Meade Plossl 9mm Illuminated Reticle Telescope Eyepiece 1.25 Inch Wireless

Comments about Meade Plossl 9mm Illuminated Reticle Telescope Eyepiece 1.25 Inch Wireless:

The eyepiece does the job to align and calibrate your goto's etc. and will help tracking your objects as you take pictures. However, I was disappointed in the quality of the optics and as it was mentioned in previous reviews the switch on the light is at best of poor construction if you turn it to its mechanical off stop it will make contact and the diode will be on at very low light; this will deplete your batteries. The Lenses had some smudge on it.
Overall, we use it for alignment / setup of our telescopes, it is precise and save us time.

Comments about Meade Plossl 9mm Illuminated Reticle Telescope Eyepiece 1.25 Inch Wireless:

Works really well for manual guiding or goto alignment. The led lighting is adjustable and the battery seems to last forever. I accidentally left it on after a night of observing and two days later it was shining away.

Comments about Meade Plossl 9mm Illuminated Reticle Telescope Eyepiece 1.25 Inch Wireless:

Works well!!!

Comments about Meade Plossl 9mm Illuminated Reticle Telescope Eyepiece 1.25 Inch Wireless:

I'm sure it will come in handy when the ETX 60 I ordered in May finally arrives sometime in August, however, for now, I think I will use it in my 12" Lightbridge like a laser pointer to highlight distant objects like specific stars (I bought one for my mother for Christmas) or Pluto for friends and family who want to take a look.

Comments about Meade Plossl 9mm Illuminated Reticle Telescope Eyepiece 1.25 Inch Wireless:

This is a very low quality product in almost every respect. The illumination is either non-existent or overwhelming. It's impossible to accurately center for polar alignment because there's no way to know exactly what center is. The on/off switch for the illumination is of poor quality. The eye cup is cheap and useless. I would avoid this product because it is of very low quality.