Which one if NOT Littmann Stethoscope?

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Since stetho- election (Buying a Stethoscope in First Year – Is Littmann Worth It?) saw a uniform thrashing of Littmann stethoscope, I am just wondering what are the less expensive stethoscope brands for medical students in India and abroad?

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I am using Indosurgicals silvery II-SS sthethescope.
It has good sound quality.
Microtone is good sthethescope with good sound quality.

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In India students generally use Microtone or Dr Morepen steths. They are cheap with decent quality and sound for the price

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FriCARE and Omron are the two brands I’ve seen my seniors use alot during their postings.

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Mostly everyone in my college uses microtone

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A lot of my batchmates used Newnik

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As someone who goes around using a lot of different stethos (just to compare) here is what I rank

  • Littmann - 7-9K
  • H Das (Hironmoyee das) - 1K (absolute unit in it’s price range. Heart sounds are at par with Littmann if not better, respiratory sounds are a bit harder to hear)
  • Microtone
  • Elko
  • Indosurgicals (some of the indosurgicals I used were absolute dogshit but some of them quite decent, so I won’t comment)
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Thanks for the comparison.

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I have the Elko techno III stethoscope. One of my professors was telling students who have not bought one yet, to buy a double tube stethoscope. Is it actually helpful and make a difference ?