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If you want portable, it's certainly portable. You can throw it on any light-middle weight tripod (very solid on a 1.5kg Manfrotto 190) unlike my ED80 which needs a very big solid tripod or EQ mount. It's great at very low power up to around 50 x but it's definitely not a scope for viewing planetary detail.
It is like an oversized monocular. I like using a 16mm 65 degree eyepiece in it which gives me 25 x with a 2.5 degree field and yields a nice crisp clear sharp image. However my model was purchased in 2000 so I'm not sure if the optical quality or performance of current models will be the same. Could be better, could be worse. The only cosmetic problems on mine are of my own making.
Put short FL eyepieces in it and push the magnification higher and you will see colour fringing esp purple on the moon but it's not out of control.
Keep looking for comments from owners of newer versions.
Joe
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