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Originally Posted by janoskiss
One thing to note about the Synta made ED80s is that the tube is 100mm in dameter, so they are not quite as compact as most other 80mm short refractors with 80-90mm tubes.
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Al,
All the Orion, Synta, Skywatcher, Saxon ED80's are the identical scope just re-laballed. They are all in a 100mm tube. And they are magnificent.
The Celestron ED80 is the only one I know of that is actually in an 80mm tube, but the Celestron does not have great reviews (bits falling off etc).
I use a Saxon ED80 piggy-backed on a GS 12" for guiding and astro-pics and can't fault it.
Fortunately because it has the 100mm tube, mine has the ED100 crayford focuser giving longer focus travel (which is sometimes needed for pics).
I am not saying 'definately get an ED80'. I am only explaining what I use and how happy I am with it. There may be better ways to go but I can't comment as I have never used other 80mm scopes.