The scope itself is excellent, good quality and very well packaged in its foam filled case.
The true value here is the service from FLO. Chris answered each of my questions via email and very quickly, and still continues to do so when I need advice.
Ordered mid morning and in my hand next day. Brilliant service, good product, made better by customer service.

Thanks to FLO for the fantastic responses (and response times) for helping me choose a first scope, providing me with various other options to work with the Star Adventurer, before deciding on the 72ED.
The scope looks great and even came with 2 nights of clear skies to test it out!

The Crayford focuser was easy to use, but I also purchased a Bahtinov mask to assist with this on my DSLR and it worked really well. Also purchased the StellaMira field flattener for no loss of focal length and easily pulled in 2 minute guided subs on M51 and the Leo Triplet, with pinpoint stars and only 3 out of over 100 frames were unusable, probably due to wind more than anything else.

I actually managed to *just* balance this on the Star Adventurer with the short dovetail that comes with the 72ED, without the longer dovetail that I also purchased just in case. But to do so, I had to mount my ZWO guidescope on a ballhead onto the bottom thread of the DEC bracket on the Star Adventurer. No different to my 300mm canon lens setup, but I suspect this may need to be altered if/when I get a red dot scope to help with lining up the target and potentially a filter.
Overall, a superb first scope and amazing service from FLO to deliver on a day when I was at home. Thank you very much!

As always, first class service from FLO. Not only was this order and delivery fast and efficient they also kindly gave advice on all the associated orders on what I needed for my set up. The extra advice was AS GOOD as the order and delivery process. Top marks and thank you

My 1st "proper" scope for Astro photo's having used a number of prime and zoom lenses, i also bought the Flattener to go with it, it mounts on my Star Adventurer easily, i had to add an extra weight to help with balance, did around 1 hour of imaging M33 last week just before the clouds rolled in, Focus was spot on, the focuser was a breeze to use along with a Bahantov mask. Great fast service from Flo

After reading a lot of opinions/reviews on to quality and built of the scope, I decided to order it and change my astrophotography setup I had, replacimg my Teletokina f800 lens. Best choice, indeed iI haf yo tweek a little the focuser because it was as with all Skywatcher products, they are great, but you need to tweek them for optimal results. From the first try, very clear images and easy to focus, I recomend changing the dovetail bar with a longer one if you have a dslr on it. Thank you FLO for your fast and profesional manner.

I wanted a small telescope that was shorter and lighter than the 80ED DS-PRO so I decided to give its smaller cousin a go, purely for visual use. If you are going down this path too, there are a couple of things you should be aware of. The otherwise excellent Crayford focuser has only 38mm of travel, and this is not enough to accommodate every combination of diagonal and eyepiece. I found that my 1.25 inch 45 degree erecting diagonal was the only diagonal which could achieve focus with all my eyepieces, with and without a Barlow. A 2-inch diagonal worked with 80% of my eyepieces but led to balance problems; also, it didn't work with my Barlow. I finally settled for a 90 degree 1.25 inch erecting diagonal with a 5mm parfocal spacer, which covers all the bases. Focus problem sorted, I tried the scope under a fairly hazy sky and was very pleased with the results: only slight field curvature and virtually no CA, so much better than my old ST80. Castor and Rigel were split easily and showed neat, circular, diffraction rings. And it makes a cracking birdwatching scope, too!

I am so glad to be recommended the 72ed as my first dedicated astrophotography scope. I can't speak from great experience, but it has already surpassed my own expectations, the quality was evident straight out of the box and whilst beautifully lite, it feels very robust and well constructed. I would highly recommended this scope to anyone considering it.

Evostar 72ED DS-Pro its a very nice high quality telescope. Easy to use, image is crystal clear with the eye pieces I've order separate.
It's coming with a case, which is very helpful, but you have to order the Star Diagonal and eye pieces separately which will add an extra cost.
Shipping was fast (2-3 days) and communication with FLO was outstanding.

Bought for travel and it didn't disappoint when used with a flattener on a light 5kg capacity mount. Sturdy box, super light OTA and after tweaking the tension on the focus tube to suit my needs (it was factory set quite light for me) focusing is a breeze and the movement very smooth. The focuser holds a fair bit of equipment even at the zenith without having to use the draw tube locking screw.

Viewing and AP has clear, crisp definition and little if any CA that I could see.

The end cap is a push fit and not a screw and the only niggle was the length of the vixen bar. It is just too short and I needed a longer one to achieve balance for AP. Hopefully skywatcher will consider this as that is the only minor thing.

Service from FLO, as usual, was excellent.

Incredibly happy with my purchase from FLO . Only used visually so far but the ed 72 is well made , light and just feels quality. Optics are super . Delivery was fast and as always a pleasure doing business with FLO.