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Originally Posted by toc
I was also under the impression that the Orion dobs used the same mirrors as GSO, Skywatcher, Bintel, Saxon, and Meade dobs sold here. Happy to be proven wrong though.  |
GSO make the mirrors for Meade, GSO (obviously), and Bintel. Synta make the mirrors for Skywatcher, Saxon, Orion and Celestron.
To the OP. For your budget, any difference between the Synta and GSO mirrors is more likely to be individual variance in mirror quality than 1 brand making consistently better optics. Both are generally very good with the occasional exceptional or poor mirror getting through. Get onto Sirius Optics if you have your heart set on an Orion as they seem to have the best Orion prices which are listed on their website. Otherwise any of these brands are very good and TBH i would buy whichever was cheapest or came with better accessories.