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WarpAstron WarpDrive WD-20 Harmonic Drive Mount (WD-20)

SKU WA-WD-20
Original price $4,543.00 - Original price $4,543.00
Original price
$4,543.00
$4,543.00 - $4,543.00
Current price $4,543.00

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  • 5 stars: 5 (83%)
  • 4 stars: 1 (17%)
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Kevin Agar
WarpAstron WD-20 Support is fabulous

I started out using the mount under less than ideal sky conditions and was not achieving the level of guiding I had hoped for. After discussions with their support, which was almost instantaneous, I had the mount running like a champ. While the mount is advertised as silent, it is not totally silent as it does have a slight high frequency noise to which I found out is normal. The slewing is silky smooth and integration with Asiair is flawless except for a few additional syncing steps. Polar alignment is great and fit and finish is high quality. Now I just have to wait for the smokey skies to clear to get a good testing of the mount. I did like the 3 yr warranty and it fit perfectly on my TC-40 tripod, but I would recommend a permanent pier if you want to get the best from this mount.

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Zhaoyu Xu
Good Mount

Good mount, much quieter and faster than what I had before

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NELSON

This mount is incredibly accurate with guiding. Sub .4/ .3 with a 30 lb payload in my initial test on questionable nights so far. It may be your last mount to purchase in terms of payload capacity for a remote setup. The price point seems appropriate due to the payload capacity. It's definitely an upgrade from the other strain wave mounts if you want to invest.

One thing I've noticed is this mount makes no noise at all when slewing, It's completely silent.?!  The motors are servo direct so obviously this is a massive upgrade from the red mounts that we all know, If you into the hobby I would recommend this mount.

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David VB
Beautiful mount!

This is a very nicely engineered and manufactured mount. It is completely silent.
Has an exceptional load capacity. It runs well with the ASIair. You will need a Windows laptop to fine tune its settings. Just docked a star because its software, such as its Automatic Emergency Brake, is somewhat "Beta" and can be frustrating to use through its "Mount PC" app although the team is very responsive to feedback and is actively working to improve the experience. A young company that has a promising future

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Andrew B.
Ninja Mount

This thing is so quiet it’s spooky. The telescope just starts moving without any detectable sound. The OnStep system can be a little tricky to navigate at first but there is a wealth of information on how to set everything up. I posted on CN about how much I liked the mount and the WarpAstron support account invited me to send them my guide logs so they could have a look and make recommendations on how to improve guiding! They sent me a few suggestions which I will try next time it’s clear. That’s pretty good customer support. It also works at very low temperatures. The second night it got down to -30C and I had no problems with the mount, my rotator didn’t work at that point. My AM5 requires auxiliary heating if I want to image at that temperature. I highly recommend this mount if you’re looking at an AM5 or similar strain wave mount. It’s a bit more but as someone who has used both, I’d say it’s worth the extra money. The direct drive has almost zero dec backlash. That’s definitely not the case with my AM5.

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Robert Babb
So far so good

First impressions are that this is a great mount. So much smaller and lighter than my old anchor of a mount the EQ-6 Pro it's replacing. I have not gotten that far yet in getting it to where it needs to be but have mated it to my old EQ-6 tripod. I also mounted my bare bones OTA an ES-127, and have downloaded the drivers and gotten it to slew using NINA. I now have to check the firmware and update that if necessary, depends on the production date and how long it was stored at the dealer, which perhaps is a service the dealer could offer before shipping them out, some folks have trouble with those things. I'll maybe update this review if that's possible later when I get all the bells and whistles operating under a clear sky.

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