Re value for money... I'm about to finish my fifth year of a 6 year degree, after which I expect my financial circumstances to change rather significantly.
For me a pair of largish "good enough" binos are my re-entry point until I can get the cash together to have my 8" Parkes Optical newt mirrors realuminised (not done for 20 years, the reflectivity is so bad the scope is virtually unusable), and then after that consider more "premium" options like a big goto dob and maybe a big refractor or mak somewhere down the line.
Plus, I've managed to talk my wife into going camping with me in Dwellingup around the new moon a couple of days before Christmas and I really want something to take with me for that trip!
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