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Welcome Dan! Cool name!!
Well i think that if your going to go with a dob i'd personaly get a saxon or sky watcher for a few of reasons.1. I have compared mine with the GS dob and i can say from what i've seen that the paint job is definately better.It seems the gs dobs or at least the one i've seen doesnt have any undercoat which is not too good. 2.The saxons have It a tensioner handle which alows you simply tension at at any tension to hold light or heavy eye peices without the need for counter weight magnets which can scratch your paintwork. 3. with the tensioner handles you can simply pick up the scope and base as one unit and carry it around. (I have the ten inch and still find this easy!) .4. I prefer the polyurathane roller for the altidude bearing set up even though its great as it is , you can still modify it if you like and put proper cased bearings as i have for even more super smooth travel. having said this the saxons and sky watchers are a bit more expensive but i think worth it. The GS dobs are a good budget scope and the GS deluxe has the advantage of a crayford focuser which are excellent.although you could fit one to a saxon or sky watcher later if needed.
Which ever way you go get minimum 8" or if you can afford it go the 10" Hope this helps .
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