Hi All,
I had a bad experience last night,Almost gave me heart failure.
I was outside looking at Saturn,Orion,etc with my ED80,and didn,t bring my eyepieces from the mount tray, inside first.
I forgot I had my 40mm GSO 2",standing up,and as I moved the whole assembly through the door,one of the legs on the tripod,clipped the step,and the eyepiece toppled out of the tray,and landed across the concrete.
LUCKILY,none of the elements broke,
just dented the end of the chrome barrel.
Now,I will be the first to admit,this eyepiece is no high end affair,and not expensive, but it works quite well for me,in the ED80.
Could have been worse I suppose,I had about 4,or 5 others that were also Standing up,and they could have gone over as well.
I am hoping,I can get a piece of wooden dowel,and tap the dent out,AFTER,screwing the barrel off first.
So,the moral of the story is,IF you have a tray,that allows eyepieces to stand up.
LAY THEM DOWN BEFORE MOVING ANYTHING.
Regards.John