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XT6 or Skywatcher 6" as grab and go
I've convinced myself that I'm in dire need of a more portable telescope to keep my XT10 company. I'm very doubtful that I'll be happy with any aperture smaller than 6" so I'm more or less settled on either the Orion XT6 Classic or the Skywatcher 6" dob.
I'm very pleased with my XT10, but the Skywatcher dob seems to be slightly cheaper while providing a bit more accessories than the newly economized Orion XT Classic line of scopes.
Does anyone have experience with either the XT6 (preferably the economized versions) and the Skywatcher 6"?
From what I can tell the only main difference between the old XT6 and the economized version is that it has a RDF instead of optical finder, has no navigation knob at the front of the scope and only comes with a 25mm EP.
The Skywatcher comes with a 10 & 25mm EP and a optical finder. I've never used the Skywatcher brand of scopes so I'm sure how sturdy their dob base is.
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