Hi Paul,
I picked mine up a few weeks ago. Believe it or not, I have only had a couple of opportunities to trial it due to the weather we have been experiencing in Adelaide. But so far, I am quite impressed.
I have purchased a stacker trolley to assist in moving the scope around, but the scope is movable without it. So, for first light, I carried the base out followed by the OTA. I must admit, it is a bit awkward trying to align the tube into the guide on the base. Once I have some time, I will modify the trolley such that I can wheel the whole unit out in one piece. For second light, I transported the complete unit in one go....... talk about 12 inches of grab and go!!
One thing I have noted is that contrary to what I have read, the scope is not that difficult to move around the sky without power. Of course not as smooth as an unpowered dob, but much easier than I expected, but I digress.
On setup, I did not bother checking how level the base was, just pushed the scope to Alpha Centauri and powered up the baby. Went through the normal Synscan routine, and proceeded to a two star alignment. I got the "ailgnment successful" display, so proceeded to choose Omega Centauri as the first go to object. Given my lacksadaisical approach to levelling and setting the time, I was very pleasantly surprised that Omega Centauri was within field of view of the 24mm Panoptic. The goto is very loud, especially in altitude, but once it is tracking, you cannot hear it. I centred the object and left it for about 10 minutes, and when I came back, it was still fairly central. I did a couple of other gotos, and the objects (M104, Antares, M4 and Centaurus A) were all in the field of view.
Second light I did take a bit more care to ensure the base was level. Once again I did the two star alignment, this time using my 12mm illuminated reticule for better centering accuracy
. Over the course of the evening, I found that all objects were within the field of view of my 13mm Nagler. I left the scope on Tarantula with the 13mm for about 15 minutes and when I came back, it was still close to centre in the eyepiece. So I am extremely pleased with the tracking.
In terms of holding collimation, I would say that it is pretty stable considering the extension/retraction process. Just a minor tweak required.
All in all, very pleased with the unit so far........ a very nice addition to my EQ6 Pro.
Hope this helps,
Daniel