Jerry S., 22 inch UC owner in Copperopolis, California - May 7, 2010

I had the Whirlpool in my sights tonight for the first time and it was a spectacular view. I'm looking forward to getting up to the Sierras after Memorial Day (passes are still closed!) so I can do as you suggested and see what a difference DARK makes!"
Jerry S.

Jürgen Breitung, 22" UC owner in Germany - May 22, 2010

Unfortunately the last days in Germany were cloudy, cold and rainy. But last night I had  first light with the 22" Obsession UC in my backyard. Even with quarter moon and light pollution of nearby city Bad Kreuznach the 22" performed like a "starlight vacuum cleaner". M 13 was resolved into the core with 20mm Nagler but Hercules itself was hard to detect with naked eyes standing right over the city. In M97 the eyes were seen even under these conditions. I m looking forward for really dark skies. The scope is moving buttery easy and has an appearance more like a classic 18 incher. I have had an 16" self-made and 18" commercial Dobsonian with a couple of drawbacks but the overall mechanic execution of the Obsession 22" UC looks and feels more Mercedes or BMW like. Thanks Dave for this wonderful tool. Last night at 4:00 AM I finished my first session with a german Weizen Beer. Even my wife Ulrike says that this scope is the final choice for me and I agree.

Paul Johnson, 22" UC owner in Perth, Australia - August 13, 2010

G'day Dave, Last night I finally got my 22" Ultra Compact out to a dark site. I am happy to report that it fully lived up to all expectations - the optics, build quality, and electronics. Once the two star alignment was done, the telescope tracked accurately all night and it was able to find every object that I asked for.

Many of my old favorite objects look different through this new telescope due to the extra detail and the amazing number of stars coming into view around them. Globular clusters were resolved to the core as promised and I have never had planetary nebula's appear so bright in an eyepiece. I saw more galaxy's in the one night than I have ever seen before in my old scope - and averted vision was not needed.

Everyone in the group that I went out viewing with last night wanted to have a look to compare it with their view and they were all very impressed.

Thanks for producing such a high quality device. I am sure that this telescope will give me a lifetime of enjoyment.

Best regards, Paul Johnson

Paul Koller, 22" UC owner in southern Austria - August 26, 2010

Dave, let me thank You for making this absolutely portable big scope. It is really impressive and gives soooo bright views! This is it, I was always dreaming of!! It will last many, many nights to look for all the possible objects I can reach with this giant. As a guide for the future I got now THE NIGHT SKY OBSERVER´S GUIDE Vol 1 + 2 + 3 (William Bell Inc., USA) -> so the potential of the instrument is necessary to find all the listed objects.
With the help of ServoCat GoTo and the ArgoNavis DSC it's really fun to jump from one object to the next. For me visual observing has got now a new dimension. I can find soo many different targets in short time, there is no problem to make public viewing and tracking of objects gives the easy possibility to use high magnifications.

Greetings from one that is now really obsessed !

Paul Koller (:o)))
"Emberger Alm" in southern Austria