chrispancho

54 minutes ago, John said:

Sorry Chris - I missed your question yesterday.

Yes I would but I didn't have the 17mm Nagler at that time, I had the 13mm Ethos. Having tried an Ethos, I was sold on them !

Good to hear that David Nagler was able to offer some good advice.

 

Hey no problem!  I just decided to take the direct route and call Tele Vue.  I had no idea I was going to get David Nagler on the phone!  That was nuts.  If I didn’t have the 17mm Nagler already, he would have more than likely directed me to the 21mm Ethos.  Thanks for the input and advice!

I had the pleasure to speak with David Nagler himself for some advice on this choice!  I'm still feeling rather star struck!  He stated to go with the 31mm Nagler over the Ethos 21mm because the Ethos was a bit too close to my current 17mm Nagler.  The advice given and knowledge I gained with a 15 minute phone call was exactly what I needed.  I highly recommend anyone do the same if they just can't decide which EP to get of theirs.  What a guy...what a company!

On 03/11/2020 at 17:26, John said:

I owned both for a while then replaced the 22mm T4 with the 21mm Ethos.

I felt that the 31mm T5 Nagler and 22mm T4 Nagler are complimentary rather than an "either or" choice.

Both really excellent Naglers

John, being that you were an owner of the 22mm T4, transitioning to the 21mm Ethos... would you recommend the Ethos over the T4?  Thanks!

Thanks everyone!  And rats, yes I had considered the Delos 10mm as well but using the hand calculator Tele Vue has on their site, I thought going to the max mag. under x350 would be best.  Glad I have some user feedback to sort that out, so thanks all!  Since I’ve already ordered it, I’ll likely try it out still. Ordering the 10mm Delose now!

18 hours ago, John said:

I owned both for a while then replaced the 22mm T4 with the 21mm Ethos.

I felt that the 31mm T5 Nagler and 22mm T4 Nagler are complimentary rather than an "either or" choice.

Both really excellent Naglers

Thanks for your reply!  Taking what you say about the 31 and 22 being complimentary, if I had to pick one of the two to get right now, should I go 22 first?  I just bought a 6mm Delose as my high power EP, and I currently have the Nagler 17mm, so I’m thinking a good progression would be to go 22mm. 

Total amateur here!

Thanks all!  I had to look up this 26mm ya’ll speak of and wow... pricey now!  I’m leaning for the 22mm as a small handful are saying the 31mm is a bit too much.  Also looking at a high power planetary now as well. 

Hello,

I wanted to reach out to everyone here for some advice. I currently have a Tele Vue Nagler 4 17mm, viewing on a Celestron Nexstar 8SE, and am interested in an EP with a longer focal length. I really like the 82 degree AFOV, so I was immediately eyeballing the Nagler 4 22mm or Nagler 5 31mm. And this is where my problem is... which one do I choose if money isn’t a factor?  I have reviewed the specs between the two, but without trying them out, I can’t visualize which would work out the best.  Is going 31mm too much of a leap from 17mm?

Thanks All!