I got my G11 new in 2013. While I think it's been worthwhile overall, I think some stuff can definitely be improved. For example, the exposed position of the motors is annoying and can be prone to being knocked and damaged. The motors do whine when slewing, but I drop that down to 400x and it's ok. When I did open it up and cleaned/regreased it (which was fairly easy to achieve and I'm happy to see that), I will admit to not being that impressed by the gearbox or the worm mounting system. I'm not an engineer, but I felt it could be done better and maybe this latest 2016 model fixes some of those things.
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