iOptron LiteRoc - check your legs!

[PaulE54]

Just bought a CEM40 which came with the new iOptron LiteRoc tripod. Noticed that the leg adjustment lock on one leg was not tight enough - even with the lock fully engaged, one leg would slip, risking the tripod, mount and scope falling over. 

For anyone else who has one, worth checking. If it needs adjusting, remove the black plastic lock lever (held by a crosspoint screw) and reposition it to allow you to tighten more. 

On mine, the gap in the locking plate with the locks fully engaged was 0.75mm. 

 

Paul E

[PaulE54]

Update - prompt response from iOptron support who say they are going to implement additional checks at factory. Hopefully an isolated incident. 

[melsky]

Thanks I’ll check mine when it arrives on Monday 👍