Yet another request for advice on scopes (under £200)

Hi everyone

My birthday is coming up and my wife wants to buy me a scope. Hard offer to refuse, but our budget is around £200 - this is also to include a tripod and an adaptor for a camera. I've had a look around and I've managed to narrow the options down to a Celestron Ultima 80, a Hawke Nature-Trek 20-60 x 80 or compact Hawke Nature Maksutov 25-75x70 (which is very cheap). Any views on these options, or have you any other suggestions?

Many thanks in advance

Neil (aka Factor of Randon's Ramblings blog)





 

 

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