#EQ8R Pro vs Used Mach1 vs Trident/Mesu200

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minor lodge
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I’m looking at mounts for a future large rig. What are the pros and cons between the listed mounts, asides from the obvious price, weight, payload, etc. They’re all capable of what I want!

rich gust
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@glad basalt should know something about these, he just bought an eq8 and was looking at the mesu too some months ago

rich gust
glad basalt
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imho @minor lodge get a mesu. the eq8 is good, really good but a mesu is ofc better. Not sure ab mach tho

rich gust
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btw the mesu and eq8 have different drive types right?

glad basalt
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0.1rms

rich gust
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O.O

minor lodge
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I'm just needing peaks below .77 rms! The mesu is great BUT it's insanely heavy, i'd have to keep it in the garage on a wheeled pallet

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Whereas the EQ8 comes apart very easily into 40 lb pieces

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The Mesu also needs a tripod

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The mach1 is the best out of all of them but, discontinued in favor of the mach2, and very rare.

rich gust
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if you need "only" .7 rms then go with the eq8, saves you quite a bit of money and it's still an incredible mount

glad basalt
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Based on the needed rms at least

minor lodge
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Gotcha thank you!

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My eq6 has average .3 guiding but then spikes to 2.0. Been tuning it for months, no luck. Seems like bad QC/lost the equipment lotto

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I’ve tried everything :p

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It’s fine for my current ota but not realistic for what I want to upgrade to

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Also, payload

rich gust
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was that .3 out of the box or did it need some tuning

minor lodge
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It needed massive amounts of tuning to get that

minor lodge
rich gust
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Oh wow that's bad, you just went for tuning rather than asking the supplier to swap the unit?

minor lodge
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Yeah, I thought I was just bad at using it. XD