Dude! Your enthusiasm, creativity, knowledge, and quite some skill with video editing make your content absolutely delightful to watch. I just got an AstroMaster 130 as a gift and I'm super hyped to begin the adventure :)

Damn he’s pumping out the uploads gotta love it keep going biscuit

Called David to talk about a Rail Kit for my NEQ6 and ended up chatting for about 45 minutes. Very nice chap and knows his stuff!!

Excellent videos that help to make the bewildering field of astrophotography more inviting to us beginners. Thank you Mr Biscuit. You should be on the telly mate!

Back in the early 80s on completion of my electrical engineering apprenticeship Highbury college Portsmouth, one of my lecturers was a guy called Robin Gorman he eventually became precedent of the local astronomy group running in Clanfield Hants , the nice thing was he also gave evening classes during the 80s at Highbury building instructing small groups to build simple Dobsonian telescopes, sadly Robin recently passed, but will remember him as a keen helpful person with a deep passion for Astronomy, when I watched this It reminded me of him and DFO at Clanfield Hants, also the home of Hampshire astronomical group. Being in semi retirement I've been keen to persue some imaging again, enjoying the hobby and learning more about new tech thats available ..Great video's Rorey..atb👍👍.

ANOTHER Astrobiscuit video!!!! Fantastic. Thankyou.

Love the production value of your channel. Very entertaining.

I'm just researching astrophotography as a potential hobby and actually, this is the most helpful video so far. Thanks guys....

I don't even have a telescope but am enjoying watching your video's, you seem really at ease in front of a camera, it's a pleasure to watch and you do deserve a slot on mainstream TV (Sky at Night maybe?).

Great video ! Makes me happy that I own AZ-EQ6 and previously HEQ5 for 5 years.

I just want to say I'm new to this whole astrophotography thing.you are my absolute favorite on youtube to watch I can only imagine hanging out with a dude like it you seem really fun!!

Oh yes! -> Finally a new Video!

this is like a TV show :D i cant stop watching ,u are very good at doing all of this man , hope u get your own tv show one day :D u are born for this

This video contains the single most important information so far in my entire two year AP career. I watched this video when it first came out… I enjoyed it and thought I had really learned something. Fast forward to yesterday and while watching again I was amazed at how much more I got out of it. Hands down on the my best mount learning moments. I will be ordering my Skywatcher Heq5 now! Thank you for everything and power to the biscuit!

ive got the eq5 tracks perfectly for a beginner without any upgrades im happy with it and great to see another video from you i do like them keep posting more

Thank you! Been waiting for this one.

I am watching your videos multiple times because I love your content and Rick's music.

Extremely enjoyable as per usual 🙌

Fun and very informative video, thanks! :D

I am so grateful for UK lockdowns. Each time during lockdown we get a new astrobiscuit videos😄

Ioptron mounts are wonderful and having an eight line display when your out travelling is fantastic

I bet Rory is preparing for the Saturn and Jupiter day! Hope the weather clears in Britain! We’ve had few amazing nights here around S. France. Man...a week without a video and is like i miss something😜

Im about to get my first GO-TO mount tomorrow, a EQ5 Pro. pleased to see it mentioned on here and for some notes I can get get it better! Thanks so much for this video. I have been enjoying all your videos, I wish there is more! This mount im getting is basically going to replace my EQ2 mount which the RA gear stripped :(

This was actually a rather good video. Bravo!

Keep up the videos man, I love the diversity and the schmorgusborge of content.

I'm in the states and First Light Optics is where I was able to source the rowan belt mod for my Orion Sirius(HEQ-5) mount. No issues at all and have ordered several products from them since. They are outside of the US, but don't seem to have a problem shipping to us over here. Its a magical modification, BTW. Everyone who has an heq5 needs to do it immediately. It's the best $100 you'll ever spend for your rig.

New merch for Christmas. 🤶🎅🎄 Proper KZfaqr now mate 👍👍

Never really been a geek/nerd but thanks to your videos I'm fast becoming one so thank you 😂 always had a fascination with the sky and I've always wanted a telescope but it's always looked a bit complicated and expensive but you make it look so easy and fun so thank you again for the inspiration... I will definitely be sky watching with a telescope and camera soon

I had heq5 tuned up by DarkFrame. Gone for StellarDrive 5. The difference before and after was massive. Simply we talking about two completely different pieces of kit. Currently I have eq6 r pro and idea of having it tuned up is very tempting.

This video is fantastic. And very helpful. And effing hilarious.

Dave comes across like a proper nice geezer.

Two video's in a week, this is one of the best weeks in my life. 😅👍

Perfect timing thank you

Just got back from dropping off my mount with David (we're not worthy............we're not worthy) the OBI KENOBE ACE JEDI of astronomy mounts his force is STRONG! Had a lovely chat with loads of tips to get me set up in a dark place......ooo er missus....watch my dark place.....Many thanks to him for sorting my loose bits...😀

I Finally Decided To Go With The Eqm35Pro For My 6se,and The Evoguide 50ed,So I Can Use It for Stand Alone Wide Field Imagining🙏🏻❤️🇺🇸🔭🌏...Be Safe,God Bless,and Clear Skies

I love the music in your videos. It's cool to see the man behind the madness. The music is perfect because it captures the unhinged astro obsessed personally that I think you try to portray in your videos. I feel like I'm in the head of a mad genius as I watch and listen.

THANK YOU for a proper rundown of all the important points. You lined out in 8 minutes what I've been trying to grapple with for months. Question though: Trying to decide on what level I want to come in at, the Sky Watchers I'm seeing here in the states are the EQM-35 for $725 and the HEQ5 for $1,150, that's quite a gap in price from the EQ3 and EQ5 mentioned here. Is there a significant difference?

Because of this video I sent my mount to Darkframe optics! I am looking forward to getting it back soon!!!

Perfect timing as I am talking myself in to buying an HEQ5. Also, I wasn't aware of Dark Frame optics, so thanks for helping me spend yet more money 😂😂

Awesome another video!

Fantastic video idea. Nice surprise to log in and see your post. I want the shirt. Clear skies.

Two videos in a week love it

Dave "Two sheds" Woods. I love that he compared Ioptrons "with the upper echelon". I was beginning to think this was a Skywatchers are good when they are fixed video. Had one, hated it. Have an Ioptron, love it. Cool video, watching from the states.

An eternal topic for astrophotography)) I live in Odessa from Ukraine, so I apologize for my English. I am your subscriber and you have a very cool channel. I also have my own channel and I am also passionate about astrophotography. This summer I finished modifying my astro tracker SW Adventurer, I managed to do a belt drive on my tracker. Now the periodic error at a load of 3.8 kg ( Canon 550D cooling DIY, ZM-6A 500 mm guiding Datyson T7M & 135 mm) is about 0.78 - 0.92" So the tracker has potential under the condition of the application of the hands and head.

After watching this video I have purchased an Eq6-R Pro. I was going to originally buy a Celestron CGX Mount but it will be out of stock for quite some time. I will be pairing the Eq6-R Pro with an Orion Astrograph 10. I hope this mount will be able to handle the large scope without problems.

I like the "Orange" Pink Bunny better !!! Good episode amigo... Salute !!!

I was like hell yea more astro biscuit this week!!! Great info I would love to send it out to him but he needs to expand so we wont have to wait a year to get it back. I'm still waiting to get my telescope mount I got the perfect scope with no mount for it. Just a star tracker for my camera And Orion is back so I'm going to get some data here soon.

Great info 👌

Very interesting @Astrobiscuit ... been tempted myself. Dave is a top bloke, he helped me by email on my old AVX (at no cost !) My only worry is the courier company both ways :-(

Dave Hypertuned my brand new HEQ5 Pro mount as it was terrible out of the box. When I got it back I couldn't believe what he'd achieved with it. Now it tracks all night at between point 2 to point 6 of one arc second. He is a genius.

Young man you tickle me. Will watch them all, like little movies. Happy Thanksgiving

Dave fixed up an old eq6 (black version, remember them?!) and its running 0.6/0.8 arc seconds still after about 3 years. He’s a great guy. He also put the rail kit on which is definitely the most affordable of the ways to solve the horrendous altitude bolt issues on the mount. Would highly recommend. Also, his shed really is awesome :)

Thanks for this video. I contacted Dave overnight and am shipping my CGEM II from Dubai to him. We have high nighttime temps and high humidity so best to get him setting it up for extremes. It’s barely capable of tracking for 30s guided as it is and the RA axis is sticky with an 8”HD on top.

So wonderful to meet a genuine EXPERT in his chosen field! ❤️ I have great respect for anyone that can FOCUS on just one bit of "kit" or piece of Technology, and become THE EXPERT on it! Thank You for introducing us to this very interesting person !!! A genuine "Treat"! And I'm no geek! But just a sort of "Teckie" when it come to all sorts of "Science and Technology"! (Please! I spent a lifetime selling all sorts of products directly to "Consumers"! And "we" Professionals NEVER use the work "Cheaper"!!! Train yourself to say; "Less EXSPENSIVE !" Or "It cost a bit LESS ". )

Nice vid thank you sooo much

Just in time for my college final project :) thank you

Best Astro channel on KZfaq

I just got my first ever mount an Eqm 35 pro and i see it is on your website list! Well pleased haha. Plus, if i get Dave to have a fiddle could be even better! 👍👍

Awesome, I never knew this information, ok now is next.

I'm glad, people like Dave Woods are out there. I had thoughts about mounts, if they're serviced and looked after right, they will last forever. But Dave takes it further, with better bearings, lubrications and belt upgrades for finer and smoother tuned tracking.

Seriously the best vid on mounts as it removes all the BS. Great incentive to tune my EQ5 rather than buy a new one.

I had a AZ-EQ6 Pro tuned by Dark Frame. (Stellar drive) It did take a while to come back and unfortunately it sounded like a bag of spanner’s was in the mount whilst slewing. Sent it back to Dark Frame and another 2 months later it came back fixed. Overall the mount got tuned to what was offered, but took a total of 5 months to get it sorted, of which I was without any mount for 99% of that time. That shouldn’t put people off, the suspicion from Dave was that the courier dropped it the first time. I’ll never know. Dave certainly knows his stuff

Brilliant!

Nice video astrobiscuit :) you have inspire me into astronomy Quick question, have you ever tried looking for meteorites?

You need to do a follow up, so we can see what is done in the process of tuning a mount, be interesting to see / hear what the secret is :)

Love your content. Have a random comment to keep the algorithm interested.

Back in action 🙌🤘

I would say, the best budget mount for beginners is the Az-gti. very mobile and cheap. mine can handle a TS72ED with a guidingscope easily with the right counterweight. I am using it with a raspberry pi (Astroberry installed). it just needs a smartphone to control it.

I’m in the states and recently got a cem70. Now I love it. Tracks beautifully. But out of curiosity, what would that cost to have tuned up? It’s very new, so I couldn’t find anything on their site

Yay a new video

Yeah New Upload!!!!!

The return of the king

The eq6-r pro really works very well out of box. Even as a beginner I was able to get 10 min subs without any problems, even tho I totally forgot to balance dec :D. Fixed it by now, but it's a really good mount

I image with a eq3 pro mount and so far I'm satisfied!

Brilliant Rory.

Love your honest and enthusiastic channel. Does this guy sell tune up kits/guides for people in the US who aren’t going to be shipping mounts overseas???

NEW VIDEEOOOO. im getting the eq6r pro (:

I'll say - Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro, EQM 35 Pro and Orion Atlas II, Orion Sirius Pro for best price and reliability.

Astrobiscuit better have clean skies over London!!! 😎😎👍🏻

This man deserves way more subs

I really like the bunny rig sweatshirt!

you need to check out some of the comments on SGL about his customer service.

Woooooooooo, 2 vids in 1 week

Yes Dave 👍💯

I have spoken to Dave I live in Philadelphia these guys were a lifesaver my EQ 35 skywatcher from First Light Optics in the UK would not honor or repair what was clearly a bad motor within its warranty. I sent my f'upped mount to Dark Frame optics for repair. It was unbelievably easy Fedex picked it up Fedex returned it And It was less than 500 bucks no wonder I got my doctorate in the UK. We are talking about repairs to a motor and a 15 lb package. Nothing more satisfying than good customer service! I highly recommend them!

Hello biscuit eaters :-) I would like to send greetings from Munich / Germany. I know some politicians could try to set a wedge between the UK and Germany, but when it comes to such a beautiful hobby, all people, no matter where they come from or what they look like, should stick together. Great video, go ahead - three thumbs up!

Damn I was looking at booking a tune last night. He’s gonna busy after this

Such a great channel, coming from an amateur, clear skies .

Hi. First of all great videos. I've seen almost all of them in under a week. Keep up the great work. Quick question though. I own a Canon6D II and a Canon T5i. Also I have a Canon 70-200 lens and a 2x converter. On the 6d that means 400mm focal length. On the T5i that means 640mm. However, I get stuck with f.8 on the 6D and f.13 on the t5i (crop factor). Now, the 6D II can handle high ISOs. On the T5i anything above ISO 800 becomes unusable (and 800 is already a strech). I figure that if my milky way shots with the 6D II and a 20mm f1.8 are taken without a star tracker with a 20s exposure, that means: Canon 6D II 400mm f.8 3200ISO: 60seconds exposure time. Canon t5i 640mm f.13 800ISO: 130seconds. My question is: Are those entry level star trackers (like the move shot move or the sky watcher SAM mini) good enough to support a canon 6dii or a t5i with a 70-200mm L lens and a ball head and a 2x teleconverter for 60 or 130s? Or which budget trackers should I aim for? BTW: the purpose here is to try and shoot DSOs and not the milky way 😁 Thanks a lot and again... great work man.

Sir Biscuits you spoil us! Still thinking of designs. Google ewf official have a look at how they do there merch. The explorer t shirts are pictures they have taken and then made to look artistic. So I guess really say on the front you would have your logo then maybe on the back one of the pictures you have taken. Maybe you and bunny sat next to fancy pant done in that way...

Hi, bud. New to your channel, ans new to astronomy. Great work. Anyway, is it possible to get a mount for a Dobsonian Apatura AD12? I would like to get something that would allow live tracking for it. The EQ8 Pro seems plausible. Maybe a video on how to achieve this?

My dad was imaging with C9,25 on eq3-2, and it was fine... I mean when shooting planets with equvalent focal legth of 10m it was little bit shaky so he got heq5. That was extreme!

Amazing I have just sent my EQ6-R Pro to Dark Frame Optics for a StellarDrive upgrade

Just spent an hour on the phone with David - really grateful for all his help and just a genuinely good chat about all things astro. Thanks David 😊

Got my mount with Dave at the moment :D

Lol, I've got an old EQ3-2 kicking about in the shed. I might pull that out and rebuild it instead of buying a Star Adventurer. I had great success rebuilding my HEQ5 Pro and got it sub arc second on the stock bearings just with a complete re-greasing and careful adjustment using astrobabys instructions.

I'm going broke just watching this, but so happy to be doing so!

I own an EQ6 pro (without the R) which is right out of the box capable of guiding at 0.6-0.8 arc sec.

I use an AltAz mount (the one you used in you deep space for 150 pounds video) for imaging. Of course it wobbles and some images are trash, but I'm super happy with it and it works fine when it's balanced right and the target is high enough.

I need an advice about mounts: I have an offer of cg5 with synscan and a bit newer eq5 with on step. Both are used, cg5 might seen some good skyes out of town. Prices are for $530 for eq5 and $620 for cg5. I have 5" refractor and 6" newton. What mount should I choose?