[jason_kelly (Jason)]

Hi everyone, this is my first post ever as I only recently joined Iceinspace a couple of months ago. First of all I want to say a great thanks to all of the members as your advice, through reading the forums, has been invaluable and helped me narrow my choice down to these two scopes.

I have been using a 114mm reflector for the past 7 years but finally decided to upgrade. I have read everything on Cloudynights and Iceinspae regarding dobs and have decided to go for the 8" just for portabilities sake. I live in South Korea and will be moving home to Canada eventually, so I thought an 8" would be managable to tarnsport( even thoug I really want the 10") but when i move home the 8" will go to my daughter and I'll get a 12 or 16incher.

Here in Korea the LB8 is about $800US and the Flex dob is $560US. IS the LB that much better? Seems to me they are quite similar and the flex dob might even have the edge as it has two eyepieces and less black areas on and inside the OTA. It doens't have a fan but I thought the open design would help with faster cooling anyway. BTW, the 8 inch GSO is $580US here 10" $680( both comne with a barlow, moon filter, and laser collimator), but seems to be alot harder to take back to Canada.

Anyway not to go on and on. Any advice from people who have used both scopes , or people who won these scopes would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Jason