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I bought a 7.1" Mak Black Edition SW Mak about 3 months ago and love it.
Not to discredit your experiences Wavy, but unlike the 7 points above, I have had the opposite experience, as I have an instrument with superb optical quality, and my cooldowns take maybe 30 mins tops.
I have had no problems with the finderscope or noticed any flimsy construction or screws being stripped, and have never had to do anything up behind finger tight.
I wonder Wavy, if you got one that managed to slip through the cracks on QC, because my ED 80mm refractor nowhere near compares to the Mak for planetry views.
This scope is an excellent galaxy and planetry scope, because you can pump up the magnification and get those narrow FOV's for those far off galaxy's if that is what you want.
I have about 5 reviews of the Pro edition (the gold version 1.25" attach barrels) bookmarked, I'll find them and pm them too you. From memory, none got a bad report and they range over a number of year.
Cheers
Mark
I often use a Antares 6.6 focal reducer with mine, and I can fit the entirety of the M42 in the FOV.
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