Celestron Ultima Barlow 2x

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Celestron Ultima Barlow 2x
Very good barlow especially considering the price. Quality and optics compare very similar to a TeleVue 3x barlow I owned but it's short length is much more convenient and it is less expensive.

Overall Rating: 10
Optics:10 Value:10
Weight: 10 (Trustworthy Vote)
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Celestron Ultima Barlow 2x
This is the best 1 1/4" 2 X barlow on the market today. Yes not even tv outdose this one. & at a really great price!

Overall Rating: 10
Optics:10 Value:10
Weight: 10 (Trustworthy Vote)
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Celestron Ultima Barlow 2x
Simply the best barlow on the market today. Just $80 for a 3-element apo barlow lense is a great deal, I find no reason to spent the extra money on TV's, although they are equally good performers. I rountinely see these in the case's of fellow astronomers more than any other 2x barlow. Great value, have owned mine for 5+ years.

Overall Rating: 10
Optics:10 Value:10
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
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Celestron Ultima Barlow 2x
I've had this barlow for about 4 years and have used it in a few different scopes, a Celestron C8, Celestron C9.25, Meade ETX90, and a very nice, older, made in Japan, Celestron firstscope 80. Put briefly, I don't think there's a substantially better standard barlow on the market right now. I don't know that it outperforms the TV barlows, but I don't think they clearly outperform it, either. The TV Powermates are a slightly different bird, not being a standard barlow, but I'd bet the Celestron Ultima Barlow would hold its own quite well against them, though perhaps not quite equal them, though I've not tested this myself. I found it clearly better-- sharper, better contrast, and less light scatter-- than an Orion variable strength barlow I've got. It feels very nice, too... well put together, substantial, and well machined. Eyepieces are pleasingly snug in the barlow, though not to the point of causing difficulty putting them in or taking them out. The only cause of concern for me is that the lens itself is very close to the end of the tube, exposing it to possibly being touched or scratched inadvertantly. I've never scratched mine, but have accidentally touched the lens with my fingers a few times and had to clean it off with a lenspen (a great accessory everyone should have!). A small concern, and inevitable, I suppose, with a short barlow, but it should be pointed out. Other than that, I can recommend this barlow with absolutely no reservations. Wonderful, especially for the price.

Overall Rating: 9
Optics:8 Value:9
Weight: 5 (Veritable Vote)
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Celestron Ultima Barlow 2x
I have both the Ultima 2x and the UO Klee 2.8x and comparing the two, I prefer the view throught the Ultima. I have seen annoying ghost images mostly on Jupiter using the same eyepieces thru the Klee compared to none withe the Ultima and an overall crisper image thru the Ultima. The Klee is physically smaller, although the Ultima has a nice rubberized ring around the barrel I find comfortable on cold nights.
Unless you just need the xtra magnification from the Klee, I would go with the Ultima.

Overall Rating: 9
Optics:9 Value:8
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
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Celestron Ultima Barlow 2x
Very high quality build as you would expect but the optics are several steps above what you would normally get for it's price. The Ultima can stand beside ANY high-end quality barlow and be proud. It's that good. With the Ultima up for grabs, one wonders why some simple two element barlows can comand the prices they do.

Overall Rating: 10
Optics:10 Value:10
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
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Celestron Ultima Barlow 2x
This one is no surprise (the word on the street is true) : excellent in all aspects! Best upgrade I could get for my eyepieces (ortho, Hyperion, Plössl...) It actually makes my old Kellners (digged in the show box to find those) almost usable by reducing or even getting ride of a lot of their abberations! Cool.
It does create extra reflections in my Meade SP4000 (12.4mm) but I believe this is from the Meade itself.

Evaluation was done using a 114mm f7.9 Newton, a 200mm f6.0 Dob and a Celestron C80 ED on occasion.

Overall Rating: 9
Optics:9 Value:9
Weight: 5 (Veritable Vote)
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