I have yet to take my mount outside. It's been a bad weather holiday weekend, of course. My local club had to cancel its much delayed Spring stargaze/camping trip. But, I've been trying out the new mount indoors. It's a really beautiful machine. Can't say any more than that. I've never seen an A-P mount or had one before, but I decided to buy one on good faith. I'm completely satisfied. I still have to get used to the software's Connect, Park/unpark routine. None of that was necessary with my Celestron CGEM. Also, I'm used to my old Goto mount circling around to approach a target (using Stellarium). The Mach2 just goes there directly. This is soo cool. :) Love this mount! Really looking forward to a night outside! Thanks, Roland! Jerome