I am about to purchase a new meade lx200 12 uhtc. I probably have performed too much research on this scope. Each time I am about to make the purchase, however, I come back to one item, Quality Control. I have looked on Astromart for a used scope, but have decided to purchase a new one. I am struck, though, by the larger number of Meade Lx200 scopes for sale, over the Celestrons, especially ocassional comments about the superiority of the Celestron 11 to the Meade 12, despite the additional inch of aperture. This is in contrast to many of the recent reviews I have read. Is it that the Meade scopes are larger and heavier than most first imagined--which seems to be a common theme--or is there still an optical and general quality control problem? Any help is appreciated.
Gregg D. Bernstein
Augusta, Maine
Gregg D. Bernstein
Augusta, Maine