Patrick, I have 3 of the "other" brand and they all work great. Of course, being in the next room, I'm sure they feel the foundation shake and smell the gunpowder everytime I test fire a weapon, so maybe they are just behaving themselves... ;)

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/geekkopf/detail?.dir=/5fb7&.dnm=3f41re2.jpg&.s... I find a range of capabilities among people that is larger than the differences between telescopes. Some people can make any telescope work at full potential, and they manage to enjoy themselves too. Other people are easily frustrated and quick to blame their hardware, even when nothing is wrong with it. DT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com