If you are interested in the GOTO feature for this Dob, then it seems to hold up pretty well against the Nexstar SCTs, albeit with more fiddly alignment:
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea...Number/5944165
But you are sacrificing aperture potential for this, in terms of $$. Always a trade off, more so when considering what is principally a light bucket design. A cheaper alternative may be just to get digital setting circles for positioning.