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Originally Posted by maxwolfie
My thoughts/reasoning thus far.
Polarie: $400 unit + $250 polar scope + $200 Manfrotto 410 Geared Head = $850 total (plus postage US -> Australia)
Positives - Portable, relatively cheap, fast to set up and take down
Negatives - Limited to what I can do with it, can buy a CG-5 for the money
Summary - Considering this has actually ended up more expensive than the Astrotrac (which from what I've read, seems to be superior in most ways), I'll give it a miss.
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Just a note that there is no way you need to be spending that much on a Polarie. That's the first time I have seen it priced more than the AT anyway.
I just had a quick look and you can get the complete kit(Polarie,tripods & ballheads) from astroshop.au for under $800 and even then you would be paying far too much for the set up that you really need.
As it's been mentioned it is already in Oz, you don't need a manfrotto geared head or a polar scope down South and assuming you already have a tripod depending on what type all you would need is one or two ball heads and if you already have that then you just need the unit.
But as you say it does have other disadvantages if you are after something else.