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Originally posted by slice of heaven
Whats the price diff on the 8", Bintel v Andrews ?
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well shot an email off to lee yesterday.
Bintel BT 202 SE Comes with:
25mm, 15mm and 9mm Plossl Eyepieces
8 x 50 Finderscope and bracket
#ND 96 Filter
Eyepiece Rack
Snap on dust cap
Instruction Manual
12 months warranty
Price: $549
Andrews Guan Sheng GS-680-LTD comes with:
25mm and 9mm Plossl Eyepieces
8 x 50 Finderscope and bracket
Also focuser coems with a 2" to 1.25" adapter(not sure if the bintel comes with this).
Moon Filter
Binoculars
Price: $399
both i think are float glass.
i'd assume that the eyepiece rack and dustcap are standard accessories and would come with the andrews scope also.
What's an #ND 96 Filter?? is it a moon filter?
so is it safe to say that the difference between them is that the andrews scope comes with one less eyepiece(15mm), un-collaminated but bonus binoculars(yay!). I doubt it's worth the extra $150. any other input would be great.
as for the glass.. from what i can gather the choosing the type of glass is more about heat. How easy is it to mount a fan to the GS dobs? if you have a fan does it really matter what type of glass you have? Like will a float glass with a fan perform equivalent to a bk7 without?
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