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James.
The minitower is a fantastic mount. I have 2 off them and also 1 pro.. The oldest one is now 3and 1/2 years old and going strong.. I also service my own mounts and have modified this oldest one ie: upgraded the bearings to high precision Timken versions and made and fitted a super clutch along with other internal mods etc... This mount is super quiet and carry large amounts of weight.. After working on my mounts now for this number of years i have come to the opinion that the MT is the preferred mount.. It has tapered roller bearings thru-out which allows them to be preloaded correctly and makes the mount tight as.. The pro does not have these bearings is there-for quite sloppy when comparing the two. The targeting of the MT is super good and there is no need to do 2 star alignment. Just slew to your selected target and then sync.. easy as that. The pro has more sofisticated encoders but at present the firmware is just not able to take advantage of these so the targeting is off compared to the MT.. Maybe when the designers improve the firmware the story will be different.
In my opinion the stock MT is a very good purchase indeed. I do not know of any other mount in this price range that comes close to it. Even others more expensive do not stack up to this mount.
All my three mounts have worked straight out of the box and have been totaly reliable.
Go purchase one and enjoy.
cheers.
Graham.
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