Skywatcher EQ5

[Tom Summers (Tom)]

Thinking of buying the Skywatcher EQ5 mount with no frills (for the time being) Getting the one with SS legs and will use it for 5" Skywatcher refractor and if I get my 8" newt finished that as well. Does anyone have good or bad opinions on this mount. It's circa $550 from Sirius optics. Thanks
Regards
Tom Summers

[casstony]

With SS legs it will work ok for visual. I leave one sitting on my back verandah so it's always ready to go with a 106mm triplet refractor or 6" schmidt cassegrain and binoviewer.