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 Telrad Finder Sight December 9, 2008
Douglas Overman (San Luis Obispo, CA)
This product made my telescope incredibly more user friendly. I would recommend this to anyone using a non-goto scope. If you know even just a few constellations, you can find many objects that you could not find before. The variable intensity is worth it alone.
 OH NO, This thing is HUGE! It Doesn't need to be this HUGE! November 28, 2008
M. Zietlow (SD USA)
The Telrad Finder works very well for what its design to do. My beef with this finder is the enormous size of it. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THIS HUGE! The unit is 8.5" Long by 4.5" Tall at the sight. When you open the unit to put the batteries in you see a cavernous body of wasted space. I'll need to take my Camera mount off just to fit trhis unit. If your scope is less than 15" long (ie ETX 125 is too small), I would pass this finder up. It's strictly for the BIG BOYS. I did some measuring of the wasted space and it could be re designed down to 4" x 3" with absolutely no loss in optics or finding ability. If you have a small personal telescope, I'd search for RED DOT finders.
cycleguy September 30, 2008
Larrb (Spring Hill, fl.)
Worked great first time out of box.Easy to adjust to a fine point.A SUPER little product. Had to cut the base to fit to our scope and this was easy and caused no problems. Would reccomend to anyone.
Telrad is still king September 13, 2008
Jeffery Delmas (Huntsville, AL USA)
If your telescope is large enough for a Telrad (it's about 10" long), there is no better reflex sight on the market at comparable prices. Cheaper "Red-Dot" finders only display a single dot, which actually interferes with your target! The Telrad's three concentric rings are 1/2deg, 2deg, and 4deg. The 1/2deg center ring correponds with the typical field of view of most amateur telescopes. And because it's a ring and not a dot, you can still see the target planet, star, or object in its center.
The Telrad's adjustment controls are large and easy to reach. And finally, it uses two standard, low-cost AA batteries, which assures long life - as long as you remember to turn it off after observing!
I don't think the pulse kit is much help. Get it if you like that sort of thing.
Telrad Finder Sight July 28, 2008
G. Pugh (Atlanta Ga.)
Very , very nice .
This should be your first accessory for your new scope .
Take the finder scope that came with your scope and chunk in the woods .
If you can see your target look through the bullseye in the Telrad and it is in your eyepiece .It's that easy .
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