Stethoscope tube length?

[catlover]

Hi - I was wondering what length of stethoscope tubing most folks get - I'm looking at 22" or 27". I'm going to track small animal.

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[RazorDoc2010]

You'd probably just need a 22" then...the 27" is usually a "large animal" thing in my experience, but it's whatever your most comfortable with. Personally, the extra 5 inches of safety from that cat's claws may be worth it to me!

 

[Angelo84]

I have the littman 3M Classic Pediatric size and it is great--I am also interested in small animal. I don't know the length off hand but according to the littman site the length of the tubing doesn't make a difference as far as the acoustical quality. That still leaves the question of how close you want to be to the weaponry though!

 

[AuburnPreVet]

Shorter for small animal. The extra few inches just seems to get in the way and is that much more likely to be rubbing/touching on something -- adding extra "noises" to confuse matters when learning. . . and looks odd when hanging around one's neck - unless you're a big person.

Def longer for the LA people.