sunshine185

I also think that the photos that are printed onto some of the actual telescope boxes are a bit naughty and misleading.

Not sure about Orion Scopes but I recently upgraded from 8" dob to 10" sw. Now I could manage to lift the 8" from the kitchen to the garden in one piece, I cannot do this with the 10", have to add that I'm not the tallest person and I have a problem with my right wrist ( work injury ) also sound that even though both Scopes are the same length, the 10" ota is higher than the 8", I think the bearings on the ota are lower down the tube, I have some garden chairs that I used with the 8" and the ep was at a perfect height for seated viewing, but the 10" was too high, solved this by lowering the ota by 4 inches on the base. but the difference in viewing is very noticeable, to me the pros of the 10" outweigh the cons. If you are undecided between the 8 or 10 now , and you get the 8, you will wish you'd got the 10, if you were happy just getting an 8" and wasn't contemplating a ten inch, you would not regret it.

Just reporting on the top-class service i received from harrison telescopes, ordered a sw 200p after they agreed to price match, scope arrived next day, wouldn't hesitate to deal with again.