Interesting looking mount and overcomes the big limitation for me of my old AZEQ6 clone, that being a lack of homing sensors for remote recovery if it all goes wrong at night. The only thing I am not so sure about is the placement of the input connections which appear to be on the RA axis, so you still need to manage at least one power and one USB cable to avoid them getting tied up in the counterweight bar.
That said, I will need to replace my old AZEQ in the next couple of years, I reckon it will come down to a choice between one of these or a second iOptron CEM70. A second CEM would have the advantage of only one mount type to look after and my 70G has more or less worked flawlessly since I bought it.
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