Anykit 3.9mm Digital Otoscope

I enjoyed this otoscope while it worked. After about a year in it got really finicky with the picture going in and out. This persisted until the video/picture just stopped working entirely. The light still works but the video feed connection isn’t there anymore.

i bought this unit to see the health of my ears, but I found out that your ear canal is not straight, it curves inwade, meaning that you can’t see around the curve, it needs to be flexible. The unit is made very well and I will probaly find a great use for it doing some thing else.

The scope is awesome, not perfect but still awesome.

First the good. The quality is quite amazing. The photo is from my phone off the screen. But the screen is even more clear, clearer than I would have imagined. There are 3 black tips like you’d expect to have that you put on the camera tip. This allows you to pretty much just shove that bad boy in to at least an adult ear with zero fear of going too far. As far as it goes in my ear at least was the perfect spot for checking out the eardrum or the blockage. In my case some cotton from qtips I guess. There are also some surgical type tips that you can use to scrape or pull out obstructions. These are great I was just unable to be successful with them because mine required a Dr and special water flush. But I could see how it would be easy to be successful with other stuff. The battery seems to last forever as I was using it for over an hour and battery never hit halfway. The light is super bright and the camera adjusts well. Just be sure to not point the light too much at the sidewalk or the canal will be too dark. There is quite a lot of finesse to the thing especially when you have such a sore ear!

The greatest part was when I went to the Dr and showed them the scope with the photos. They were super impressed. Invited a couple other nurses and Drs in to see for themselves. They were most impressed with the quality and ease of use. I could I overhear one explaining all the features to another in the hallway, “it’s got a separate screen from the camera so everyone can see…”. Lol. Didn’t think I would be impressing any Drs with my Amazon purchase lol. As I was filling out my insurance work on my phone waiting for the Dr after the nurse part, I just had the camera shoved in my ear and the screen on the table so when the Dr came in I could show them right away. Yup, just a patient sitting there on their phone with a cord coming out their ear, promise this wasn’t what I got stuck in there and why I was there in the first place! Hahaha.

Now the bad. The camera wasn’t perfectly up and down with the handheld flat edges on the side. Almost. But it was enough to cause some extra difficulty. I assume each could be slightly different. It’s hard enough knowing which way to move your fingers and probe by looking at the screen, a little like doing a maze through a mirror. But this is no fault of the camera. If someone else was doing it, it would be way easier because the operator can orient the camera or screen easily to be inline with one another. That’s it though, the bad is just a slight few degree rotation of the camera to the “grip”. The only other issue maybe would be the tools to scrape require the black cone tip to be removed. This can cause irritation if not handled carefully and allow you to go too far too easily. Just move slow and make sure you can see what you are doing and feel free to take lots of photos.

Cheers, happy exploring!

Picture quality is great and works like a charm. I use it many times daily with patient care. Also let’s the patients see what you can which allows them to do a little Q&A too build better rapport. I will say that the camera does fog up fairly often especially after ear lavages which is to be expected but a little gauze takes care of the problem. The attachments for removing earwax are less than desirable as visability does get diminished greatly. Overall amazing tool for at home use and clinic/hospital settings!

This is a good product because it can see my sons ear wax which is very helpful since it builds up a lot. It’s very easy to use and it’s super high quality.

The unit works fine. It takes a while to get use to looking at the video and scraping the wax from your ear.