For what this scope does, it weighs practically nothing. Celestron is marketing this as a spotting scope which gives you a limited lifetime warranty. I would avoid any of the used ones as Celestron has said this is only for the initial owner. At $150 the $20 you will save on a used one may not be worth it, especially if you need support down the road.As of the date I ordered it, this scope no longer comes with the tripod. The tripod kit & scope is still available at a slightly higher cost and the tripod can also be purchased separately from Celestron. Most of the reviews say the included tripod was barely adequate and they seemed inclined to replace it with a sturdier tripod. For accessories you get the nylon backpack carrying case, a 32mm plossl eyepiece (not bad for an included eyepiece & gives you a 39X view), a 45° erecting diagonal, and finally an 8X21 finderscope. The finderscope can be easily replaced as it uses a semi-standard guide mounted dovetail and can be replaced with Celestron, or Orion products such as the 50mm guide scope and other products as well. With its long focal length of 1,250mm you WILL need a firm steady heavy tripod for any kind of viewing. A photo tripod, even with the legs unextended may still wobble enough where it will make focusing and using this telescope a serious chore. Making focusing a bigger chore, this telescope also has a narrow depth of field. That is, if you aim at a tree a few miles away, you may see the middle of the tree in focus while the further and closer parts may be blurry. I did mount this on my Celestron CG-5 Computerized German Equatorial Mount 91518 and it worked like a charm on the night sky and became really pleasant to focus and work with once on a firm enough mount. It does appear the interior may not be baffled as well as some other scopes. If you are nearing a bright object like Spica, Saturn etc. you will see a stretched out circle pointing towards the object. This however, does make it easier to find the object you are looking for. Adding an aftermarket dew shield will probably help with this if it bothers you. AstroZap Flexible Dew Shield For Meade ETX 90 and Celestron C-90 Telescopes AZ103 As I mentioned the C90 currently comes with one eyepiece, a 32mm plossl which will yield about 39X. This eyepiece will enable to you to see Saturn's rings when properly aimed and focused. I did use a Explore Scientific 6.7mm eyepiece which yielded about 187X which would be considered the 'upper limit' in magnification for this scope. Even though the night was windy and it was a hazy night this scope did a better job that I expected and it was able to easily view Saturn's rings! While mounted on firmly on the CG5 (the C90 has a dovetail with two standard 1/4X20 holes for use on photo tripods and three holes drilled for use on standard astronomy mounts) was a dream to focus. I actually found it easier than my Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 Air-Spaced Triplet ED Apochromatic Refractor Telescope and didn't even bother to use my Farpoint FP401 Bahtinov Focus Mask for Telescopes with Dew Shield or Front End Diameter from 3.5" to 6.5" when focusing on stars. This was just as easy to focus with an eyepiece or with a Canon 7d DSLR attached. The C90 comes with threads that will fit a standard T ring, so you do not need to order a T-adapter to use this scope at prime focus. When ordering a ring, make sure you don't order an M42 ring as the thread size is the same but one is a finer thread. They will connect up together but will only go on for one or two threads and if you force it, you will be cross threading and ruining one or both of your devices. Note, the 7D when directly attached to this scope for prime focus photography, the moon will just about fill the entire frame of view on the 7D and other camera's with a similar sensor size.I will be updating this review once I get a steady alt/az mount for bird watching & terrestrial viewing.All in all, I am pleasantly surprised with this scope as it has exceeded my expectations!