Hi to Everyone,
I bought a Bintel Alt-Azimuth Mount off Ebay yesterday, from a chap who it turned out was a member here. The Bintel mount looks pretty much the same as the GSO Skyview one.
I got home and mounted my 5" Skywatcher MAK to it, and I must say that it worked much better than what I had expected for the half hour or so before I got clouded out.
I had tried putting the 5" MAK on an AZ3 mount, and it didn't work, as the MAK was way too heavy for it. (The AZ3 has a bit of struggle with my 4" f/5 refractor too, but is fine with my 80mm refractor).
Anyhow, I'm delighted. My only problem is that I have to get used to the 6X30 finderscope being on the right hand side, rather than on the left - I keep fogging up the eyepiece by breathing on it.
Anybody else as happy with the Bintel/GSO mount as me, or have you found something better?
Regards,
Renato
I'm happy with mine now
I swapped the standard legs for a surveyors tripod
Gives a lot more hight , I have an SW ed80 on mine
I like the ease of use good grab n go
I'm happy with mine now
I swapped the standard legs for a surveyors tripod
Gives a lot more hight , I have an SW ed80 on mine
I like the ease of use good grab n go
David
Thanks David,
Can I take it that you are viewing in a standing position? I use a high and a low fold out stool for my viewing, and I always do it sitting down, swapping between the two stools depending on where I'm pointing. So I found the height fine.
Regards,
Renato
Just ordered one today from Bintel,have the AZ3, terrible with anything near the Zenith.I was planning to use a Skywatcher 120mm x 600mm short focus Refractor on it and the orion ED80 triplet. just handy for a grab and go setup, although it looks like it's much more capable mount and study .
I found mine OK...tended to slip sometimes, and shakes a fair bit. The Vixen Portamount and the Tak Teegul are much better, which is what these are copied from
Of course the Vixen and Takahashi ones are better , at 2-3 times the price they should be but I found mine perfect for my now sold ED80 , solid with nice smooth movements and slow mo controls .
After I sold the ED80 here is what mine morphed into , the 25x100 binos were a joy to use on this set up .
Great mounts if you don't overload them and take your time getting the balance right .
Too late i AM SURE the Bintel will be fine, i know it's a GSO all Bintel is GSO i think..big step up from that AZ3 anyone what to buy two.
Also anytime i wanted Vixen stuff it's wasn't in stock or coming in the next shipment,I just deal with The Binocular and Telescope Shop, so that solves that argument
cheers
Last edited by dennisjames1; 26-08-2014 at 09:22 PM.
Of course the Vixen and Takahashi ones are better , at 2-3 times the price they should be but I found mine perfect for my now sold ED80 , solid with nice smooth movements and slow mo controls .
