As a fellow noobie, I came to these guys for advice and ended up getting convinced that a dob was the way to go and guess what - they were absolutely spot on!
It arrived, took 15 minutes to assemble and in about 2 minutes after it got dark enough (and allowing the scope to cool) I had found the Orion nebula and was on my way. Dobs really are that good and that easy. Sure, there's tweaking to be done to make the experience better (collimation and all that), but there's no end of people here willing to help out with that too.
I was staggered at the amount that you can see with them and how easy it was to find the things you want to look at. Trust the advice - you won't go wrong.
Good luck. Craig
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