What color Stethoscope to buy?

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There are so many choices:uhoh3: ...which color did/ or will buy ??

Specializes in RN CRRN.

OOOOH OOHH GET A DARK color-it wont show pen marks, neck dirt, grunge etc. Also I bought an orange littman with name engraved, but the lanyard with my name badge on it was black and the color rubbed off onto the stethoscope and made it look brown. SO GO DARK>>>> REALLY esp if it is expensive, get light colored cheap ones, but not in the expensive ones.

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Specializes in RN CRRN.

MY other thought is this=maybe it is just me but for the littmans,(0r any kind) why cant they make each end -weigh the same--mine is always sliding off on the one end because they are unbalanced. I wish they were more equal to keep the steth from sliding off your neck just as you are finishing up a long catheterization and you cant just grab it and readjust. Is it just me?

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i got a raspberry littman for school.

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i got a raspberry littman for school.

me too ;)

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Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

If the tubing gets stained, or permanently "bent" from your neck, you can buy new tubing w/o getting an entire new stethoscope.

This company has "parts": http://www.reddingmedical.com/catsearch.cfm

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I just bought a purple Ultrascope with a white cat on it!! It is adorable!!

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Specializes in Cardiac.

Mine is purple and I got a matching purple betty boop blood pressure cuff. Color coordination is everything!! :wink2:

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Hi there..I originally bought a seal blue littman lightweight se II. Then I saw the breast cancer awareness Littman and had to get it b/c it's in light pink, so much of your purchase goes to the cause...AND they engraved my name on it all for around 80 bucks. Plus, I can hear better with it...I think it's the classic II model. Here is a link, although I didn't buy mine through allheart.com: http://www.allheart.com/litt2se2815.html

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a purple littman classic ii se for me :D

when i graduate, i'm gifting myself the ultrascope in purple with a purple head with the stick nurse on it. engraved with my name, and rn! :w00t:

my school encourages us to get any color we want... i guess they realize how ugly our clinical uniforms are, so they'd make up for it. :chuckle

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MY other thought is this=maybe it is just me but for the littmans,(0r any kind) why cant they make each end -weigh the same--mine is always sliding off on the one end because they are unbalanced. I wish they were more equal to keep the steth from sliding off your neck just as you are finishing up a long catheterization and you cant just grab it and readjust. Is it just me?

On most of them, you can "hook" the bell on the earpieces and it will stay put that way. I Have a Littman master classic II and the bell is much heavier, but if I hook the bell on the earpiece then it stays around my neck.

To answer the OP, mine is burgundy.

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Specializes in LTC/Skilled Care/Rehab.
Me too ;)

Me three ;) I love the color

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ciel blue littman classic w/ my full name laser engraves on the tubing so it doesn't grow legs and walk away :trout:

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