Blew $40 on a moon filter that did absolutely nothing

I bought this so-called moon filter off Amazon last week thinking it would help me see more detail on the lunar surface through my 8 inch dob. Put it on and the image just got darker... like yeah the brightness dropped but all those craters and ridges I wanted to see? Completely washed out still. I was at a dark site in Riverside so conditions were perfect too. Should've just stuck with my cheap variable polarizing filter instead of falling for the hype. Anyone else get tricked by these single-use filters that sound good on paper?

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lilyfisher3d ago

Man that sucks. It's like how everything now has some fancy gadget attached to it but the basic thing still sucks. Same with phone cases, kitchen knives, even coffee makers. People slap a premium label on something simple and charge triple. The moon filter is just the astronomy version of that whole problem. You paid for the idea not the actual function. Shame too because a good dark site is hard to find and you wasted a clear night.

the_evan2d ago

You paid for the idea not the actual function" got me. I used to think paying more meant you got a better tool, but you're right, a lot of the time you're just buying the hype.