blind pew

Sounds as if a drop of thread lock in the first place would have solved the problem to me.

Mine seems to be a good quality item.What did you do to make it fall apart, drive a tank over it.

I have the baader 2.25 barlow and the clickstop zoom.The barlow I would recommend both for the quality and the fact that it fits my skywatcher eyepieces as well.This is something that I have not seen mentioned before when people have asked what barlow to buy.The pair are not cheap but in my case well worth the money.