Tectron / Catseye for collimation

If you could only buy one or the other which would be better, the Tectron set or the Catseye?Or neither? Is there something else I should be looking at getting?

I use a laser now but am always in search of newer and better ways.

Thanks

Mark Visser

My choices:

Catseye 2" Cheshire
Catseye 2" Autocollimator
Tectron 1 1/4" Sight Tube (unless someone makes a 2" sight tube, then I get that one)
Glatter or Kendrick 2" laser

Mark,

I just sold my Tectron tools after receiving the Catseye autocollimator, sight tube and cheshire. The Tectron would get you there, but the 2" Catseye is much quicker and perhaps a bit more accurate since it is so much easier to see what is going on. BTW--I sold the laser, too. It is just not needed, in my case, since I have the complete set of Catseye tools.
However, if you have a laser and enjoy using it, you could just get the Catseye autocollimator and be happy, IMO.

Randy

Mark,
I just sold my Kendrick 2" Laser, 1.25" Orion Lasermate, Orion Site-Tube and Cheshire combo and purchased a 2" Infinity Autocollimator from Jim Fly.
I kept the 2"-1.25" Lasermax Laser and the Tectron tools set. I find the Lasermax to be great for aligning of the optical train and for quick collimation. The Tectron Tools I kept for the Cheshire and the Site tube. The 1.25" Autocollimator is no match for the 2" Infinity from Jim Fly. I would have purchased the Catseye 2" too, but I felt that with all the other tools it was not needed. But if I did not have the other tools then I would have bought it too.
The Infinity is excellent for fine tuning after the normal collimation is done, or for just doing collimation. But you need to have the optical alignment correct before you use it.