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Celestron Power Tank
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(5 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Nov 1, 2008The brightest light I have ever held. Very easy to use and great for Telescopes or anything you need alternate power for. Its not light but nothing someone 13 years and older couldn't handle.
Good tank - charger stinks
(2 out of 5) by Lynn Maccarty on Oct 9, 2008 (PA)I have gone thru 3 power adapters used to charge this power tank.
Celestron has hinted that they have a problem with the chargers, but now that it is out of warrenty, they won't respond to my emails about replacing the charger.
Good luck if you get the charger to last more than a month.....
Celestron has hinted that they have a problem with the chargers, but now that it is out of warrenty, they won't respond to my emails about replacing the charger.
Good luck if you get the charger to last more than a month.....
Celestron Power Tank
(4 out of 5) by Calman40 on Mar 28, 2008 (Asheville, NC)Celestron Power Tank
The power tank is an excellent source of energy for my Celestron SE 8 telescope. It eliminates wasting batteries and provides the right amount of power to energize the scope. It's great not having buy batteries and it's also wonderful to not have a power adapter cord getting in the way. The only drawback is the weight of the power tank since I carry my scope to my outside deck. This is a very worthwhile accessory for Celestron SE telescope owners. I'm very satisfied with my purchase.
The power tank is an excellent source of energy for my Celestron SE 8 telescope. It eliminates wasting batteries and provides the right amount of power to energize the scope. It's great not having buy batteries and it's also wonderful to not have a power adapter cord getting in the way. The only drawback is the weight of the power tank since I carry my scope to my outside deck. This is a very worthwhile accessory for Celestron SE telescope owners. I'm very satisfied with my purchase.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Missing cable?
(2 out of 5) by James W. Crooker on Sep 1, 2007I got a telescope and several accessories including the celestron power tank (my telescope is a celestron). There is no way to connect the power tank to the telescope. The slot for the power into the telescope requires a special connector that looks like a phone jack. The power tank has a 4" cable with that connector, but the other end does not connect to any part of the power tank. There is no way to bridge the connection.
I had to go to radio shack to buy the parts to make my own cable to connect the power tank to the telescope.
I had to go to radio shack to buy the parts to make my own cable to connect the power tank to the telescope.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Celestron fails again
(2 out of 5) by Publius on Aug 4, 2008 (Seattle, WA)The item arrived loosely packed, one of the adapters was bent and power chord was missing. It's almost like this item was used by someone else, returned and then resold. who knows.
The instructions did not even mention how to use it with the Celestron telescope that part you have to figure out on your own. I've bought the NexStar 8, the set of extra filters and lenses and this power pack. I don't know why but Celstron documentation on all three products is erroneous or just lacking. The telescope info was inaccurate and had outdated info from an older manual and the filters and tank had minimal info. It's almost like they were too cheap to spend the money on hiring someone to create useful documentation.
They are very slow to respond to repsond to phone or email requests for support. Do yourself a favor and do not buy Celestron products there are plenty of other qualified makers of this type of product.
The instructions did not even mention how to use it with the Celestron telescope that part you have to figure out on your own. I've bought the NexStar 8, the set of extra filters and lenses and this power pack. I don't know why but Celstron documentation on all three products is erroneous or just lacking. The telescope info was inaccurate and had outdated info from an older manual and the filters and tank had minimal info. It's almost like they were too cheap to spend the money on hiring someone to create useful documentation.
They are very slow to respond to repsond to phone or email requests for support. Do yourself a favor and do not buy Celestron products there are plenty of other qualified makers of this type of product.