Me???? Any of them really except the Leupold ones. They are too expensive and not that well made. Edges of the felt pad wear to quickly exposing down to the rubber tip and they leave streak shadows on glass. The tip assembly falls off with the slightest amount of side flexion.
Burris Bushnell Nikon Even the wally world ones are better than the lupy ones.
Today's big mission...
Find a new lense pen. Have had this Burris one for 2years The dry rub stuff supposedly on the sponge inside the cap is beginning to Peter out. Taking 2 or 3 times hitting a lens to get it clean Instead of the normal 1 to 2.
Do any of you breathe a fog on the lens before the 1st cleaning inward to outward edge cleaning???
What about brush use on the opposite side of the lens pen to knock dust or whatever off. I always blow air on the lens as hard as I can to blow stuff out before lightly using the brush. Thats only if the brush is needed before the lense pad cleaning session.
I'm pretty ocd about cleaning the lense on my scoped wpns at the end of a hunting day.
Today is a down day from hitting the woodline.
Thoughts on lens pens????
Bytches Gripes Complaints.
Positive input???
Discuss????
Sockpuppeteer input???? Cause you didlo,s probably don't know what a lens pen is to fuuuuking begin with anyways.... You jackwagons can just Google fu up some "nuggets of knowledge" and post like you actually have hands on experience.
16 bucks? For a little bit of lens juice and a sponge on a stick? 😬
I never used mine lot, even when I was using the scope regularly... mostly just for the little finder. I avoid cleaning the primary as much as possible... dust isn't permanent, but scuffs on glass are.
I like compressed air, followed by the soft brush end of a Leupy lens pen (blow the brush out too), another blast of air on the glass, and then a disposable Ziess wipe/wetnap if it needs it.
Anybody coat their lenses with non-static stuff to keep dust at bay?. Seems like I've heard of fabric softener or some such thing, but never tried it. I fight more dust than I do dirt/mud/smudges.
Blow the big chunks off, fog the lense and wipe with a piece of discarded T-shirt. 100% cotton, ribbed. Alcohol pads work but I’m not sure about compatibility with coatings. But blow the big chunks off before anything else.
Well..... Gotta go scrub the Va Jay Jay and brush the fangs. And then off on the great lens pen hunt...
Hopefully by the time I check this thread again. Maybe some sockpuppeteers will have chimed in on it and blessed us all with some interesting factoids and their experience with lens pens!!!
Renegade50: Leupold lens pens work pretty well for me on the RARE occasions I use them - dittos for the Nikon lens pens. I carry one in my VarmintMobiles jockey box. I more often use my squeeze air bulb fine bristle brushes and then Zeiss lens cleaning solution and Kodak lense cleaning tissue to finish. I use GREAT care in cleaning all my optics lenses (spotting scopes, binoculars, laser range finders, cameras and Rifle scopes). Dust is a big problem in the regions I Hunt and I much prefer to air blow the dust away before any cleaning is done - and I prefer to do that cleaning back at home in my gun room. I take along the "lens brushes" mostly for my visiting Hunting mates - I am often stunned at the amount of gray dust that has accumulated on my friends optic lenses. They notice and appreciate the improved clarity after cleaning. I even have another spare lens pen in my "range gear box". The lens pens are useful but NOT my first choice for lens cleaning and coating protecting. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
slumloud: You are not funny - you are stupid! And you never seem to pass up ANY opportunity to prove your stupidity! Worthless. Sheesh. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
slumloud: You are not funny - you are stupid! And you never seem to pass up ANY opportunity to prove your stupidity! Worthless. Sheesh. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
Mister Dale Gibbons you are old and queer, and never go outside. Get someone to change your loaded diaper.
Post of pic your favorite lens pen, or shut your rotten pie hole.
slumloud: You are not funny - you are stupid! And you never seem to pass up ANY opportunity to prove your stupidity! Worthless. Sheesh. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
You go out of your to mention something toward me, obviously I love under the bed in your nightmares.
Mister Dale Gibbons you are old and queer, and never go outside. Get someone to change your loaded diaper.
Post of pic your favorite lens pen, or shut your rotten pie hole.
slumloud: You are not funny - you are stupid! And you never seem to pass up ANY opportunity to prove your stupidity! Worthless. Sheesh. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
Mister Dale Gibbons you are old and queer, and never go outside. Get someone to change your loaded diaper.
Post of pic your favorite lens pen, or shut your rotten pie hole.
Oh my.....
Slumlord and Varmintguy at it again.
Who woulda seen that coming over a lense pen thread.
I have several of the Leupold version and they’ve done well for me. I blow the dust off, then gently use the brush. I give the little cup a couple of twists in its cap and then I fog the lens. Then I gently use the little cup to clean the lens. If I still have streaks on the lens, I’ll fog it again and use the cup again. I use little circles with the pen starting at the center of the lens, moving out toward the edge.
I bought a couple of the Leopolds when they were 8-9 bucks. I've used one them and it worked OK for getting water marks etc off the lenses. I figure they eventually get loaded with trash & grit and should be tossed like a disposable lighter.
I suspect they're all made in the same Chinese factory who stamps the name of whoever orders them. I keep an old lens pen around and use the little brush to get dust off the lens before wiping them with Zeiss lens wipes. Seems to work best for me.
Any mofo that uses a lense pen just ain’t outdoors that much
Everyone takes care of their tools differently. Some clean and polish before and after use. Others just do basic maintenance, like wiping off before putting away, many just put them away and only clean when they don't preform correctly. Guns are tools and the same attention is given, by each group.
And still no sockpuppet maseypoo one responds. Or other campfire d bag extraordinaires that live vicariously on the web..
Gee ...
The only reason I started the rather seemingly mundane thread was a chance to do the
"That's it Mister off you go to ignore" deal for a specifically targeted audience.
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Arrrrrgh......
P.S.....
Camera shop on Madison Street had......
Leupold ones for 17.99... And they had a dust coating on em. Been hanging on the rack for god knows how long. Probably the better quality ones they sold a decade ago. JFC.......
I've got a camera lens kit in my camera bag. Nice brushes, fluffy up to stiff, separately bagged, compressed air, three kinds of wipes, chamois...all this stuff is bagged to keep dust away. Compressed air first, air the brush before during and after, and only after that use anything wet. Lens caps and camera filters that screw into a scope's threading also apply, I won't buy a scope any more where I can't screw in a filter or at least a short shade tube. Worst case, the muck hits the filter which is way cheaper than the front focusing element. You can dunk the filter in a creek, not so much the scope. Rear lens isn't quite so critical as the front, but I'm still careful cleaning. Ground glass doesn't like to be scratched.
Older version of this - Zeiss Kit, along with a small sealed bag of Q-Tips to apply and dry cleaning fluid. Once one end of a Q-Tip comes off glass, it never touches it again.
I can’t believe anyone who pays for glass would stick a f’n lens pen on it. Unless they simply don’t know any better, or can just buy new glass when it’s swirled and scratched to hell. Any of you wax or buff your truck before washing it?
Older version of this - Zeiss Kit, along with a small sealed bag of Q-Tips to apply and dry cleaning fluid. Once one end of a Q-Tip comes off glass, it never touches it again.
I can’t believe anyone who pays for glass would stick a f’n lens pen on it. Unless they simply don’t know any better, or can just buy new glass when it’s swirled and scratched to hell. Any of you wax or buff your truck before washing it?
LensPen = great tool for grinding dirt across the surface of your lenses.
Yep. The amateur astronomy community generally advises against using a lens pen on telescopes (refractor objective lenses), telescope eyepieces, binoculars, monoculars, etc.
Short tube refractor? Haven't really been in the game since my kid got old enough to walk and knock things over. Now that he's gotten older I may start playing around again.
Short tube refractor? Haven't really been in the game since my kid got old enough to walk and knock things over. Now that he's gotten older I may start playing around again.
Yeah, it's an Astro-Tech AT72EDII. Diameter 72mm, focal length 432mm, f/6. Fully multicoated FPL-53 and Lanthanum doublet refractor optics.
I've got an old Orion 150mm Mak-Cas. Don't recall the exact fl, but it's a fairly slow tube. Works great once the lenses thermal stabilize, but it takes forfuckinever to clear up on a cold night... well over an hour. My tripod is a bit light for it too... stick it on top a VersaGo.
I've got an old Orion 150mm Mak-Cas. Don't recall the exact fl, but it's a fairly slow tube. Works great once the lenses thermal stabilize, but it takes forfuckinever to clear up on a cold night... well over an hour. My tripod is a bit light for it too... stick it on top a VersaGo.
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