like i said you have to lay down the pec and in the case like i said before if your using sub pixel guiding then it doesn't matter that much. instruments such as meade where you do pay a premium price shouldn't be that out of whack if it is ide be taking it back!
my logic behind this is if i can hold round stars with a overloaded eq6 for 20min + with a $16.95 DSE scope and a $100 DSI all with rough polar alignment then why bother? guiding is so much faster to set up!
thats my 2 bobs worth