Benro Polaris - too good to be true?

[lune lupine]

Has anyone else come across this device currently doing the rounds on Kickstarter? For 699$ you get a motorised head that can polar align using GPS,compass and astromaps, can auto level,  has goto functionality via phone app, has tracking accuracy of 0.01 and payload 7kg. It also has a heap of other panorama functionality. 

Comments on kickstarter page says no counterbalance is needed and has internal battery that can last for 8hrs continous use. 

This looks like a really convenient way to say use dslr/300m ish lens with goto mount? Curious what others think. Just Google Benro Polaris and it jumps up

Cheers

[Robindonne]

They also brought us the evscope, the most powerful telescope ever.   I think i skip kickstarter for astro gear

[ddm4313]

On 01/03/2021 at 18:33, lune lupine said:

Has anyone else come across this device currently doing the rounds on Kickstarter? For 699$ you get a motorised head that can polar align using GPS,compass and astromaps, can auto level,  has goto functionality via phone app, has tracking accuracy of 0.01 and payload 7kg. It also has a heap of other panorama functionality. 

Comments on kickstarter page says no counterbalance is needed and has internal battery that can last for 8hrs continous use. 

This looks like a really convenient way to say use dslr/300m ish lens with goto mount? Curious what others think. Just Google Benro Polaris and it jumps up

Cheers

I don't think that such device is extremely technologically advanced so it's probably not good to be true, but as always it's better to wait for reviews.

[BCN_Sean]

Give it a while before thinking about it, whilst it looks great in the marketing blurb and a select few, it's still got to prove itself under the mis-use of normal people.