Customer reviews
Great upgrade
Review by T. F. on 31.12.2020 14:17:18( 5 / 5 )
I've made a video review and live installation of this focuser on my 12" dobsonian telescope. Hope it helps if you buy a new focuser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh8OkfDoVrA&t
5*
Review by Tüsi on 02.03.2020 15:19:05( 5 / 5 )
Excellent, quality focuser with really really low profile.
I can get focus with my newtonian dobson + DSLR.
Had to drill 4 new holes to the tube, but worth it!
Much more better than my stock Omegon focuser (that was good tho).
Recommended!
Excelente
Review by Whitecat on 19.10.2013 16:26:25( 5 / 5 )
Encantado con su bajisimo perfil,alcanza foco perfectamente kon una DSLR y una rueda de filtros en un newton de 8" ,cerca del limite pero tiene enfoque,en mi caso tengo espacio incluso para una guia fuera de eje formato slim de menos de 10mm,robusta construccion probada, se mueve suavemente inkluso con 2.5 kg de peso.
Conclusion:Robusta construccion, alta tolerancia a la carga y Bajisimo perfil!!!
A good focuser with some caveats
Review by J. F. on 03.05.2025 11:40:19( 4 / 5 )
This is a good product, mechanically. It slides smoothly and easily and can be installed even on the old blue skywatchers - provided you also buy the separately sold adapter. A bit overpriced and I would have liked to see an option where you can buy just the barrel for a discount in order to fit the separate adapter, as it renders the original base useless. Or an option to buy the barrel WITH the adapter for the same (or similar) price instead of the standard base. Either would have been better than this which feels a little like sucking costumers dry.
The focuser also is fixed to the base or adapter using very small allen-head screws that can be difficult to apply. The screws are fixed horizontally to the place of the base, instead of vertically, and I feel this is an inferior method of securing the focuser as it is much more difficult to make sure the screws are positioned correctly and properly tightened without forcing the pieces. It feels like a choice designed to force users to use Omegon products rather than "mix and match".
Furthermore, both the base and adapter have weird protrusions that prevent the focuser from properly settling on the telescope tube. I suspect this is so the same base can be used for different telescope apertures, but it does leave considerable openings between the base/adapter and the tube, resulting in an extra, entirely unneeded source of light contamination. Considering this is a product advertised for astrophotography (thus the high load capacity and reduced profile), it's a bizarre choice to have the base fit in such a way.
ALSO, the focuser comes with no screws with which to fix the base to the telescope tube. Using your original screws results in unsecure mountings, since they will likely be too short to properly fix the higher profile of the base (not the focuser).
This, along with the price, which I feel is overpriced considering what you get (a problem for all crayford focusers, in my opinion), leads me to take out 1 stars from the total. I would have taken 2 were it not for the fact that these are the only focusers I could find that fit into the older telescope tubes and so _seem_ to serve a larger audience than other products on this store. The problems can be worked around but, especially for the issue with the screws, there really isn't a good reason for it to be an issue in the first place.
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