You are me several years ago.
Bought and adored at 8" Celestron dob - great scope. Sold it and upsized to a GSO 12" which was a monster, poor scope, tricky to collimate, store, transport, etc. I dabbled with a ED-102 on an EQ mount and hated that too. Cheap and nasty.
Got to spend a month with a TV-102/alt-az combo and knew this 4"/alt-az combo was "it" for me. 5 minute setup, could toss it in car, etc. Got myself a TV-101/Gibraltar and adore it. Expensive, sure. But the quality is sublime. Can't see myself ever getting another scope.
I have observed far far more with this scope than any of my previous... and that's the point, right?
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