[Dual Axis] This is a simple pier extension that can be used on many different photo tripods, telescope mounts & carbon fiber tripods.


I use this with an ALT/AZ head to mount telescopes on light weight tripods for travel.


The extra height allows the telescope to clear the mount legs and make it more comfortable to view.

[Yes] This is my first startracker mount, so I don't have a lot to compare it to, but it works very well. I took it out that night, got it aligned, and I was able to get 2 minute exposures with only a little star trailing. It was my first time, so I'm obviously not gonna get a great polar alignment. But it the tracker worked well.


Side note, But I dropped it about 5 feet onto the floor, and everything still worked perfectly. So, I can at least say it's build quality is quite good!

[Yes] This tripod and mount combo works very well. I'm super happy with the performance and ease of use. Simple to set up, balance, and align. With minimal effort, the auto-align feature, complemented by a one or two-star alignment, produce on-target dead-center slews almost every single time. On-board battery seems to work for many hours and simplifies set up even more. Although I give it five stars, there are a couple of things that could be better: 1) The tripod and pier are rock solid, but fit and finish could be a little better. Nothing that prevents great results, but don't expect the best precision on the manufactured parts. 2) The built in level on the mount isn't fitted precisely, so you really have to use another level to get the most accurate leveling and learn what the mount's level looks like when the mount is truly level. Then you can get leveling results every time using the on-board level. 3) The leveling feet setup between the pier and AZ Mount Pro works, but the locking screw that is required to hold the mount onto the pier isn't elegant -- it's a smaller diameter screw sticking through the actual hold-down screw that acts as a lever to tighten and loosen the hold-down screw. Seems like a bit of a kludge on another-wise solidly built unit.

[Yes] As a 6'1 person, bending down to sight in objects through my camera was a real pain in the neck (literally) This very nice extension is exactly what I needed and is quite light in weight

[Yes (Included)] I love this mount! Its very portable and with an auto guider will image extremely well. Doesn't come with the feet in the photo sadly :( It comes with spike feet.

[Yes] Unfortunately, this was back-ordered at B&H for months. No fault of theirs. I now own one of these mounts, and am very happy with it. It is sturdy (much more so than the OEM Celestron for a C-5), and can accommodate a camera and tube for astrophotography. It was easy to set up (set up the clock for UTC, and use the DST separately), and worked pretty much out of the box. Am getting used to the iPolar, and may update this review. But for the price and the quality, this is a mount well worth your consideration.

[Dual Axis] Once again iOptron has come through with a very well built mount. The mount is rock solid with the available LiteRoc tripod. Handy aluminum case for the mount head.
Setup is quick and easy. Go to and tracking are spot on. I am quite pleased with the iPolar alignment process. Quiet as a mouse and good looking too. Support from iOptron is excellent. Of course the B&H shopping experience was perfect as well.

[Yes (Included)] I Love this setup. It is very portatble and with an auto guider it is very good for higher magnification imaging. Although it does not come with the feet shown in the photo on this site sadly :( , it comes with standard spike.

[Yes] This product arrived well packaged and was easy to set up without instructions. The only issue was with one of the tripod locking clamps. It required brute strength to lock into place and would still slide the tripod leg. Customer Service was courteous, friendly and arranged for an exchange. Looking forward to using this sturdy well secured support with my iOptron AZ instrument.

[Dual Axis] I ordered a CEM26 to replace the EQM-35 that had broke after only 2 months with a load half of what it is rated. The quality and design is so much better than the Synta clones (Skywatcher, Orion, Celestron, etc) that I am very happy with my purchase. The carry case for the mount head is very good and not cheap feeling. I would recommend this product as well as any other iOptron product if the quality is this good!