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Originally Posted by alan meehan
Well the mount came back from bintel and i set it up balanced the scope its only a skywatcher ed80 and went for a 1 star allighment and it shuddered and jammed going back again iam not impressed with this mount at all.The tripod i brought with it is great a good little proper tripod but thats it ,iam thinking of of going for the ioptron maybe that would be better iam so dissappionted in this mount
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Sorry to hear that Alan. I know it doesn't help, but you're in the same company as many of us who have experienced an inferior product with this mount.
If you're thinking about the iOptron Skyhunter, be careful of that as well. From reading a thread on Cloudy Nights, it too has some awful problems that users are encountering.
It's very sad that these companies are using us to test their products. There are too many flaws on them. I would suggest holding out for either generation 2 of these mounts, or saving a bit more for a different mount that is either proven or one of the newer strain-wave ones which are performing excellently in the hands of users.