Thanks for your advice Renato and Brent.
You're right. I think we would get longevity out of a dob, but after watching some YouTube vids on collimating I probably don't want to be doing that everyday! Do the full size dobs need to be collimated less often than the collapsible ones?
I will have a look around for a refractor and pop back with some further questions/opinions. It's probably not a bad idea to go down this route first anyway, and then upgrade him down the track as that would be fun for him researching and choosing new equipment once he understands it more and having another piece of equipment is never going to go astray.
It's all quite overwhelming, but I'm slowly starting to learn some terms through researching equipment so I might be able to learn alongside him after all!
And Renato, I sometimes wish I had a child who lost interest in things quickly!
Thankfully I have a 2 year old daughter who satisfies that criteria!!
Thanks all for your help so far - it is much appreciated
