TeleGizmos

Hi Telegizmos,

Not too long ago, I purchased a couple of your 365 Series covers from Scopestuff. I bought one to cover my portable pier and mount, and the other to cover the telescopes and cameras on the mount. My setup is entirely mobile so I roll it in and out of the garage at home or tear everything down to go out to remote sites. While they're called the "365 Series", I bought them with the intention of leaving everything set up and covered for no more than a few consecutive days and nights and never during inclement weather. So that's how I've been using them for the last several months.

I recently had my scope set up for several nights in a row at home. I always put on the Telegizmos covers to protect against pollen, dew, bird droppings, etc. But never do I leave everything out in the open if any rain is expected... even if it's just a light drizzle. Well, wouldn't you know it, the other night we had a pretty good downpour in the wee hours of the morning. Did the local news say anything about a chance of rain? No. Did the weather websites say anything about rain? No.

At about 3:30am, when the rain got hard enough that it woke me up (roughly 2-3 hours after the rain had started), I sat up in bed horrified realizing that the scope was outside in the open. With my pier, mount, two apochromatic refractors, and an expensive CCD camera attached, there's about $20,000 under those Telegizmos covers. I ran out and wheeled everything into the garage as quickly as I could. I wiped down the covers so as not to let any of the water drip on to the equipment underneath when I removed them. Then, I nervously removed the top Telegizmo cover. Everything from the tip of the top telescope to the power supply under the pier was BONE DRY!

All that to say, I am ecstatic with your covers and their ability to protect against the unexpected. They saved me from a potentially extremely unpleasant experience. They saved the day and protected every last bit of equipment under them.

I'm glad I went with a larger refractor cover than I needed as it overlaps the pier/tripod cover very nicely and provided that extra level of protection that was needed on that wet, wet night.

So, my thanks to you! The 365 Series is a truly unique product that's worth every penny!

Best,

Daniel Perry