AM7 announced
Maybe I’m crazy but it’s a bit underwhelming. Don’t get me wrong, more options is always great though. Only 5 more KG (10 w/ counterweight) is nice, but it uses a different threads on the counterweight bar than the AM3 and AM5. Being only $500 more than the AM5N is also nice, as well as only weighing like 3 more lbs.
To me it’s not enough of a change to wanna upgrade, but if you need the capacity it’s worth a look.
Quinn Groessl · Jan 28, 2026, 02:21 AM
Maybe I’m crazy but it’s a bit underwhelming. Don’t get me wrong, more options is always great though. Only 5 more KG (10 w/ counterweight) is nice, but it uses a different threads on the counterweight bar than the AM3 and AM5. Being only $500 more than the AM5N is also nice, as well as only weighing like 3 more lbs.
To me it’s not enough of a change to wanna upgrade, but if you need the capacity it’s worth a look.
I was also a bit underwhelmed, allthough i’m not really sure why. It just doesn’t seem like a huge step forward, I think in my head i was hoping it would compete more with the EQ-8? Idk.
It looks like these Harmonic Drive mounts are pretty easy to build. The software is open source and you can buy the parts on Aliexpress. I thought it might be a fun project. There is a reason why all of these Harmonic drives are coming out.
An important thing to note: moment arm has been reduced from 25cm (AM5) to 20cm (AM7) ..means that it will struggle on handling apertures above 10 inches that require ~25cm moment arm
Keep that in mind before thinking that its capable to handle a 14” SCT just because it is advertised to handle 30kg payload