is this tripod a pig in a poke?

[garymcgrory]

Looking to see if any of you guys and gals have seen this tripod and your thoughts on it

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TELESCOPE-EM10-mount-incl-tripod-2-axis-control-SEBEN_W0QQitemZ280077347953QQihZ018QQcategoryZ3636QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Looks very good for the price or is to good to be true? Looking to mount a 8inch dob which may be at the limit of the tripod anyhow.

Gary

[George]

I read somewhere that the build quality is dubious and flimsy.

You get what you pay for

[Rob]

I have one with my C8 on it. Its OK.. you indeed get what you pay for, the motors are great at 16 speed (higher than the Synta ones). The RA has some slack and I need to look at tightening that a bit. It tracks fine. The tripod legs are a little on the light side, be aware the the mount bolt has a different thread to the synta mount bolts, so your limited to what you can do to upgrade. That side I'm going to get mine re tapped so I can stick an EQ6 underneath it

Rob

[Greg]

Looks like an EQ5 clone to me...

Flo sells the Skywatcher ones.

http://www.firstlightoptics.com/proddetail.php?prod=eq5