Celestron or Orion Dobsonian?

Hi, I'm buying a new scope and was wondering which one is the better
value between the Orion XT10 Classic Dobsonian, or the Celestron
StarHopper 10 inch Dobsonian? I'm new to all this, so I don't really
know which one is the better of the two. I'm sure that they are very
close, but they seem to have different eye peices and stuff. Like I
don't know which eyepeice is better than the other and stuff like that.
Also the Celestron seems to have a built-in fan to cool the mirror
down, whereas the Orion says that it has special vents to help cool the
mirror. Are they both equally effective, or is one system better than
the other? Any help at all on this would be much appreciated. Thanks,
Aaron

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