Which tak is the best?

[Lognic04 (Logan)]

I know this is a question entirely based on opinion, but which is your favorite tak? and what makes it the BEST?

[Atmos (Colin)]

You'll have to pry my FC100DL from my cold dead fingers

[LewisM]

The next one, the previous one...in other words, all of them.

Having said that, the only Tak I don't like is the FS-60

[Larryp (Laurie)]

I have owned 2 Taks. A TSA120 and an FC-100DF.
My favourite is the FC-100DF. It is the shortest of the FC-100 variants, and very light weight. I find the image more vibrant for want of a better word, than the TSA, but that may be personal preference. Both scopes show essentially perfect images, with no visible CA.

[RickS (Rick)]

I'm pretty fond of my Tak collimating scope

[casstony]

Optically Taks are better than most other brands though some individual Chinese sourced samples can be as good. The difference between 0.92 and 0.97 strehl may not matter for most applications anyway.

My favourite is a well cared for, used Tak; new is too expensive.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Love my old Q.

[Kunama]

I find that the Taks with green focusers are the best.....

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by Kunama

I find that the Taks with green focusers are the best.....

You'd better sell that FOA then

[SkyWatch (Dean)]

No complaints about my TSA 102: it certainly blew my old Williams Megrez 110 ED away! I also remember being underwhelmed by a Tec 140 in terms of clarity/sharpness of image, compared to the TSA (although in fairness it was under slightly different conditions)...

If anyone wants to give me different Taks so I can compare their relative merits I am more than happy to give it a go!

Lewis: what did you find wrong with the FS-60? Just interested...

- Dean

[Kunama]

Originally Posted by Lognic04

I know this is a question entirely based on opinion, but which is your favorite tak? and what makes it the BEST?

That question is far too wide open.....
I don't have a lot of experience with Taks but if I had to have just one scope then it would be the TOA130NFB .
The views through is are simply perfect.
It has enough aperture to give nice views of brighter DSO
It is superb for lunar and planetary views (Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)
Still portable enough, though not a lightweight.


Takitis is an illness, thankfully I have the new TSA120 and FOA-60 to help me cope.....

[scopey (Les)]

I have a TSA 102s,it's nice and light and image perfect. I also have a TOA 130 and it is just stunning. So my pick if you have the money is the TOA.
Scopey

[Octane (Humayun)]

Does anything come close to the FSQ-106N?

H

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

A ' Vintage ' FS78 .... What else is there

Poppy ....

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Never used their refractors but their Epsilons are damn good

But for sheer dominance of the field, a TOA150 is the bomb!

[Atmos (Colin)]

Originally Posted by SimmoW

Never used their refractors but their Epsilons are damn good

But for sheer dominance of the field, a TOA150 is the bomb!

And it'll dominate any lesser mount you put it on

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by Atmos

And it'll destroy any lesser mount you put it on

Fixed it for you

[DJT (David)]

Originally Posted by octane

does anything come close to the fsq-106n? :d

h

+ 1 :d

[LewisM]

I reckon the TSA-102 with reducer comes CLOSE

[leon]

Some may seem better than others to different people but they, the TAK,s are just perfect, I still cry at the lose of mine some years ago.

And that was a FSQ-106 Quadruplet

Leon