I took back my Meade ETX 125 Hard Case and bought $100.00 worth of accessories. (the other $50 went to the Craftsman box!) Kudos to Al for a GREAT idea!!" David Birmingham (d.birmingham@worldnet.att.net) adds "While reading about "Cases" I saw the review Al did on the Sears ...
The tripod base is very large, the fork and OTA quite voluminous and I need to disassemble the tripod from its drive base in order to move it outside. With the portability in mind the 5" NexStar SCT (or the near equivalent Meade ETX's or Questar's) stay the champion, at half that ...