Erik,
The best tool I've found for basic collimation of the RC10 is the Takahashi collimating scope. It gets you pretty close then you can collimate on an out of focus star to get really precise. It's not that difficult.
I'm happy with the results I'm getting from mine. The optics seem quite reasonable and it is great bang for the buck. There's an example of an image I took last weekend here:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=91216
You might find accurate guiding tricky unless you use an off axis guider. There are people using guide scopes but it takes some work to get rid of flexure.
Cheers,
Rick.