With regards to collimation, I would think that you would still need to do fine adjustment to the secondary and the primary if you travel with the scope (like any other scope). This being said, my SW Dob came from China, across Canada, to the local dealer and in to my home and it was collimated right out of the box! (Ok, it’s an F/8, but still...). This wasn’t an isolated case, if you take a look at the CN reviews of the 6 and 8” SW Dobs you’ll see that the authors have reported the same thing.

I first considered (as a second scope) a 10” Dob, but the base would not fit into my car’s trunk. So I got interested in the 10 or 12 LB. But now with this,...the 12” is going to be great. The handles will make it easy to carry around and the OTA is not that heavy. But right now the 10” is getting into my head. If the 12” retracted is about 93 cm long, I would expect the 10” to be about 75 cm long. Now that’s a small and easy package to bring to dark skies or where ever you go!

Next, I want to see what Orion is going to do. If SW is sold in the US, I would think that Orion will need to bring something original to the market to stay in the race. Is adding the COL on the collapsible enough? IMO, this would help, but would probably not be enough considering the price difference. Interesting stuff...