Here is the place to talk about all those equipment(Telescope, Mounts, Eyepieces, etc...) you have. Not sure which scope/eyepiece is best for you? Trash it out here!
Btw, you mention '...switch over....' do you already have a premium 8" dob?
He mean from SCT switch to 8" consumer dob.
Basically, the main advantage of an 8" SCT over most 8" dob is portability and can easily and cheaply (compare to dob) put on tracking for visual and imaging. So you don't have transportation issue and use for visual only, a dob is an excellent choice.
Have a nice day.
Yang Weixing "The universe is composed mainly of hydrogen and ignorance."
Kay Heem perhaps you can consider a celestron dob from astrobargains. I had a 10" orion dob before and despite being small-built, had no trouble getting it into and out of the house or loading it into my car. I loved it for its portability, optics, ruggedness and simplicity
We do it in the dark...
Portaball 12.5"
Takahashi Mewlon 210
William Optics 110ED
...and all night long!
Thanks for the comments, guys. It was what I was hoping for.
Basically, a mass consumer dob is about the cost of a used 8" SCT. If the views are significantly better, then it would be worth it to switch to a consumer 8" dob.
The premium 8" dob is way out of my league. Besides, the cost is easily >3X that of a consumer dob but for only 10% improvement.
I can live with the 10% handicap. :-)
"The universe is composed mainly of hydrogen and ignorance." 
