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Synta EQ-6

After a year and a half of trying to beef up the CG5 mount that came with my CR150 refractor, I finally decided it was time to purchase a heavier duty mount. I had made up my mind to go for the Losmandy G11 even tho the price had been keeping me from buying it in the past. Then, into the market, comes the EQ6. After some reading, discussion and emailing to several dealers and owners of this mount, I decided to purchase one. I was given a great deal by ITE in Montana and had the mount shipped immediately. The bottom line on this mount is that it handles the 34# payload, that my scope setup now weighs, with ease. Something the poor old CG5 simply could not do anymore. Operation is smooth and "very" quiet. In fact when I first turned it on, I thought it was broken as there was absolutely no sound whatsoever coming from the motors. It was working just fine as I was to find out. It tracks smoothly and and stays on target while doing so.When properly polar aligned objects stay centered with no drift whatsoever. It is a large and heavy mount, and makes the CG5 look like a toy next to it. Well finished and fitted this mount should prove to be excellent for anyone with a large, or heavy, OTA etc. I am currently having a GOTO system professionally so my viewing times will be more viewing than finding. This mount will surely give the G11 and the CI700 a run for their money, at a lot lower price. With the new GOTO, I will have spent only a few pennies more for the entire setup, than the cost of admission to the G11 alone. Highly recommended.

Overall Rating: 10
Performance:10 Ease of Use:10 Value:10
Weight: 5 (Veritable Vote)
Date: 08/20/2002 10:10:58 pm PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.16.6)
Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=127523

Hi,

are you kiddin' to rate this thing a 10?
Be more realistic!
A Takahashi, Astrophysics or Losmandy only earns a 9 because they all
have little things that could be make better.
This chinese low cost mount has many points that can be make better,
the drive system, the polar finder, the polar finder cap, the setting circles,
the worm gears (periodic error) e.t.c.
The realistic vote is a 5 and that's a good vote for this.

>After a year and a half of trying to beef up the CG5 mount that came with my CR150 refractor, I finally decided it was time to purchase a heavier duty mount. I had made up my mind to go for the Losmandy G11 even tho the price had been keeping me from buying it in the past. Then, into the market, comes the EQ6. After some reading, discussion and emailing to several dealers and owners of this mount, I decided to purchase one. I was given a great deal by ITE in Montana and had the mount shipped immediately. The bottom line on this mount is that it handles the 34# payload, that my scope setup now weighs, with ease. Something the poor old CG5 simply could not do anymore.  Operation is smooth and "very" quiet. In fact when I first turned it on, I thought it was broken as there was absolutely no sound whatsoever coming from the motors. It was working just fine as I was to find out. It tracks smoothly and and stays on target while doing so.When properly polar aligned objects stay centered with no drift whatsoever. It is a large and heavy mount, and makes the CG5 look like a toy next to it. Well finished and fitted this mount should prove to be excellent for anyone with a large, or heavy, OTA etc. I am currently having a GOTO system professionally so my viewing times will be more viewing than finding. This mount will surely give the G11 and the CI700 a run for their money, at a lot lower price.  With the new GOTO, I will have spent only a few pennies more for the entire setup, than the cost of admission to the G11 alone.  Highly recommended.

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