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Old 08-06-2013, 06:39 PM
Stardrifter_WA
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I sold nearly all my Nagler eyepieces for the Ethos. The Ethos are fantastic in my 16" and my 8" SCT. I have the Ethos 8mm to 21mm and didn't bother with the shorter focal lengths. The Ethos are certainly better than the Nagler, but not always.

I have been very happy with them, however, after purchasing my WO FLT110 APO, I didn't think that the lower power (13, 17 & 21) Ethos were that great with this scope, and was disappointed, but only a little. It was ok with the 8 & 10 Ethos though. However, I soon rectified this with the purchase of the Delos, as these eyepieces were much better suited to the WO FLT110 APO, however, to date I have only used the higher power Delos (4.5 & 6mm). I currently have a 10mm Delos on order.

The 17mm Nagler would perform well in the refractor compared with the Ethos, however, in the 16" and the 8" SCT, the Ethos wins easily.

So, it is not entirely fair to compare these eyepieces, as it will depend on the scope it is used with, as I discovered.
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