Third Generation Dr Mom Slimline Stainless LED Pocket Otoscope with Soft White Natural Hue Light Spectrum in Clamshell Packaging

Worked just fine!

This is an amazingly useful small item most people who are careful and confident about self "nursing" and care should have. As the prduct itself indicates this is basically a magnifier with a led light. However, it really is very useful. My husband had an ear wax build up in the past and was told to buy over the counter remedies (clean up system/ear drop and pump) and do it at home. Yes we/I did it in the past but just after getting 0.5 cm diameter piece out we thought that that must be it. When I got the otoscope two weeks ago I understood that without looking into the ear canal you can never know what is happening inside. Thanks to this so reasonably priced otoscope we toook time in doing the job gradually, putting one- or two drops of glycerin (baby oil is also fine) in the course of couple of days, softening the build up then after three times of careful and cautious cleaning with he help of the over the counter systems he is compleletly free of the build up. I would never understand what we were doing and most probably would not succseed in comptleting the clean up if I could not see what was inside. It was scary, but seeing inside helped a lot. One needs to pull the ear quite a bit to help the ear canal to get more of a straight line, otherwise it is very easy to use.If you are applying on your children they may feel like they are punished through pulling of ear!!! It looks funny to pull the ear. If you are applying its reuseable head make sure that you really wash them each time as recommended in order to avoid introducing bacteria. I am recommending it very strongly for those who might need it but also remind us all that the ease with which one can use it should not blind one that afterall one is engaging in a small medical examination and should also show the basic care as the health professionals take. Otherwise such self usable things may turn out to be dangerous. I am saying this becasue the view is pretty fascinating and it is very tempting to just look into everybodies ear in the family without thinking about such things.

+ great price! + very bright light + easy to handle and use + comes with different size speculas for ears big and small - the speculas attach to the otoscope somewhat loosely, wish the attachment was better. I purchased it with hope to be able to diagnose baby's ear infections at home. Saves a trip to the doctor's if nothing is brewing in the little ears! The jury is still out if I will be able to do it: as the product brochure/info states it, it takes practice to be able to see the eardrum and then tell healthy one from infected one. They do provide nice guide and even picture of what healthy vs infected drums look like. In the meantime, the otoscope is great for looking into little one's nose to spot any boogers that need to be removed! One can argue that a simple flashlight can be used for the same purpose, but then the light shines all over babies face and the eyes really irritating them! This otoscope gives you a nice narrow beam of light - just to see what's needed and not blind the baby.

I have a chocolate lab who has chronic ear problems. He has been diagnosed with allergies, but treatment for allergies has not helped him with his scratchy and, quite frankly, smelly ears. I was at my wit's end after having him seen a dozen times by THREE DIFFERENT VETS and not getting a satisfactory treatment. I purchased this otoscope as a last ditch effort. Honestly, I didn't expect much. Every other otoscope that I looked at online was at least upwards of $80. Even though the Dr. Mom otoscope is highly reviewed and very popular it's only $27! Naturally I didn't think it would be worth snuff. I'm very pleased to say that I was very wrong. The LED light is extremely bright, and was just what I needed to see down my dog's ear canal. The magnification is absolutely AMAZING. When I first looked through the lens, I thought that it was a piece of junk, because I couldn't tell what I was looking at. I brought my hand up to the otoscope to see if I could get it in focus, and when I got up close I could see EVERYTHING! I could see the hair follicles on my arm, the tiny lines on my skin, and my fingerprint pattern in extreme detail. And that was nothing compared to what I found in Charlie's ears. The poor thing had impacted wax that was completely blocking his ear canal and had become infected! I have also used it to examine his feet and skin, as he has problems with those too. Now the one thing that I will say is that while you can see everything extremely well with the Dr. Mom otoscope, you can't clean the ear with just this. However, there are some attachments for this otoscope that are transparent wax removers. They attach to the handle of this tool and carry the light down into the ear so you can clean effectively. They don't have them listed on Amazon, but you can buy the LED otoscope and the two different lighted wax removers in a package on the Dr. Mom website for just an extra $3. Here is the link for that: [...] Overall, I was very happy with this purchase. It was exactly what I needed and I didn't have to spend a bunch of money. I don't understand all the people on here who gave this product less than five stars. I think they must not have read the directions and didn't know how to effectively operate it, which is odd because it is very simple to use. I would recommend this to anyone in need of an otoscope, and I'm going to be informing other allergy-dog owners about this product!

Works well and comes with 3 different sized caps to view down the ear canal. I bought to use for my infant son, because I had ear infections as a kid, so I want to be prepared if he ever might get one. This otoscope has a bright LED light that you can click on and off. Seems good quality for the price. No complaints!

Great product. Have bought several to give to new moms.

Several years ago, I was given a gift of this brand of otoscope, but in a less expensive version. After about five years that otoscope ended up dying, but only because I had dropped it several times over the course of owning it. Being so impressed with how long this inexpensive otoscope lasted, I decided to buy another one from this brand but upgraded to a steel version, hoping it could survive my drops a little better. After only a year and a half the LED light suddenly stopped turning on. Initially, I thought I had left the light turned on, and the batteries went dead, but after changing the batteries, it still would not come on. Being that my little cheapie version from this brand lasted so long it was kind of disappointing to have the newer, bigger and better version die after just over a year and a half. The reason I’m giving three stars is because when it did work, it was a great little tool. I used it for not only looking into ears, but fixing small pieces on items like my glasses, inside a watch, cleaning the speakers and charge port on my cell phone and other, detailed chores like that.

Usefulness and very practical

Parfait, facile d'utilisation et permet de contrôler les oreilles de enfants sans traumatisme. Permet de suivre l'apparition des bouchons d'oreilles ainsi que leur élimination. Appareil de bonne finition avec plusieurs embouts, facile à nettoyer. je le recommande.

Mit dem Teil sieht man wirklich was...! Das Preis -Leistungsverhältnis ist super! Für gelegentliche Anwendungen kann ich das Gerät empfehlen!

Value for money

Léger lumineux et pratique. Par rapport aux commentaires négatifs que j'ai lus ci dessous: il permet de voir le tympan correctement, mais cela nécessite de suivre le conduit auditif, un petit coup de main est nécessaire. Bien sûr il n'est pas aussi robuste et pratique que le Heine (750€) que j'utilise tous les jours dans mon métier, mais pour regarder occasionnellement les oreilles des enfants il est tout à fait suffisant. Par contre, je l'ai acheté 36,95€ il y a 2 ans, je me demande ce qui justifie de doubler le prix...?

Good