It is a fairly large mount. I looked at the photo of the components in the JMI case on their website and was surprised. Not a lot of extra room in there! I've ordered extra counterweights but will probably make a "caddy" for them, similar to the JMI unit, rather than stash them in the big aluminum case- it's going to be heavy enough with just the equatorial head in there. I'm still looking for a soft case or bag for the tripod; Orion probably has something close. Speaking of Orion soft cases, I picked up one that they advertise as being for a tripod, but it just happens to fit the 100mm ED scope perfectly. They don't list a case for the 100mm ED (standard model) at all. I had to compare dimensions and found the tripod bag. The padding is exactly the same thickness as that in the bag I bought from them a few years ago for my 80mm ED. On 5/8/10, Rob Ratkowski Photography <ratkwski@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
sounds like a big mount more G11 sized which I have in a 1550 case w/ plenty of room for a few extras I have the CW's in a small hand carry case small and about 40lbs it surprises folks when they want to help set up ;^)