Horses for courses.
I have both see attached, I have the 120 esprit, superb scopes
I chose the 8" edge on Evo mount for THREE reasons, first it is (EDGE) the best for imaging, not only because it has clutches on the mirror to stop any flop when imaging and second because (see last image) the mount takes other scopes (and a wedge) and third it and the mount are a lot lighter than the 9.25 for travel (it also has extra elements on the build to provide a perfect flat field.
I also have the focal reducer, you can only use the one made for the edge on this scope, remember that.
https://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk...-8-edgehd.html
If were into long exposure imaging I would get a different mount, this one
https://www.widescreen-centre.co.uk/...oto-mount.html
As anyone will tell you NEITHER scope is perfect for all work which is why people have both