How many Stethoscopes...

Hi,

I'm not sure, if this topic has been aboarded here so far:

1) How many Stethoscopes do you own at the moment?

2) Where do you get them from normally?

Me:

1) At present, I've got about 20 Stethoscopes - all different sizes, types, styles - but one prevailing color: red

And one prevailing material: rubber.This is my little ruber fetish. And they touch and smell so sexy...

There is a rather big fluctuation, because I exchange them with other Stethophiles or offer them to playdoc patients who like them.

I've even already equiped some medfet sites on the net with some nice red sexy stethoscopes to get them away from their naughty cheap

plastic nurses' rubbish steths', I can't stand.

2) In the early times, I bought them new in medical equipment stores. Not many, because they were rather expensive for a poor student. Then, I

found some nice ones on flee/charity markets (cheap and used!).Then,the ebay era began, and I found many nice and sexy ones. I still buy

new ones, it the model of desire is not available second hand. And there some few nice people who offer them to me, knowing that I'm

addicted to Stethoscopes - my absolute sexual drug !!!

Looking forwared eagerly to your most appreciated opinion, experience, statements, comments ...

Yours:

Red Steth Guy

I have only 1 black sparuge type stethoscope.

Bought it online

REal into the Littman Cardiology III and the Master Cardiology - prefer black stethoscope or other dark colors.

Big turn on for them so looking for mates who got them - msg me

Ebay is the way to go. I own 5 different types.

I only have a black sprague and I bought it from a friend, who was a medical student.

I've got 11 - including two electronic, one teaching, and two old ones (Ford, and Rieger-Bowles).

I think I own four. I only ever use my Cardiology III though. Bought it used on eBay for a great price and replaced the diaphragm which was missing.

I have too many to count! The collection includes several Tycos and Littmanns,a Heine (German), a couple of older electronics, and some cheaper ones. The first scope I got from my parents when I was a kid: a bell-only w/ two black rubber tubes. Next some family friends gave me a yellow Y-tube diaphragm-only scope that their son suggested I get since he'd had his fun with it and knew that medicine interested me. There are several cheaper ones, most with pretty decent sound quality. They have come from medical supply stores, mail order and more recently internet dealers. The medical bookstore seems to be a vanishing species, I suspect because of internet competition. There was usually one near every medical school and you could try out various brands of instruments. You can't beat being able to try out different stethoscopes before you buy. Internet prices don't seem that much better than the deals you could sometimes get at a brick and mortar store.

I have 5. A cheep blue Omron single head, a black sprague, a purple no name thing off ebay, a red and black Clear Sound Heart stethoscope, and a black Allheart cardiology.

7 to 8 have, love my two cardio spragues the best and have a few cheaper single tubes

Just one - and a pretty cheap one, too. I've been thinking about getting a new one, but so far have not decided which.

I have a couple of inexpensive stethoscopes.

Can some one give a quick run down of the different types and what would be a nice one to upgrade to?

--Reg

1.) I've got 5. All under 30 dollars, but a couple of them work really good. The most expensive was probably my ADC Adscope (Looks almost exactly like a Littmann Classic SE II). 4 of the 5 are black, one is blue.

2.) I've gotten all of mine from Amazon.

Just the two for now - but maybe more down the track. Who knows 😃

None yet, would love to buy one eventually.

Two Littmann steths...... they work great!

The same as dr.dave, two Littmann, a navy blue cardio III and a burgundy classic II SE.

I have 4 - a black Graham-Field/Labtron Ford-Bowles steth, a navy blue Littmann Cardiology III, a black Welch Allyn Harvey DLX double-head, and a Thinklabs electronic.

I just added two more to my collection. A a black Welch Allyn Harvey DLX double head, and a wooden Pinard horn or stethoscope. Haven't been able to find anyone to try the Pinard on, but the Harvey DLX has really good sound, esp the bell, and it feels quite nicely cold on the chest 😃

A dark blue Littman Classic II SE for me and a pink of same make and model for the wifey😃

Have owned dozens over the years, but that's it at present.

Four sphygs, A Tycos classic palm, new model Welch Allyn, two ADC models. Also a Critikon Vital Signs Monitor. Just BP, nothing else.......Been looking into an EKG with SPO2 as well.

Currently I have only one, but I´m looking to expand my collection, although they´re kinda hard to get from where I´m living...I would have to import which is too expensive : /

Three. Two cheap onces and a new Littman. I only use the Littman for now.

Way too many to count - have a couple of vintage 1030's steths, 2 electronic steths - the jabes is the best - several littmanns, a couple of spragues - soome no name brands - all predominantly black - one red, one brown....my teaching steth is the best becasue we can both listen and hear the same beats.

I have three atm. Two cheapos from a drugstore and a black Littman Cardio III I got about a year ago. Would love to get an electronic one too if I had the money available.

Just one Littman. It's enough for now

Hello,

I think my collection is roughly the same number as you, several brands, colors, looks, feels

Totally agree to say that pro models are better and it happened also I offered one to a steth partner when she really liked it

Wow. I have 3- one Littmann Lightweight that I have at work (rarely use it though because everything is monitored electronically); one Littmann classic that I use at home for play exams; and one thinklabs electronic that i've missplaced and needs new batteries.

Wow thats quite a collection you got there. I own a really cool old school stethoscope I inherited from an aunt that was a nurse. its great for belly auscultation which I like to do with my friend (another girl) when i check her belly. it has 2 different listening devices on the head. the regular flat circular bell but at the end it also has a cone shaped bell. this i have been told was a fetoscope but also used to listen to vascular sounds. it has a little switch you push up or down to use the different bells. I like to use the regular bell to listen for bowel sounds on my friend and then the fetoscope to pick up vascular sounds in her flat tummy. I specially like pushing it into her navel and listening to her aorta

3 Littmann now.

I have four stethoscopes at the moment: Harvey Triple Head, HP Sprague, Tycos Elite and Litmann Master Cardiology. Usually get the stethoscopes through eBay.

I have many, but the new 4000 Littmann is arrived last week... Wow! It's fantastic!