I've been looking at sun telescopes, Hydrogen Alpha, and not just because of the upcoming Eclipse which, BTW, goes right over my house! I get tired so early these days. If you get one, 8in minimum but bigger the better. Motorized GoTo is a must and in a perfect world, permanently mounted also. I had the Meade SC 10in for years but this 11in is MUCH lighter and easier to set up.
Edit, also, Winter time has the coolest $hit to look at unfortunately..no pun intended!
Bit off topic ,but I have an older co-worker who argued with me there's no such thing as outer space, or satellites, or stars or galaxies. At first I laughed but he really believes this. "Dude, I have a telescope I can see other galaxies with"..he just stood there blank faced.