Tired of peering through tiny peepholes that don`t really reveal who your visitor is?
Consider installing this optical security device: a high-tech, wide-angle viewer that lets you stay safely on your sofa (if it`s within 7 feet of your door) and spot who`s knocking.
”It`s like a camera lens,” says Lin Renninger, a founder of the Rocket Scientist Group, a San Francisco company that sells the DoorScope.
Renninger says the scope appealed to her because a back injury limited her mobility and the scope enables her to see visitors while sitting down.
”If you`re a child, you can use it; if you`re an older person, you can use it; if you`re in a wheelchair, you can use it,” she says.
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The scope comes in aluminum, bronze and gold-plated finishes and costs $59.95 to $89.95, plus postage. Write P.O. Box 410028, San Francisco, Calif., 94141, or call 415-558-8315.
Renninger also says it`s easy to install-though it does require drilling. And there`s another perk: When you peer out, visitors can`t peer in, so you can play ”I`m not home” and no one will be the wiser.