Hi,
I have the Bintel Laser collimator which I find is reasonable quality, - it was about $69 from memory.
I bought the 2" Bintel 2x Barlow to go with the 2" 26mm Ep that came with my 12" lightbridge dob. I also have a 1.25" Televue 2x barlow for use with my 1.25" TV Eps, and I'd have to say I think the TV product is better. I don't have anything better than TV plossl Ep products yet, but these are priced a little away from the cheapie end of the Ep market, and with optics, as with anything, you definitely get what you pay for. So I'd recommend getting at least reasonable quality optic accessories wherever possible.
Finally, should you wait til Andrews gets back on the 12th Jan ?? I wouldn't be able to wait more than a day or two
, but if you can then why not. Anyway, I'd suggest that all the similarly priced laser collimators would be of a comparable quality - maybe even coming out of the same factory.
Cheers,
