Sorry but its the teacher coming out in me here
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Trevor, what do you hope to achieve by this pole? Do you want everybody to vote or do you want to gain an understanding of why people may choose either a Mak or SCT? From my perspective it is not possible to place a vote as I like both Maks and SCT's. I also like reflectors and refractors too so any vote I make would be false. In truth if you get one of each of all the different types of telescope available you will have the perfect telescope. Each excell in different areas and no one type can do it all.
Mark