About 2 years ago after procrastinating for months I took the plunge and went on the waiting list for a Mach1 GTO. After 15 months it finally arrived at about 70 cents to the US$. If only I had been my usual self and procrastinated longer I could have had it straight away and at 90 cents
Anyway I don't regret it. It is a superb piece of kit. Very solid and extremely well built but quite portable at the same time. You can't hang 50kg of gear off it but that is not a concern for me. The hand control is easy to use and it has a great daytime set up routine to get you very close to polar aligned. The tracking and slewing have performed faultlessly. Astrophysics were great to deal with and I have got a few extra bits and pieces since. Also answered some questions promptly. The only problem is I rarely see a clear sky.
Neale.