I used a laser for a while, but in conjunction with an RACI. Laser was fine for getting that first bright star for a star hop, but then switched to the RACI.
These days with the Argo, I have found an el cheapo red dot finder to be the best solution as you are really only doing a initial alignment.
Main issue with the laser is when the weather gets cold they just decide to cease work. Had to wrap a couple of dew heating straps at full power many nights and even that wasn't always effective on really cold nights. They just don't like it below about 10 degrees!
Malcolm
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