Budget Plossls?

[Guest]

My friend bought a Meade 4000 Super Plossl 15mm eyepiece earlier in the year and it's a favourite eyepiece of mine,  just for general viewing.  It's crisp and clean, giving great lunar images, in my humble opinion. 

My question is are there any similar good quality Plossls that are slightly cheaper, e. g. Sky-Watcher, Celestron, etc? Any to avoid? 

Edited June 1, 2020 by Guest

[John]

Vixen NPL plossls are good quality and quite reasonably priced. The GSO plossls are also good quality for their cost - often branded Revelation in the UK.

I've owned other brands plossls that have been OK but the above seemed a bit better than OK for their cost.

Worth bearing in mind that with the plossl design, the eye relief is around 75%-80% of the focal length so below around 8mm the eye relief can get a bit tight for some.

The ones to avoid would be the really low cost ones  - there are some listed on e.bay (new) at less than £20 per eyepiece.

 

 

[jetstream]

Used Circle T orthos are good eyepieces as well that can be bought for a reasonable price.

[banjaxed]

I agree with John, the Revelation Plossl eyepieces are very good value and surprisingly clear.