Thanks for reminding me Gary , Ioptron's IEQ45 already has belt drives
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Brian.
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Originally Posted by garymck
The Celestron CGEM reportedly has issues with poor tracking due to random errors in the gearboxes on the servo motors - though I have no firsthand knowledge or experience of the mount. Plenty of reports if you google them..
I too had an EQ6 lemon - it was replaced twice by Tasco, but each replacement was a dud as well. I ended up selling it at a huge loss with full disclosure to an IIS member. This was several years ago so - I ended up swearing off chinese mounts and bought a Vixen GPD2 - this performs magnificently and I will never part with it. I am however tempted by the new AZEQ6 since it has belt drive and avoids the crappy quality reduction gears of the EQ6 that seem to cause endless tracking problems. I am however waiting for others to beta test the mount :-)
cheers
Gary
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