Cold touch of the stethoscope

I have a littman classic stethoscope. it's very good in providing a good listening but it's "patient confort" so it doesn't gives that COLD TOUCH that so many patients like.

Now I'm interested in combine both things: Quality sounds and the cold touch.

What stethoscope do you advice me?

I always use a sprague stethoscope. It works well for me 😉 Its definately the stethoscope that stays cold the longest.. and the sound quality is ok 2 in my opinion... i love it😉

I figured it was the sprague... metal on the diafragm part isn't it? litman as rubber to eliminate the coldeness, more opinions are welcome, thanks stethoscopee

Yes, definitely a Sprague

I have to says its the Tycos / Harvey DLX that offers the best sound and has no non-chill rings, the down side is its expense.

http://www.orsupply.com/catalog/images/harvey-dlx-triple250.jpg

I like my Sprague stethoscope very much, and the hearing quality is very good. It has a rotating bell for adults and pediatrics. One thing about the Sprague though, its seems like it always feels cold on the skin.

I love the feeling of the cold disc on my skin. Stethoscopes are great. I have two one nurse stethocope and one with a double head which has a really good sound 😃

What IS it about the cold that us stethphiles love so much?? Have you tried putting it in the freezer? I know mine are colder when it's colder in the room, so putting in the freezer first should help.

I bought a sprague so now I have a littman classic II and the sprague

it's beautiful and cold

I have a sprague. Its cold with good sound, you cant go wrong.

Can you get those on ebay or amazon? the ones i'm finding are all on medical sites and they charge your firstborn. or atleast in my book they do. i'd love to use one of them, both in play and in actual studies.

I have nothing more to do here 😢 , how i can delete ?

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An original HP Rappaport-Sprague will set you back considerably. The number of times I lost out for one on eBay because I didn't bid high enough just isn't worth remembering.

If you just want a copy, there are plenty on eBay for under $100.

They all have the metal ring for that cold feeling however!

Yeah you can get cheapish nurses steths from ebay and amazon for like a few dollars.

I also have a Littman and I find that it is nice and cold for the initial application to the patient's chest.

I have an old (1950's?) Rieger-Bowles stethoscope with the conical bell perpendicular to the diaphragm. The chestpiece is heavy metal and feels nicely cold on the chest. The bell does have a plastic end, but I have seen others which are all-metal and would feel even colder to the patient.

The cold touch of a Rieger-Bowles stethoscope is something I remember from childhood. Absolutely hated it at the time, but now it's a completely different matter.

I keep an eye on eBay for them, but one of the right look (and, I would guess, feel) just hasn't come up yet. With that, an early design Littmann (i.e. before the days of the non-chill rim) and a Tycos Harvey DLX with the all-metal bell and metal diaphragm retaining ring, my collection of steths would be complete!

I tried to find an old littmann without confort rings,but I had no succes...I belive it would be a perfect stethoscope.

I have a Littmann and I think it's cold when you first touch it.