Skywatcher Evostar 120mm

[JonF]

I've recently bought a used Evostar 120, which is on a rather wobbly equatorial mount. I'm looking at replacing the mount, and have looked at a few options. There's the Skywatcher EQ5 at about £240, the Celestron CG4 at a bit less, and there's also a Vixen GP2 on a HAL130 tripod, inc polar scope, locally for £350 used but in good nick. Finally, a GP2 on HAL 130 can be sourced from FLO for less than £300, but without the polar scope, and vixen polar scopes are very pricey.

Which would be the best option according to the collective wisdom of SGL?

[Catweazel]

Not sure about the others you mention, but I have this scope on a EQ5, and it works well

[AstroMum]

Same scope here, also on an EQ5 mount and also very happy.

[newman]

I'd like to echo the posts above - I also have the Evostar 120 on an EQ5 and it's rock solid. I upgraded to the EQ5 from the EQ3 and it was a massive improvement.

Bear in mind however that I'm purely a visual observer, and for me the EQ5 works great. Not sure if it would be suitable to do astrophotography with though, so I guess it depends on what you want to use it for.

[twotter]

My memory may be playing tricks on my but I think I've read of at least one person using an AZ4 with good results Might be another option to consider?

[JonF]

Thanks

Edging towards the EQ5, then. Annoyingly, there're two on eBay at the moment. One's in Wales, the other Scotland, both collection only. And I live in the far South East of England.