Tak LE 5mm

[Don Pensack]

I spent 12 years with a 22mm Nagler and loved that eyepiece like a well-broken-in old shoe.

Then I replaced it with a 21mm Ethos.  Excellent eyepiece, but I never warmed up to it quite the same way.  I ended up preferring and using the 17mm Ethos a lot more.

Then my vision changed and I needed to wear glasses down to about 10-11mm focal lengths, so I started experimenting.

So, after a 10 year segue with the 21mm Ethos, I'm back to the 22mm Nagler, and I simply had forgotten how enjoyable a low power eyepiece can be to use.

The 22mm is spending a lot more time in the focuser than the 21mm ever did.

So here's the point: you have to spend time with an eyepiece to really know it well and to understand all its strengths and weaknesses.

And sometimes what's new and shiny doesn't really match your needs.  That takes time to find out.