Giro Eercole counter weight

[StarryEyed]

Having felt that the Giro Eercole was not as smooth as ideally I would like with a 100mm refractor on one side (8.5kg well within capacity) I thought as an experiment I would buy a long 10mm bolt and add a 5kg weight to it. Well it went from really good to fantastic. So the proof is in the pudding. The bolt isnt a looker and isnt befitting of the mount but why on earth are counter weight bars typically so expensive?

[John]

I can't answer the question on why C/W bars cost what they do but the Giro Ercole certainly benefits from a counterweight on the other side to the scope, even if the scope is quite a light one.

The Giro-compatible C/W bars with an M10 screw fitting seem to cost from around 25 Euros for a short one:

https://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/product_info.php/language/en/info/p10173_TS-Optics-Counterweight-Bar-L-100mm-D-20mm-with-M10-thread-on-both-sides.html

The one I have is 300mm long: