drkrell

Hi Rob, I have only just started using my Astromaster and reading what you say about ease of use I have to say as a beginner it took a lot of practice to get the mount set up correctly......if I have

I own a Celestron 130 and as mentioned the red dot finder is useless. I removed it and bought a telrad finder instead. The tripod is pretty ropey. I broke the tripod bracket (flimsy plastic) pretty easily and apparently this is quite common. The problem is you cannot get that part I had to buy it off ebay at a very high price. So if the Skymaster is more robust and has a better scope I would pay the extra for it.