The BEST mount you've NEVER heard of! The Polar Alignment is 💯! Emcan Astro EM31Pro

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I think it's time for someone to bring electronic polar alignment to the market.

Always excellent content, Cuiv! I really appreciate your editing and clear use of language and content organization. Super thoroughly explained while also being succinct and to the point.

For people who does religiously level their tripods: In Euclidean geometry, only one straight line parallel to a given one can pass through one point. Therefore, if you have adjusted the polar axis, you have adjusted it. The only required adjustment for equatorial mount is polar axis. Does not not matter whether the tripod is aligned horizontally or it's legs welded to vertical wall. Its pure waste of time for EQ mounts.

Always good to see more competition in the mount market. Thanks for the thoughtful review. However polar alignment works great on the am5 too. Takes 5-10mins from scratch and is rock solid when locked down - the locking mechanism does not affect the alignment on either of my copies of the am5. Trick is to slightly pre tension the locking levers. Personally I don’t think motorised polar alignment will ever be cost effective - adds weight, complexity and cost. It’s also unnecessary. Cheers, Des

Thanks for another great video, Cuiv. As for the mount's dovetail saddle being hard to release when you loosen the knobs, my guess is that is because you're running the frankenscope with a dual scope crossbar and the mount's saddle is oriented left to right instead of top to bottom. Your frankenscope is putting pressure on the lower part of the mount's dovetail saddle which is what has to move when you unscrew the knobs. If you were to rotate the Dec 180 degrees so that the knobs for the mount's saddle was at the top instead of the bottom I suspect the dovetail saddle would release much easier. And, of course, if it was in a typical orientation with the mount's dovetail saddle knobs being on either the left or the right I also expect it wouldn't be a problem.

Looks like the hardware is getting very close to motorizing the polar alignment. Can’t wait for that first review . Cheers .

Its like a piece of jewlery, so beautiful! Wow!

I am really glad to see this kind of innovation! The polar alignment system is extremely clever, and overall, this looks like a great grab’n’go mount. Thanks for the review. CS!

It’s great to see different designs even if it’s making the choice harder. Eventually the best features will survive. I love the tripod especially.

I remember seeing somewhere about the AM5 was the spec with a counterweight was the true upper limit, and the counterweight was just for balancing on a tripod so it didn't fall over. I'm driving an AM5 overspec on a fixed pier without issue.

Looks great and attractively priced.

I got an ioptron mount last year, I wasn't completely sold on the strainwaves. This is a nice innovation. My next, larger capcity mount will be strainwave. Good review!

Love to see competition is increasing in this space!

Brilliant mount, great review, big transition for those of us committed to the ZWO family.

it is good to talk in terms of torque. Yes the tubes are maybe more distant than 20 cm but the cameras on the opposite side balance a bit the torque of the tubes

nice looking tripod and mount - great to see all these new options in mounts

Looks like a very interesting mount.

These are super helpful. Thanks

This is the type of alignment design I’ve been hoping for.