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Originally Posted by koputai
I beg to differ. I used to have an AOS Samson mount, and thought it was
pretty good. Now I have an EQ6Pro, and really they are chalk and cheese.
The EQ6 can take a bigger load, tracks better, and is less wobbly. It also
can take autoguiding input if that's your bag.
IMHO the old mounts are for people who like the quirkiness of older gear,
which is fair enough, but I personally wouldn't go spending anywhere near
$1200 to fix up an old mount when a 2nd hand EQ6 or similar can be had
for much less, and perfoms much better.
Cheers,
Jason.
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Hi Jason,
Each to their own. An autoguider input costs about $20 to implement on almost any mount, The EQ6 is a nice mount but my experience with it indicates it doesn't handle longer solid tube reflectors very well as it's shaft sizes simply aren't able to deal with the momentum involved. PPEC costs under $100. I must admit that I was underwhelmed by the EQ6 with a 12" F6 attached to it.
