Unimount suppliers in UK/Europe?

[NaomiH]

Does anyone know of a supplier for Unimount or other parallelogram binoc mounts in either UK or mainland Europe (particularly France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg). It looks like it's the answer to the shoulder/back/inaccessible-zenith problems, but I balk at paying shipping from the US if I can get it from closer to home.

I've done a lot of googling, but can't turn up anyone who stocks any sort of parallelogram mounts on this side of the pond - any pointers would be welcome.

Thanks in advance -- Naomi

[JAO]

Naomi

Try Kieran at SCS Astro, they list there in their product list:

Universal Astronomics UniMount.

Regards

Adrian

[NaomiH]

Thanks for the tip, I will be contacting them.

Naomi

[Solar B]

Well if its for the likes of the big Fujis then you probably would

need a Unimount,but if its for more normal size binos then

Astro Engineering AC346 Star-Raker Parallel Motion binocular mounting

Brian

[NaomiH]

Thanks Brian, I will check it out. I have Fujinon 10x70s, a great birthday present from various family members, not hugely heavy, but I have a shoulder problem, and then there's interesting stuff at the zenith too So now I'm hoping I can interest the family in a parallelogram mount for Xmas. If we actually had a few clear nights that would be good too, but there's an unbroken stream of depressions tipping it over Luxembourg right now. I just have to believe it'll turn at some point ...

Thanks again -- Naomi

[davekelley]

I'm looking at SCS Astro  and they quote a price of £300 +, which at current exchange rates is coming in about 50% more expensive than buying from UA in the states. What a rip - off. The alternative from Scopes n Skies is certainly inferior but at the price seems like the best choice to me, and I wouldn't need the tripod as I am   sure I can mount it onto the legs of my eq-5 ?  This would accomodate Helios Apollo 15x70's ?

[BinocularSky]

I got my T-mount directly from UA; Larry of UA is really good to deal with if you want to go that route.

Another option is the Paragon, for which the best price I've found is on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0000XMYQA/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?redirect=true&tag=1944

[szymon]

What a great idea a mount like this is, thanks for the amazon link. I could use this to view while lying flat on a lounger!

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[BinocularSky]

Just realised the link was from my mobile, so it looks odd in a 'pooter. Trying again:

Orion Paragon Mount without Tripod

Orion Paragon Mount with XHD Tripod