People sometimes think that my apartment must be loaded with optical equipment, given all the writing I do about optics. Fact is, no, my apartment is not overflowing with binoculars, spotting scopes, telescopes, microscopes, magnifiers, cameras and so on. Having so much optical gear is at odds with my minimalist, go light lifestyle, not to mention my chronically stressed bank account. What I will tell you is that I take products home to test for a few days or weeks and give them the workout they need, then take them back to the job and test some more, but at any one time, not a lot accumulates in the apartment. The only products that stay, permanently, are the few that I just must have and those I save long and hard to purchase. Needless to say, OpticsPlanet is the perfect place to work for an optics junkie like me. I couldn't afford to own everything I write about.