Finding it very difficult to get tunes beatmatched exactly but is this me being unrealistic, bad at beatmatching, or are they faulty?

I recently upgraded my turntables from Gemini XL-300 to Technics 1210mk2. My main issue with the geminis is the pitch slider was too short for it's range (+/- 10%) making it very hard to beat match precisely for a long period of time, and the motor was a weak. I'm chuffed with my new decks as you can imagine but I got a problem but it might just be my skills? (the decks are brand new by the way). I can beatmatch quicker and better but am having a lot of difficulty getting them to exactly the same speed, they also begin to go out after 20-30 seconds, even if very slightly. I mix quite fast music, acid techno, and have had more luck with slower tunes for keeping the "sweet spot" where the kick drums are perfectly together. Obviously higher bpm means they go out quicker (I think?). But the BPM I play is around 130-140, nothing ridiculous!

So what I want to ask is am I asking too much to be able to get them exact, is it just me (I find myself tweaking the slider the slightest amount in an attempt to get them to stay but always seems to be slightly too fast or slightly too slow, never just right). Is this normal, or is it just me expecting too much or being rubbish? I haven't been DJing that long but I know what I'm doing kinda thing. I don't mind having to make little adjustments but it'd be neater if I didn't have to obviously. Thanks.

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