Overall Rating: 9 Weight: 6 (Veritable Vote) Date: 08/15/2002 07:16:54 am PST By: WarpCorp Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=125460
This guy is very dishonest. He gets paid by OPT to advertise the LXD55 scopes on the LXD55 yahoo group. Take EVERYTHING he says with a huge grain of salt. The reality is that the 10" is way too heavy for the mount, and that the mount is not very accurate at pointing, and lots of bolts and pieces break on it very quickly. Save your $$ and get an LX-90 instead - it is one of the most trouble-free scopes Meade makes, and is very accurate and has very few problems. Plus, it is ten times easier to set up and tear down, and is much lighter than this 10" piece of CR#P.
Looks like the crappy quality of this product is going to bite Meade in the butt! Dealers are now refusing to carry this LEMON of a scope. Check out... http://www.proastronomer.com/lxsertel.html You know it must be bad when a dealer posts something like this.
My personal experience with this telescope, LXD-55 10"was a disaster. After a much anticipated delivery, the mount on the scope gave out under the strain of the weight of the scope the first night. My dealer was kind enough to replace the mount for me immediately, the next outing, despite hours of trials (and I've had years of experience with Autostar alignments on other scopes) the Goto was completely inaccurate. The next night out, the ENTIRE OTA fell off the mount due to a faulty bolt, Meade said they couldn't guarantee replacement for months. The scope is made in China and obviously very poorly, the parts are crudely machined and the gears in the mount strain under the weight of the scope. After a jury-rigged mount repair by my dealer, the next time out the mount again gave outcompletely. I was only fortunate to have an amazingly understanding dealer who refunded all my money and sent this lemon back to Meade. Others may not be so lucky. Caveat Emptor! I have since saved my money and purchased an LX200 10"GPS and it's a dream >[webmaster note: vote moved from description of a duplicate entry] > >Been awhile since I've given an update on the LXD55 SN10. Skies have been lousy so I'll give you what I have experienced. The mount and scope are well exceeding my expectations. Lunar views with 12mm and 9mm ep's are absolutely incredible. Views of the ring nebula are outstanding. Doubles split easily with both eps's. Field of view is still breathtaking. In short, the optics on this scope with the UHTC package would be hard to beat for the money. > >The mount is working flawlessly to date. Only problem I have experienced is that I twisted off one of the tightening bolts on the legs - I called Meade on Monday and on Wednesday I had a new leg assembly on my doorstep - I call that outstanding customer service. I made a few mods to the leg assemblies and the mount seems to be rock solid with about a 2 sec settling time if I rap on the tube. Set up time from "decision to view" to finished polar alignment now takes about 5 - 7 minutes and gives excellent goto's with objects being almost dead center in the 12mm ep. Clear sharp edge to edge views with almost no coloration on edges of stars. Only slight coloration at the very very edge of the field. The screw adjustments for the optical tube axis alignment are a little trickey but no big deal. Once centered in the EP objects stay very well centered for over 45 minutes (longest I have tracked). > >I plan on internally flocking the tube within the next week of so - will let you know the results. > >All in all, I would give this combo a 9 out of 10. It looks impressive (I constantly have strangers standing in line with their cars double parked in my street) to get a glimpse. Operation and set up are easy. This scope seems to be an excellent value and real bargain. Weakest link is the tripod legs but these can be quicklly beefed up with a couple of hours work and around $20.00 in parts. > >I've taken several single shot ccd images of the sun with an inexpensive RCA CDS6300 which I bought from ebay for $150.00. I'm using an Orion Steady Pic camera mount ($34.95) with their 14mm Epic ED eyepiece and Intellivue Solar Filter (full apeture). Internal "grain of sunspots is clearly visible as well as temperature gradient rings surrounding the spots. Color is pure beautiful yellow orange (yes it looks like the sun should look) and clarity is fabulous. Some surface "grain" is clearly visible. As soon as skies allow, I am hoping to try it on the night sky. > >Everyone here that has seen the shots says they are great. As soon as my PC at home is up and running again, I will post for all to see.
Don't believe this guy - he works for Meade. He is well known on the LXD55 group (where everyone reports their problems with these scopes). If you want the real scoop on the LXD55 10", go to the yahoo group. This guy is the only one who is happy with his.
Overall Rating: 9 Optics:10 Mount:8 Ease of Use:10 Value:10 Weight: 3 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 09/18/2002 12:25:01 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.112.1) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=134848
Overall Rating: 1 Optics:8 Mount:1 Ease of Use:3 Value:1 Weight: 9 (Veritable Vote) Date: 09/22/2002 01:25:15 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.100.197) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=135771
Overall Rating: 7 Optics:10 Mount:6 Ease of Use:5 Value:10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 10/01/2002 09:47:10 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.112.1) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=137632
Overall Rating: 2 Optics:8 Mount:0 Ease of Use:0 Value:2 Weight: 9 (Veritable Vote) Date: 10/02/2002 09:09:59 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.131.100) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=138012
Here, here. I wish someone had warned me. I lost an entire summer of viewing because of this lemon. >After owning this scope for several months, I am reasonably unhappy with it. > >First of all, it is very poorly made. Many of the parts on it are made entirely out of plastic! The weak tripod legs can barely support the OTA - they flex alot when you put it on the mount. When you are focusing, the image shakes horribly due to all the flexing and slop in the mount. > >Even though I have carefully balanced the scope, the weight puts alot of strain on the motors - you can actually see them shift when you start slewing. I bet they will not last long under this strain. It seems like this mount was not designed for this heavy of a payload. Maybe the 6" version does a bit better. The motors themselves do not mesh well - I actually had to re-mount them to get them working correctly! > >The goto is the biggest joke of all! I have owned 2 ETX's and a LX-90, so I am fairly used to Autostar. After careful setup and polar alignment, I have never had good goto's with this thing. I think alot of this has to do with the poor machining of the mount. It doesn't even have bearings - instead it relies on friction and grease. It also has alot of slop in it - too much for the autostar to accurately correct for, even though it tries to do so. Although if you look carefully in Meade's ads, they admit to the poor pointing accuracy of this mount - they list it at 15 arcmins accuracy. My mount also had burrs on it, creating 'high' spots as it rotated on the axis. Keep in mind that this scope mount is MADE IN CHINA - not made in the US like other Meade scopes. Consequently, the quality is not anywhere near the other meade scopes. > >The optics ARE good, however. Although for the price I paid, I could have had a REALLY nice OTA from another manufacturer. > >If you are planning on getting this scope because you cannot afford the better ones, DON'T! DO NOT BUY THIS PIECE OF JUNK! You will spend endless hours of frustration trying to get it to work. You will spend even more hours on the user groups just to try to figure out how to fix it (if you don't believe me, check out the groups! All the owners are constantly working on these things just to get them to work like a normal goto telescope!). Save your money and get something better. Fortunately, I was able to sell mine last week while the market is still hot. GOOD RIDDANCE!
Overall Rating: 7 Optics:10 Mount:6 Ease of Use:8 Value:10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 11/09/2002 02:31:45 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.112.3) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=147735
>Dovetail / tube ring mod done to make safer and more rigid. >But did not mind that as always end up doing something to a new bit of kit. Still great value for money Yeah, great value when you have to modify a new scope just to keep the OTA from falling off! I remember when the Yugo was a 'great value - for the money'. Just keep telling yourself how great a value it is as you watch it fall apart over the next year.
Overall Rating: 9 Optics:10 Mount:7 Ease of Use:8 Value:10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 11/19/2002 07:27:01 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.208.42) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=153636
Overall Rating: 2 Optics:8 Mount:1 Ease of Use:1 Value:1 Weight: 2 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 11/20/2002 06:56:11 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.161.161) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=154084
Overall Rating: 9 Optics:10 Mount:8 Ease of Use:9 Value:10 Weight: 10 (Trustworthy Vote) Date: 11/24/2002 08:07:08 am PST By: groth Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=155620
Overall Rating: 9 Optics:10 Mount:8 Ease of Use:9 Value:10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 11/26/2002 09:51:07 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.9.79) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=156916
Overall Rating: 9 Optics:10 Mount:7 Ease of Use:6 Value:10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 12/14/2002 06:26:48 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.142.48) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=165549
Overall Rating: 9 Optics:9 Mount:8 Ease of Use:9 Value:10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 03/07/2003 02:55:54 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.48.60) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=203845
Overall Rating: 5 Weight: 2 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 05/31/2003 07:16:24 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.34.39) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=242937
Overall Rating: 7 Optics:8 Mount:7 Ease of Use:5 Value:9 Weight: 4 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 06/09/2003 09:34:46 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.147.40) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=246750
Overall Rating: 1 Optics:6 Mount:1 Ease of Use:1 Value:2 Weight: 11 (Trustworthy Vote) Date: 08/05/2003 10:40:04 am PST By: TelescopeFan Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=163910
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The latest Meade cataog shows a slightly different trpod fr the LXD55. Is it "new and improved" or just a newpaint job? >Packed with features, the 10" SN is sure to please!!! >FEATURING: > >1. Lots of plastic parts made in China!! > ...snip...
Overall Rating: 6 Optics:10 Mount:2 Ease of Use:6 Value:10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 08/12/2003 12:09:16 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.56.238) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=285044
Overall Rating: 7 Optics:10 Mount:5 Ease of Use:7 Value:10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 09/23/2003 04:53:50 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.59.58) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=303265
Overall Rating: 10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 07/12/2004 08:34:33 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.132.137) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=368216
Overall Rating: 3 Optics:10 Mount:1 Ease of Use:1 Value:2 Weight: 3 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 07/14/2004 02:10:55 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.94.47) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=368348
Overall Rating: 1 Optics:4 Mount:0 Ease of Use:0 Value:0 Weight: 3 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 10/20/2004 12:12:41 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.55.100) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=395989
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