Unpacking is great, very well thought out. I use the cable channels in the rings, which is very nice feature. However, the losmandy bar provided is too short to get a proper balance on my mount. When balanced, the bar is only half in my mount bracket. I had to buy the 14" which works. Also, the 7" is not long enough to connect to the top of my rings in a piggy back config. This should be a 10" bar and should have counter sunk positions on the "underside" so the bar can be a piggyback on top of rings of a larger scope OR directly attach to a mount. First light was good, but i have to get the guiding right. Used an OAG and 300s subs but star eccentricities were .8 so I have to sort that out. More later