Skywatcher Star Adventurer GTI Mount Head Kit with Counterweight and CW bar - Full GoTo EQ Tracking Mount for Portable and Lightweight Astrophotography

This is my first Star Tracker equatorial mount. And was a much awaited and anticipated purchase.I did not expect such a reputed company to outsource production to CHINA. The Battery cover is made of cheap plastic and very poorly designed.My tracker did not turn on while using 8 AA batteries, after a lot of trials I discovered that it would turn on if I pressed down on the battery cover, in spite of the screw being fully tightened.There seems to be some loose contact, in the battery compartment. I could only make it work after tying down the battery compartment using a bungee cord strap.The battery compartment cover is held down by three small plastic pegs on one end and the screw on the other end. On close inspection one of the plastic pegs was broken.I felt it wasn’t worth paying for the shipping, to send this back to the company for a replacement.The design could be improved if the battery compartment cover is held down using 2 screws at both ends, instead of the small plastic pegs.Looks like the bungee chord strap is going to be part of my rig.While using fully charged 8AA Panasonic Eneloop batteries, the red light kept flashing, probably indicating Low voltage. (Each Eneloop Battery is only 1.2V giving a total voltage of only 9.6V.)But Despite this, Once it turned on everything seemed to work well as expected, waiting for clear skies to test it out in the field.The SynScan Pro App works perfectly and had no problems connecting my Android phone via WIFI