Giant Alt-Azimuth Telescope Mount (GIAZ)

[jock1958]

Has anybody tried this mount that's on sale with 365 Astronomy?  Comparisons with Skytee 2 and other similar Alt / Az mounts?

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[John]

I've used one but it was quite a few years ago and I did not have a Skytee II handy to compare it with.

The Giaz handled an F/5 150mm newtonian tube well and I know that the owner also used it regularly with a 102mm F/7 ED refractor too.

From the experience that have had since with the Skytee II and other alt-azimuth mounts I think the Giaz has similar capacity to a Giro II mount but perhaps not quite as much as the Skytee II.