I was disappointed with the Firstscope too, but is actually pretty good its let down by the poor quality eyepieces it come with. but with Baader Hyperions it responds well. I also have the Orion 100mm desktop dob (your second choice) and its far superior to the firstscope in every way. its also such an easy scop e to just grab an go, no fuss at all. again the hyperions really shine with it too, i've seen neptune with this scope for visual its what i was using until my stroke in february i can no longer use my C11 cgemdx, so the orion is practically my only usable scope now. my Firstscope i can use for solar, i put a white light filter on it for the venus transit.
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