Stephen Prower
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Comet v Celestron
Ben
Recently, for some reason I checked out my upstairs pair of Celestron Nature 8x30 Porros for collimation, and they were out.
Today I was doing an inventory of optics, so I also checked out the downstairs pair of Celestrons: Out too.
As Bill Cook used to say, binoculars are sometimes out without the owner's ever realising: I am that man!
I then, with the discussion of 'Russian pattern' Comet 6x24 binoculars in the present thread in mind, turned with an added interest to a Comet AX11 7x30 that I have not yet given away.
However by the same checks that I applied to the Celestrons--essentially suspend accommodation, and then see if a double image appears--, the Comet was collimated.
Not a scientific comparison, and I don't forget my earlier 'disintegrating' Comet AX11 7x30.
But my experience illustrates that, at the cheap end of the market, as to quality standards, certainly in the matter of assembly, it can be a bit of a roller-coaster: the invariable 'supremacy' of a Western-branded Chinese optical product over a Chinese-branded ditto is not a given.
Stephen
Hi Binastro,
...The Comet binoculars I have seen are cheaply priced, moderate optically but not at all bad for the money, I have looked through worse, however, like many low priced Chinese offerings, it is virtually all plastic including the lens retainer rings, is the 6x24 the same ?...
Ben
Recently, for some reason I checked out my upstairs pair of Celestron Nature 8x30 Porros for collimation, and they were out.
Today I was doing an inventory of optics, so I also checked out the downstairs pair of Celestrons: Out too.
As Bill Cook used to say, binoculars are sometimes out without the owner's ever realising: I am that man!
I then, with the discussion of 'Russian pattern' Comet 6x24 binoculars in the present thread in mind, turned with an added interest to a Comet AX11 7x30 that I have not yet given away.
However by the same checks that I applied to the Celestrons--essentially suspend accommodation, and then see if a double image appears--, the Comet was collimated.
Not a scientific comparison, and I don't forget my earlier 'disintegrating' Comet AX11 7x30.
But my experience illustrates that, at the cheap end of the market, as to quality standards, certainly in the matter of assembly, it can be a bit of a roller-coaster: the invariable 'supremacy' of a Western-branded Chinese optical product over a Chinese-branded ditto is not a given.
Stephen