Dwarf 3 Smart Telescope Review - The $499 Portable Observatory

[@DeepSpaceAstro]

As always, great review!

[@Naztronomy]

Thank you, Rich 😊

[@n3xr0th]

Still waiting for mine. I was supposed to get it this month, but there was an issue with manufacturing. Hoping I'll get it soon. I cancelled the Seestar S30 preorder to get this one instead.

[@rohyerecords7495]

@@n3xr0th lol… same on my side. I ordered early this year, so I will have to wait a few more weeks. Well astrophotography imposes patience in general, and right now we anyway barely have clear nights…

[@mcfarlanddavej]

Ordered mine Sept 20th, still hasn't shipped. The long wait time is draining my enthusiasm.

[@Naztronomy]

Ah didn't realize they had issues with manufacturing. I got mine back in December. I really like my S30 but I understand why you had to switch to the dwarf. The S30's production is also backordered quite a bit.

[@rohyerecords7495]

@@Naztronomy Yes, I have seen an interview with DwarfLab CEO during CES on AstroNerd channel. There were quality issues with manufacturing, that delayed "mass production" of the Dwarf3. They seem to have fixed the issues by now and full production capacity will resume in February. But as I understand, they have so many orders in the backlog that it will still take some time to fulfill them. When I placed my order in Jan 3rd the page mentioned lead time of about 12 weeks, now they tell about 18 weeks. Yes - this requires patience - but astrophotography in general has a high demand on patience. For me it doesn't hurt that much, as we barely have clear skies right now. So it would be nice (and I hardly can't wait) to have it in my hands and start gathering experience with it, but I anyway would not be able to do any reasonable astrophotography right now. And actually - when manufacturing required fixes, I prefer to receive a fixed item rather than an item with issues. I saw that one reviewer got his Dwarf3 already replaced due to issues. What would be more disappointing than finally receiving the item and it is broken in some way?

[@Lorax_Tribe]

I ordered December 23rd, still waiting. They shipped the tripod already. They said 2 to 14 weeks (?), so it could be 8 more weeks.

[@davidwillis5396]

Extremely informative Thanks Naz

[@Naztronomy]

Thank you, David 😊

[@codyc.4830]

Thanks for another great video. Looking forward for your next one!

[@Naztronomy]

Thank you 😊 working on the next one now!

[@Rannochscot]

Mine arrived today. I have Seestars and looking forward to EQ mode on the Dwarf and Seestar when ithe software update arrives. Great review and love the channel 🎉

[@Naztronomy]

Thank you! And congrats on the new smart scope. I should have you review my next video before I post it.

[@nikaxstrophotography]

This cash for comment mentality sneaking into different youtubers promoting products rather than their talents is getting a bit disappointing. This is about the 8th youtuber who is promoting this product, Next will it be the qhy mono mini camera? There have been 5 of those being promoted. Seriously don't sell your soul, we have seen this product being promoted enough.