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Lots of good advices.
I may just add that I really liked my TS ED 102mm f/7 Photoline telescope - it had a solid 3" focuser and a nice reducer. It came in a double cardboard box with some styrofoam cut-out pieces that well protected the cargo. I did upgrade the focuser though to a 2.5" Moonlite with a rotator. The only reason I sold it, and after long research bought 105mm CFF, was a bit imperfect colour correction of my TS doublet.
The quality of CFF is a few notches higher thany my previously owned TS - starting from impeccable second to none packaging, machined solid tube that won't flex, machined baffles, solid 3.2" FTF and beautiful optics including a substantial dedicated CFF corrector.
Having said that, from my experience with a TS doublet, I am confident that their triplets are also very good and capable for capturing great data. But I'm also glad I splashed a bit more on an instrument that was made with a great attention to detail.
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