Quick advice needed

[Zachariah]

On ebay thre is a phenix 102 refractor on a e5 mount for £349 any good advice needed

[John]

On ebay thre is a phenix 102 refractor on a e5 mount for £349 any good advice needed

That seems quite expensive to me. The Phenix scopes are OK but not as well made as the Skywatcher equivilent. An undriven EQ5 mount can be bought for £100 or so.

[Catweazel]

On ebay thre is a phenix 102 refractor on a e5 mount for £349 any good advice needed

My Evostar 120 with EQ5 cost £398 new from FLO, so I would guess that the 102 version would come in cheaper. The phenix is being sold by Skies The Limit I believe, and they are always good to deal with in my experience. On balance though, I would say that the the SW's are the better scopes

[rwilkey]

At our astronomy club we had a phenix refractor donated, a 150mm if I remember correctly, and to be honest the quality is not up to much, avoid it, besides the price is way high, more than it is worth, avoid it!