I put little wheels on my 12 inch and now it is the easiest to use
. If the least cloudy I never set up an equatorial mount (with 70mm thru to 150mm scopes for same) but will drag the 12 inch in and out as the clouds come and go.. I am near 60 years old that must say ease of use I recon. Go 12 inch they are great
, but I must also say the 6 inch scopes do a fine job also and you probably wont see much more thru a 12 over a 10 inch
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Just get one you will end up owning more than one scope anyways so why fight it??
alex