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I am ashamed to be able to answer this question from a lot of trial and error which really equates to having purchased and thereafter sold quite a few small refractors and burnt money in the process.
For super light travel I would agree with Anj that the TV-60 is the ultimate APO for visual use when travelling with little else other than the shirt on your back. However, I would regard it as a little limited in terms of what you can get out of it. Moreover, for the TV-60 I don't think you really need the telepod as a standard smaller camera tripod is sufficent and lighter.
HOWEVER - if your plane ticket permits carry on luggage and you can travel with more then the shirt on your back then without any doubt the ultimate travel APO for visual use is the TV-85 coupled with the Telepod. Swap the 2' everbrite diagonal with a 1.25 to reduce weight and pack a 3-6 Nag zoom, 9 or 13mm T6Nag and a 20mm Pentax XW.
As I mentioned before I have had a lot of trial and error with Taks and Vixens as well and whilst all are excellent in their optics in terms of portable utility the TV-85 is the easy winner.
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