First, some quick backstory. My question is at the end if you want to skip to it.
I'm lucky to have a genius for doctor. He also bleeds enthusiasm, so when I asked him about stethoscopes, he was wonderful. I'm going to include the advice that I can remember. Anyhow, my doctor's nurse (who is equally amazing,) immediately volunteered his Littmann Classic II SE for me to try on. It was very soft on my ears, not heavy on my neck, and my school recommends Littman, anyhow. I will be getting that model. My doc strongly agreed with the decision.
Next, doc gave a few other recommendations (ex: don't buy the Master Classic Littmamn, it's a rip-off, he said. Get a dual head, not a single, he said.) The biggest piece of advice he gave was this: whatever I choose to use for clinicals will, 100%, "walk off."
So, he led me out of the patient room that we room we were in. We walked down a hall - & stopped at a large box of junk stethoscopes. He had me try on a couple of these on until I found that I was happy with. On this particular stethoscope, he showed me how parts of the.. bell (err.. maybe it was the diaphragm - I wasn't sure what I was looking at, then) were removable, "which is really nice if you ever need to replace parts" he said. He then pulled up the allheart website & showed it to me -the stethoscope was only $10. This was just last Friday, btw. I don't know what I was looking at, so now I'm lost.
Here's the question: What stethoscope has removable parts by the bell/or diaphragm, is about $10, and works well? I could swear that the brand was allheart.I also know that the bell had ridges around it, like a quarter. Although I've looked up & down the website, I can't quite figure out which has removable parts....
SilleLu
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I was going to suggest MDF brand, I don't have one, but used a coworker's and was impressed by the quality vs cost.