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Originally Posted by Fox
Hey Austronomer/John B - way harsh! 
Dannat secured my Meade 140 for a song, he he ! - so I believe he got a good deal. Agreed, it's no Powermate, but it does the job. I never noticed any 'darkening' in the Meade sample that I sold onto Dannat - although the Powermate is certainly well above the Meade 140.
Cheers, Fox (aka 'michael')  |
Hi Michael,
It's not harsh at all. You were probably lucky and had a good sample. The problem with the Meade #140 is it varies in quality from sample to sample. I have seen two samples side by side, on more than one occasion, that looked identical from the outside, which were clearly not equal optically. From 7 samples I have used 2 were duds. The problem here is that the owner had no reference piece to compare against, didn't know they had a dud and were out of warranty. When you have products that can vary in quality like this, you're better off avoiding them in my opinion to reduce the risk of getting a dud. If the sample you had was a good one then it will work fine without issue. For someone looking to buy a new barlow sight unseen and untested, my advice remains the same, "look elsewhere".
Cheers,
John B