Telescope Transportation

[Squiffy]

Hi All

This is a day of firsts for me. My first blog about my first telescope. My wonderful girlfriend bought me a Skywatcher Classic 80 Refractor for my birthday.

I have decided to join the kind people on Stargazer Lounge to boost my knowledge to get the most out of my new toy.

So... to the reason for my blog apart from saying hello. I need to find the safest way of transporting my telescope because where I live is not the best place due to lots of pesky light pollution. What I would like is a padded bag of some kind that I can put over my shoulder to carry the telescope. The tripod can go in a rucksack.

Please can you let me know of your advice for transporting telescopes like mine and manufacturers of transporting cases/bags.

Many thanks in advance

[Nexus 6]

Hi Squiffi,

Have still got the foam from the box the scope came in? I used that when I did a search on line to find a site that would make one to my specs, cost around £70.00 it was for a Celestron 6se.

Try here http://www.samscases.co.uk

Hope that helps

Alan

[bcfcciderhead]

I found it hard to get a case for mine (skywatcher 130P) and like you have to travel to find a good site, not far just about 2 miles in the car, but was unhappy with the scope in the boot, so i bought a cricket bat/kit bag of ebay for £10, it's a metre long so the scope fits in nice, i then got a camping mat and cut it to fit all the inside sides of the bag held in place by velcro, i now have a nice padded bag that keeps the scope safe and stops it rolling around

[Astro_Baby]

Telescope service do bags but they aren't cheap.

[noakesy]

i had a carrying box made for my 200p , but for my 130 p i bought a plastic box from B&Q costing £30 , works well and water proof

[Squiffy]

Many thanks everyone, a DIY version sounds like the most practical and above all cheapest.

[E621Keith]

The Classic 80 will probably fit inside a Pelican 1500, where I keep my 80mm. For my 120mm, I just used a sleeping bag and wrapped it around the front where the lens is, before putting it into my rucksack, but that is partly becasue the 120mm did not come with any foam. I stored my Nexstar 6 with the original foam that came with the scope.

[rowan46]

would this be any use? Small Tripod Bag: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics