I have the single speed focuser and it really is a very, very nice upgrade. It's just a shame that you have to order it from the US of A & there's not a UK reseller, total time taken to fit was 20mins max. Why hell you are saving £159 alone for a top notch focuser. If you cannot justify buying a £349 focuser or your on a budget, this is the next best thing. The Moonlites do come with a Dovetail shoe for your finders, which I did not find with the GSO Focuser (but I do not use one anyway). Well, let me say this, if I had the budget for a Moonlite with a choice of colours to choose from to match your scope & you want a thing of beauty I would choose a Moonlite (you Moonlite owners know what I mean). Well how does this compare with a Moonlite:

I also think a positive thing, the focuser is rotatable by loosening the thumbscrew on the upper side of the focuser to your desired viewing position. The feel of it is solid and the drawtube movement is nice & smooth without play. It is really a nice CNC machined focuser with measurements marked on the drawtube. Now you've seen the pics, my impressions:Īctually I was quite surprised with the quality of the focuser & how easy it was to fit compared to my last encounter with my refractor. The focuser now screwed into the base adaptor (the M4 screws come supplied) įocuser also supports 2' accessories, also comes with a 1.25' adaptor

The underside of the focuser with locking & tension screws with it's 1' aluminium focus knobsįocuser adaptor tightened with a Rubber strap wrenchįocuser adaptor nicely tightened & flush with tube, no left over threads with this one. Well lets see how I got on, ordered on the 18th of this month, it was delivered today (25th). Delivery by Parcelforce Express 24 & Vat. it's focuser adaptor, USPS International Insured Tracking Delivery (not to be confused with UPS) + Customs & Excise your looking at £190.00 inc. Between the two focusers, the Moonlite retails at £349 inc. I thought i'll post this review up of my recently aquired Agena Astro GSO 10:1 Dual Speed Focuser for my C100ED.Īs I am trying to plan for a holiday, the budget for a Moonlite was out of the Window so to speak, so I decided to invest in a GSO 10:1 Dual Speed Crayford focuser for my Celestron 100ED.

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