I ended up with Lee's focuser and yes it was not good
, I have since spent a lot of time adjusting , adjusting , I ended up pulling it completly down and cleaning , re-lubing , adjusting ,,, adjusting .
more adjusting .
Did I mention I had to adjust it ??? , its so finickey , but seriously it is a good focuser now and its just not really good enough on a scope of this caliber ( flag ship scope ) that this one slipped thru their QC ,,,
But now its as good as any I have ever had bar the FT I once had but it holds my 1kg Axiom 31mm LX in the vertical position without slippage and it lifts it easily .
Its a shame such a thing was allowed to get thru QC .
Brian.