Another newbie here with my 2 cents worth.
I bought an 8" Dob recently and find it very easy to use, even in my heavily light polluted location(damn steelworks) the views are great.
I can easily move it around on my own even as a single unit and the scope fits easily into my small Daihatsu Terios.
I highly recommend the scope over anything else I've seen especially for newbs like me
