Hi Tim,me too.
Remember though that I will be using the scope for visual and some planetary/video imaging so I won't be overloading the mount as some have to later discover problems ocurring.
The NEQ6 PRO has car bearings as mentioned once on a forum, so it can't be that whimpy?
The Celestron mounts are very good too but their OTA's are also lighter compared to the Meades...............make you think?
