The equatorial mount is an unusual design choice. A short optical tube design doesn’t require precise movements. We think an equatorial mount is overkill for Observer 80ST.
The telescope comes with a red dot finder and two Kellner eyepieces. (10mm and 25mm) Although the finder is useful, the eyepieces are below average. This is to be expected at this price range, but if you change the eyepieces with better ones you will get much more out of your scope.
Orion Observer 80ST is a pretty good entry-level telescope. To be honest, at this price range it is one of only a few decent choices. Zhumell Z114 might be a pretty good alternative. It will perform slightly worse at high magnifications while showing more detail around planets.