Meade telescopes and binocular deals 2024

We've scoped out the best early Black Friday Meade telescope and binoculars deals available ahead of the annual sales event. 

Meade Instruments, commonly known as Meade, is a reliable optics manufacturer but sometimes deals can be tricky to spot. Our guide highlights the best available early Black Friday Meade telescope and binoculars deals and where they aren't available, the lowest prices on the market. If you don't find something suitable in our round-up below, it could be worth checking out our more general guides for the best telescopes, best binoculars, binoculars deals and telescope deals.

Regardless of experience, viewing needs and budget, we've tried to include something suitable for all astronomers. This page is also updated throughout the year, so we'll remove any expired deals and add any new offers that become available. We usually see a range of top telescope and binoculars deals over Black Friday so it's always worth checking back and doing research ahead of the sales event.

While deals for Meade telescopes and binoculars can be tough to spot, there are offers from other manufacturers available. Our guides to Celestron, Orion and Sky-Watcher deals could help you discover a bargain. But, if you're looking for early Black Friday Meade telescope and binoculars deals, scroll down below.

Which Meade telescope should you buy? December 2024

It's crucial that you consider two things before purchasing a new bit of kit, your experience and your budget. If you're trying your hand at astronomy or you're buying for someone new to it all, it's probably best to consider something easier to use and budget-friendly. However, if you're a seasoned stargazer, you could consider a more advanced model, that might offer more, as an upgrade on your current equipment.

Whatever your level of experience though, Meade has a telescope to suit every budget. With the Meade Infinity 60 and Meade Infinity 70 refractors costing less than $100, beginners wishing to skip or upgrade on binoculars are well-placed to improve on their optics without needing to make a large investment. Novice skywatchers with a slightly bigger budget will be able to get improved views with the Meade StarPro 90 and the best-selling Meade Infinity 102. 

An increased aperture means more ability to collect light, thus improving your views of your night sky targets whether that be moons and planets or fainter nebulas and distant star clusters.  

Those with budgets of at least $500 and confidence in using computerized, or GoTo, mounts should certainly give the Meade ETX Observer series a look for clear and crisp views of the solar system and deep-sky targets at the touch of a button. The Meade ETX125 Observer, which also offers fully multi-coated optics for high-definition observations, is our personal favorite.

Getting into the $800 to $1000 price range, we head into hobbyist territory. If you’re looking for an upgrade, the optics get even better — we recommend the Meade LX65 6-inch and Meade LX65 8-inch GoTo, of which you can find great deals for on this page.

If you have over $1000 to spend or even a few thousand dollars to the tune of up to $20,000 and skywatching is a serious hobby, Meade offers great deals on superior optics. What’s more, the aperture size increases, which provides even better views of the universe — we recommend giving the Meade LX600-ACF line of telescopes your full consideration.

Which Meade binoculars should you buy? December 2024

When it comes to picking the best binoculars for stargazing, getting a good aperture is key. The aperture is the diameter of the objective lens, which is the larger lens that doesn't sit next to your eyes, and the bigger this is, the more light will be gathered by your binoculars. This is useful, as it means you'll be able to see dimmer objects in the sky, which are further away, and it also means nearby targets will appear more brilliant.

We'd recommend aiming for an aperture of around 50mm, as this is large enough to gather plenty of light for stargazing. Any bigger than this and your binoculars will become much heavier, which in turn makes them harder to hold still for a good view. You'd probably need some kind of tripod to support anything with an aperture above 50mm, because of the added weight.

When it comes to magnification, we recommend opting for a model with either 8x or 10x. Sometimes going for something with more powerful magnifications can narrow the field of view, which in turn means you don't experience the truly immersive night sky views that you would get in a wider field of view. 

When you're considering the optics, we advise you to look for models with a Porro prism design, multi-coated optics and BAK-4 glass. You can't go wrong with these features so it's always worth looking out for. This is what will give you the crystal clear night sky views you're chasing.