Stormbringer

I was thinking along those lines of 4 kilo's of weight 

I may just use a bag on the supplied hook and add lead or stones to help ballance it better 

Or if theres ballance weights with a hole that size could use a 3 and lock with supplied 1kilo weight

Well it arrived mid week but only had a chance to play with it today

Overall quite impressed with it but feel it could do with heavier counterweights as i found using my celestron pro 15x70 bins it tended to want to sag unless i tightened the screws fairly tight

I also left the central collum of my amazon basics tripod loose so that it can spinon that axis 

I think it will be pretty good for use with my smaller 10,12 and 16x50 bins up to the 15x70's but heavier than those it may struggle unless i can get heavier counterweights for it and try it out

Any idea what makes of counter weights will fit ?

Overall tho it does seem a nice piece of kit so far but will need try it out in earnest under clear dark sky 👍

Will do mate 👍

Cheers for that mate ive ordered 1 up and see how it goes 👍

Cool mate looking forward to hearing your results/opinions 👍

Thx again mate and a happy new year to you and family 👍

Really nice bins 👍

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all at FLO 👍

If your budget can stretch a bit more i would recomend these 2 sets 

Nikon Action 12x50

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nikon-Action-EX-12x50-Binocular/dp/B0001EFIFW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3LC8TPKM0FV3C&keywords=nikon%2Baction%2Bex%2B12x50%2Bcf&qid=1639337455&sprefix=nikon%2Baction%2Bex%2B12x%2Celectronics%2C173&sr=8-1&th=1

Opticron I Magic 10x50

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/opticron-binoculars/opticron-imagic-tga-wp-50mm-binoculars.html

Both are nitrogen purged and give good clear images but i do prefer my Nikons as my grab go set

The Opticrons are slightltly lighter

But both are great for the money

Yeh i know the Apollo range are good but the Light Quests are supposed to be better 👍

Sorry i dont know but you can read Steve Tonkins review liinked above

The diferance in price reflects the quality of the binoculars better glass ,better lighter body,more light transmitted by the coatings etc

I would have also included the Helios Apollo 22x85's wich are inbetween the other 2 and were selling around the £420 mark but FLO dont list them anymore 

I have a pair of these and they are quite impressive pair of bins

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/adapters/celestron-nexyz-3-axis-universal-smartphone-adapter.html

This may do for your phone

Check these out good bit below budget

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/observation-binoculars/helios-stellar-ii-80mm-wp-binoculars.html

Or these a good bit over budget tho

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/observation-binoculars/helios-lightquest-hr-80mm-binoculars.html

The Nikons are excellent bins for the money 

Nice 1 mate and thx again for this 🍻

dont get the zoom bins they just arnt as good as fixed mag bins 

The Nikon Action EX 10x50 bins are really good theres a review on the Binocular Sky website 

http://binocularsky.com/

Also this its mainly for bins and small telescopes 

http://binocularsky.com/

7 hours ago, Goldenmole said:

Hi everyone! I would just quickly like to ask people for any suggestions for targets to observe, as i would really like to know your faves are. Also, i'd like to ask, what's all this 'reputation' stuff about. Apparently at the moment i'm a Nebula.

its to do with amount of posts 

Cheers and Thx mate 🍻

The Nikon Action EX bins are really good i think youl notice a big difarence in them 

Very nice and very practical those should keep the dew at bay 🍻

result 🍻

asking FLO might point you in right direction or as Steve says get in touch with Opticron