Customer Comments

RB-16

"I met Jim Burr at the Riverside Telescope Maker's Conference in the spring of 2005.  There I tried out the RB-10 for the first time.  Using two eyes I could see much more detail in Jupiter than using one eye through some larger scopes.  Deep sky was awesome.  ...the RB-16 was out performing it by a factor of 3 to 4 times.  I did find both RBs to operate very well mechanically and very comfortably using both eyes."  (L. W.)

"One of my concerns was handling the very large RB-16 by myself, I'm 62.  However when Kathy, my wife, maneuvered the RB-16 with ease, all my concerns went away."  (L. W.)

RB-14.5

"It's a home run with bases loaded....  The most outstanding scope I've ever used."  (Ralph Holt)

"I've got the scope (RB-14½) I've wanted all my life!"  (P. C.)

RB-10

"My compliments go to the chef.  I received my RB-10 last week.  It's the most wonderful instrument I've ever had.  It's everything everyone said it would be and more.  My description of it can only be the same that everyone else told me when I asked them what they were like.  It's a hole other thing.  I'm 65 years old and although it makes no astronomical sense to do so, I just couldn't resist putting my eyes to it, grabbing the handlebars, and going from horizon to horizon and spinning in 360's till I started to laugh.  What a wonderful scope.  The image is magnificent.  Thank you for your invention."  (G. B.)

"Got it collimated and converged.  Wow!  I was counting the stars in Messier 4 last night.  Even the 16" LX200 couldn't resolve the cluster like the RB-10.  Fantastic."  (W. P.)

"The Binoviewer is better than using a single eyepiece but viewing through JMI's Reverse Binocular is 10 times better than a Binoviewer."  (Stan McDonald, GA, USA)

See David Levy's blog entry on the RB-10 Binocular Telescope.

"Tell Jim I'm a 'Happy Camper!'  I've looked through hundreds of telescopes in my life and I've never seen the nebulosity around Merope until I used the RB-10, and there it was plainly in site, visually."  (Phone call from Tony Hallas)

"A professor and several of us serious astronomers spent the night trying to find words to describe what we were seeing.  We were dumbstruck, blown away, astonished...it's unspeakable.  The views are beyond the power of mere mortals to put into words.  The RB-10 changes everything.  It is the greatest piece of optical equipment I've ever looked through."  (Paul Carmody, RB-10 owner who traded up from a 6" RB-66)

"The RB-10 is a deep space scope.  I have used it to look at galaxy clusters with absolutely breathtaking results.  Imagine seeing four or five 12th magnitude galaxies hanging as if suspended in mid-air!!  You can see the wake of the Swan Nebula without a filter.  Field of view for this scope can be determined by considering that it is just two 10" f/4.7 scopes, so you can use the normal formula....  The included 25mm eyepieces deliver about 48x magnification.  Using a higher power only means the 'tweaking' or rather 'refining' needed takes a few extra seconds (that's right, seconds, remember everything is motorized!"  (Tom Johnson, Production Manager, JMI)

RB-66

"The West Yorkshire Astronomical Society, Pontefract, England, recently purchased a pair of 6-inch reverse binoculars following some outstanding reports about them.  I have to say that everyone using them has been staggered by the improvement they give in the general view of the heavens.  The old saying of 'seeing is believing' is very appropriate.  I cannot describe the improvement in the view, you would really have to look for yourself.  Thank you JMI for another outstanding product."  (Kevin Read FRAS, Chairman WYAS)

"P.S.  We all (club members) thought Sky and Telescope gave you a bad article on the big JMI BINOS!  We were disappointed in that review, and those I have talked to also feel it was "not a fair review."  Anyway, we all disregarded that review as not acceptably accurate information and we astronomers are smart enough to figure out what works and what does not.  I think the big binos are great and I bet that it is a fun experience at the eyepiece."  (D. C.) 

"Thanks for reinventing astronomy....  It's a whole new ballgame now."  (Ralph Holt)

"...my RB-66 is terrific.  You've invented a great instrument."  (B. K.)

"A group from the Fort Wayne Astronomical Society, while in New Mexico this past September, put our scopes aside and rented JMI's RB-66 for a night.  We all agree with Phil Harrington's assessment of the binoscope's spectacular seeing in the night sky..."  (Ron Kerr, Letters, June 2004 Astronomy)

"Few binoculars can compare to the RB-66.  ...  If you're looking for breathtaking low- and medium-power views of star fields, nebulae, star cluster, and the Moon, give the RB-66 from JMI serious consideration.  For observers who appreciate the wonderful views seen only through a true binocular telescope, the RB-66 is a real bargain.  (Phil Harrington, Telescope Review, February 2004 Astronomy)

"The Swan was hanging suspended in a 3D star field with the bird's wake clearly visible, awesome!"  (Okie-Tex Attendee)

"I could see far more than just the core of M101 ... hinting at spiral structure.  This is impressive contrast for a 6" scope."  (Okie-Tex Attendee)