The scope is well built, easy to set up and most importantly, brilliant to use!
The tube feels very solid, yet light and manageable at the same time. It's also quite compact, so storage isn't a problem.
Targets like the moon and Saturn are stunning, both showing amounts of detail I wouldn't have thought possible from a scope of this price. The included 25mm eyepiece gives nice, low power views. The 10mm I don't find as good. The 2X Barlow is very good for doubling the power of the eyepiece. Deep sky objects are equally stunning, though harder to locate with the supplied finderscope.
The Crayford focuser is very smooth in operation, and has a convenient focus lock to avoid any small nudges in the focus.
The EQ3-2 feels solid, and when it is polar aligned well with a polarscope tracks objects with reasonable accuracy. On the downside though, sometimes when using the slow motion controls the movement can become very stiff and jerky, sometimes even jamming altogether. The mount, like the scope, is also easy to set up and disassemble, though it is still quite large even when collapsed which can be a problem if your short of space.
I would highly recommend this setup to anyone, especially those who are just starting out in this amazing hobby.
