The 24mm 82 is the last purchase to complete my collection of the 82 series. The November 2025 sale made it easy.
The eyepiece itself has issues yet to be resolved with Explore Scientific. This is no fault of David Astro.
The eyepiece has a layer of slick fluid under the rubber grip band. The eyepiece would actually tend to slip out of the band. The finish / anodizing was not to the standard of the dozen or so other ES eyepieces I own. Visually, it looked like a second.
I have been waiting a week for ES to provide me with UPS return information.
ES has agreed to replace the eyepiece.
I can not yet comment on the eyepieces optical performance.
I'll give three stars. Let's see how this gets resolved.