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I don't know what crack your smokin chief... the 10" is getting up near the weight limit for the EQ6 the HEQ5 it is over limit. lets face it who buys a mount for 1000 and up just for visual? when normally the mount is brought because astro photography is on the cards. My 10" skywatcher with a 114mm DSE reflector the 40d, DSI2 and cables is closing in on 28kgs. if im not wrong the EQ6's limit is around the 24-25kgs.? It still works but getting good tracking is a art at that weight plus it being a parachute (the 10" and wind) the HEQ5 is possibly a very bad choice as it cannot hold onto such a large setup sure it can move it around and act as if it is working but pretty much useless to get a very good shot. if it was very good at getting a shot with such a big scope why spend the money for a AP or Losmundy? The other thing is that you will be putting Major stress on the mounts internals do a test for yourself, get a small spinning top spin it. you will notice that it will spin easily (youll get it going easily) now get a spinning top that has at least 2x the amount of weight it will not spin as easily as the small top. It is balanced Perfectly otherwise it would spin but you need way more energy to get it to spin fast enough. the internals in the HEq5 are not the same as the EQ6.
-If your only putting a 10" scope on the mount with no other equipment then a heq5 will do.
-If your doing anything else. stay well away from it!
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