I bought mine at the end of July. To get the guiding to work I had to install a Firmware update, apart from that it has worked great, and yes it is quite, very quite. I was on the point of buying a ZWO AM3 but decided to wait a little longer for this mount to be released. I have not been disappointed.
Very nice mate ,have you thought about off axis guiding . There is usually mirror flop in reflectors which your guide scope will not see . I use an oag on a f8 refractor and see guide stars no probs .Clear skys mate
Tanks for your first impressions. I didn't catch your issues with the mount seat. What was the problem? Any fotos of your session to show? I still don't know if 150i or am5n is the way to go owning an asiair.
So for the mount seat there is a picture/diagram of a telescope pointing in the north position. Mine was pointing south. I don’t think it’s an issue especially if you are left-handed. It would make it easier to access the bolts. As for the ASIAir it works with either one of them
May I ask what aperture your scope is - I have a similar looking Newt 10 inch at f/4 - appreciated the review - answered many of my questions - I have half an eye on this mount.
Sky-Watcher Explorer 200p 1000mm (f/5) and handles it no problem whatsoever if I'm correct mount can handle this cope without the counterweights I just didn't trust it to do it without counterweights
Did your mount have 3/8-16 threads or 5/16-16? I gather there may be a manufacturing issue as they are all supposed to be 3/8-16 and it would be helpful to know your experience.
I'm amazed you can't purchase US standard bolts in UK. I would've mailed you a couple of bolts from here in the US. All the hardware stores here carry metric and SAE. I'm amazed that all this stuff is made in China why isn't it all metric? My AVX mount is metric yet the AM5 base thread is SAE. I'm interested in the 150I for my C8 SCT, I waiting for some reviews of the guiding with the 150i and a SCT. What is the weight of your rig?
I'll start with the easiest first As for the wait I don't know will be taking it down soon so can check the weight. Ask for the bolt it's interesting here in the UK we use both imperial and metric measurements for a lot of things from length size widths for some reason when it comes to hardware we don't
It's not metric because 3/8"-16 is one of the two global standard camera tripod mount threads, the other being 1/4"-20. It's been that way for decades.
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Well done. Thanks for the update. These are the type of videos that I appreciate more than the initial setup/impression videos.
Glad it was helpful!
I bought mine at the end of July. To get the guiding to work I had to install a Firmware update, apart from that it has worked great, and yes it is quite, very quite. I was on the point of buying a ZWO AM3 but decided to wait a little longer for this mount to be released. I have not been disappointed.
Good to hear
Mine had a slip of paper with the URL from the manual
Very nice mate ,have you thought about off axis guiding . There is usually mirror flop in reflectors which your guide scope will not see . I use an oag on a f8 refractor and see guide stars no probs .Clear skys mate
I’m going to be purchasing one hopefully soon as well as a different guide scope so I can see the difference between them all
Great info thanks 👍
No problem 👍
Tanks for your first impressions. I didn't catch your issues with the mount seat. What was the problem? Any fotos of your session to show? I still don't know if 150i or am5n is the way to go owning an asiair.
So for the mount seat there is a picture/diagram of a telescope pointing in the north position. Mine was pointing south. I don’t think it’s an issue especially if you are left-handed. It would make it easier to access the bolts. As for the ASIAir it works with either one of them
May I ask what aperture your scope is - I have a similar looking Newt 10 inch at f/4 - appreciated the review - answered many of my questions - I have half an eye on this mount.
Sky-Watcher Explorer 200p 1000mm (f/5) and handles it no problem whatsoever if I'm correct mount can handle this cope without the counterweights I just didn't trust it to do it without counterweights
@@AstroDadsUK Great - many thanks for the speedy feedback - I have a similar feeling about the counterweaight. Ldet's see waht 2025 brings :)
You'd have been right on the limit for needing counterweights. Did you balance in Dec too?
Did your mount have 3/8-16 threads or 5/16-16? I gather there may be a manufacturing issue as they are all supposed to be 3/8-16 and it would be helpful to know your experience.
According to the instructions it is the 3/8-16 it's just being in the UK it's not a size we can get hold of
How heavy is your telescope, camera and other accessories?
It is 23lb/10.5kg
I'm amazed you can't purchase US standard bolts in UK. I would've mailed you a couple of bolts from here in the US. All the hardware stores here carry metric and SAE. I'm amazed that all this stuff is made in China why isn't it all metric? My AVX mount is metric yet the AM5 base thread is SAE. I'm interested in the 150I for my C8 SCT, I waiting for some reviews of the guiding with the 150i and a SCT. What is the weight of your rig?
I'll start with the easiest first As for the wait I don't know will be taking it down soon so can check the weight. Ask for the bolt it's interesting here in the UK we use both imperial and metric measurements for a lot of things from length size widths for some reason when it comes to hardware we don't
It's not metric because 3/8"-16 is one of the two global standard camera tripod mount threads, the other being 1/4"-20. It's been that way for decades.
38 Witworth thread available from NAMRICK in Hove about a pound plus postage