Dobsonian or Alt-Az Mount for larger Reflectors?

[Spile]

If I need to raise my 8” Dobsonian (a rare event) , I use a Sankey water butt stand purchased from B&Q for a few pounds. Picture here:

If I was going for a larger aperture, the Dob mount is the one I would consider.

[Jasonb]

15 hours ago, Graham Darke said:

My Orion 12 inch f5.3 on its dob mount and my az-eq6. Best of both worlds here. Up and running in seconds on the dob mount for quick visual sessions and I’ve used it for planetary imaging with the driven mount. It just clears the tripod legs when pointed near the zenith. 

 

Thanks for that, that's an impressive set up you have there!

[Jasonb]

12 hours ago, Spile said:

If I need to raise my 8” Dobsonian (a rare event) , I use a Sankey water butt stand purchased from B&Q for a few pounds. Picture here:

If I was going for a larger aperture, the Dob mount is the one I would consider.

The water butt is a good solution alright!

[ollypenrice]

Dob for me. Stable, simple, elegant. Few things in life work as well as this.

Olly

[Piero]

Same here. 

I have an 8", 12" and 16" reflectors - all sitting on a dob mount. 

The 8" is used from my mother's flat in Italy. I use a small table to raise this telescope about 300-350mm in order to see beyond the balcony fence.

Classic alt-az mounts with tripod work well on small telescopes (e.g. refractors).