Any comments on KONUS?

[chrisyeo]

Has anyone heard/used a Konus telescope before?

They seem to offer rather attractively priced scopes and their 10" newt seems to have good reviews.

[Quasar]

Wow chris, u seem 2b catching on aperture fever quite quickly! Heh, I think the main problem with these babies is that their equatorial drives are HEAVY, so u end up spending lots of $$$ shipping counterweights.

Also a factor is the lack of dealers to purchase it from, even in the US, since not all of them willing to ship overseas. I think www.adorama.com does entertain foreign order though, and they stock or at least deal in konus i believe.

[VinSnr]

Has anyone heard/used a Konus telescope before?

They seem to offer rather attractively priced scopes and their 10" newt seems to have good reviews.

It's another skywatcher/Syntha clone....

[chrisyeo]

Quasar wrote:

u seem 2b catching on aperture fever quite quickly!

No no, I'm not planning to buy but it was the only review I came across.

VinSnr wrote:

It's another skywatcher/Syntha clone....

I take this to mean that their optics are as reliable as skywatcher? Thanks.. that's what I was asking..

[VinSnr]

I take this to mean that their optics are as reliable as skywatcher? Thanks.. that's what I was asking..

sort of. They are the same as skywatchers. Basically from the ROC.

I think Samuel is selling it....

[Jim McGill]

Hi,

Vin is right to say Konus is similar to Sky-Watcher products.

For McGill's latest promotion, the 10" Sky-Watcher Dob is only available at $1,300 (nett). Home delivery is optional at only $15. But it's really a monster, so you shld consider how you're going to store it first!

Details not yet uploaded to our company website. Delivery period: Around 2 weeks.

Thanks.

Dark Skies,
Jim, McGill
www.mcgill.com.sg