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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
IMHO the best bang for buck portable mount on the market at the moment is the Losmandy G-11
All machined, precision gears and a robust and mature GoTo system that has features normally reserved for PC software rather than its nifty touch screen hand paddle and Gemini 2 controller.
If money is not object the AP Mach2 has better specs, but at twice the price is hard for many to justify.
Due the risk of offending some punters, all I'll say about the ROC stuff is that it's build to a price with many resorting to EQ mods or similar to get acceptable results.
G-11's occasionally come up on the used market, but not often.
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thanks Peter a G11 was something I lusted after 10-15 years ago. I wondered how the mechanics have aged in the modern range of belt drives etc...I guess if worms are precision enough backlash isn't a problem needed belt drive a anyway? For me I am solely AP now and use an Eagle PC for mount control so don't really need or even want the hand controllers or internal software, just something that i can control via NINA or APT via the eagle.