Telescopes.

[Born Hunter 17,751]

1 minute ago, Kerny92 said:

Tbf a good pair of binoculars is the way to go for a lot of folk, give a way bigger field of view and unrivalled clarity.

And are f***ing useful for any outdoorsman generally.

[ChrisJones 7,975]

9 minutes ago, Born Hunter said:

I don't know much about telescopes but I'd say once you have seen the rings of Saturn, moons of Jupiter, a comet and the moon in detail there ain't very much a terrestrial telescope can show you of great interest. Few star clusters perhaps.

Imo the most 'wow' you can get for your money is with the mark one eyeball in an area with little light pollution and cloud.

Not that that should stop anyone getting into astronomy. Just depends what their objectives are from it is my point I think.

That's a fair one Born.

We've been very happy with our choice of Vortex binoculars at this point but my sons have all download skywatcher type apps onto their Android devices and it's making the process a lot of fun.

I don't mind having a punt on something decent but the idea of dropping a lot of money into something that could be used to hang coats over makes me hang back a bit a research a little further.

2 minutes ago, Kerny92 said:

They are Canadian and do have a US market.

True but our beloved president is ensuring that that market should be limited in favour of other manufacturers.

[ChrisJones 7,975]

Just now, Born Hunter said:

And are f***ing useful for any outdoorsman generally.

Should be standard issue if you go outside. Especially in a place where you could be on the menu... Like Cornwall.

[Kerny92 1,246]

1 minute ago, downsouth said:

Ultimate boys toy?Ive heard of Motorbikes,quads,jetskies,speed boats,guns and all sorts of other stuff described like that but never a f***ing telescope.

Been there and done that.....

[Kerny92 1,246]

1 minute ago, Born Hunter said:

And are f***ing useful for any outdoorsman generally.

Not with some of the gret things on sale nowadays unless you have arms like Popeye.....