I got the extension instead of buying a 1.25kg Skywatcher weight. I needed to move the 2 5kg weights down about 4cm which I thought was better than buying another weight. What's better longer bars less weight or more weights and a shorter bar? I did have an Orion Skyview Pro EQ5 that had a longer weight bar than the HEQ5 pro
Now I prefer more weights and a shorter bar on the NEQ6, I only do visual.
Matt