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Old 11-04-2014, 08:05 AM
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I think magazine reviews are often slanted in favour of the article being reviewed, simply because the publisher does not wish to upset the advertisers who make some of this stuff-its better to look for independent reviews, although they are often difficult to find!
In 30 odd years in this hobby, I have owned in excess of 20 telescopes of all different types. I can't say any of them were bad, but the most disappointing one I had was a Vixen VMC110. Optically it was fine, but the image was so dim that the only thing that looked any good at higher magnification (100x) was the moon. I think I used that scope once and immediately sold it!
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