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Couldn't agree more!
Good review, Colin.
I would like to confirm what you have said from my personal experience of the same telescope, only I wasn't as patient as you. The flimsy mount was immeasurably frustrating as was the alt/az buttons and their pre-determined range of movement. The focussing was equally annoying, because, as you have said, once you tried to focus you moved the whole scope.
You did forget to add how utterly useless the instruction booklet was for a total newbie user such as myself. As a result I didn't get as far as trying to align the go-to system.
On a positive note, I did find the view through the scope quite good (excluding the barlow) once I was able to position the scope and get it in focus, that is!
My time with the Northstar was limited to one frustrating night - the next day I took it back to the shop and exchanged it for a slightly more expensive one with an EQ mount. I feel that the Northstar had a better view, but the stable mount with slow motion hand controls of my current one is worth more than whatever advantages the Northstar had.
Reviews on other websites make interesting reading as well. Thanks again for your comprehensive review.
John Saunders
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