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Hi Guys,
Just looking for some updates on collimators. I am planning to buy a 8" GS-680 soon. My extensive reading suggests a collimator is mandatory although the scope doesn't come with one as standard which would suggest to me that you can get by without one?
Despite this conundrum I have looked at the options and I have the following spanning the range of prices:
1.25" Guan Sheng deluxe Newtonian laser collimator...A$59
2" Howie Glatter and Tublug direct from them in the USA...~A$260
HoTech 2" & 1.25" SCA Crosshair Laser Collimator ebay...~A$145
2" Astrosystems Barlowed Laser direct from them in the USA...~A$140
I looked at Catseye but the website is atrocious and I could not work out what I needed!
I am pretty sure the Howie Glatter and Astrosystems are Barlowed collimators but I'm not sure about the other two.
Anyway I am not sure that I can justify the Howie Glatter. I am leaning at the moment to the HoTech although I may be overly emphasising their "self centering attachment".
Any comments on the above? So far in this thread people have made recommendations but no-one said why so a bit more info would be great so that I know what exactly are the pros and cons and whether additional expense is justified. I am the type of person who likes to only buy once but if a cheaper model does the job just as well then I would prefer to save the money.
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