kit

What I actually use

27 things, and what I think of each after living with it. No affiliate links, nothing I was sent, nothing I don't use.

Photography

5

Street and portrait mostly, with some wildlife. Shot across the UK and Oman — everything in the gallery came off one of these.

Fujifilm X-S10

body

Verdict to come.

XF 16–80mm f/4 R OIS WR

24–120mm equiv.

Verdict to come.

XF 70–300mm f/4–5.6 R LM OIS WR

105–450mm equiv.

Verdict to come.

Canon EOS 4000D

EF-S 18–55mm

Verdict to come.

iPhone 15 Pro Max

always on me

Verdict to come.

Desk

5

Custom desktop

i9-11900KF · RTX 3070 · 32GB

Verdict to come.

Lenovo Aura Edition

laptop · dual-boots CachyOS

Verdict to come.

Aula F75

keyboard

Verdict to come.

FIFINE K688CTW

microphone

Verdict to come.

Elgato Stream Deck

stream control

Verdict to come.

Audio

2

Sony WH-1000XM5

over-ear

Verdict to come.

Simgot EW300

IEMs

Verdict to come.

Homelab

4

Dell OptiPlex 3060 Micro

Proxmox host

Verdict to come.

Raspberry Pi 4

4GB

Verdict to come.

SONOFF Zigbee Dongle-PP10

CC2674P10

Verdict to come.

Seagate 1TB

3.5″ HDD

Verdict to come.

Services

6

What the homelab actually runs.

Home Assistant

VM on Proxmox

Verdict to come.

AdGuard Home

LXC

Verdict to come.

Uptime Kuma

Docker

Verdict to come.

Grafana

Docker

Verdict to come.

Tailscale

mesh VPN

Verdict to come.

NGINX Proxy Manager

local domains

Verdict to come.

Printing

3

Bambu Lab A1

CryoGrip Pro Glacier plate

Verdict to come.

AMS lite

4-colour

Verdict to come.

eSun PLA+

filament

Verdict to come.

Software

2

CachyOS

Hyprland · Caelestia

Verdict to come.

Godot

game engine

Verdict to come.

Hobbies

The things the kit is for.

Photography

Street and portrait mostly, with some wildlife, shot between the UK and Oman. The gallery on this site is the output.

Flying

Training on a PA-28 at EFG.

3D printing

A Bambu Lab A1, mostly running PLA+.

Game development

Godot, in whatever time is left over.

Homelab

One small Dell running Proxmox, which has gradually acquired everything in the Services list above.

Streaming

On Twitch.