The full truth on the 130eq - Celestron AstroMaster 130 EQ Equatorial Reflector Telescope 31045

For the money it's a good value. The EQ mount is what you want to have when your at the highest level on viewing the night skies. And the mount is well put together. It is not light. But not too heavy as to stop you using it. It is not the easiest mount to use, but a quick YouTube search on EQ mounts and setting them up and you will be fine. The legs of the tripod are steel so they are very nice. The plastic pieces that attach the screws are the weak points. But as long as you use it with care, as you should, you should have no trouble with them. The scope its self is well put together and leaves very little to assemble. My mirrors seem to be very nice so far. I have only had it out twice so far. And my targets have been the moon and star viewing. A total of 30 minutes at most. The scope comes with software that is okay. But much better can be had online for free. This comes with two eyepieces, a 10mm, and a 20mm erecting. The 10mm is just okay. The 20mm is really at the bottom of what I would ever want to use. So that leads me to the bad things. The first is the eyepieces, but that's not any different than any telescope you buy. They all come with very few and not the best. So you should buy either the celestron eyepiece set with filters or do as I have and go for really good eyepieces such as celestrons X-Cel LX line, or Luminus line. I did the X-cel and love the one I have so far. The next con is the red dot finder, it's worthless and to my knowledge there is no way to switch it out. Next is its only a 1.25 focuser, I wish it had both 1.25" and 2". That way you could use more eyepieces. Bottom line buy this one.