Thread: I can't believe the rubbish Meade puts out now days
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Old 04-09-2007, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Outbackmanyep View Post
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!
these days basically everything is made in Taiwan or China. Even your $600 TV Panoptics are Taiwan-made these days. My Meade Series 5000 Plossl is made in China.

Finding Japanese/U.S products is becoming harder and harder.
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