Great. Now my eyepiece case is not big enough..

[emadmoussa]

not a little...but..BIG TIME

[jetstream]

I paid $113.00 US for my Pelican,7 EP's + accy's in there

[alan potts]

I see Gerry's is a strong one, made from the same stuff as black box flight recorders, good in the dark and no doubt with a locating device.

Alan.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

I use 2.5 cases: one for the main EP set, one for imaging gear (including the powermates and telextenders), and half the space in the camera bag for my LS35, for the solar set (except the Herschel wedge which sits in a corner of the APM 80mm case (so 2.6 cases, really))

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

BTW, before this thread gets out of control, take a look here Emad

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/57027-show-me-your-eye-piece-cases/

[Joves]

Is it overly pedantic of me to not be able to bring myself to keep my Ethos set in a case, but rather leave them in their boxes (which is far from practical, I know!)?

[emadmoussa]

I received the flight case this morning...it looks reasonably big. The foam is not cut evenly though...it will take me more time to make it neat.

I think it's identical in shape and size to that of the 80ED.

[YKSE]

Almost identical  , according to the numbers here

http://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/product_info.php/language/en/info/p1067_Skywatcher-Alu-Transport-Koffer-fuer-ED-80-600-Refraktoren.html

[Joves]

Nice looking case, Emad. Looks like your surpluss EP's will be living in the lap of luxury!

Out of curiosity, which lucky ones will be housed in the new case?

[emadmoussa]

To be honest the foam is a bit iffy in this case. But all in all it's good.

I now have  Baader Scopos 35mm,  Hyperion 5mm, Baader Zoom MKIII, SW Panorama 15mm, SW SWA 3.5mm, ES 24mm, Delos 6mm, GSO 28mm...still to come ES 14mm 100-deg and Delos 10mm.

[Naemeth]

I've one completely full case, one un-opened case and some eyepieces out of the case. I want to make the case neater this time .

[emadmoussa]

I'm under the impression that a perfectly neat case is that one that contains similar make eyepieces...

[Naemeth]

I'm under the impression that a perfectly neat case is that one that contains similar make eyepieces...

Exactly my thoughts, I'm thinking a case for the Deloses, the LVs, some TV plossl, some of those Astro Hutech orthos... wait, this is all getting too expensive, back to the drawing board .

[bambuko]

Is it overly pedantic of me to not be able to bring myself to keep my Ethos set in a case, but rather leave them in their boxes (which is far from practical, I know!)?

I am glad to see that someone else admitted to being (correct word would be removed by "family friendly", so you just have to guess "grown up" version  ).

I also keep my eyepieces in the boxes and hesitated before asking what others do ... but I can see that most people store the boxes separately so that they look pristine when the time comes to sell the eyepiece?

[emadmoussa]

I think with my current collection I'm more or less set. I might go for another eyepiece is few months...I've got a gap between 15mm and 24mm (frankly - I'm not bothered about this focal length range). I'll see how the ES 14mm performs then perhaps I'll be more tempted to invest in another ES, mostly likely the 9mm.

I had to sell my Hyperion 8mm since the zoom had the same focal length - didn't see much difference between the two 

[YKSE]

I think with my current collection I'm more or less set.

Thess magic words seems to have been repeated by many others before  .

[emadmoussa]

Thess magic words seems to have been repeated by many others before  .

LOL - I know...

[Pig]

Thess magic words seems to have been repeated by many others before  .

I think I have said this on 2 occasions for eyepieces alone

[CumbrianGadgey]

I haven't even got an eyepiece case...it didn't come with the scope.

Being born in the sixties and brought up on a rich diet of Blue Peter, I was preparing to make one out of a shoebox, foam and sticky-back plastic, especially since I have a set of BST starguiders heading my way.

Since i'm a bit of a magpie, I'll make sure that my box leaves room for expansion. I can feel the creative juices flowing already. I'll let my daughter put stars all over the garish externals.