Best Barlow

[saturn5]

I'm after a new(decent) barlow and by what i've read the Celestron Ultima seems to get the thumbs up from everyone or do you guys and galls know of a better one.

[blinky]

I got a Televu 3X Barlow and it's great. £50 second hand

[GazOC]

You can't go wrong with an Ultima or Orion Shorty Plus (same Barlow, just badged differently).

As Blinky says though, if you can get a good price on a S/H Televue then they are worth considering too.

[saturn5]

The Orion Shorty is £30 cheaper than the Ultima and the spec seems identical,nice one Gaz

[GazOC]

Make sure its the Shorty Plus mate, not just the Shorty. Theres a big difference.

[saturn5]

Sorry Gaz,i missed out the shorty bit,Telescope House do the Shorty Plus for £51.99,free delivery.The Celestron Ultima seems to be around the £80 mark.

[GazOC]

Nice one, I just didn't want you to get the wrong one. 'The devil is in the details' and all that...

[cygnusx1]

Meade Ultima APO??

[Stormwatch]

Ebay always seems to have Meade 3X barlows for £30. I bought one to go with my Meade 2X one. I'm happy with both of them but to be honest haven't really used them. The 3X one was really just a cheap, but decent quality, way to magnify my webcam once I use it for astrophotos.

[saturn5]

Just ordered the Orion Shorty Plus ,thanks for pointing that one out Gaz.

[huwbellamy]

I can recommend the Revelation 2" ED barlow. It comes with a compression ring 1.25 inch adaptor. Excellent build and optics. Not too expensive. http://www.telescopehouse.co.uk/page.aspx?theLang=001lngdef&pointerid=DD8D75BF7CF34DBFA7E0DC5ED2F8C1EB&action=lnk