5th Gen Dr Mom Professional Otoscope - Full-Size with Our Largest Lens, Complete with Batteries and Hard Travel Case

This otoscope is very easy to use, especially for home care. I get a clear view of the ear, and it works perfectly. Couldn’t be happier with it!

This is a great resource when needing to look in an individuals ears. I use this with my children and husband all the time with no problems. Easy to use. Very compact in size and easy store in the bathroom. The otoscope is very functional and works great. The otoscope takes batteries for when the light dies out. It does come with extra otoscope tips. Overall, happy that I have this so I can when needed. Worth the buy.

I have owned several of these Dr. Mom otoscopes, including the original, third generation, fourth generation and now fifth generation. I am a physician and I keep these at home or for travel. And I give them away to friends. I have been happy with all of them. Now, having tried the fifth generation model I am quite impressed and I don’t understand how they can sell a nice quality product like this at such a reasonable price. I still have my original Welch Allen from medical school, which cost about 10 times as much. The light is a good color for examining the tympanic membrane. The image is clear. It runs on C batteries, which I like because I don’t have to worry if it’s charged or not when kids are visiting and they have an earache. The switch is much better than the cheap purple knock-off, which I regrettably bought. It even has a port for insufflation. It feels like a quality instrument, and I am looking forward to using it. Very handy to have around and well worth the money.

My daughter suffers from regular, reoccurring ottis media in both ears. So much so, she is scheduled to have tubes placed in both ears next week. Between teething pains, twisting/playing with her hair, and ear infections - it seems like she's always pulling on her ears. I don't want to assume it's an infection and drag her to the doctor every single time she pulls on them, but I also don't want to overlook an infection either. If I wait until she has a fever and is showing other obvious signs, then she ends up miserable and on multiple rounds of antibiotics. So, I thought this would be a great way to help me determine whether she's pulling on her ears because of an infection or fluid versus just being a toddler and touching them for other reasons. I loved the idea of the chart to help guide me as I've never used an otoscope before. The otoscope feels like it's high quality, the pictures are clear and very helpful, the case is great and sturdy to protect the otoscope - overall an awesome, high quality tool. However, if your child does not like it when the doctor looks in their ears or wiggles, squirms, and/or cries when the doctor uses this tool in the office, YOU WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM at home. Just because I am her mother and she trusts me doesn't mean that she was any more willing to hold still and let me look in her ears. In fact, I think she was less patient with me since at the doctor she's generally feeling ill and is much less likely to put up as much of a fight. At home, it was impossible and I don't want to hurt her by jamming a scope in her ear as she's wiggling about. She's 15 months old, so perhaps you won't have the same issues with an older child. My husband tried too and had the same result. I never did get to see in her ears but I looked in my hubby's and he looked in mine. I could see his ear clear as day and the pictures that are included told me that his ear was perfectly healthy. So it does work and does give a clear, bright picture of the ear. It's just not going to be some miracle tool to assess your child's ear if they don't perfectly cooperate and hold still long enough to do it. I don't know why I expected that she would let me look in her ears with this and was disappointed when she wouldn't. Just don't expect too much from younger children or you will be disappointed as well. I'm going to keep it in case as she gets older it may come in handy. But, at this point, I have officially given up trying to use it on her.

Great product. Easy to use and affordable

I am a pediatrician. I look in around 20 pairs of ears a day. I bought this otoscope to have at home so I can look in my child’s ears. It works well! LED lights really can wash out the colors of the ear drum, and this one didn’t have that problem. Is this better than my work Welch Allyn with the halogen light bulb? No- nothing is ever going to beat that. That otoscope is, however, ridiculously expensive. Is it better than the professional Welch Allyn with LED light and 2x zoom? In my opinion, yes. That one washes out the color of the eardrum too much. It is also better (though not a crazy amount better) than the pocketscope Welch Allyn. It is also bigger in size than the pocketscope Welch Allyn so something to consider if you’re planning on traveling with your otoscope. Lastly, it use a C batteries as opposed to AA batteries, which is a bit annoying. Thankfully, the otoscope does come with C batteries in the container. It also is better in terms of color and visualization ability than a camera otoscope. At least for me it’s too diffuse a light and awkward to manipulate with a screen and a toddler. It is also better than 2 cheaper ones I bought at CVS and on Amazon, respectively. Those two were so awful, I cannot believe they are allowed to be sold. I couldn’t, as a professional, see anything with them- the lights were too diffuse and bad quality LED with a blue cast. I cannot speak to the longevity of the product as I am reviewing it based on how it works for visualizing the eardrum. Given the price I am inclined to think this is a very good value. If you prize a smaller affordable otoscope I’d go with the pocket Welch Allyn. If you want the best visualization for the price I’d say this is the one for you!

Great design and size. Works exceedingly well. Whether you are a healthcare professional or a parent at home, I highly recommend buying this Otoscope.

This unit is great for what I need it for. The quality is great, the battery life is great, the visual clarity is superb as well. The only thing I would change is the power source. C batteries aren’t common anymore. If it was AA or better yet, USBC chargeable, it would be more ideal. I have no complaints other than the power source. I’ve used it on a patient already and it works great.