[Outbackmanyep]

Originally Posted by Adrian-H

heh, i have allways disliked meade's way of advertisement and the way it presents its products..

like for instance, anyone seen that meade add where it goes something along the lines of, "watch out for cheap chinese knock off's buy a meade mak?"

pathetic advertisment like that really puts me off.

Do you notice that Meade and Celestron both have stuff made in China marketed as top of the line products now?
I use Celestron, but i always make sure that eyepieces etc are made in Japan or USA,
A lady i know bought a Meade Telestar GOTO telescope, and its been nothing but trouble! Its impossible to collimate for one, and the drive mechanisms are very sloppy, has plastic everything (i'm surprised the batteries aren't plastic), the manual is all scrolling in the hand controller and it hurts the eyes to read, its a very cheap and nasty set-up, likewise the Celestron scopes that you see in Australian Geo Shops and Dick Smith outlets have very poor mountings.

These days you get what you pay for!!


Like riflescopes, ANYTHING made in JAPAN, GERMANY or the USA are first quality!