Just got back from a quick session with the neighbours;
New neighbour had never looked through a telescope before, so he was impressed
Also, before I had only tried out the scope setup on the front deck, and while that deck feels nice & stable, it actually isn't.
But this time, being setup on the ground, it was noticably more stable & easier to view Saturn & M22.
The Celestron zoom did perform better this time around. The extra shaking from the deck wasn't helping the situation.
I'm warming upto the zoom now. Slowly...