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My HEQ5 reads about 29.5 deg for this latitude, so out by about 2 degrees. I mark the tiles the mount goes on and the legs as well for extension and don't normally need to drift align much if at all when plonk it down outside my house.
At dark sky sites I usually just drift align with a camera to get it in, even though I do have a digital inclinometer. A final quick run with PolarAlignMax usually puts the icing on the cake, but that's a whole different adventure in its own right.
Drift aligning with a CCD or webcam should only take 20mins or so once you've had some practice.
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