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Originally Posted by marki
They are not better than each other, both have good and bad points. Meade tend to over engineer their tubes which is why they are much heavier. I have read reports bagging both celestron and meade for different reasons and it really is a pointless pursuit. As for aftersales service whenever I have had a fault with my meade scopes Bintel have always responded immeadiately to my queries and I have had no problem getting things fixed. All three of the meade scopes I own (etx 125pe, Lx200R and series 5000 ED 80 apo) have excellent optics and I have no concerns at all. It may seem that celstron scopes are more popular but if you look at the sales figures you will find meade out sold celestron by about 10:1 in the last ten years. Both manufacturers make average scopes for a reasonable price, neither are in the big league as they both built to a budget.
Mark
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Mark,
You've got to admit that Celestron has a better quality control than Meade. In addition to that the Celestron CGE Pro 1400 EdgeHD isn't just average but way better than average 14" scopes!
Bart