Matt,
I have the SW 12" collapsible. It lives up to the "light bucket" name. It's about 4 years old and still works just like new. Extends and locks everytime. Do need to tweek the collimation each set up, but that's only about 2-3 mins work. I changed the focuser to a dual speed moonlite, the SW focuser worked well enough as a single speed, but was annoying with the 2" and 1.25" adapters. I have some large TV eyepieces and it handles their weight easily. The only down side (which I didn't find out about till I bought a goto mount), is that it is not goto nor has tracking. It did help me find my way around the sky star hopping, but now I get real lazy and just tell the NEQ6 what to point at and let it go. So the only further upgrade might be the SW goto mount that is now available.
Good scope, good optics and best views for the bucks.
Clear skies
Rod
