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Originally Posted by RickS
The main advantage of a pier over a tripod is that it doesn't have legs for your scope to run into...
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+1 saves you tripping over tripod legs and whacking out alignment. Nothings worse when your done alot of time drift aligning to only lose it all in a split second. There more stable, have less vibration and on top of that setup time is quick due to having a mark on where you locked it down from last session. I wouldn't bother with a portable pier but fixed has some worth while pay offs even if it not a perm ob. I want to make up 2 now for the heq5 one in the rear of the backyard and one upfront
