Overall Rating: 10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 12/20/2000 01:50:28 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.75.70) Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=44124
Overall Rating: 10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 02/03/2001 08:17:17 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.189.18) Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=44125
Overall Rating: 10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 03/29/2001 04:06:41 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.59.157) Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=44126
Overall Rating: 9 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 04/03/2001 05:20:36 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.255.233) Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=44127
Overall Rating: 10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 12/07/2001 03:09:02 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.193.177) Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=44128
Overall Rating: 9 Optics:9 Value:10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 10/28/2002 09:52:26 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.0.233) Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=142906
Overall Rating: 4 Optics:4 Value:4 Weight: 7 (Veritable Vote) Date: 11/27/2003 07:30:39 am PST By: RobertFos Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=322367
>I'm very disappointed with this eyepiece. >During nights of good seeing I can easily see the 5th and 6th stars of Orion's trapeze when I use the UO Ortho 18mm or the Ultima 18mm but I barely see the 5th star with the TV 17mm and the nebula shows less contrast, sharpness and extension when use it. >Even with a chinese Plossl 17mm I can see more details. First of all I own both the UO 18mm and the TV 17mm Plossl. Both are fine eyepieces and work well for what they are in both my f/6.9 80mm refractor and f/8 6" Newtonian. I understand that you may have received a bad sample, but most disagree with you. BTW, your frustrations are not justification for putting down the Chinese.
>I'm very disappointed with this eyepiece. >During nights of good seeing I can easily see the 5th and 6th stars of Orion's trapeze when I use the UO Ortho 18mm or the Ultima 18mm but I barely see the 5th star with the TV 17mm and the nebula shows less contrast, sharpness and extension when use it. >Even with a chinese Plossl 17mm I can see more details. You should check out this guy's voting record! He hates EVERYTHING. I have owned this EP and consider it a nine at worst. I think Mr. Fos might consider a different outlet for whatever frustrations are ailing him. In fact, I would prefer it. Go somewhere else, Robert. Most people consider this site a valuable resource for info on astro-products. It does not deserve to be a forum for misdirected venting of some sort.
Let's see. 6 people give it a 9-10, you give it a 4. Hmmmm. Ever consider that you could have a defective EP? Or perhaps you're not rating the EP based on its qualities? A wider FOV w/ a Chinese plossl? Doubtful. Too bad this forum gives you a 7 as a "reliable vote". So what would you consider a 1, 2 or 3? Not much room for the 75% of EP that below TV plossl standards, huh? Do us a favor: stop posting reviews. PS It's not the "trapeze". It's the Trapezium. Can you say rank amateur? >I'm very disappointed with this eyepiece. >During nights of good seeing I can easily see the 5th and 6th stars of Orion's trapeze when I use the UO Ortho 18mm or the Ultima 18mm but I barely see the 5th star with the TV 17mm and the nebula shows less contrast, sharpness and extension when use it. >Even with a chinese Plossl 17mm I can see more details.
Overall Rating: 10 Optics:10 Value:10 Weight: 10 (Trustworthy Vote) Date: 02/28/2004 09:20:57 am PST By: jtpowers1972 Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=343729
Overall Rating: 10 Optics:10 Value:10 Weight: 3 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 11/09/2004 10:48:33 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.245.4) Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=400716
Overall Rating: 10 Optics:10 Value:10 Weight: 5 (Veritable Vote) Date: 07/26/2006 06:54:53 pm PST By: Rons Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=517743
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