I am a beginner - leaving the other reviews - decided after a long search on the Internet for this model, and I am very happy with the decision. In detail: - Tripod and mount are stable and make a quality impression, for that price I had to be honest at least in these areas the typical China-Mix expected from plastic and metal imitation. The whole building has a decent bar formality and good stability. The fine adjustment works clean and is easy to control. - Tube and mirrors also make a quality impression, the optical properties can I lack compared subjectively assessed. The first observation results were very promising, moon and planets can be in any case dissolve very well. - Certain compromises must be done at the eyepieces. While the 25mm- and 9mm eyepiece good to decent results provide, the 4mm eyepiece is too weak to be used for reasonable observations. In this price range certainly to be expected, however, and "fix" the replacement of one or other relatively cheap Plössl eyepiece to. - The viewfinder with LED is very useful, however, the connection is to the tube rather poorly executed, that is, the recording has a certain clearance and the search point can be adjusted slightly. In the case you have to decide when setting the search point for the stop on one side of the guide groove, and possibly push back at this attack, if it pretends. In my mind, but not a big handicap, the LED viewfinder is definitely a good help. - Moon Map and Software (sky view) are helpful and extremely useful for beginners. However, I had already the software "SkySafari Plus" bought, on the other hand could not get the software supplied more "anstinken".
Overall I am very satisfied with the purchase. Within the first hour after the building I had seen the rings of Saturn, already convincing to myself for an entry-level device. The entry is made much easier in my opinion if you previously look at a couple of videos on the Internet on topics such as the orientation of the equatorial mount and basic operation of the device on Youtube. With the manual entry alone is certainly more difficult.
However, one should not expect that it will remain in this investment, if you will enter for more than a few hours in the Sternenguckerei. Within a short time "had" I extend my collection to a camera mount, 2x Barlow and 2 Plössls. Remains to be seen how long it takes to purchase a motor. If a fever grabs times ...
