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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pluraldave" data-source="post: 3555924" data-attributes="member: 137312"><p>I think he means the BST Starguider/Explorer which are sold in the US as Orion Epic II ED, Astrotech Paradigm, and Agena Astro Starguider. I've used the 5, 8 and 12mm and would say that they are just as good as the more expensive Explore Scientific 68 degree eyepieces but not as good as the Pentax XL/XW eyepieces (but when you can get 5 Starguiders for the same price as one XW you wouldn't expect them to be). Before I owned Pentax eyepieces the 12mm Starguider was my usual choice. It's a nice lightweight eyepiece with a comfortable twist up eyecup and easy on eye placement. There is a 25mm which might compete with the 26mm ES62 although I have read that the 25mm isn't quite on par with the rest so the 12, 15 and 18 are probably the best ones to try.</p></blockquote><p></p>