Overall Rating: 5
Optics:4 Mount:5 Ease of Use:7 Value:6
Weight: 2 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 07/07/2002 08:05:47 am PST
By: Staruser
Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=110559

>If you buy an 8in. dob. for the same price you will see more things.  This is a OK low power scope for a quik setup.  Good for brighter star clusters, a few nebulas and thats it.  Overall,  low quality optics.

Perhaps, but let's compare apples with apples here.  An 8 inch dob doesn't make a good grab and go, wide field scope.  Nor does one expect APO-like performance from a $319 scope.
So, overall your opinion is rather out of context.

I'm not sure why people leave goofy comments like this.  If I wanted an 8" DOB for the same price I'd buy one.  But that's not why I came to this site.  I came here to read reviews and evaluations of the Orion 4.7" short tube refractor.  For that purpose this person's review is worthless.  No examples cited to substantiate the opinions given.  

Overall, this guy's a loser. 

>If you buy an 8in. dob. for the same price you will see more things.  This is a OK low power scope for a quik setup.  Good for brighter star clusters, a few nebulas and thats it.  Overall,  low quality optics.