G'day Malcolm,
Thanks for the wise words. Agreed - the 10" is pretty large. I went to the Bintel store in Glebe yesterday to have a good look (got to lift it and move it around). Definitely not the most agile scope I could buy, but nice big mirror for a beginner
, and moveable in two parts at least - scope and base separately. I've confirmed that it'll lay across the back seat of the car I have access to too - so I'll be able to drive it around without much trouble.
I'm still thinking on it. The 8" is surprisingly much smaller in volume at least, but it seems to me either would require a bit of effort to move around.
Decisions, decisions...