ZWO announced it's line of telescopes that are just reskins of the Askar PHQ series. I get that. However I was about to purchase a 130PHQ before the announcement and wasn't thinking too much about it until I was trying to figure out when they were available. Then I found out that pretty much every pre-order is getting the reducer for free ($350 value). Now I'm pretty torn about waiting until maybe July to get one and save $350 on the reducer.
So I am asking for CN's experience here. If I pre-order, what site would get them first? ZWO's website or the other vendors with the same offering? I've spent a small fortune on Agena Astro already so I trust them, but I don't mind buying direct. Here are some places I've found offering the free reducer:
- https://astronomy-im...wo-ff130-apo-2/
- https://agenaastro.c...-telescope.html
- https://cloudbreakop...s/zwo-ff130-apo
- https://all-startele...actor-telescope