1. Orion 08711 Shorty 1.25-Inch 2x Barlow Lens
Ranked 1st in our list of recommended barlow lenses and sells for $34.99 (as of 20/08/2021 12:00 PDT details ) , more than 89% of the Orion 8711 reviews are positive. With features such as double the power of any 1.25 telescope eyepiece with the orion shorty barlow lens and a great way to essentially double the number of telescope eyepieces in your collection, without having to buy twice as many eyepieces!, it is indeed our top pick among barlow lenses.
2. Celestron 93428 X-Cel LX 1.25-Inch 3x Barlow Lens
In the 2nd place of our top barlow lenses list you'll find the Celestron 93428 which garners positive reviews from more than 93% of customers who bought barlow lenses. Priced at $89.13 (as of 14/06/2023 22:20 PDT details ) , it is designed for the savvy consumer who don’t mind paying a bit more for quality and best in class features.
3. Astromania 1.25" 3x Short Focus Barlow Lens for Telescope Eyepiece
Number 3 on the best barlow lenses list is resereved for venerable Astromania SKU_AM_BL1X3 that has featuers like, . With a positive sentiment of 82% for the SKU_AM_BL1X3 from Astromania, it is a solid purchase that will keep you happy and it can be found online for $29.99 (as of 12/11/2018 01:35 PST details ) .
4. Bushnell 1.25" Format 2x Barlow Lens 780105
At $95.04 (as of 21/07/2018 17:56 PDT details ) , Bushnell's BN780105 is our number 4, which gets 50% approval rate from customers who actually bought it.
5. Orion 8715 High-Power 1.25-Inch 5x 4-Element Barlow Lens
A good, solid choice come up at number 5 of barlow lenses reviewed by us. You can find this Orion 8715 for $149.99 (as of 29/01/2023 12:31 PST details ) , and be sure that it will do the work, at least according to more than 81% of people who used it and enjoyed features such as fully multi coated 5x barlow will give your 1 and 25 telescope eyepieces a quintuple power boost.
6. GSO 2" 2x ED Barlow Lens # GS22B
If none of the barlow lenses listed above suits you, then perhaps the GSO 4331908538 at the 6th place is the right one for you. Costing $80.00 (as of 21/07/2018 17:56 PDT details ) , positive reviews hover around 100%.
7. GSO 1.25" 2x "Shorty" Achromatic Barlow Lens # GS2BL
Last but not least in the top barlow lenses, we have the good old GSO 4331908531 which gets great marks by 100% of the reviews posted. It can be bought for $36.00 (as of 21/07/2018 17:55 PDT details ) .
