Anti-Vibration Pads for Telescope, Vibration Suppression Pads

Nice pucks for a better price than the name brand ones. I really don't see any difference between these and the more expensive ones with branding and different colors. I bought them to do vibration isolation for stereo gear, where they were not such a good match - no fault of the product though. They made the bass muddy sounding when inserted under my gear, so I asked to return them and Amazon arranged a return no problem. I'm sure they are great to absorb the frequency vibrations they were designed for and to go under optical gear but I can't comment on that. Sorry, this is a bit of a useless review but I wanted to give my opinion of the product being high quality and that folks shouldn't try to use the product for the purpose I did. I still don't quite understand the effects of various vibration control devices under audio gear - I would have thought these would have been great.

These pads work on my tripod to keep it stable and non slip on concrete.

The ‘jiggle’ of stars, planets using high magnification eyepieces in my telescopes has been reduced. But it is not a “MagicBullet”. You have to have a very steady mount that is well engineered - surprisingly few meet this basic element of visual astronomy. Younalso have to have heavy duty, solid tripod that again is sturdy and isn’t prone to vibrations/shaking. So the use of these pads reducing vibrations from the ground are important to improving the jiggling views My only real ‘complain’ is the slippery bottoms that provide reduced grip/contact with the ground. On a deck, the entire telescope can move under wind loads, especially lager OTAs that are almost like wind-sails. I glued some coarse fabrics to the bottoms of these ‘pucks’ and that has helped the skidding/slipping. Maybe if the manufacturer had considered this and made the bottom contact surface with an ‘abrasive’ finish, this would solve the issue. Hence my 4 Stars Review.

Absolutely MINDBLOWING change in my guiding specifically because of these. I was entirely skeptical at first, but after nearly six months testing these there's no way in hell I'd ever setup my rig without them. Likely the single cheapest purchase with the best reward in my entire astrophotography rig.

I was skeptical about these. My Telescope is small and it shakes really bad. And it doesn’t help that we get a lot of wind that just comes and goes. I got these today and tested them on Concrete patio. Almost no shake after focusing. The sake went from about 6 seconds to about 1. When you’re focusing on a planet that matters a lot. I’m very happy. No they don’t slide on the ground and I don’t want them too. That would defeat the purpose of stability and anti vibration. Love em’.

Shipped quickly, good product, works well. Pleased with this purchase.

I put my scope on concrete and had a lot of wobble. These helped, but maybe by 20%.

This does the job well for the price

Más allá de que sirvan para anti-vibracion,en mi caso particular tener el telescopio en mi habitación y con ventanas y poder realizar observaciones, al tener el piso parejo y liso, lo desplazo suavemente, en un tramo muy cortito,con cuidado, el telescopio se mantiene estable,seguro y hago las observaciones relativamente rápido. A nadie digo que lo hagan, solamente si alguien tiene una situación similar a la mía, decida por sí mismo, tomando en cuenta la diversidad de telescopios y tripies...

The Astromania Pads work well and eliminate vibrations as intended. The exact same pads are sold and marketed by other retailers and Telescope Manufacturers at a far greater price. The Astromania Pads give great value and are highly recommended

Very handy in that they allow you to “slide” the tripod around without any damage to the hardwood floor. Nice too that the legs stay centred in the cups. Would recommend

On my sixth-floor balcony, constructed from wood, these pads do indeed appear to cut down vibration. Before using them, and while doing planetary imaging, my neighbors footsteps would shake the image quite substantially. Since using the pads, that has drastically been reduced. The only thing I don't like is that they are a hard plastic bottom that doesn't feel secure on my balcony floor. I ended up affixing three strips of high density foam on the underside so they have some grip against the floor.

Very fast delivery. Item as described. Giving as a gift to go with another item so not used yet but will do the job.