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Has anyone had experience with both of these scopes,and, if so, any thoughts on which is better overall or advantages/disadvantages of each?

Thanks in advance.

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I haven't owned either, so I won't offer any opinions that would require first-hand knowledge. Even so, there are some differences you can find just from comparing specifications and forums like this one:

• The Tak is smaller
• The Tak is lighter
• The Stellarvue is a triplet with the resulting pros and cons that we have all been debating for years; by contrast, the Tak is, of course, a doublet
• The Tak uses Fluorite crystal as its abnormal dispersion element, while the Stellarvue uses either Fluorite or fluoro-crown glass (Ohara FPL-53) depending on which trim level you are looking at; some believe Fluorite has an almost magical effect on image quality
• The Stellarvue has a choice of two different two-speed Crayford focusers while the Tak comes with a 2" rack and pinion; I can highly recommend the 2" Feathertouch from personal experience on other telescopes
• It is well documented that the Tak can come out of collimation if knocked around too much--consider how you will be transporting the scope and whether it will ever be shipped

Anything else I might add would require that I actually look through the scopes you are asking about

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- Jared Willson

• TMB 152 f/8 Apochromat
• Fluorostar FLT-110 w/ TEC optics
• Stellarvue SV80S
• Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO
• Takahashi Teegul SP Mount
• STL-11000

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