I have been hankering for owning a triplet refractor and after much trawling the forums and reviews as well as colleague having an assortment of them the Esprite 120 ED APO was top of my list
It actually came down to two the 150 ED APO was in there - however trying to be practical and not having a dedicated spot for an 'observatory' set up and that I am getting no older, weight & set-up became key
So the 120 ED won out - Having received this unit it was clear I had made the right choice for me and my goals
This refractor is really good, at just shy of 5" objective the unit does weigh 10kg bare but once mounted and balanced the viewing is stunning for it's size
Because of this persistent bad nighttime weather I have only had 2 x 40mins sessions to 'play' with the scope (and it's ancillaries) in clear skies - only enough time for viewing
The views through it were excellent - focusing was easy - obviously the 1:11 fine tune came into play and made the Bahtinov 'asterisk' centering very simple
Have spent more time terrestrial viewing and setting up where possible - this was a delight too with A4 sized test pieces set at 510m distant coming into crystal clear focus
What I have been able to test so far has given excellent results - I will need to review the scope properly once we get clear skies in the UK - hopefully soon?
Once again thanks to FLO for coming through with delivery of this unit in these very trying times - not forgetting the good advice - it certainly is working out well for me and my aspirations going forward
As it stands so far this scope is well worth the money and as such I highly recommend it

Bought the Esprit 120 in October as an upgrade for my ED80, the delivery (to Belgium) took 4 days, actually shipping took less than 24hrs, it just sat at FLO for 3 days after ordering, so all n all thats reasonably fast, good job FLO !
The Esprit is on another level compared to the Evostar APO line, everything looks and feels top quality.
I haven't used the scope visually, it went strait on the mount and my ASI 1600 attached to it.
Currently i'm using the scope @ F5,25 by means of a 0,75 reducer and the testshots were very good (posted on SGL), this telescope is definitely on par with higher priced scopes.
The only comment i have was that the focuser needed some adjusting, my Sesto Senso had some trouble at first, but all got sorted fairly quick and easy.

I had some doubts about spending this amount of money on a refractor when I already have a 10" RC that is outstanding for imaging Galaxies etc. But I needed something with a medium focal length for the larger nebulae so braced myself and parted with the cash. I did contemplate sending it back before I used it; glad I didn't. Whilst I have never used another APO of comparable size this OTA has delighted me - the reviews seem to have been spot-on. In spite of what has been written about it I did expect some colour fringing but I am yet to see any at all. I do have the flattener although I don't need it for my current chip size - I bought it intending to go to large format imaging at some stage. Anybody looking for a high quality, mid-sized APO would do well to beat this and I suspect that in terms of value-for-money it is top of the pile. Unless one has cash to burn I can see no earthly reason for the average amateur to spend twice the money (and more) on one of the top Brand names. I really didn't expect it to be this good. JB

Superb scope, I also bought the Hotech flattener thinking I would need it but I don't have any curvature at all at the edge of the fov so haven't used it yet.
I'm getting much clearer detail for my spectroscopy than I did with my old C8. Highly recommended!
Steve