Hmm the iOptron bashers are at it again I see , grows old fast but each to his own .
Anyway , I had a loved an iOptron IEQ45 for about 3 years in Darwin and in all that time it did not miss a beat and if you know anything about the NT weather
, scopes and mounts get thrashed for a full 6 months of the ' Dry ' season day after day as we got perfect nights and you use them .
Mine went from holding a sweet 127mm triplet ( heavier than an ED120 ) to my iStar 127mm f8 ( heavier again ) then a Takahashi M210 , it did not miss a beat carrying these .
I sold it when I moved to Perth and got an HEQ5 and as good as it was it was not as easy to use or as solid ( yes it was mounted on the HD tripod in the photo ) , so please don't right off iOptron .
On that I hear good things about the AZEQ5 and it will carry an ED120 with ease .
Brian.