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One of my prime reasons for purchasing my Nexstar 6SE was portability. That that may be interpreted to mean light and easy to handle. And it is!
I have the scope permanently set up at home, adjacent a door. When it is viewing time, open the door, carry the assembled scope (tripod and all) out to the spot where I have maked where each foot of the tripod should sit (ie the mount will be level), hook up a bit of stuff and away. Easy.
Travelling in the car is simple and economical on space, scope assembly lives in its delivery box separate from the tripod and other stuff. Assembly is very low effort and quite fast.
The scope is meeting my needs now, but something bigger will happen in the future, particularly when I stop travelling. Portability will not be such an issue then, because one has to accept that bigger is..... well, bigger!
It would be very hard to go from a 10" to 6" - but kids would love it.
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