Alan White

Jules Great honest review of how you find this scope. The 'forum hype' comment made me smile, I think there is an element of truth in that in any forum on any subject. You look to be on a long journey of gear purchasing to find 'the one' and the 120 is perhaps not it for you. I have been doing similar and find that no one scope hits the spot, the compromise to find one scope is at a cost, if you are not happy at that cost, then it's not 'the one' for you. From other posting you have made over time I believe the light pollution and weather at your location is probably the real issue for you to be honest, not the instrument being used.

Those added pictures, wow what a nice pair of scopes. The new house looks nice too.

Dave No wonder you are happy.

Dave Wonderful. Clearly you were heading toward a special scope and that looks to be a special scope indeed. I look forward to the first light reports. Enjoy. Alan

Balzer, is that 24mm at x24 ish not low powered enough? I would think it would be fine and need no further purchases, but I am sure someone else who knows this scope will be along soon.

Nice build Steve. My PWM's were ordered at start of November and arrived early January. Clearly it's a bit pot luck.

I only go to 22mm Vixen LVW at the minute with my ED100, what scope are you using?

Something tells me you like Hyperions.

That is a thing of beauty, very, very nice.

Fully agree with the above from parallaxer, much discussion has taken place recently. You have been brave, we await your feedback with much interest iPeace.

It is a nice portable chair, easily carried, very easily used and so simple. Works wonderfully with my refractor set up.

Yes, I am a a little OCD with some things, my eyepieces is one of them, all very methodical and all very tidily kept. One or two in my clean pockets while observing for warmed optics and less dew.

Fully agree with this, the fidling away keeps you occupied when it's cloudy or you cannot get outside for a number of reasons. The emptying wallet just happens and then happens some more, clearly some here have bigger wallets than myself.

I think that it is worth the money and I am renowned for being careful with my cash; just ask my friends abut how careful I am with my cash near a bar!

It's a very nice seat. I hesitated for some time before spending out as I felt at the time before purchase it's just a seat..... however now I don't think that way at all, very pleased and wanted to share the review to encourage others to hesitate less. Alan

Thank you, I am 5' 10" in old money and the seat height at the top is fine for me. Those a little shorter and you may be correct. The cahir is not overly tall, measure the height stated 74cm (max seat height) against you legs and you will see if it's ok for you. As I said our mileages vary.

Video of chair also.

This is my first ever review here or anywhere else for that matter, hope it reads well for you all..... I finally could no longer take the wobbly too short and too tall old MFI stool I have used for years, it was bought when i was a lad so it's done a lot of years use (35), well done MFI. So I bought the Geoptik Observation's Chair from Rother Valley Optics, cost in Nov 2015 £95 with a little concern, I felt it was a lot of money I could spend on other astro items, I think you will see my concerns were not founded at all. The chair duly arrived very quickly; however Mr. Delivery man decided to treat it with utmost care, NOT and it was a bit bashed on the dges and on the seat top, varnish scraped and looking a little worse for wear, I think the term distressed applies to furniture, fully functional but looks like I have had a number of months careless use from it. RVO were happy to replace it, but we agreed a modest discount as it was most usable and easier for us both. The chair is made from 20mm Ply (I think Ash) and solid leg and hinge supports (I think Ash); very well made and solid and light at 4.5Kg The seat is all wooden bar the nylon strap and clip, very well made and clearly will last a long time. The seat are is modest and unpadded, unlike my rear end, which is neither of these; however it gives good support and needs no padding in my opinion, those with less upholstered rear ends may disagree of course. The seat overall folds flat and is the maximum size of 35cm at its widest and 92cm at its longest dimension. The seat is about 60mm thick when folded, so stowes away easily. The seat section moves up and down in very well cut slots and holds very solidly, the seat also has a clever trick as seen in the stowed picture below, the seat has a cut out and steel washer fitted, these sit onto a wooden pin at the rear of the seat and a magnet fitted to the main body, holds the seat very solidly in place, with the exception of delivery men and heavy treatment, hence the distressed arrival (the pictures really do not show the marks that well). The minimum seat height is 22cm from floor height, works very well with my refractor at zenith and focusser out a long way. The maximum seat height is 74cm from floor height, works very well with my refractor. The chair was very solid in a nights observing use, the leg that looks a bit light is actualy solid Ash and is hinged from solid Ash blocks and a steel bolt. The ash leg and hinge blocks are 32mm x 53mm and well engineered and finished. The seat can be dropped lower for binocular use, however I have not done this presently and cannot comment, the strap somehow adjusts out and the main body ends up at a shallower angle. The Geoptik vide shows this and it looks like it will be fine, when I try this I will add a report to this. Overall a very well made chair, I feel it is good value for all the work that goes into its manufacture, clearly a very competent DIYer could make something similar, but it would cost a fair bit in materials and time to do this, why spend the time when you could be observing? I reccomend this to my fellow SGL users, clearly all our mileages vary and we all will like and dislike differing things, from reviews and posts I have bought items upon recomendation from here and most have been spot on, sadly one was not, but that's life and the point I am trying to badly make. ADDITION: Just used it for the third session and it just gets better, being seated properly makes such a difference, thought I was sat ok with the old stool, how wrong I was, this chair is great, really great, I cannot reccomend it enough.

So trolling up the post has set others talking, great. These SLV have such a nice image, the 50 degree fov works for me and the price is reasonable for the end result, again thank you John. Fozzie I went for the 100ed ds pro and its great, you were quite right. Now based on the good recomendations, what's the best lottery numbers then??

I know this is trolling up an old posting, but.... Having read Johns review I pulled the trigger on a 10mm SLV and wow what an eyepiece, wonderful. As Victor Kyam in the 1970's said I was so impressed I bought...... another one a 6mm and double wow. John your review envcouraged and I am so glad it did. Wonderful eyepieces. Quality of build, excellent. Quality of view, outstanding. This is based on Plossl TV etc. ownership to date and the view is much finer.

I have not been on this forum for long; joined this year. The help received and resources of older posts has helped me a lot. Friendly helpful advice, a general banter and a very warm welcome all make SGL a good place to be involved with. As far as I am concerened, if it aint broke, dont fix it. A few more stickies perhaps for repeating questions, but realise that is a big ask by the volume of similar threads that start up.

Charic, you are so bad! Yes I think she would understand enough: but only after a lot of silence and dark looks.

Just a final update for all who have had an input in this thread: I have returned the 32mm TV Plossl to the vendor, who has given me a credit note and I have bought a 32mm Celestron Plossl. The Omni has a far deeper inset optics, so the eyerelief is accurate for the eyecup; ideal for a non glasses wearer when viewing (but probably not if you wear glasses). I am in mixed minds about handing back the TV as I like my other TV Plossl; the price new is extreme in comparison to all other Plossl I have seen. To then need to by an eye cup extension for another £37 incl delivery was just too far for me at present ( The Omni was not much more than this in itself!). The good thing is the EP was a present from mt wife, who fully understands the quandry I have been in and was the driver to return it and make myself happy with the purchase. As my signature says 'Understanding Wife'. Again thank you to all who have commented and provided advice, all very much appreciated. 24mm ES 68 in the future, who knows, possibly subject to pennies. First I may be looking for a driven mount in addition to my AZ4, I am weakening the the lure of photographic side as well as visual. An even bigger money pit than the EP one I have fallen into!

But the force is strong.........

I could not afford to talk that level of money presently, note the word presently!!