Overall Rating: 1 Optics:8 Mount:0 Ease of Use:7 Value:3 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 09/08/2003 06:49:24 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.29.199) Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=297725
I wonder if this poster installed the springs incorrectly. This is a common issue. See http://www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/dob/ for correct installation. Also, I can't believe this scope was rated a 1 for a spring problem. The optics are excellent and a simple average of the posters rankings makes it at least a 4.5. Regards, >Hardin currently sells two versions of their 8" Dob. Note that the $299 version comes with a bad base that doesn't stretch the tension springs enough to hold the scope in position in altitude. i.e., the scope drifts in the vertical, and *not* just when changing eyepieces. Hardin offers a $349 version with a "new, improved" base that stretches the springs an additional 1/2", providing sufficient friction in altitude. With the "new, improved" base, this is an excellent scope. Otherwise, it borders on being the equivalent of a Department Store scope.
Why not just buy the less expensive one and do a little surgery to stretch the springs an extra 1/2"? Seems like a quick/easy fix to save $50! >Hardin currently sells two versions of their 8" Dob. Note that the $299 version comes with a bad base that doesn't stretch the tension springs enough to hold the scope in position in altitude. i.e., the scope drifts in the vertical, and *not* just when changing eyepieces. Hardin offers a $349 version with a "new, improved" base that stretches the springs an additional 1/2", providing sufficient friction in altitude. With the "new, improved" base, this is an excellent scope. Otherwise, it borders on being the equivalent of a Department Store scope.
Overall Rating: 9 Optics:9 Mount:9 Ease of Use:9 Value:9 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 11/10/2003 09:03:12 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.88.4) Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=317868
>It's not really the 8" reflector that I am so impressed with. It's the 6"reflector by Hardin. > >I set it up for the first time the night of the lunar eclipse. I went to the locale planetarium, and took it up to the observation tower. For the next two hours, I had every child and adult lined up to view the moon. > >I checked out other, far more expensive scopes that people had set up and was surprised that my little scope looked at good as the big boys. > >If anyone is looking for a great scope for starters or a child, this is perfect... I am VERY interested in the 6" Hardin Dobsonian and was delighted to find your "review-ette" amongst the 8" scope reviews. Please email me and let me know your latest sentiments with longer use regarding this telescope. Thank you, CDS CollinofAlabama@hotmail.com
Overall Rating: 3 Optics:1 Mount:5 Ease of Use:4 Value:3 Weight: 6 (Veritable Vote) Date: 11/10/2003 12:47:22 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.62.227) Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=317885
Overall Rating: 4 Optics:3 Mount:9 Ease of Use:9 Value:3 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 02/03/2004 08:12:21 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.189.173) Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=338299
Overall Rating: 10 Optics:8 Mount:8 Ease of Use:9 Value:10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 12/03/2004 07:37:50 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.221.172) Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=405569
Overall Rating: 0 Optics:0 Value:0 Weight: 7 (Veritable Vote) Date: 02/16/2005 06:41:56 pm PST By: Nexstar8 Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=420129
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