Meade 127ed vs ES 127ed

Trying to decide between and older Meade 127ed f9 and
an Explore Scientific es127ed f7.5
Of course one is a doublet and one is a triplet.
For visual use, mostly planets which do you prefer.
Thanks,
PS there is also a $500 difference in price,
both are used but mint condition

I had a great Meade 127 ED APO. It was an excellent planetary and double star scope. Not much color, but there was a little around the limb of the Moon, slight green, very fine line. It did not show much color on planets.
I do understand that they are not all perfect, but mostly good.
Have not seen or used the ES scope.

I currently own a Meade 127ED, and have been very impressed with it during the year and a half or so that I have owned it. In fact, it may be Floyd's old 127ED, as it came with a Wyorock focuser and the white 8x50 finder.

Anyway, as Floyd said, it is about as close to color free as you could want from a doublet apo. I don't really see color on the limb of the moon, but there is color on bright stars like Vega. I mainly use it for solar, lunar, planetary and OCs, visual only, so it suits my needs just fine.

Having said that, it is not of the same quality as a Tak FS127 that I owned several years ago, which goes down as one of the finest refractors that I have ever owned. I did not pay anywhere near the same price for the Meade as I did for the Tak either.

I've never looked through the ES either, but they get pretty decent reviews.

Doug
Midway, FL