I currently have a Skywatcher 12" GoTo FlexDOB, and I am very happy with it. Before that I had a Skywatcher 10" FlexDOB (non GoTo) and I was very happy with that too. Notably the 10" was much easier to move around.
I have looked at and through a few Orions DOBs (truss and solid) and I am of the opinion that the Orion is superior to the equivalent Skywatcher (albeit not by a huge amount).
But if you are comparing the SW10" to an Orion12" the Orion has got to win (IMHO).
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