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Originally Posted by Hemi
Dear Members,
I enjoyed Glens ed60 unboxing and am tempted to buy a small refractor like that. Primarily visual, but some imaging/EAA. Is there really no difference between the astrotech At60ed and the Williams zenith star 61? The price is almost double. They look the same. Anyone used both? Is there a faster 60out there?
Clear skies!
Hemi
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Hemi, the Z61 price is not almost double, if you buy it from William Optis direct here:
https://williamoptics.com/zenithstar-61-apo
Their price is $418 USD. Astronomics charge $369 USD for theirs. TS and APM are more expensive because your dealing with the unfavourable Euro to to AUD conversion rates. Have a look at shipping charges as well, I believe Williams shipping is pretty reasonable coming direct from Taiwan. I believe AStronomics charged me $89 USD for shipping, so factor that in, and TS use a flat rate DHL charge of 36 Euros (about $54 AUD). Don't forget to check out the cost of the flattener they each supply as well. Astronomics charge $99 USD for their flattener, and Williams charges $168 for theirs.
Note that when I was buying Williams was out of stock of the Z61 and could not tell me when they would have stock again, nor at what price. I think Dunk has a Z61 so maybe he can comment on it.