Best affordable Stethoscope?

Litmann Lightweights rule! I've been using Littman for 20 years and they simply the best on the market, bar none IMHO.

C'Wing,

Ultrascopes site is at http://www.ultrascopes.com/
If you go to https://ssl8.vds2000.com/ultrascopes...rder_form.html that will take you to the page on Ultrascopes site that has an 800# to find a dealer near you. That is how I found one near me!

I will copy and paste the important info...
800-677-2673 between 8-5 E.S.T.
Please include your zipcode and nearest city.

Littman's web site is http://www.3m.com/us/healthcare/prof...ittmann/jhtml/
and if you go to
http://www.3m.com/us/healthcare/prof...Littmann.jhtml
you will find info on how to find a retailer near you. Looks like that number is 1-800-228-3957

Good Luck!!! Anne

I have a Litman Cardiology III. It as a pediatric side (you can change it to a regular adult bell if needed) and adult side with the floating diaphragms. Being in pediatrics I can get newborns all the way to teenagers. Its great because I don't need two stethoscopes. I find there is a great difference in sound quality. We have disposable stethoscopes for kids in isolation, and I can never hear anything with those!

All in all find a stethoscope that works for you.

I wouldn't buy a good scope until you get out of nursing school and know which area you will be going into. Scopes get lost, stolen and some people decide that nursing isn't for them in which they have either lost money on an expensive scope. Plus if you wait until you know which speciality you want to be in, you can get the scope that is right for your practice. In nursing school I had a Sprague. It was heavy but the acoustics were reasonable. When I graduated, as a gift to myself, I bought a Master Cardiology.

Good luck with nursing school and finding the right scope for you.

P.S. Engrave your name in whatever scope you get!