the only difference is if your a bit of a cluts and bump it the meade one doesnt move. on the negitive its physically BIG. and thats coming from me. If you where setting up for a week or two at a time the meade might be nicer but hey. like i said it works the way it is.
On the other side i finally got around to taking the PE of my polished white turd, Un corrected after 500 points, 4 worm cycles PEMpro recorded my poultry loaded EQ6 (25 ish kg on a 20kg rated mount) at +6.5 - 5.3 arc seconds or 11.8 acr seconds peak to peak.
Thats good enough for me in bog stock standard gise!