Yes the mechanics of the ds series is not precisely "precision mechanics" and is not precisely "sturdy" perhaps we can call it "lightweight". By the way the...
Don't buy it! Even brand new those scopes are junk, probably the worst scope that Meade ever made. I owned one and gave it away it was that bad. For $150 you...
... Yes, fortunately Meade usually uses focusers large enough for 1.25" EPs, but for the scopes sold in dept stores, the top part is usually designed for .965"...
The DS all those I have seen have, actually, a 2" focuser, and can accommodate 2" adapter, 1.25" adapter, and 0.965" adapter. The third one probably should be...
What would I do if somebody offered me a Meade DS scope? Unless if was free....I'd RUN. Even then... I bow to no one in my appreciation of Meade's products,...
I agree....these are totally Chinese manufactured and not even serviceable; pretty much disposable scopes when there are problems. For beginners, they are fun...
I've worked with some of the Meade DS2000 series scopes, and generally the mounts are underbuilt and unreliable. Optics are OK (except for the Short tubes,...
... In case it wasn't obvious, the DS-80AT I mentioned previously can use any of a 0.965", 1.25" and 2" EP and/or diagonal simply by changing (unscrew, then...
... scopes I ... oneself ... You're lumping all DSs together. The only real problem I've seen is the mount and those can be fixed/corrected/replaced --...
... Heh, heh. :-) I have a number of scopes (many refractors) and that wasn't an idle comment. My ED80 and ED100, however, blow the DS-80AT's OTA away, but ...
YEP, we have been around this bush before.....as my Grandad used to say.....when you sleep with dog's, you wake up with fleas. The problem is how much cash...
... Agreed! :-) BTW, I just now noticed it was you to whom I replied a year and a half ago in group message 10283; whew, how time flies. Others who are...
I just came across, on the meade 4m DS board, a message from a newbie who has four (!!) ds-series and has them since a year or a little more and is having fun...
... Yes, I've heard horror stories about collimation problems and the built-in barlow in the short version. ... "Turn Left at Orion" ($17 from Amazon last time...
well i found a freind that has one sitting and took it on lone and i will save my cash i seen a scope on the meade site that looked like it would get me far on...
... Consider the source- Meade's own discussion forum. Meade can make a good scope when it tries, but when it comes to honesty I don't trust them any more than...
... You don't have to take it apart after using it- the trusses just make it more portable if you want to take it apart to take it somewhere. The downside is...
Swell idea Bob.....my kid is now 18, and she has been looking through my larger scopes since she was three with no problems at all. It is a scope that you can...
LOL!!! If Meade stages "reviews" that badmouth their cats (which have plenty more compromises than the Cs) to push their (obsolete and no longer in production,...
... The review was bad mouthing a C11, not a Meade SCT. ... That's a misconception. Bad seeing (air turbulence) affects small scopes just as much larger...
Different optical schemes process the signal differently and have different weaknesses and points of strength. It is amusing to try to look at something in the...
... What's wrong with a plossl eyepiece in a dob? ... But the dob will normally come with at least one Plossl, while the junk scope comes with junk eyepieces,...
So Right Tony, That's exactly what I did! I got rid of my DS2000 mounts and now I have a DS114 and a DS80. I also have extra motors and gears and extra 497,...
... newbie ... more ... honesty I don't ... Walmart used ... To those that may think what I have said on the Meade website is staged" For whatever it is worth,...
Wow! All that with a $3-400 scope that was probably bought from Wally World and should have worked out of the box in the first place! I, too have had the guts...
... It appears you and I have found and fixed most/all the same problems! For those curious about the washer, original parts after disassembly years ago...
They have changed the design in some ways and made it simpler. The gear teeth are all nylon, which has some better qualities and some worse. At the top of...
