Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire What kind of lense pen do you like

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.



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Arrrgh....

I don't recall what brand the one I have for my telescope is, but it works well. Meade, maybe?

I hardly ever pull the old tube out anymore since I don't really trust my kid around that many dollars worth of glass and aluminum. 🤷‍♂️

Used the Leupold and didn’t like it. I try to clean as little as possible but when have to I blow the dust off and use a microfiber cloth.

Allen...
That's the wally world off brand one.
Just remembered.
Haven't seen em for a couple yrs.

Fuuuuuuking Chinese
Fuuuuking up every fuuking thing....

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Arrrrgh...

I have a couple of these. Have found them to be more than adequate. YMMV

https://www.burrisoptics.com/accessories/lens-pen

Midsouth had the Leopold ones in stock about a week or 2 ago

15 fuuuuuuking 99...

And I think Bushnell ones for 7.99 or 8.99.

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Arrrrrgh......

I just use the lil micro fiber cloth that folds into a key ring pouch.

Clip to my to binos.

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.

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Got a variant of that bad boy.
It works well.




Sure would like to hear from some of our " nuggets of abstract knowledge" sockpuppeteers on this subject.
Always love their input 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻


Lens pens!!!

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Arrrrrrgh!!!!

I like the spray bottle and microfiber cloth better.

Nikon

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!!!

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Arrrrrgh.....

That’s what I use on the rare occasion I clean the lenses. I blow them out with canned air 99% of the time.

I use spit and the corner of my shirt

I fog it with my breath and do the same

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

I have a Leopold and a Nikon. I sometimes just use the Zeiss lens wipes instead of a pen