Thanks to you all for your help I was worried I would frustrate people lacking detailed knowledge.
erik - I usually do that but was caught up in my notes and just when I thought about atleast highlighting and copying I'd done the dreaded click and hit the back on the browser and it was gone
Thanks for your understanding though I was really annoyed about it at first
. James talks about a variety of things when it comes to astronomy and I can admit now that I've read so much I truly didn't understand or pay attention enough to convert into the information I need to decide. I'm not that good of a wife I wish I had have run off and wrote down some comments now. He has said about tracking, he even said he saw an eyepiece he wanted to use so "casstony" your post was great as I didn't even think about a voucher I didn't know they get done. I still like their site so I can think of that even as my last resort so thanks. He also has commented about waiting for the telescope to climatise which I didn't realise so as he's waiting he ducks inside goes to his computer and looks up things, he gets engrossed. I know he loves looking at the details of the planets. It's me who'd love to take pictures but I didn't comment on here as there seems to be a bit of a "thing" between users about imaging so I wasn't sure to venture in to those waters when this is so out of my field. Plus I'd rather get him something he can use a lot and for viewing, to get into imaging I imagine it is far dearer even if the thread in my digital camera is what one person emailed and asked if I had I could get a mount, even so I know it's time exposure issues etc and that's something to get in to down the track once he gets more use of his telescope. Running our own business he gets little time and is still getting use to his telescope. I think getting eyepieces would give him something more to "do" with it if that makes sense.
He dosn't wear glasses either.
So not to put a huge post again as I know I avoid lots of text I just want to thank you for all your feedback it has helped. mcpb and Steve I do appreciate and janoskiss that is what I wanted too, some honest feedback. Until I started researching I just assumed Meade but once I read so much I realised there may be a better option and getting advice from those who love and use telescopes and in their "home turf" is extremely helpful, I was losing my drive and patience and needed it to be easier. Yes, very slack of me.
Louwai, Dave and DJVege it all helps and I thank you all again for helping me hone in on the perfect thing to get.
Atleast I can redeem myself by giving a voucher another time if I do get him something, if it wasn't exactly what he'd get the options below would still be very useable, give him a better experience and I could get the voucher for Christmas or next years birthday (since if I spend more we combine b'days and xmas as we are both either side of it, plus we often spend something on life general stuff together, 30th is suppose to be special though). Then he can pick his own favourite piece then
EDIT - P.S - Finally I now get what EP's stands for, now I feel extra stupid I normally worked out most of the abbreviations, even less obvious ones than that and you know what just knowing that actually helps heaps. I think I thought it was a whole other style of "EP"
, notthat it actually stood for simply eyepiece!!