[glend (Glen)]

The title says it all, in the current market what is the best value in an imaging reflector? Cheapest isn't necessarily the best value, but looking at it from the point of view of good performance (aperture?) for the investment, and reasonable weight for one man carry and mounting. Yes I know that can be subjective. If you were buying today what would you consider on your shortlist and why?

Background: My old back is not up to lugging the 16" dob (with take down, re-assembly, ramps, etc) out to dark sites anymore (I love it but it will stay at home from now on) but I want to keep the deep sky reach of a good reflector. I already have a NEQ6Pro mount for the refrector so it makes sense to look at what sort of reasonable sized reflector I can run on that mount.