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It's a great scope, the GOTO and tracking really are great. I upgraded from a 10" dob without tracking to this. Well worth the upgrade.
The 16" would be too much for me unless i had a place I could set it up and leave it... The base is HUGE and heavy on the 14". I can barely get it through the door because of its size and even though I regularly lift weights this thing is a monster to pick up and shift around.
Like you I considered an obsession mainly for the ease of pushing them.. the chinese scopes take a lot of tweaking (lazy susan etc) to get them smooth through the alt/az. However, when you talk about scopes with servos it makes that redundant. The optics and other components are obviously better on those scopes, but when you use a keypad to slew and motors to track the advantages of the actual construction of the more expensive scopes become less.
Good luck with whatever you decide!
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