Meade 04542 mySKY Plus Sky Exploration Guider Reviews

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Very difficult to aim given natural shake in one's arms and poor focusing mechanism. GPS takes (when it worked) over 5 minutes to get a take. I found it not as helpful as one of the cheap sky charts. Then Meade came out with a software upgrade - and that made mine completely unworkable. from Amazon.com My first MySky had to be returned - it was literally falling apart in the box. When I finally received the second - it actually worked, but I had terrible problems trying to upgrade the software - SO... from Amazon.com As a budding backyard astronomer, I was hoping for an aid to my exploration. I bought this pretty much on release and now, about a year later and after getting the latest software shipped to me by Meade, I have decided to call this a total loss. from Amazon.com I thought I had carefully compared the MySky and the celestron product, and made the right choice. BIG MISTAKE. from Amazon.com Oh my goodness. I should have visited the review forums before buying this overpriced miserable piece of junk. The quality of the materials is well below what you might expect of a $300 device (valued at $500 by Meade). Without exaggeration, I must tell you that I have seen happy meal prizes of better construction and made of better materials. from Amazon.com I bought a MySky in February. When it arrived, from the first time, it woudld not work: It would lock up whether you had it look for birds or you entered data manually. from Amazon.com I bought mine to run my ETX90 EC and to help the kids learn the sky. I knew it had problems, but I figured if it didn't work I could return it right away for another. from Amazon.com It worked a few times, but now it's dead. The electronics don't work, so all you get for paying the hefty price of $399 is a piece of inoperative plastic--might as well point a wood stick at the sky. I'm trying to see if Meade will take the inert product back and ship one that works. from Amazon.com THIS 'MYSKY PERSONAL GUIDE' DID NOT WORK FROM THE FIRST TIME I TRIED IT. I GOT A "RETURN FOR REPAIR MESSAGE" ON IT THE FIRST TIME I TRIED TO USE IT. from Amazon.com It freezes in the midst of the effort to communicate with GPS satellites and establish time and location. Tried it about 20 times all of the ways that the documentation specified. Meade support is only available during business hours (when I am working, not playing with cool gadgets). One must have a return number obtained from Meade before sending it back. from Amazon.com

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