Telescope Mounts
iOptron GEM28 EQ Mount Review: Recommended Mount
While a little lighter than most competing mounts in its class, the iOptron GEM28 boasts an excellent set of features and remains quite portable.
iOptron CEM26 EQ Mount Review: Recommended Mount
The iOptron CEM26 is a compact and lightweight equatorial mount designed primarily with astrophotography in mind and features a number of unique features that make it a pretty good buy.
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi Mount Review: Recommended Mount
The Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi is one of the most advanced small equatorial mounts/star trackers in the market, offering features and capabilities that make it an attractive option for beginners and experienced astrophotographers alike.
iOptron SkyGuider Pro Mount Review: Recommended Mount
The iOptron SkyGuider Pro is a compact and portable equatorial mount designed for wide-field astrophotography with lightweight cameras and lenses. It is one of the most popular star trackers on the market, offering a range of features and capabilities that make it an attractive option for beginners and experienced astrophotographers alike.
iOptron AZ Mount Pro Review: Recommended Mount
The iOptron AZ Mount Pro is a versatile and user-friendly alt-azimuth mount that can be used for both visual observation and some astrophotography with a variety of telescopes without the need for counterweights or balancing.
Losmandy GM8 Mount Review: Recommended Product
The Losmandy GM8 is a top-tier German equatorial mount for smaller and medium scopes - a premium competitor to mounts like the Celestron Advanced VX. However, you might be better served by just getting a bigger mount, such as Losmandy’s own G11, right off the bat.
Meade LX85 Mount Review: Partially Recommended
The Meade LX85 might be worth considering if it were priced half-off, but as it is, it is hundreds of dollars more expensive than its competitors, all for a relatively mediocre mount.
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ5i Mount Review: Recommended Product
The Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ5i mirrors the features found in its larger counterpart, the AZ-EQ6i, but in a more compact and easily portable package, ideal for lightweight visual and imaging payloads.
Losmandy G-11 Mount Review: Recommended Product
The Losmandy G11 is considered a premium-tier German equatorial mount, and it’s designed with exacting specifications that cater to the needs of serious astrophotographers, as well as anyone looking for a top-quality heavy-duty equatorial mount.
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6i Review: Recommended Mount
The Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6i further improves on the excellent EQ6Ri Pro with the addition of built-in FreedomFind encoders and an alt-azimuth mode for even more versatile uses and telescope payload options.
Sky-Watcher AZ-GTi GoTo AZ Mount Review: Recommended Mount
In the realm of alt-azimuth mounts, the AZ-GTi confidently stakes its claim as one of the most capable and cost-effective currently available, particularly when considering one equipped with GoTo and tracking functionality.
Explore Scientific Twilight I Alt-Azimuth Review: Recommended Mount
The Explore Scientific Twilight I mount is an excellent manual mount for smaller telescopes and is a huge improvement over a photo tripod head or the partly-plastic alt-azimuth mounts supplied with many cheaper scopes.
Orion Atlas EQ-G Mount Review: Recommended Mount
The Orion Atlas EQ-G is one of the best equatorial mounts for imaging or carrying heavy telescopes for visual observation out there - though it isn’t quite as jam-packed with features as newer offerings.
Sky-Watcher EQM-35i Mount Review: Recommended Mount
The Sky-Watcher EQM-35i is a great entry-level astrophotography mount, though you’ll quickly outgrow it if you enjoy the hobby.
Celestron CG-4 German EQ Mount Review: Recommended Mount
The Celestron CG-4 is an excellent manual equatorial mount for those who might benefit from using one, such as owners of smaller refractor or Maksutov-Cassegrain telescopes.
Celestron Advanced VX Mount Review: Recommended Mount
The Celestron Advanced VX is a versatile mount that sounds great on paper and is ideal for visual use and planetary imaging, but has limitations for deep-sky astrophotography compared to better-designed mounts from other brands.
Celestron CGX Equatorial Mount Review: Recommended Mount
The Celestron CGX is an excellent quality heavy-duty mount for visual observation and astrophotography use.
SkyWatcher EQ6-Ri Pro Mount Review: Recommended Mount
If you plan on buying any equatorial mount for under $2500 USD, then the Sky-Watcher EQ6Ri Pro is absolutely for you.
Celestron CGEM II Mount Review: Partially Recommended
The Celestron CGEM II is a versatile and acceptable quality mount for large visual setups, planetary imaging, and deep-sky astrophotography, but isn’t as well-designed as competing mounts offered at similar prices.
Sky-Watcher HEQ5i Pro Review: Editor’s Choice Mount
The Sky-Watcher HEQ5i Pro Mount is a well-made machine that can serve you for quite a while.
Orion Sirius EQ-G Mount Review: Recommended Mount
The Orion Sirius EQ-G computerised GoTo Mount is an excellent entry-level mount, as I've experienced.