That doesn’t feel like a valid comparison to me. If your goal is to have automated remote operation, you can make a choice. Go with ASIair and ZWO equipment and pay a certain price, or go with an Eagle and pay a lot more. In the ASIair case you lose the ability to work with non-ZWO cameras. But the two solutions are functionally equivalent. If you go the ASIair route there is no need to install any other software, so no need for things like a stick PC. If for some reason you want to use different software, then obviously you would not go with an ASIair.
I will not fight on this one, I own an ASIAir, which is good for what I need to do.
My point is, people consider PrimaluceLab is overcharging for Eagle's, my answer is no, so if you compare, by bringing the specs of a setup starting from an ASIAir, it is pretty easy, and no need to have done MIT.
Eagle as 7 12V port, ZWO has 4, miss some, need to adds some.
Eagle as automatic dew heater control, ZWO not, need to add functionality
Eagle has 8 USB ports switchable, ZWO only 4, not switchable, so need to add some.
=> PegasusAstro Pocket Powerbox advanced fill these gap, so it is...
Eagle as sky meter, ZWO not, so need to add
Eagle has GPS, ZWO not, so need to add
=> skymeter module and GPS module
Eagle can have any Win10 software, ZWO not
Eagle can have any Ascom/native equipment connected, ZWO not
=> Stick PC.
At the end, you reach the PrimaLuceLab Eagle 4 price tag.
Now, you decide what you need and want to achieve, but this comparison is plenty valid and is just there to show that EAgle 4 are not overpriced, they just fill a different market and user needs.
Eagle 4 1095$ = ZWO 280$ + PA PPBA 329$ + sky meter 120$ + GPS 125$ + PC Stick 170$ == 1024
CQFD.
Edited by Sebriviere, 05 December 2020 - 02:30 PM.
