2" premium ep

I am in the market for a nice 2" widefield ocular. I will use it as a vista ep to provide me with a max TFOV (or close) for my 11" f/5.4 Starmaster. I don't wear glasses. Not young, not old (I guess they call that middle-aged . Heavy is actually good in my case as I have the Starmaster balanced for about 2.2 lbs of binoviewer and ep's. I can get away with .5 lbs either side of that without having to rebalance, which is preferred. Cost is a consideration in the bang for the buck sense. If it costs $600, I want $600 in performance. If I can get 95% at 1/2 that price, then I'm happy. Used is my primary target.

I am a binoviewer nut, so the best I can do right now is .75 deg TFOV with the 24 Pans in the binoviewers.

So, here's my list and I'm open for more suggestions:

EP: mag, TFOV, exit pupil, weight, price

41mm Pan: 37x 1.74 deg, 7.5mm, 2.1 lbs, $495
35mm Pan: 44x, 1.5deg, 6.4mm, 1.6 lbs, $365
31mm Nagler: 49x, 1.6 deg, 5.7mm, 2.2 lbs, $620
32mm UO MK80: 48x, 1.6 deg, 5.9mm, 1.2lbs ish, $295

Anything else? A guy in my club has the 32mm UO MK80 and our club has a 31 Nagler, so as soon as the weather breaks I plan to make a comparison between them. The UO is half the price and my man reports good performance in his f/5 Portaball. But until then, I want to see if the list needs to get bigger.

All inputs are encouraged and welcome.

Clear skies,

Tom

I've been using the Siebert 36mm Observatory eyepiece very happily. 40mm field stop (light by your standards though)compares well with the 35mm panoptic in my f 5.7 dob, and costs $200. Never seen one listed used. It is certainly worth looking into.

I will be interested to see what happens with the UO MK80.

Updated list:

EP: mag, TFOV, exit pupil, weight, price

41mm Pan: 37x, 1.74 deg, 7.5mm, 2.1 lbs, $495
40mm Pentax XW: 38x, 1.75 deg, 7.3 mm, 1.4 lbs, $549
40mm Pentax XL: 38x, 1.63 deg, 7.3mm, ???, $210 (used)
35mm Pan: 44x, 1.5deg, 6.4mm, 1.6 lbs, $365
31mm Nagler: 49x, 1.6 deg, 5.7mm, 2.2 lbs, $620
32mm UO MK80: 48x, 1.6 deg, 5.9mm, 1.2lbs ish, $295
30mm Pentax XW: 51x, 1.3 deg, 5.5 mm, 1.6 lbs, $549

That 40mm Pentax XL looks like a nice option. The 7.3mm exit pupil isn't too bad and if I can find one, the price is right.

Tom