Anchor Optics used to be Edmund Optics’ own surplus storefront — Cool Tools reviewed it as a source for “Edmund’s surplus or ‘seconds,’ but only second in some cosmetic or inessential way.” That standalone business closed in 2016, and its role now lives inside Edmund Optics’ own site under Clearance Products, split into subcategories like Clearance Optics, Clearance Laser Optics, and Clearance Optomechanics. The anchoroptics.com domain itself no longer resolves to an independent site, so the clearance section at edmundoptics.com is the correct current link.