oh wondrous days of something for next to nothing - here ye here ye
Just tried out the andrews 20x80 triplets at night in the light polluted backyard for the first time - .....drum roll ....... the envelope please ..... and the winner is... andrews 20x80's triplets take a bow...
Very Nice .. I LIKE ... nice pin point stars .. a lot more colour than i was expecting .. very light for aperture ... FoV is seemed at least 3º as stated somewhere .. its all there ,, gonna be excellent for my purposes (just need a bright comet now to view at a dark site [nudge nudge, Terry, Vello and others]) until i can afford the next level or two up - I like the look of oft mentioned and seemingly highly regarded Oberworks BT 100's - maybe next year
thats the pros, and now for the con's - i think these have been mentioned before
That crazy one piece cap for the ep's - crazy
The very hard to wrench off front objective caps? seems like your gonna break the thing!
The chinese puzzle soft case i dont think a lot of - the kunming 25x100's have a better more sensible fitting softcase
of course the eye relief isnt great, ect. - but i expect that at that price - no biggie
none of these con's concern me hugely - all can be dealt with easy np
Big Goofy Grin on my face now -
Cheers
Kearn - yes i have some binoculars today