3M Littmann Classic II S.E. Stethoscope (Multiple Colors) (Misc.)

This is a good all-around stethescope for nursing use. It's lightweight, has comfortable earpieces, and the sound is clear and easy to hear. Cheaper scopes are certainly available, but you'll be using this for years -- and this one certainly holds up for years...my sister has been using hers since 1986.I bought my Littman Classic II on my sister's advice (yep, also a nurse) when I started nursing school clinicals in 1999 -- it was so much lighter than the Sprague I'd been using...and frankly, anything that saved me a little stress during the ordeal of nursing school was well worth it.When my daughter started nursing school last fall, and complained to me that she was having trouble hearing BPs and lung sounds with the school supplied scopes, I bought this same scope for her. She LOVES it and her fellow students are envious.My brother will be starting nursing school next year, and I think this will make a marvelous gift for him as well.

I didn't buy mine from Amazon this time but I always look at reviews here before buying something so I thought I'd write one for this place to help others out.I've had my scope for about 2 weeks now and it has performed exactly how I'd expect a Littmann scope would: wonderfully. Sounds are clear and loud, the tubing is a pleasing length, I just have no complaints at all about its function.As for the form, a lot of other reviewers have pointed out how they got the scope and discovered it didn't look like the picture Amazon has up. I don't know what happened when Amazon got hold of the product photo but the binaurals (the metal earpiece segments) are distinctly gold-coloured, not silver. The same picture can be found on other stethoscope sites with the gold colour conspicuously preserved. By the same token, the tubing is also shown in its true darker hue on those other sites.Basically, somehow Amazon's product picture has been faded somewhat, making...Read more if (typeof amznJQ != "undefined") { amznJQ.onReady('jQuery', function() { amznJQ.available('popover', function() { var widgetDom = jQuery("#R3202MIN6GOHPZ_imageSection_52E0645C-3A62-11E6-9785-6C9FC2C4D89A"); var images = widgetDom.find(".review-image-thumbnail"); for (var c=0;c

   Customer Video Review Length:: 1:28 MinsThis is a video review for the Littmann Classic II S.E. Stethoscope. I am a nursing student and this review is based on my experience with the Littmann and other stethoscopes.