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The Bintel BT-202 is a Bintel-branded GSO (Taiwan) produced Dob. Not much wrong with it. It has decent bearings, easy to adjust bearing tension, a half-decent 10:1 Crayford-style focuser and a pretty good 8x50 RACI finder. The mirrors seem very good for a mass-produced scope.
The only downsides I see with this particular scope is the less than ideal primary collimation setup (locking screws halfway between collimation screws), and the chipboard mount base.
The first one can be overcome by strengthening the springs under the collimation screws and forgetting about the locking screws altogether. The second one is not immediately an issue, only after the mount has gotten wet and started swelling. The only fix then is a rebuild of the base in something more suitable, like hardwood ply.
All in all, this scope is a great performer and an absolute steal for the money (even if bought new). I'm not sure an EQ4 mount will carry the tube, though...
Cheers
Steffen.
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