how heavy is a Skyliner-200P

[alien509]

how heavy is it I keep seeing different weight some saying its heavy some not ive seen some one move it and to me it looked very easy to move and set up as I will have to put mine if I get one in the boot of the car and drive to use it if its is very cumbersome im kind of unsure it is large but separated looks like it is quite light? or else im maybe looking at a Evostar 120 eq5 depends as price is quite different, but maybe I find something second hand.

[alien509]

weight for mount and then scope separated pls in kilo's would be best .

[alien509]

also thinking about it anyone know if a Evostar 120 is lighter?

[DRT]

The 200p comes in 2 boxes, which I still have. The mount box is 14kg and the scope is 8kg. The boxes weigh almost noting so those are good approximations of the weight of each part.

[floppygoose]

Comes apart really easily. I transport mine with the base in the boot of the car, and the scope on the back seat of the car (wrapped in a sleeping bag and secured with seat belts) - this seems to work. 

Phil

[AlexB67]

For a normal average healthy person, no back problems you'll have no issue with an 8 inch Dobsonian at all. If you have a small car and want to transport it you may want to consider that  or live in in flat and have to go down many stairs you may want to give it a thought. 

 

The specs are here

 

http://www.skywatcher.com/product.php?cat=6&id=59

 

and if you want to see how they stack up compared to a fairly hefty 6 footer person have a watch of this

 

 

Good luck

[alien509]

thanks for  the replies

[Kirscovitch]

I can haul my Z10 around in 2 parts no problem. Weight doesn't seem to be an issue, just the awkwardness of the size.

[ScottS]

I carry mine up and down the stairs in my house complete. I'm not a particularly strong person, but it's manageable. If I separate the OTA from the base it's easily manageable but obviously it's two trips up and down the stairs then, and I'm too lazy for that