5 Luxury Telescope Brands ROBBING You Blind (And 3 That Are Actually Worth It)

Two four-inch refractors sitting on the same shelf, same Japanese glass from the same supplier, and one costs $600 more because of the badge on the tube. That's the luxury telescope business in one picture. I'm naming five brands charging you for the name, and three where your money actually reaches the glass. In here: the $4,899 smart telescope built around a 114mm mirror, the same diameter as the department store junk I laugh at earlier in the video. Also the resale test, which sorts this out faster than any spec sheet. Post a used Takahashi and it's gone in two or three days at 85 to 90 percent of retail. The luxury names on this list sit for weeks at sixty cents on the dollar. Plus four checks that work on any scope, including the price-per-millimeter-of-aperture math that kills most badge premiums on the spot. Timestamps 0:00 Same glass, different badge 2:02 William Optics, paying for trim 3:50 Four checks before buying 6:00 Unistellar, the worst offender 7:55 Losmandy, actually worth it 9:47 The one-sentence takeaway Nobody paid to be on this list and no brand gets a vote in the rankings, which is the only reason it's worth your time. Subscribe if that's the kind of gear coverage you want. And tell me in the comments what you're using and what you paid, because some of the best finds on this channel started there. Business & contact: trilliondollarskycontact@gmail.com #telescopes #astronomy #stargazing #astrophotography #telescopereview