Opinions on the Celestron AR-6

Hi! I'm mostly a Newtonian and SCT guy. Never owned a refractor, but I figure this forum is where all the refractor experts are hangin' out. I have a chance to pick up a Celestron AR-6 refractor for a very reasonable price. I know this is a "Synta" scope, but I'm mostly looking for a low-to-mid power scope to replace my crappy 25X100 binocs. I figure maybe the scope will work in this application with a Nagler eyepiece or a binoviewer with a couple of Panoptics. The fact that the lens cell is collimatable would seem to be a feature in its favor. I'd really appreciate your opinions on this scope - generally speaking of course!
Thanks! - Chuck

Chuck:

I believe the AR-6 is a Meade, the Celestron is the C6R, probably for the whole rig and CR-150 for the OTA.

There is a review of the Meade in this months astronomy magazine. About the only thing I know is these are big heavy scopes, what I hear is that they are pushing it with a CG-5ASGT mount.

jon