Meade LX 600 12 or 14" vs Meade LX850

[Jeff Doy]

Hi there. I'm about to buy a new scope as I'm getting back to stargazing (at last...) and I want to do some astro imaging in a while. Looking for MEADE LX 600 or 850 mount. Is there anybody having comments or recommendations on both mounts? Don'T know yet, as portability is important, if I'll go for a 12 or 14 inches.

Thanks in advance.
Jeff

[mbenjaminz28]

Hello,

I own a nice LX600 12" ota, very happy with the ota. Great focuser design, little mirror flop to worry about. I deforked it. I bought the LX600 new summer 2017, unfortunately mine was a lemon, within 3 months started having electronic issues, Meade fixed once, then more electronic issues. It was out of warranty at this point and it would cost a fortune to ship both ways, I cut my losses and deforked the ota. Mine could of been a rarity, at least I hope so. I bought a cem120 and haven't looked back. Really for imaging this is a great setup, I would really only consider a fork mount for visual use.