A Meade 5000 14mm UWA at stupid money? This can't be kosher, can it?

[lestergibson]

I almost feel like a tube for posting this but I've just seen one of these for the grand sum of £32.  If it sounds too good to be true and all that...........

[paul mc c]

Were waiting..........

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Prices have come down since the MaxVision equivalents are so cheap. Where did you see it? Note: I do not want it, I sold mine years back to get a Nagler 12T4. The 14 UWA is a great EP, but the 14-15mm eye relief (great for most people) is too small for me.

[lestergibson]

Just checking with the shop now to see if it's on the up and up.  The guy's going check with his gaffer and get back to me.

[Dude_with_the_tube]

i havent heard or seen any counterfeits of Meade 5000 series UWA and if the price is correct,take it without thinking and walk away laughing.UWA series are awesome eye pieces and will perform beautifully in your scope.Everyones eyes are different,but i didnt found any issues with eye relief or ergonomics of these eye pieces whilst i had them.There was a few postings in different forum saying that these will not perform great in fast scopes,again I can confirm they perform absolutely spot on in fast scopes as i used them in F4.7 and found no issues at all.

There are few people on here who still have these EP in they collections and i am sure they will confirm my words of performance of these.

I doubt any bad eye piece will be cloned where recently we can see that Meade ones have been copied or adopted to different brands.Maxvisions are the same meade series 5000 EP,and also the 100 degree series XWA series eye piece have been "adapted" by one of the companies.

Good luck with your purchase and clear skies.

[lestergibson]

Thanks Dude.  I don't want to post the link unless I know its sound.  I kind of understand advertising prices as they relate to actual shops but I have no idea if a website is obligated to stick to a price as shown on a webpage.

[lestergibson]

Righto, the shop is Telescope Planet and there's no word back from them  Its got mixed reviews on SGL so I'm not so sure.  Sorry for getting a little excited there, folks.

[bambuko]

Funny thing - I googled Meade 5000 14mm UWA (narrowed it down to last 12 month and UK only) and guess what - top five returns were from SGL , not because they were answering my question, but because someone listed Meade 5000 14mm UWA in their signature.

One way to defeat/confuse google search engine

[bingevader]

Oops, that'll be me!

It is a mighty fine EP.

Mine was 2nd hand, but definitely more than £32!

They don't seem to be listing it any more now.

Cheers

[bambuko]

yes, I couldn't see it either at Telescope Planet or for that price (anywhere)

[faulksy]

telescope planet was quite good at 1 time but they had a lot of problems and shut down, be carefull

[bambuko]

telescope planet was quite good at 1 time but they had a lot of problems and shut down, be careful

hope they do not have Non-Disparagement Clause in their small print

[lestergibson]

They've removed them from the EPs section.  Must've been a screw up.

[alan potts]

I paid 179 pounds for my 14mm UWA 5 years ago, not a very good investment.

Alan

[bingevader]

I paid 179 pounds for my 14mm UWA 5 years ago, not a very good investment.

Alan

Why not? The 14s didn't get Maxvisioned. Mine is lovely. Admittedly I paid considerably less for it, but I'd have paid considerably more for a new one!

Cheers

[rowan46]

Just to clear up the clone thing as far as I understand the maxvision are meade eyepieces  that meade couldn't pay for because of their financial problems so they are not  meade clones they are the real thing just rebadged

[Dude_with_the_tube]

thats correct Rowan,

they are "the real deal" just re-badged.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

And BOY are they a good deal!!

[alan potts]

They are not a very good deal for anyone trying to sell a Meade badged eyepiece that there is a MV version of, lets face it some of the S5000 range were very expensive.

But I agree dam good for the people that are now filling their eyepiece cases.

Alan

[bingevader]

Most of the MVs were the Meade SWAs. The MVs never went down as low as the 14mm in either 68^o or 82^o, I did ask at the time! There don't seem to be many left now though, hopefully the second hand market will pick back up after that.

Cheers