Sprague vs Littman

Littman

I have had many Littmann stethoscopes over the years and have always had superior results with them. I recently purchased a Cardiology IV and have been happy with the performance. Granted, most of my use is while “bouncing down the road”, so a Sprague doesn’t work well in that environment.

I believe there is no “one size fits all” solution for everyone. Find what works for you, and works in your given environment.

I have a Littman I love - it's clean and clear.

I also have an MDF I used on rigs - it was reasonably replaceable, so the few times I lost it it never hurt that bad to replace - but it was still miles better than the prestige ones they gave us - it's probably 85% as good as my littman, at 20% of the cost. I have a pile of cheap (read: free) ones - but none are really worth using.....

I use a littman cardiology 2