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Meade mySKY Personal Guide for Sky Exploration
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DON'T BUY THE MYSKY PERSONAL GUIDE
(1 out of 5) by Leroy A. Jones on Apr 25, 2008THIS '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. IF YOU FIND ONE THAT WORKS PROPERLY YOU ARE VERY LUCKY. THIS PRODUCT NEEDS TO BE REENGINEERED.
I GOT A "RETURN FOR REPAIR MESSAGE" ON IT THE FIRST TIME I TRIED TO USE IT. IF YOU FIND ONE THAT WORKS PROPERLY YOU ARE VERY LUCKY. THIS PRODUCT NEEDS TO BE REENGINEERED.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
I should have paid attention to the reviews
(1 out of 5) by Rick on Mar 15, 2008 (Chattanooga, TN USA)Out of the box, the device does not work. 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. Great concept. Horrible execution.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
AVOID THIS JUNK DUE TO POOR QUALITY CONTROL
(1 out of 5) by Concerned Consumer on Jan 9, 2008 (California)Meade has serious quality control problems. Either don't buy this junk or wait a year or two for Meade to get their act together.
The mySKY aims like a pistol with traditional pistol-like sights (2 in the rear, 1 in the front). I sent my first mySKY unit back because the factory never installed the front sight post for aiming (their customer rep tried to tell me the front should have 2 posts! He clearly wasn't knowledgable about the product!). Also, the unit failed to start up properly about half the time.
Today I got my second unit, with a green laser pointer thrown in as a bonus. The volume control button doesn't work right out of the box! Also, the laser pointer won't turn on 80% of the time. Now I have to send it back AGAIN, and Meade will not reimburse for shipping despite being under warranty.
Save your money!
The mySKY aims like a pistol with traditional pistol-like sights (2 in the rear, 1 in the front). I sent my first mySKY unit back because the factory never installed the front sight post for aiming (their customer rep tried to tell me the front should have 2 posts! He clearly wasn't knowledgable about the product!). Also, the unit failed to start up properly about half the time.
Today I got my second unit, with a green laser pointer thrown in as a bonus. The volume control button doesn't work right out of the box! Also, the laser pointer won't turn on 80% of the time. Now I have to send it back AGAIN, and Meade will not reimburse for shipping despite being under warranty.
Save your money!
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Failed out of the box
(1 out of 5) by R. Scott on Feb 21, 2008 (Fairport, NY)I also had a failed unit. sent back to Meade in January it's now the end of Febuary and I still don't have a replacment. Meade says "I'll ship that out ASAP" Read all the reviews and you start to see this same message over and over. Go look at the Better Business site for Meade Scientific, they are rated "F" for support. ("A" = good). I will now avoid all Meade Products. People with working unit should consider themselves lucky...
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Works Great
(5 out of 5) by Paul Garland on May 15, 2008 (El Paso, Texas USA)I have read a lot of negative reviews of this, but mine works fine. It is great. Really.