Looking for EP set advice. HELP!!!

Hello All,
I recently bought a 8" F10 MEADE LX200GPS and I love it. I also got the set of 4000 series eyepieces and I DON'T really love them. I replaced the 1.25 diag. with a 2" Everbrite. Now I am in the process of picking out a set of 3 or 4 (I am leaning toward a set of 4) premium eyepieces to take the place of the meade set. I am looking mostly at TeleVue and Pentax. I wear glasses but usually lift them to observe. Can someone PLEASE advise me on what I should get.
I enjoy both the deepspace targets and the Planets.

Thanks,
John

Well John, there is no easy answer except to buy the best you can afford.
The Meade UWA 8.8 and 14mm are wonderful and both Barlow well. So you can have a 4.4, 7, 8.8, and 14mm with just a Barlow and two EPs. For the longer focal length, I would tell you that the Naglers are the best for wide FOV. But you could bet a set of UO Orthos for the cost of one of those. The Orthos are great for planetary and do well for deep space but don't have a wide FOV.
So, I would say the 8.8mm, 14mm UWA and the 22mm Panoptic or 20mm Nagler T-2 with the 35mm Panoptic or 31mm Nagler would be the choice of 4 EPs, combined with a 2" Big Barlow or 2" Powermate and you would have 8 focal lengths, all you need. 4.4mm, 7mm, 8.8mm, 10-11mm, 14mm, 15.5-17.5mm, 20-22mm, 31-35mm and that is a lot of range my friend.
Now, have you got enough to buy those? Remember that used can save a lot of money, check the classifieds.
Floyd

Hi John, I think the best bet would be to throw the entire set of Meade EP's on A-Mart for about $300.
A shame, because at one time, the Meade 4000's were not a bad eyepiece (When they were coming from Japan)

I don't think you'll go wrong with televue, and they will be less costly than the Pentax. I Know you mentioned you now have a 2" Everbright, and I'm sure you wish to put it through it's paces with a couple of nice 2" Eyepieces. Good Bang for the Buck eyepieces in 2" with your F-10 Scope would be the University Optics 40mm Mk 70. Another recommendation would be a 27mm TV Panoptic.

Good high quality eyepieces never become obsolete. Buy the best you can afford, and remember, you don't have to buy them all at once.
Should you ever upgrade to a larger/better scope, or another type scope, these good eyepieces will be with you. Mark

Hi John, I forgot to also mention that with any Televue Eyepiece, should you ever have a problem with one, or drop/break one down the road, Televue can/will fix them. I doubt you'd have any similar luck with Pentax. Mark

John- I also observe with an 8 inch F10. I would not buy a set of premium eyepieces, but rather buy one or two, use them for a while, and see what you end up wishing for, i.e. more power, better eye relief etc. You might start with a 19mm panoptic. My most used eyepiece is a T.V. 19mm Widefield, similar to the panoptics, but with poorer edge sharpness. It provides a decently wide field, and the 19mm focal length frames deep sky objects pleasingly, gives a nice image scale, and is forgiving of mediocre seeing. It is also light enough to avoid balance problems, and has great resale. I also use it for Saturn and the Jupiter system. Clear skies. Rich

Thanks for all the help everyone. Very much apreiceated.

Regards
John