Stock finderscope on Celestron Powerseeker 127eq

[ks2847]

Morning everyone

I've not long had my Powerseeker 127 eq and have struggled with the stock finderscope.

My first impressions; it feels cheap and the adjustment screws don't appear to help a great deal with the movements needed to become aligned. It doesn't take much for the scope to need realignment, regardless of how I set it up. Even aligning to the moon was tricky, and I could never get it lined up in the crosshairs, it was always slightly off centre. 

Perhaps I need to persist with the stock finderscope till I perfect it. Thankfully, I'm not currently aligning to Polaris to help with viewing the night sky. I don't have a great view from my garden so I'm only really moongazing atm, which means using the finderscope isn't absolutely necessary right now, but as I progress I'll clearly need to get it perfected.

I guess my question is this, how much benefit is there in upgrading with a red dot/circle finderscope? Is the fact it's a cheap telescope (or perhaps, the fact it's that particular model) mean alignment could always be tricky? Would a "better" finderscope make it easier, or will I encounter the same issue?

Any thoughts/advice is welcome

Cheers