paleoc2000

That makes sense looking at the Meade super plossls on Astromart, I see several with brass bodies.

One of the three 9.7mm super plossl I have has TAIWAN stamped on the barrel. The other two do not have any origin on them and I assume they are from China. Is it correct the Taiwanese ones are often inferior?

I have read all about manufacture location and number of elements. My questions boil down to two things. I have never seen one (including looking at pictures on the internet) that was not all chrome (excluding the black center grip). On this one, the bottom is chrome but the metal on top is brass instead of chrome. In fact the 6x26mm finder scope on the telescope is also brass. The eyepiece also has letters LP which none of my other super plossl have. What does LP stand for?

I have 2 complete sets of Meade super plossl that came in metal aluminum cases (2x40mm, 2x32mm, 2x26mm, 2x15mm, 2x12.4mm, 3x9.7mm -1 marked Taiwan, 2x6.4mm, 1x 2-3x Barlow, 1x diagonal). None have origin markings except the one marked Taiwan (which is also marked series 4000 which not of the others have). From reading the forums it is ?possibly? the worst of the lot. I just bought a used Meade DSX-125 Mak-Cas which came with another 26mm. The strange thing about this eyepiece is the body. All the others had fully chromed metal in the bodies. This one is chromed at the bottom where it goes into the telescope. However, the rest of the metal part of it is made of brass which with age has tarnished. The only markings on it are "MEADE SUPER PLOSSL 26mm LP MULTI-COATED". The lettering is white and not yellow. None of the others have the LP marking. It has a rubber eye guard which doesn't fold down like the rest do. I have never seen a picture of a Meade supper plossl that has brass on it. So my question is: What is it? Japan, Taiwan, China? What does LP stand for?