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These are a decent set of beginner 1.25" eyepieces, filters and barlow. It give you a wide spread of size (x power) and fair quality. Nice case and at an unbeatable price (I paid $99 with free shipping). Tom

Most of the stores offer it for around $199 here for 100$, isn't it great?! Well it is a good kit for the price.
It is a good kit for the beginner. You'll get excellent quality case and average (closer to low) quality eyepieces, so later when you get rid of "bad" eyepieces you'll have a case to put good ones. The 32mm one has something about 40 degrees of view filed, wish is so-so, other ones below 15 mm it's just a joke.
I'll advice you to get Celestron X-Cel or Omni, if you want to spend more money and get better stuff try Ultima or Axiom, and if you are really serious about your hobby, get TeleVue.
Average price for a good eyepiece is from $79-$350
Amazon offers most of them.

I think is a "must" for any beginner, for a low price you can have almost all the different size of EP. Try them for a few months and then when you will be completely sure what do you want and buy the EP that you need.

I ordered the Celestron Accessory Kit w/five lens, Bartlow 2x lens, and assorted filters. The kit comes in a metal case w/foam lining. The metal cover, on the case, has a bubble in it. Located on the bottom of the case. This doesn't interfere with the performance of the product but it is a nuisance and a disappointment. It makes one wonder if this is a common practice, to move slightly defective material to internet customers, or maybe this is the agreement with Amazon.com and its suppliers. However, the contents seem to be in satisfactory condition.

After reading the reviews a bought the accessory kit. I compared the eyepieces and the barlow with standard inexpensive plossls (orion, knigth owl, gso) and the celestron's optics looked the worst one. I sold the kit after 2 weeks...