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Originally Posted by DavidU
I'm with Dave ! my 30mm UWA 2" Andrews gets a flogging. Most wide sweeps are done for quite some time then for a closer look a 10mm to 25mm goes in and if the seeing is good a 5.5mm and barlow(APO) goes in.
Most of the time it's the 30mm UWA.
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That sounds a wee bit like me - I tend to sue the 30mm UWA, and then the 15mm GSO plossl, and then the 4mm Andrews plossl. The 4mm is crud imho, the 15mm GSO plossl seems OK to my eyes. I also have the GSO 40mm wide angle too, it's not too bad either. I've recently bought the TV 32mm plossl, but haven't had a chance to use it yet. I'll obviously post my feelings on it after I've used it. I've viewed through a TV Nagler type 5 31mm (thanks Andrew!) and it's awesome. Love the views through it and it's a MUST get eyepiece, at least for me.
I've given it a lot of thought in the past few weeks, and decided on a list of eyepieces that I will eventually get:
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TV Nagler V 31mm - $749
TV Nagler V 16mm - $399 - check this one 2" or 17mm? (or both)
TV Nagler 9mm - $349
TV Nagler 7mm - $349
TV Nagler - $349
TV Radian 3mm - $279
TV Radian 5mm - $279
TV Plossl 55mm - $279
TV Panoptic 19mm - $289
TV powermate 2x - $359 (2")
TV barlow 2x - $139 (1.25")
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prices from Bintel, correct as of today. I based my decisions on a fair bit of reading of reviews and opinions, and the fact that I like the wider view of the Naglers (not everyone's cuppa tea I admit). I don't need/want the ultra wide Ethos views. Radians seem to have better eye relief than plossls, hence going with them.
Like anything, the better brands usually do perform (optically) better in most cases. You pays for what you gets. I'm not saying TV is the best brand out there, but it is a respectable brand that seems to make a lot of users quite happy, most of the time. They can't all be wrong!
Dave