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Asimov, I have the Orion Ed. Great little scope and well collimated, I also got mine from Bintel.
Image quality is superb, and I was surprised at the size of nebula and clusters. However I have tried using it on the planets and its image scale is way too small for my purposes. Detail that is present in the 10" is not anywhere visible in the Orion. The small focal length is the source of this. So I would say that getting it for that purpose is best left alone.
As for build quality, I can only assume that Bintel would not stock them if they were inferior, I don't know however what their contractual relations are with other companies.
Anyway I like my little scope and it is bolted onto the 10"
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