Overall Rating: 8 Weight: 3 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 07/28/2001 02:46:17 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.244.133) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=40111
>The relative ratings of this scope and the Meade ETX70 have made me cynical about ratings. A side-by-side comparison of the Bushnell Voyager to the ETX70 made me want to call up Meade and scream. Nevertheless, the ETX70 is credited with spectacular optics, and the Bushnell Voyager is panned. One reviewer on another site even declared that he saw gull wings around stars in the star test. I saw no such effect. > >Very well, this isn't the greatest scope in the world, but it is fine for its target market: casual family viewing. The low-power eyepiece yields a very fine wide view - much broader than the view in the ETX90 at comparable magnification. At 100 power, it reveals surface detail on Jupiter, and shows Saturn clearly. The beloved ETX70 blurs out far below 100 power, and for $150.00 more, it never showed the rings of Saturn in my experience. (That's pretty damning, IMHO.) > >At $180.00, there's nothing cheaper that shows as much as the Voyager. It has no snob appeal. It's not for the serious amateur. It's for the casual family, and it's well-targeted. Uhh...why did you post this on the Bushnell Voyager page?
Overall Rating: 9 Optics:8 Mount:10 Ease of Use:9 Value:10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 05/03/2006 04:46:30 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.4.123) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=504069
Overall Rating: 8 Optics:8 Mount:10 Ease of Use:10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 12/28/2004 03:14:20 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.153.126) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=410411
>Whlie being my first telescope I don't have much to compare it to. And also being quite studious I got really into the lingo of what I need to look out for in a telescope. While it does suffer from sphericial aberration (about 10% around the edges) I was able to bring up Saturn on my first night out. While still small it did show differations in the clouds (dimly and not much difference in colors) and it didn't show the Cassini Division. I've also noticed that this scope's specs say it's 4.5" but mine is 3". I also I couldn't get the barlow to focus on it. I should have tried practicing against the moon since it was just yesterday that it was full. For being quite the novice and getting this for Christmas I'm quite happy with how performs. I got this telescope(at least I think it's the 4.5" Bushnell Voyager Reflector)from a friend and gave it away to another friend.Sounds like performance is similar to my NGC-60...but this telescope is bigger...nearly 2 whole inches bigger...it is probably better for deep-sky objects.
Overall Rating: 8 Optics:7 Mount:7 Ease of Use:9 Value:9 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 04/09/2004 07:04:14 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.253.1) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=352589
Overall Rating: 8 Optics:6 Mount:6 Ease of Use:10 Value:10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 03/06/2004 08:57:10 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.33.6) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=345390
Overall Rating: 10 Optics:9 Mount:10 Ease of Use:10 Value:10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 02/24/2002 05:09:06 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.205.47) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=70075
Overall Rating: 8 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 06/23/2001 07:08:41 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.104.42) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=40110
Overall Rating: 1 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 03/09/2001 07:22:16 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.20.224) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=40008
Overall Rating: 1 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 02/01/2001 04:25:34 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.182.110) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=40007
Overall Rating: 9 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 01/07/2001 11:27:37 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.96.210) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=40006
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