Need help! Wife want to get this for me - your thoughts?

Well, it does have great reviews. Worth a try.

Its the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Is that what you wanted to hear??

My cell phone will do better than that.:B

It is the best tool I could get. It took all the guessing out of the equation. If you are using the old 18"oval dish, you can attach it like the picture. On the new HD dishes, you will need to work in four ways given that the material of the dish contains tons of ferrous material and does alter the Compass:
1- Survey the site looking thru the Align a Site and find a spot to put the Tripod.
2- Make sure the Tripod is PLUMB (Vertical). I use a Bulls Eye Level on the Tripod itself.
3- Place the Dish on the Tripod and holding the Align A Site on your hand (about 18" behind the Dish), check the approximate direction of the LNB Arm (Azimuth) and elevation. Now attach the Align A Site to the Dish to make sure you are hitting a clear spot without obstruction and the bubbles are in the middle (inclination and elevation set on Align A Site). Move it a bit side ways as well as up and down to make sure you have room for fine tuning.
4- Fine tune the Elevation, Azimuth and if HD, Inclination.

In order to make my life easier, I also bought a Sat Finder that professionals use that identifies the satellite once you hit it. I am a crazy hockey fan and I need to have my fix (San Jose Sharks games) no matter what. with this combination I can set my portable 5 LNB HD DTV in less than 5 minutes if I am not able to use my Roof Dish.

Good luck and enjoy

I had one and it is nowhere near as easy to use as the www.tv4rv.com setup I now use. I thought it was great until I found the easy way to do it.

Bruce

I have not used one but I have seen frequent comments on here that they work very well.

Why not get an automatic carry out unit. They work ang quickly.

Bob

Have had one for several years. Works as advertised as long as you setup the mount correct first. I use it to get my dish really close then use a Birdog to lock onto the signal. The nice part about it is you then no longer need to spend one second leveling the tripod first.

I have used one for years. It works as advertised. Once the mounting hardware is attached to the dish, just set the eye piece on the dish and aim. No need to level the dish, and you can find a "hole" in the trees for the signal. Simple and easy.

I have a Slim line 3 SWM on a tri-pod. I use a level. That's it. Takes no time to set up.

Bought one for my kit but NEVER used it. Managed all this time without it.