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Old 13-05-2012, 01:25 PM
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Meade LX80 / LX800 Review link thread

Heya Guys I will be list links to reviews of these mounts in this thread, If you find one please post and ill add to this post

LX 80 Reviews
Forum user Review http://www.astronomyforum.net/telesc...s-arrived.html
Forum user Review http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea.../o/all/fpart/1
Slewing LX 80 video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQvQh3G0AS0

LX 800 Reviews
Unboxing and assembly video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5AHE0OEsTM
Problem video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-2zE...8&feature=plcp
Clutches Problem video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXqv3...WCZRJmxVFCLhJA
Sloppy Mount Fixed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7WEg...WCZRJmxVFCLhJA
Starlock Fail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyckv...feature=relmfu
Starlock still failing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kErOd...feature=relmfu
Startup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFDHj...feature=relmfu

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Old 13-05-2012, 04:08 PM
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Umm sorta puts you off em
And I liked the look and idea and price of the lx80
You wouldn't be a happy camper if you forked out for the starlock in oz it ain't cheap !
Like other IIS members said , wait and see !

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Old 13-05-2012, 04:50 PM
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Thanks but ... have you tried any of the links on the first lx80 review ??
GHAAA ! its full of rubbish !! nothing to do with the Meade mount at all , I even got asked to a survey .
The other 2 are ok tho . .
Brian.
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Old 13-05-2012, 05:24 PM
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Thanks but ... have you tried any of the links on the first lx80 review ??
GHAAA ! its full of rubbish !! nothing to do with the Meade mount at all , I even got asked to a survey .
The other 2 are ok tho . .
Brian.
You have to be a member logged into astronomy forum, its a huge user forum much bigger then this place lol. They use ad's to cover bandwidth cost.
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Old 13-05-2012, 05:27 PM
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Thanks Jay , I did not think it was anything bad .
I''l go back and join up.
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You have to be a member logged into astronomy forum, its a huge user forum much bigger then this place lol. They use ad's to cover bandwidth cost.
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Old 13-05-2012, 05:39 PM
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Lol when i first came across the forum i thought it was total spam junk myself but they are 60,000+ strong and have sections for each part of the world. I pref it over iis because of the level of active users lol, but this place is always home base hahah
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