either way they will need the mount from hell :)