I’m also after a 16” dob and I have the same problem; all the large aperture commercial dobs are way too heavy and bulky to easily move and transport.
I have been looking at both the XX14i and the LB 16, but they have too many design compromises especially in terms of unnecessary weight and bulk for me to seriously consider either. Ultimately, I have decided that I’m not going to spend thousands of dollars on something that I’m not ecstatic about. I would rather just save up a bit more for a premium scope or wait until commercial producers make something more compact.
Alexander, I really like your compact scope. It reminds me of the ones made by Dobstuff. I would really like to see GSO or Synta come out with someting like these!
Last edited by mic_m; 20-05-2010 at 03:40 PM.
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