[6.9" (177 mm)] The Explore Scientific AR102 is an excellent intermediate scope. The 102mm glass catches a lot of light and provides a great deal of detail with a low Dawes limit. The controls are smooth and solid. Because of its' long focal length, a more substantial mount would be useful to prevent some wobbling during adjustments. I would definitely buy this scope again.

[3.5 lb] Great scope, so far for watching only. I can imagine how good it is for photography.

[6.9" (177 mm)] Perfect and solidly built, all metal. I actually bought this for an ETX125 OTA and it fits perfectly.

[7.75" (197 mm)] The 114mm Reflector was very easy to set up and begin using. This alt-azimuth mount is so much simpler to use than an EQ mount. The lower power of the telescope was great for helping my parents to find objects easily. The entire setup is both very sturdy and easy to move. We were able to immediately start seeing images of the crescent moon and a very rough outline of the Andromeda Galaxy.

[7.75" (197 mm)] Love This Scope,It Gives Great Planetary Views,and Some Deep Space Objects Like The Orion Nebula and Star Clusters Are Amazing,Very Little Fringing Or Chromatic Aberration Around Bright Objects,But If You Want To Image,I Suggest a Stronger Mount,But For Visual,It Works Great

[Aluminum] This picture was taken with a Canon 40D with a T2 adaptor, no other optics used. Minimal processing.

[7.75" (197 mm)] This is my third telescope. I got it mostly for traveling but I find my self using it quite a bit at home too. Its light, easy to put together, easy to use, versatile and of a great quality. Mine worked straight from the box without having to be collimated (even though is recommended for any telescope). Yes, its not going to be as powerful as a 8 or 10 telescope but is more than you need for the solar system (Moon, Jupiter, Saturn etc.) and even deep space observation. Wait, its getting better. It was extremely easy for me to adapt a DSLR camera to it and in the first night I got great pictures with the moon craters. The holding tray on the tripod is extremely useful. The tripod itself is sturdy and good quality. 
Optics are decent. Of course it never hurts to get better quality optics (Explore Scientific have plenty of them in the store) but if you are pleased with the stock ones you dont have too. They will do the job.
I recommend it.

[3.5 lb] Great product, fit and finish are good. Bought for Celestron C6 SCT. Fits it like a glove. Handle-piggyback mount/rail is outstanding. Makes it easy to mount too. All metal construction and all attachments clear the tube rings. Nice and thick felt on rings. Even has a steel plate attached to the dovetail bar so when you mount it theres no marking up the aluminum dovetail bar. For anyone piggybacking a camera (or ?) the piggyback mounting rail is a real winner, especially when compaired to the one Celestron makes for this scope. Simple hex-head 1/4 20 bolt fit right in from below and locks bolt head into place, no twisting no tools needed to add anyting ti the mount.

[Aluminum] With this excellent 8 dobsonian telescope I can see the color bands of planet jupiter and I can see clearly the rings of planet saturn and I even saw pluto, and I been taking super clear pictures of the clusters of stars with my samsung galaxy and now I feel like I have an observatory in my house, thank you B&H.

[Aluminum] This is a big light great telescope, arrived intact with very nice packaging, didn't had any issues with movement but counterweights is essential, collimation was very easy using laser colimator, focuser is smooth and able to hold my heavy explore scientific 30mm, replace the red dot finder with terlad , every thing worked just fine , only problem was small aluminium shaving pieces were everywhere, need to clean it good before first use.