I shall indeed try!! I have some interesting loads to test (RASA 11" and 12" carbon newt, Red cat *snigger*) and I have zero protection from the wind. What does make comparative testing difficult is that i live very close to Fawley, Southampton where an oil refinfery churns the cold air with hot as well as providing a light dome of doom! Typically with a 23kg RASA11, an eq6r on better nights will guide around 0.4-0.6 arcsecs, the CEM120 down to 0.3-0.4arcsecs, an EQ8 around 0.4-0.5 arcsecs. I have never seen better than 0.2 arcsecs, certainly not for more than 30 seconds, maybe a minute at best! I would say a typical average is probably around 0.6-0.8 arcsecs (remember no obsy!). You must also realise that the UK is typically fighting the jetstream directly overhead - we dont get calm views of jupiter or even the moon for that matter and certainly not on the South coast. What im also really interested in is the more consistant "flatter" guide graphs and the performance under windy conditions - I find the EQ8 is significantly more robust than the other designs when winds are up as it doesnt seem to bounce on its belt like other designs. With no observatory this has become a more important consideration than outright performance in some instances.
Wouldnt it be nice to find all of this in one new, well priced package?
I have two identical piers, and hopefully two identical Tridents! Im not a reviewer, but i do know MY skies and MY previous kit fairly well. I hope to report on them in the coming weeks, skies permitting.