Scandinavian Classic Matte Black Stethoscope | Lightweight 5.1oz All Black Stethoscope - Stainless Steel Dual Head Turnable Chestpiece, Spare Kit, S M L Soft Eartips, Black Tube 29in | MBB

As a nurse, as we are ALL well aware, our stethoscope is arguably our most IMPORTANT tool when conducting physical assessments and focused assessments (aside from our intuition, of course). And it’s super important to have a reliable stethoscope that you enjoy using within your arsenal! I’m going to apologize for the winded review, but I have a lot of things to say so please bear with me. Throughout nursing school I used an MDF Acoustica. It was cute, pink, lightweight and easy on the wallet at the time. The only problem? It was SO hard for me to hear clearly. I’m young and definitely not hard of hearing but I think it just wasn’t geared well enough to isolate what I needed to hear. Manual BPs??? Couldn’t hear anything. I graduated and began using an MDF Classic Cardiology which has awesome acoustics but it’s SO HEAVY! It couldn’t stay around my neck for the LIFE of me and was always falling off my shoulder and I was just so tired of being so conscientious about it and having to maneuver weird ways with it on and whatever. It was also expensive (like $170!!!) and I was kind of bummed, you know? I didn’t want to sacrifice my ability to hear things clearly so I did some research. Knew I wasn’t going to go for a Littmann Classic because I’ve used the Classic II and Classic III and was underwhelmed with their performance. I’ve used their Cardiology III as well and I honestly have to say that this Bjorn Hall Stethoscope has THE BEST acoustics for the price point. The sounds aren’t muffled and I’m able to differentiate whatever ambient noise I hear (if I happen to hear it at all) from what my patient’s noises are. Performs just as well as the Littmann Cardiology in my opinion and BETTER than the Classic model. And again, for the price and what comes with the scope you can’t beat it! Thank you Nurse Jenny and Bjorn Hall for making this wonderful scope! Please never ever stop making them! I’m going to have one for the rest of my career!

I loved the sleek look, quality, price, and packaging I saw online when researching this company and stethoscope. And the 1st few shifts, I loved using it. But now, it's so-so. The sound is great and I love the different sized ear pieces you get. But the carrying case is so stiff you can't use it and I didn't get the cute little case for the ear pieces either, they were just in a little plastic bag. I emailed the company to make sure I didn't just buy a dupe on Amazon. The company was nice and said they don't include those now and the packaging has also been scaled back,. It's supposed be a black matte finish on the tubing so it doesn't slide on your neck but mine is kind of a shiny black and slides off my neck more than the Adscope or Littmann do. So yes it is a good product and yes it does work, but what I got is not what I was hoping for. But it is worth the price you pay...so I like it, but I don't 🤷‍♀️

Highly recommend. The quality of this stethoscope is awesome. I love it. It's not heavy or bulky. Really good.

Update: I've now been using this stethoscope regularly for about 8 months and I have to say it has been very frustrating. Often times I can't hear anything out of one ear (sometimes both) and have to spend a considerable amount of time twisting the two ear pieces around to fix the issue. This is very impractical in the clinical setting. I noticed this issue when I first purchased it, but it seemed easy enough to adjust quickly, however it's gotten significantly worse and now I consider this stethoscope to be practically useless. It's very stylish and I really did want to love it, but now that I have to use a stethoscope every day, I realize I need something far more reliable. Original Review: This stethoscope is beautiful to look at and comfortable to use. The tubing has a wonderful, non-rubbery texture that doesn’t snag at the back of the neck, which I greatly appreciate. It is very lightweight, however I was happy to find that the diaphragm has a solid heft to it that makes it feel quality. And of course the acoustics are nice and clear; can’t ask for more!

I have had this stethoscope for over a year and it works great. It’s easy to clean and for the price point , it’s a great value.