It's not just potential. The Crayford _is_ a much better focuser than the
R&P.

I've worked all of the R&P focusers on all of my scopes (ST80, XT10,
Meade Starfinder, and ST102), and one turn of the knobs on the ED80 changed
my mind completely about Crayfords.

As the final lines were being fastened to the dock, someone asked the captain
of a whaling ship how the 3 year journey had gone. His reply

"Fine,

So far...."

Yes, Crayford focusers can be nice but no one I know of has seen one of the
Hardin/GSO Crayfords, I have seen no reviews, so until I hear more, I think it
would be premature to suggest that they are indeed fine focusers.

And as I said, my experience with R&P focusers is that GSO's are better than
Synta, Meade should get a Silver medal for having the gall to put those plastic
focusers on a potentially decent scope and a Gold Medal for having the gall to
sell the model 77 as an upgrade.

My limited experience is that GSO R&P focusers are better than the Synta, the
focuser on my otherwise useless BO-102F6 is really quite nice, and the focuser
on my Pronto is better than that by aways..

jon