Bought as a grab and go scope for visual astronomy.
As expected there is some chromatic aberration on bright objects, but not as much as I feared and not enough to bother me. May buy a Baader semi-apo filter in due course, but not an essential upgrade IMO.
Together with the Sky-Watcher 1.75" tripod and AZ5 Deluxe makes a solid set-up for "boot of the car" travel. The relevant Oklop bags work well.
The focuser is ok and works well enough but I bought the Astro Essentials 2" Crayford upgrade for the better experience.
The red dot finder is also ok but I bought a RACI finder for easier and less strained operation.
Very happy with this scope.

As usual, first rate service from FLO.

Only my 2nd telescope from Flo and Sky-watcher, Had the smaller 80 OTA first but wow the 120 is something else, all top quality parts fitted and good fitment, a very nice telescope for the moon and more, Thanks Flo for sending out next to me/

A very well made telescope, other than the focuser, which has some play in the rack and pinion. I have upgraded the focuser with the Sky - Watcher Crayford focuser for this telescope (Sold by FLO). This fault has now been corrected and the telescope is as good as perfect for my requirement of wide sky viewing.

This is a very good, light weight telescope, but as you can see I've only given it 4 stars. Here is why. The focuser has some play in it and I wasn't impressed. It was easily solved by replacing it with the Skyatcher Crayford focuser (see my review) which made it much better. Secondly, the 45 degree erecting prism caused a lot of the gathered light to be lost, was terrible for nebulae and had quite a bit of refraction spiking. I replaced this with a 90 degree, di-electric mirror diagonal. Also purchased the Baader Contrast booster with IR cut which reduced the chromatic aberration to zero. So what arrived as a very good telescope is now an excellent telescope. Highly recommended. And as usual, FLO delivered in superfast time.

First, I would like to say that I was very pleased with the delivery time from First Light Optics! I was stunned at how fast the scope arrived at my home in Florida. Very Fast Shipping! In fact I received the scope in only a few days, 1 day earlier than promised, and the scope arrived faster than scopes I have purchased here in USA. Second, the scope itself. I could not be happier with the scope. The CA is minimal which was a very pleasant surprise, and the views are great! I was out last night and got some very good views of Jupiter and its moons, the M42, M31 as well as M45. That was all I was able to view as the cold weather and dew, I don't have a dew heater for this scope yet, forced me back inside the house. This is a very study, well-built scope with acceptable eye pieces and diagonal. People are talking about how good of a 1st scope this is well, this isnt my first scope and I would recommend it to anyone looking for an affordable scope that provides great views! I'm very happy with my purchase and will be back tp First Light Optics in the future.

I bought this to be able to move it about in my garden (there are several excellent stargazing spots in the back field but no one is optimal for all views). What I wanted was a lightweight set up with a straightforward Alt/AZ mount so that I could easily move the scope from one location to another without giving myself a hernia! The set-up is ideal for this.
The scope is excellent, very bright objects do engender a small amount chromatic aberration but absolutely nothing to worry about at all - you will be so immersed in the wonderful views that you really wont notice. Stars are pin-sharp, the Moon seems to have acquired many more craters and Orion is so immersive you might well get hypothermia before you discover that you can no longer feel your feet!
Now, to 'fess-up' here I asked the wonderful people at FLO if they would fit the upgraded Crayford style focuser before sending me the scope. The upgrade cost £160.00 - no charge for fitting from the team at FLO - and it's worth every penny. Previous bugbears with skywatcher focusers (sloppy, backlash, shifting focus when applying some friction the the tube, etc) are all gone and I would seriously recommend the upgrade as it turns a good instrument into an excellent one - One that means you can spend your time stargazing and not fiddling with the focus in an unequal struggle to see what it is you're supposed to be looking at.

I bought my first telescope, a 10 inch Newtonian on a Dobsonian mount, just over a year ago and have loved using it. I decided to invest in a refractor for easier portability. The StarTravel 120 seemed a good choice – short focal length (600mm) for wide field and not expensive. I particularly enjoy looking at open star clusters and galaxies and the wide field of view suits that purpose. For planets and smaller fields of view I have also invested in a StellaLyra classical Cassegrain telescope.
The StarTravel 120 is quite compact, light and solidly built. The telescope comes with a red dot finder, 1.25 inch 10mm and 25mm eyepieces and an erecting 45 degree prism. There is a fixed dew shield; a sliding dew shield would have made it even more compact for transport. The mount used is a Ioptron CEM26 and the telescope was easy to balance.
I live in Bortle 6 skies and have a fairly bright glow from London in the Eastern and South Eastern sky.
First light was mid June, not terribly late (11pm-1am) on a clear moonless night.
Stars – lovely and bright pinpoints. Can just about see Polaris B. Mizar and companion are separated but only just with the 25mm eyepiece (focal length is 600mm, therefore with 25mm the magnification is 24x). Vega, Deneb and Sadr all lovely and bright. Aliberio was seen against the glow of London and the two stars are separated well and the colour difference is easily noted.
Ring nebula, fairly small ring structure with the low magnification – the two framing stars Beta Lyrae (Sheliak) and Gamma Lyrae (Sulafat) were in the same field of view. The ring clearly visible as a grey colour – but it wasn’t terribly late for a summer night and the direction of view was facing the glow from London, probably reducing contrast considerably.
Hercules globular cluster was visible as a yellow fuzzy blob. I couldn’t see any individual stars at 24x magnification but again this object was seen against London light in the background. Very pleased to see it though.
To the west the most exciting thing was to see M81 and M82, Bode’s galaxy and the Cigar galaxy in one field of view with the 25mm eyepiece. Small silver grey smudges within a field of much nearer stars. These galaxies are 12 and 11 million light years away respectively. I was delighted to see them both at the same time, with the light gathered by a 4.7 inch primary objective lens in relatively light polluted skies.
I am very happy with this telescope and am looking forward to taking it on holiday to a darker site! A great choice for anyone considering their first refractor.
I did find that the 45 degree erecting prism meant that for quite a few observations I was kneeling on the ground, squatting or lying on my back holding my head up to the eyepiece; next time I will use a 2 inch 90 degree star diagonal to ease the neck pain! Having said that, the joy of actually seeing the light from these objects is worth a bit of discomfort.

As a beginner, I started a few weeks ago with a Sky-Watcher Maksutov 90/1250 on an EQ-1 tripod. Not the best choice perhaps, but it gets things done nevertheless.
I also wanted a telescope for deep-sky objects, nebulas and such, for which the small Mak is not too well suited. So, I bought this Sky-Watcher Startravel 120T with 600 mm focal length.
Unboxing it already gave me a good first impression. Sturdy metal where you would expect it. A very smooth slider for focusing. The eyepieces are rather basic, but that was to be expected. They get the job done though. I already had a 2x Barlow, it works nicely with this scope. Combined with the 25 mm ocular, you get the Moon exactly filling your FOV. My wife was in awe of the full Moon right away. I held my hand in front of the ocular and let the image project itself onto my hand. That gave her the "warning" that there would be quite some light intensity coming out of that eyepiece (without filter yet, this is one of the details I will have to sort).
For now, the 120T sits on my EQ-1, which will not suffice for long. That is why I ordered the Sky-Watcher EQ-5 mount. The Mak can then get its EQ-1 back
Next, I will get myself a 3x and perhaps also a 5x Barlow and then see where I go from there. I have an adapter for my Pentax ist dl camera, and a remote control for it, so that exposures can be made. I foresee the wish to buy a USB-eyepiece-camera, but I want to postpone that decision as long as possible.
This 120/600 telescope is a very nice instrument for a beginner, and perhaps also for the experienced amateur, but I am not quite there as to be able to judge. The views through it are remarkably satisfying, the stars as sharp as a needle. When I looked at Venus, it was immersed in a blue corona, but I believe that is to be expected for such a bright object, causing chromatic aberration, I guess. My next "ambition" is to find and observe M31 Andromeda tonight, but of course, it will take a bit more than just luck to find it out there! I probably will have to escape the light pollution here and get used to the sky at night, finding my way among the stellar constellations, as it ought to be.

As a binocular guy who loves wide field views, this scopes really hit all the right marks. High quality all metal construction. Sharp optics. Decent coatings and manageable weight at a bargain price. A 12 centimeter lens really is the sweet spot in astronomy. Enough light gathering and resolution for some serious astronomy, while being relatively light and portable.

Fast achromats are not the first choice for planetary observation and if you favors that, you should go with the Evostar F8,3 model instead. It's a much longer telescope though and not as comfortable and fun to use as this Grab-n-Go model.

The only let down is the diagonal and eyepiece included. I never planned to use those, but this scope really needs a 2" diagonal and a nice 68-82 degree 24-32 mm eyepiece. For this price it's hard to complain to much.

I must say i'm impressed by Sky-Watcher and their telescopes. For prices within reach for almost everyone you get high-quality astronomy equipment.

Also thank you FLO for your international service and website! A pain free and enjoyable experience!