Littmann Stethescopes

Agnus · Dec 23, 2003

I gave myself a master cardiology for graduation.

Something less expensive and more middle of the line would do for school. A lot of class mates used the litman light weight. I have one myself that I use as a second scope.

I used a Rapipar scope in school. (spel?)

DixieGirl_81 · Dec 23, 2003

I'm still a nursing student and I graduate in May. I use a Littmann Classic II S.E and I think it's a good one. Cost me around 100$ and it works pretty good.

suzy253, RN · Dec 23, 2003

I'm a student and have the Littmann Classic II. Works very well for me; a couple of other students in my class have the same one and all love it.

stressednurse · Dec 23, 2003

My first one was a littman classic II, it survived 11 years and the tubing cracked. I still use it occasionally even though it is taped back together. LOL, broken and taped back together is better than the cheap stuff offered where I work for listening to lungs and hearts.

I bought a DRG (doctors research group) model a few months ago, the sound is excellent, tubing is a bit heavier than the littman but is supposed to tolerate the neck sweat that killed my littman. It also has bacteriostatic soft diaphragms that seem to work very well and are never cold on the patient. I need to use it for a few years to really see how it holds up. For quality of sound the price was a little better than the comparable littman II.

I bought it on the internet, and it arrived within the time they quoted.

Vsummer1 · Dec 23, 2003

Originally posted by stressednurse
I bought a DRG (doctors research group) model a few months ago, the sound is excellent, tubing is a bit heavier than the littman but is supposed to tolerate the neck sweat that killed my littman. It also has bacteriostatic soft diaphragms that seem to work very well and are never cold on the patient. I need to use it for a few years to really see how it holds up. For quality of sound the price was a little better than the comparable littman II.
I bought it on the internet, and it arrived within the time they quoted.

I have one of these also. A few of the other student's seem to like it too, though they just borrow mine.

I have only had the cheapo generic rappaport and there is no comparison for the sound!

EricTAMUCC-BSN, BSN, RN · Dec 23, 2003

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LilRedRN1973 · Dec 23, 2003

This is what Santa is getting me for Christmas.....

http://www.allheart.com/2200-16.html

I'm anxiously awaiting opening it to find out if he put my name on it!

BarbPick · Dec 23, 2003

I could not hear with any of the littman scopes, I own a Hewlett Packard. And you thought they just made printers!!!!

NursePaula · Dec 23, 2003

I have the Littman Cardiology and LOVE it, I have my name engraved on it and I do not loan it out. We have a CARDIOLOGIST at work that never has a steth and he only asked to borrow mine once...I gave him a cheapy one lying around the unit:roll My husband gave it to me and I plan on keeping it!!

TiffyRN, BSN, PhD · Dec 23, 2003

Used a Sprague all through school and for a couple of years then got a Littmann Master Classic II because I wore it around my neck. Some of my co-workers had the Master Cardiology but I found it too heavy though the sound was good. I developed neck pain (probably stress and lifting people twice my weight) and started coiling my stet carefully and carrying it in my side cargo pocket. There, at least for me it fit well, stayed out of my way yet was easily accessible to me. It also didn't "walk". Docs could ask me for it but then I knew who had it and tracked them until I had it safely back.

Learn from my mistakes. . . 1. Neck sweat WILL crack your tubing after a couple of years (I guess I perspire a bit). 2. Do not hang your stet over your rearview mirror thinking it would look cool (that was immature anyway). It only took 24hrs of baking in the Florida sun to put a permanent notch where it actually touched the hot metal of my rearview.

nursepenny · Dec 23, 2003

I have a Master Classic SE II. The only thing about Littman's is they tend to wander far from home. Some return non-the-worse for their adventure, other disappear into stethoscope oblivion. My Master Classic went missing for approx 1 month before a kindly doc found it in his Hummer and returned the runaway back to the unit where I work...

jschut, BSN, RN · Dec 23, 2003

WooHoo!

I was telling hubby about this thread yesterday, and how everyone loves their Littmann, and he handed me a box and said, "Well, you might as well open it now...."

I got a Littmann! A Classic II SE. Pretty cool! No name on it yet, but I can work on that in the future....

He said since his wife is going to RN school in the fall (haven't even been accepted yet), he thinks I should have the best....WooHoo!

What a guy!!!!!:kiss :blushkiss :kiss