Matrim

I have that scope (caveat I am a beginner myself so take anything i say with a pinch of salt)

With the basic setup I had no problem viewing Jupiter though I usually could only see the moons and the twin lines. I rarely use the Barlow (with the exception of moon watching) and preferred the 10mm. The 25mm was to fuzzy as was using the Barlow with either eye-piece.

I was also recently considering getting a new telescope but have instead decided to spend another year with this one and get comfortable with it as everything is sooo complicated. Instead I have purchased a couple of things which may assist my skywatching. - A Telrad finder to replace the standard (which i managed to break) and 2 new eye-pieces a 26mm Meade thing and a Vixen 15mm. Neither were very expensive or by definition very high range but they *may* be better than the current. From what I have seen these will not help so much with planet viewing but might with deeper objects.

For the planets I may be saving up for a much more expensive 6mm eye-piece.