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Originally Posted by casstony

The Meade HD's are getting positive reviews. Try asking Bintel how they compare to a known quantity such as Televue plossls or Japanese orthos. The Orthos are about $60 from http://www.kkohki.com/English/kkohkiparts.html

Casstony, have you links to these reviews? The HD's seem like a new line, I don't know much about them. But if 60 deg FOV and 17mm ER takes your fancy, then I don't think $99 a pop isn't a bad deal IMHO. Some time ago, I had a look at the Meade 5000 24mm SWA, it was a damn good EP for the price and not far off the venerable 24mm Panoptic. My Meade 2x telextender is great for the price I got it for.

Chucky, I'd go down to Bintel and just trial few on the shop floor to see if you like them.