C11 replacement/equivalent?

[deanm (Dean)]

Folks - I'm anticipating an insurance payout for replacement of my water-damaged (= totally rooted!) C11 XLT OTA + everything in the optical path & even the Motofocus....

I can find only one Oz supplier for such an OTA.

Can anyone suggest an equivalent scope? Would a C9.25 Edge offer parity (other than light scooping capacity)?

Cheers!

Dean

[Wavytone]

The options are:

Another C11,
A meade LX200 10" ACF (slightly smaller) or LX200 12" ACF (slightly larger).

The C9.25 is a significant step down in aperture to the extent it is not equivalent, if the insurer is asking; you're being short-changed. And I'd insist on EDGE HD (Celestron) or ACF (Meade) as the insurer won't know the difference.

[deanm (Dean)]

Thanks for your thoughts, Wavy.
To my astonishment, the insurers bent over backwards, coached me in not using the word 'flooded' and, within 24 hours, lined up an in-stock replacement C11 XLT OTA (at 2X what I paid back in 2012....).

And all of that was done with one phone call a & a couple of emails to the supplier.

Bloody brilliant!

Dean

[casstony]

I'm curious which insurer you're with Dean? Always good to know which companies are good or bad to deal with.