
I had to have this poor man' Questar. I just tried some daytime viewing, and was positively thrilled at the sharpness. Awesome.
The supplied 26mm Plossl was a little restrictive for me. I'm not used to that narrow of a FOV. So I tried my Meade 28mm SWA (in a 2" to 1.25" adapter) and I was loving the view. A little edge darkening, but I was surpised that a Mak could provide such a comfortably wide FOV. (I'd like to get my hands on a Meade 24mm SWA.)
I didn't purchase a power cord (didn't know I needed to), so I haven't tried out the electronics yet. But I was also pleasantly surprised at how smoothly I could hand guide it.
I was a little disappointed because I was supposed to get the PE version, but was "tricked" into buying an AT version. (The cardboard box that they packed it in said PE, but when I opened the cardboard box, I saw that the Meade box said AT).
No big deal. If I understand correctly, one positive is that I won't have to deal with any possible battery failure in the LNT.
It really gives me good feeling to look over at this beautiful scope. At the risk of offending any Questar owners, it looks very much like a Questar to me, almost as nice. 5" of aperture never looked so good, unless you are willing to spend 10x what the ETX cost!