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These mounts have been available at Bintel and Andrews for six months or more.
They differ from the Voyager sold in the US by having a plate for fixing tube rings to, rather than having a dovetail fitting. There is a GSO dovetail fitting available for $50 which fits.
I took my ed115 to Bintel to give this mount a test run and found it wasn't up to the task of holding this refractor satisfactorily. The tripods max height is also considerably lower than a Vixen porta mount. I believe the 20lb capacity rating to be overly optimistic.
I would not recommend this mount for anything but a short tube small refractor or maybe up to a 6" mak.
I have read rumours that GSO will bringing out a beefier model in the near future. If they can get it right it should be a good seller as there is a market void for a reasonably priced beefy alt-az mount just waiting to be filled.
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