Pete,
Your review was a most enjoyable read indeed.

I particularly appreciated your approach to these "low end" scopes. I have a Celestron 130SLT which is the next size up from your scope and I could appreciate many of your comments re Usable Magnification versus Theoretical Magnification.
My own website goes into a lot of the areas you covered re being appreciative of what your scope can do and having fun with it. That is a positive approach to our passion of sky watching.
Robster
Woy Woy NSW