Skywatcher Dobs - Black or White?

[digitaldave]

This is a question for anyone that's bought a Skywatcher Skyliner dob recently (the solid tube ones, not the flex tube version), or if someone from FLO happens to know the answer...

Do the Skyliner dobs come with a white tube or do they now have the rather fetching speckled black paint jobs like the flex tubes and the OTAs they sell separately (and the Pro series refractors and maks)?

Just wondering, because I might get a dob, and I really like the look of the black tubes .

Thanks,

Dave.

[russ]

They are still white for the solid tube sadly.

[LukeSkywatcher]

My Dob (SW Heritage) tube is black for the most part but the mount is white. Think i may spray it black also.

The good thing about my scope is that on cloudy nights it doubles up as a book. I can read the names of many people who have helped to develope the telescope and astronomy over the last 400 yrs.

Fun and educational.

[digitaldave]

They are still white for the solid tube sadly.

Shame. I think the black ones look really smart, but it's not a deal breaker if I go the dob route.

My Dob (SW Heritage) tube is black for the most part but the mount is white. Think i may spray it black also.

The good thing about my scope is that on cloudy nights it doubles up as a book. I can read the names of many people who have helped to develope the telescope and astronomy over the last 400 yrs.

Fun and educational.

LOL, I love it .

[LukeSkywatcher]

IF I SPRAY IT......................bang goes my warranty.LOL.

[Robert Watson]

My Skywatcher Skyliner 10" DOB is the black diamond type solid tube, a lovely piece of kit. I'll let the pictures do the talking...

Hope this helps in your decision.

Thanks,

Robert

[johninderby]

At the moment I think that it's just the German dealers that have the black solid tube dobs. You'll have to ask FLO if they know when they will be coming out in black in the UK.

John