Reviewer: Bbpo Fowler

I have a 102mm f/11 refractor on a CG4 mount. The OTA is about 40" long, so viewing near zenith was a major pain - until now. The 16" afforded by this extension is saving my back and knees. A previous poster commented that it looks like Tim The Tool Man Taylor's solution, but no, unlike something from ToolTime, THIS WORKS GREAT!!! You guys hit a home run with this one.

Reviewer: Bbpo Fowler

I have a 102mm f/11 refractor on a CG4 mount. The OTA is about 40" long, so viewing near zenith was a major pain - until now. The 16" afforded by this extension is saving my back and knees. A previous poster commented that it looks like Tim The Tool Man Taylor's solution, but no, unlike something from ToolTime, THIS WORKS GREAT!!! You guys hit a home run with this one.

Reviewer: Jesse McGlown

If you own a 150mm refractor with the CG-5 mount, and are looking to boost the height of the equatorial head sufficiently to comfortably view objects overhead, this is the ticket! Be warned, however, that these extra pounds add considerable weight to what is already not considered a "grab and go" package...the Celestron C150 takes on nightmare proportions when this animal is integrated into the mount. I don't regret purchasing this extension, but have taken it out of the mount twice over the past four years simply because it makes the mount so heavy. Be sure your CG-5 has tracking, as it's almost impossible while seated to reach the RA and DEC knobs when the equatorial head is six feet off the ground! Also, viewing anything less than forty five degrees above the horizon means you're standing up ( comfort is a commodity only overrated by the young ). All of that said, your scope will turn some heads at a public gathering, dwarfing all those puny SCTs! If "Tim-the-tool-man- Taylor" modified the Celestron C150mm refractor package, this would be the result.