HEQ5 Saddle Upgrade

by **johnrt** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:26 pm

I'm considering upgrading the saddle plate on my HEQ5 to either the Altair or ADM dual saddle (both take vixen & losmandy). I'm quite close to (if not a little over) my limit with the 6"RC & guide scope on the mount and would hope to get an improvement in stability.

Has anyone else performed a similar upgrade to their HEQ5 or 6? Was it worth the investment, did you see an improvement in the performance of the mount?

Thanks

John

by **Nekobus** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:31 pm

Hi John I upgraded the saddle on my old heq5 with one of the Altair astro dual saddles and it made a big difference to stability for me and would definiately recommend the Altair saddle

I now use the saddle on my eq6 the colour is nice as well :)

by **johnrt** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:34 pm

Excellent, that's the news I was hoping for. I have a couple of other bits of Altair hardware on my rig, how lovelly if it ALL matched - must resist, must resist!!!!

tokoloshe wrote:Hi John I upgraded the saddle on my old heq5 with one of the Altair astro dual saddles and it made a big difference to stability for me and would definiately recommend the Altair saddle

I now use the saddle on my eq6 the colour is nice as well :)

by **Nekobus** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:44 pm

I use 2 of their losmandy dovetails as well it all looks great

by **swag72** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:42 am

Could you link me to the saddle upgrade John? I like the sound of that!! I am definately at the overweight end for my HEQ5 (much like me!!!) as I reckon I have about 10-11 kgs on there. If something like this improves performance, not that it's bad, but every bit helps right?!

by **johnrt** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:09 pm

Here you go Sara, you'll need to select the HEQ5 puck in the drop down menu at the bottom of the page too.

http://www.altairastro.com/product.php? ... 275&page=1

by **Rustiebin** » Wed May 09, 2012 1:58 pm

Sounds like its all settled on the Altair Astro version but i upgraded my HEQ5, Skytee 2 and CG5 with the ADM dual fit saddle:

http://www.firstlightoptics.com/adm-gui ... ounts.html

Works very well and a big improvement but just plain jane black. I've seen Jake's EQ6 with all the Altair bling and it looks awesome.