Eyepiece reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 154 Reddit reviews across 4 subreddits and 73 posts to rank the best Eyepiece brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/telescopes, r/Astronomy_Help, r/Binoculars, r/Astronomy. Top-rated brands include SvBony (4.3/5), Baader (4.2/5), Svbony (3.8/5).
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Brands40
Products92
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#1
SvBony
4.3
(18)
"Those are the best eyepiece for the money."
"Very nice eyepieces for a good price."
"Would be excellent."
"I like the Svbony Redline series for this scope."
"I purchased: - Barlow x2 - 20 mm redline - 9 mm redline - 6 mm redline."
"Check the SVbony 3-8mm zoom, you can tune the magnification up or down according to actual local seeing."
"Lowest budget one would be Svbony 26mm SWA."
"I have that Svbony 32mm Plossl and it's good."
"SVBony Red-Line 20mm is very good - it has virtually no kidney beaning."
"Better is a 6mm SvBony Redline eyepiece."
#2
Baader
4.2
(15)
"Baader Morpheus 12.5 would be an option if you don't need exactly 11, and is very highly regarded."
"Morpheus is pretty much the widest AFOV, longest eye relief, high quality eyepiece line."
"12.5mm Baader Morpheus would be excellent with 78° AFOV for lower price than TeleVue."
"If you need shorter focal lengths and long eye relief I’d check out the Baader Morpheus lineup."
"So with Baader Morpheus line now discounted at £185 there's no contest."
"I bit the bullet and purchased a baader zoom with the baader Barlow designed for it."
"I have the Baader, and I‘m quite satisfied with it."
"I have the Baader, and I‘m quite satisfied with it."
"It’s not a bad eyepiece to have in your arsenal."
"I like my Hyperion Baader Zoom eyepiece."
#3
Svbony
3.8
(16)
"I was able to see both M82 and M82 in the same fov!"
"Great value for money."
"Svbony sells at my go-to telescope shop. Good bang for the buck. Great quality."
"The Svbony 135 is great value for money."
"32mm Plössl would give the lowest magnification/widest possible view at which bad optics wouldn't be issue."
"I’d recommend starting with an svbony set."
"Stick to the redline series by svbony: they're cheap but of reliable quality."
"Generally look at svbony redline 6mm that is budget friendly and will give you x150."
"The SVBony SV152 20mm is solid and good value."
"I’d check out the Svbony which gets good user reviews."
#4
Explore Scientific
4.4
(11)
"I’d suggest the explore scientific 3” 100 degree eyepiece."
"I have a set (4) of explore scientific 82° EPs along with a set of cheap svbony redlines."
"If you want to step it up a notch, the ES82's are very good."
"The 30mm 82deg in my 8" SCT is excellent, and has sufficient relief for glasses."
"I've got my eye on the Explore scientific 82 degree 14mm eyepiece for general purpose DSO viewing, do you think this would be a decent choice?"
"I just saw explore scientific eyepieces are on sale."
"I have a range of ES eyepieces and they're great."
"Explore Scientific is the best of those overall."
"Other high-quality brands that are a step down in price are Explore Scientific, Pentax, APM, and Baader."
"I would get 20 - 30 mm for wide angle. 30/82."
#5
Celestron
4.2
(11)
"I would pick a 9mm and a 5mm Celestron X-cel LX."
"If I could only pick out two eyepieces, I'd pick the Celestron Omni 35mm and the 8-24mm Celestron zoom eyepieces."
"If I could only pick out two eyepieces, I'd pick the Celestron Omni 35mm and the 8-24mm Celestron zoom eyepieces."
"Or a 5mm Celestron X-Cel LX."
"I suggest buying... a Celestron 8mm-24mm zoom eyepiece for $97."
"The Celestron eyepieces you have are quite decent, and with the barlow they should get you started quite fine."
"For planets that 7mm Celestron should be quite good. Should give about 170x"
"Get some good budget eyepieces of a range of focal lengths from a range like Celestron X Cel LX."
"I'd look into Celestron X-Cel LX and Astro-Tech Paradigms."
"Low/mid range might be: Celestron, Orion, Astro-Tech, BST/Agena, Omegon, and GSO."
#6
GSO
3.8
(10)
"The GSO 30mm ultrawide is great for wide objects."
"For eyepieces a 2" GSO Superview 30mm for DSO's."
"2" GSO 30mm Superview."
"GSO Superview 30mm is a budget buy."
"The GSO SuperViews should work fine if you need a 40mm or 30mm."
"The GSO Superview eyepieces are seventy five bucks at Agena, and work well for relatively inexpensive eyepieces."
"The [30mm GSO Superview](https://www.firstlightoptics.com/stellalyra-eyepieces/stellalyra-30mm-2-superview-eyepiece.html) is 65GBP from FLO if going max budget."
"GSO 30mm SuperView would be £64 separately."
"GSO 30mm SuperView is about closest to decent."
"GSO 30mm SuperView is about closest to decent and comes with GSO built Apertura AD/Zhumell Z."
#7
Tele Vue
4.6
(8)
"Eyepieces from Tele Vue, Baader, Takahashi, Vixen and Zeiss will help you break the bank but provide stunning views."
"If budget isn't an issue, the best EPs are Televue... closely followed by Pentax, Baader Morpheus, Takahashi, etc"
"Best eye pieces I ever had were telvue."
"Televue Naglers are very well regarded, very popular, and very well corrected for an 82° wide field."
"For planetary viewing I want sharpness, contrast and a flat field and I am wil... For that I like the Tele Vue Nagler."
"The ultra-high end is dominated by TeleVue and to an extent Nikon."
"You can get an eyepiece that's 95% as good as a televue for a third or less the price."
"I don't like the current ~82 degree offerings for this reason. Tele Vue Nagler Type 6s have an annoying level."
#8
APM
4.5
(6)
"It has long glasses friendly eye relief and also AFOV is comfortable."
"Run, don't walk. The 100 degree APM XWA's are on sale... They are all outstanding."
"I have the APM XWA 13mm and 9mm (100°), and I love them."
"I'm using 2 of my 5 relatively good or at least okay eyepieces for 90% or more of the whole observing time: APM 100° XWA 13mm and 9mm."
"My high power piece (APM XWA 5mm) has a huge 110° FOV and is great for this."
"Folks on cloudynights.com eyepiece forum have good things to say about it."
#9
SVBony
4.6
(5)
"I mostly use the SVBony SV191 for looking at planets with my mak."
"The Svbony has been getting great user reviews. It’s well built and keenly priced."
"The Svbony zoom gets great user reviews and is very reasonably priced."
"Recommendation for the Svbony zoom which is well built, gets great user reviews and is keenly priced."
"Something like 9mm Svbony "Red ring" would give wider view at little bit higher magnification."
#10
X-Cel
4.2
(5)
"AliExpress is legit. I've ordered X-cels and Orion eyepieces, no problem."
"I got XCels as my first EPs and they made a huge difference to the stock that came with my 10” DOB."
"I was able to score my 9mm and 27mm X-Cels for $75 new and have been very impressed with them."
"X-cels are great."
"They seem to have the best eye relief of any premium eyepieces."
#11
Goldline
4.0
(5)
"Goldline family of eyepieces are the kings of budget eyepiece."
"Goldline 9 mm isn’t bad."
"Add some smaller focal length eyepeice like goldline 6mm."
"I would upgrade the planetary to a 6mm Goldline."
"I bought a 6mm gold line for about 30 euro and that was a great upgrade."
#12
Astro-Tech
4.5
(4)
"The astrotech 82 degree 28 is fantastic. Like looking through a portal into space."
"The go-to choices for premium low power eyepieces for dobs are the 28mm 82° UWA... and the 30mm 70° Ultra Flat Field... both excellent quality."
"I’d also recommend... the Astro-Tech 1.25" Paradigm Dual EDs."
"The best ~$200 eyepiece around that focal length is the 82° 28mm Astro-Tech."
#13
Agena
4.0
(4)
"5mm - Agena 1.25" Starguider Dual ED or Astro-Tech 1.25" Paradigm Dual ED, 60º, about $70 USD."
"Is a good value."
"Agena Starguide ED/Astro-tech Paradigm EDs would be good medium AFOV eyepieces for those focal lengths."
"12mm is a nice 2mm exit pupil that balances view brightness with magnification."
#14
BST
4.0
(3)
"I have some BST starguider eyepieces that seem pretty good and are only £55."
"If you want more magnification the BST Starguider/Paradigm Dual ED line has a 3.2mm."
"I like this one slightly better."
#15
Skywatcher
3.3
(3)
"I'd recommend one that has a focal length of 5 or 6mm, at least 50° AFOV and eye relief that is acceptable for you."
"Skywatcher's 10mm MA eyepiece isn't brilliant but it should give better views than you describe."
"Upgrade that eyepiece - your eyeballs deserve better views than what Skywatcher is dishing out!"
#16
Apertura
4.5
(2)
"I ended up with a 20mm Apertura SWA eyepiece and... gives a nice wide view."
"I ended up with a 20mm Apertura SWA eyepiece and a Starguilder dual ED 5mm."
#17
Redline
4.0
(2)
"I have a 9mm Redline and I love this eyepiece for planetary."
"I can recommend the Redline 6mm and 9mm eyepieces."
#18
Paradigm
4.0
(2)
"Paradigm ED is well known good lower budget eyepiece."
"The 5mm Paradigm is great eyepiece for that scope."
#19
Orion
4.0
(2)
"For planets I use the Orion Edge On 5mm and the 9mm."
"32mm Orion Q70 is on sale and the best value in this class of eyepiece."
#20
AstroTech
4.0
(2)
"AstroTech PF series or the Paradigms are great, but only go to about 5mm."
"I’d look at the AstroTech UWA line over the Luminos."
#21
Televue
5.0
(1)
"Get a televue 6mm ethos sx eyepiece."
#22
Baader Morpheus
5.0
(1)
"I love my Baader Morpheus set, the 4.5, 9, and 12.5 get the most use."
#23
Leica
5.0
(1)
"The Leica 25-50 zoom eyepiece is considered one of, if not the best, zoom eyepieces."
#24
Astro Tech
5.0
(1)
"May I suggest the Astro Tech XWA 7mm. It can be adjusted to a 2" or 1.25" barrel."
#25
Nagler
5.0
(1)
"My 7mm Nagler is great."
#26
ES
5.0
(1)
"You'd need to spend some serious money on the ES 24mm 68 degree eyepiece."
#27
XS
5.0
(1)
"I picked up a set of these xs super wide eyepieces 3 x 2" , 3 x 1.25 , was very happy with them."
#28
Pentax
4.0
(1)
"You could go for it and get a 7mm xw Pentax."
#29
Sky-Rover
4.0
(1)
"I would get the 30mm Sky-Rover UFF."
#30
XcelLX
4.0
(1)
"My second eyepiece purchase was a 25mm XcelLX eyepiece."
#31
BSD
4.0
(1)
"I quickly replaced it with a BSD Starguider, which only cost £15 more at £55."
#32
Astrotech
4.0
(1)
"The Astrotech paradigm 3.2mm is a good option."
#33
Meade
4.0
(1)
"I would recommend starting with Meade HD-60s, Goldline/Redline, or Paradigm eyepieces."
#34
X-Cel LX
4.0
(1)
"The X-Cel LX or Starguider at 25mm would give a modest improvement."
#35
Starguider
4.0
(1)
"The X-Cel LX or Starguider at 25mm would give a modest improvement."
#36
Hyperion
4.0
(1)
"Hyperion is said to be better quality."
#37
Williams Optics
4.0
(1)
"I recently purchased a Williams Optics Bin."
#38
BHZ
4.0
(1)
"The BHZ Barlow combination along with a low power wide angle eyepiece is a great minimalist combination."
#39
Zoom Eyepiece
4.0
(1)
"7-21mm zoom. Offers many powers in one eyepiece."
#40
Tecnosky
3.0
(1)
"Tecnosky Planetary ED would be same as well known Agena Starguider ED/AstroTech Paradigm ED. But price is pretty high for just 60° AFOV."
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