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I think the Chinese mounts have their place but when you find that issues of build quality are begining to annoy you, it is probably time to be thinking about a Losmandy or a Vixen or some other step up.

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FYI for Vixen I think the Portamount is made in China, while Sphinx SX EQ line and above are made in Japan.

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THe Vixen Porta series are Chinese. The Sphinx, Sphinx D, GP2, and GP-D2 mounts are all made in Japan. The HAL-130 tripod often sold with these mounts is made in China.

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Vixen VMC200L 8" corrected Cassegrain telescope on a Celestron CG-5 Advanced Series GT mount
Pentax eyepieces and Televue eyepieces & diagonal
Fujinon 16x70 Binoculars on a Manfrotto 028B/501HDV tripod
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