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I'm an ENT and bought something similar for the department to allow urgent care and family doctors to take a picture of ear exam and send to us.

Few points for those who are interested:
1. This is purely for diagnostic purposes. You can't clean through it nor do I recommend anyone cleaning his/her ears blind.
2. If you use the included tip, you won't damage the ear drum unless you have a congenitally malformed ear canal. The tip widens to prevent deep insertion.
3. To use it properly, you need to gently pull the ear back while inserting the tip.
4. This is particularly helpful if you have a child and believe a foreign body is in the ear.
Earwax is supposed to be in your ear. If you have too much, put a drop of mineral oil in there once a week. This will moisturize your ear, soften the wax, and allow it to come out naturally (like in the shower). Cotton swabs are excellent if you're looking to pack earwax tightly against your eardrum until you get a nasty infection. (Source: otolaryngologist.)

This camera is better than trying to do the same thing blind, but do you know what an eardrum looks like? 10/10 bet this sends people to the doc with unrepairable damage after they try to remove their own eardrums.

(As an unrelated aside, DEPSTECH makes great wireless flexible camera scopes. I've used one of their long flexible scopes for a ton of home projects unrelated to bodily orifices. The iPhone app isn't perfect and the batteries don't last long, but for the price they work great.)
Don't really need it. Bought it anyway. SD effect hits gadget lovers hard.

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spidy372
06-08-2021 at 09:55 PM.
06-08-2021 at 09:55 PM.
Now people can like my ear wax snaps too on social media. Thanks, in for 1.
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06-08-2021 at 10:25 PM.
06-08-2021 at 10:25 PM.
It's great to see what's in your ear, if you're not confident picking your own ear wax then don't do it. Some people have large ear canal so it's easier for some.

The correct technique is to orients the camera to the up position before putting it in your ear, so that when you wiggle the tip up, it actually move up on your screen. Then, you don't try to look at the camera while moving the pick at the same time. Pick at a spot like you're using a trip, then repeat the motion and glance at the camera. This will separate the eye hand coordination into two parts, making it more manageable for newbies. If at some point you pick gently at a part and it hurt then your probably went to deep and need to check the camera again.

For the record, not everyone's ear wax is the same. Some are dry, and don't are wet. These works great on the dry ones before you push it further into your ear canal.
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06-08-2021 at 10:29 PM.
06-08-2021 at 10:29 PM.
Quote from cheapbluedevil :
Earwax is supposed to be in your ear. If you have too much, put a drop of mineral oil in there once a week. This will moisturize your ear, soften the wax, and allow it to come out naturally (like in the shower). Cotton swabs are excellent if you're looking to pack earwax tightly against your eardrum until you get a nasty infection. (Source: otolaryngologist.)

This camera is better than trying to do the same thing blind, but do you know what an eardrum looks like? 10/10 bet this sends people to the doc with unrepairable damage after they try to remove their own eardrums.

(As an unrelated aside, DEPSTECH makes great wireless flexible camera scopes. I've used one of their long flexible scopes for a ton of home projects unrelated to bodily orifices. The iPhone app isn't perfect and the batteries don't last long, but for the price they work great.)

What if we have the wet oily ear wax?
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06-09-2021 at 12:11 AM.
06-09-2021 at 12:11 AM.
Dead?
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06-09-2021 at 10:53 AM.
06-09-2021 at 10:53 AM.
Quote from Spook52 :
How did we ever survive the 70s without owning this!!?
My mother used to pour hot oil in my ears when I had an ear ache. Not sure what oil it was..
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06-10-2021 at 07:39 AM.
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Quote from spikey911 :
My mother used to pour hot oil in my ears when I had an ear ache. Not sure what oil it was..
Ah, yes, the glorious days of the Inquisition. Glad you made it out.
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06-10-2021 at 02:17 PM.
06-10-2021 at 02:17 PM.
I've seen ear doctors write use hydrogen peroxide and distilled water.

I don't use q-tips to clean my ears. If I get ear wax, Wash my hands and outside of bulb, and use hydrogen peroxide and distilled water with bulb. Then rinse with straight distilled water. Then, again, wash my hands and use finger tips to fluff an narrow the ends of a q-tip. Put q-tip in my ear, not to clean, but to absorb most of any residing water, so my inside ear canals are able to dry quickly over the following hour. Do not push q-tip to end or dig. Put in like tampon and passively absorb up water.

No need to hard corely target to get ears 100% clean. That leads to damage and abrasion. At worst, hours after cleaning/drying, a little ear wax 'water' residue will collect an migrate out of the bottom of canal out to bottom to outer ear towards earlobe direction. I watch for this hours later and follow up by washing hands, taking piece of paper towel, get wet with hydrogen peroxide and wipe through the folds outside ear canal to clean it off. I mean, if there's enough for concern, you can just follow up with another low impact cleaning a few days later.

Notice how I, not only wash my hands often, but at specific points in the procedure.

I'm not a doctor, though I'm confident my common sense, and logistic sense levels are high.

I have minor ear Psoriasis.
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bjoyful
06-10-2021 at 02:35 PM.
06-10-2021 at 02:35 PM.
This otoscope takes amazing pictures of the eardrum. For only $12.86 I am really impressed!
Thanks OP!
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06-17-2021 at 08:18 AM.
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is this safe to use?

be sure to sanitize it.
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06-21-2021 at 12:28 AM.
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Wireless version is alive again for $13.19 after prime day discount.
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06-21-2021 at 07:32 PM.
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Wireless version is alive again for $13.19 after prime day discount.
Thanks, just noticed it as well, might get one even though price is slightly higher.
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Thanks, just noticed it as well, might get one even though price is slightly higher.

Wireless version was $26.38 ish then the 50% off dropped it to $13.19.

I generally add deals even if I miss them to my cart and save for later and then scroll thru my saved for later to see if it hits again. That's how I caught it last night.
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06-22-2021 at 09:55 PM.
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Pretty confusing with the different apps they have and not saying which one works best for each of their products. On the iPhone, the DEPSTECH app allows 720p, but the image quality is fuzzy and dark with the wireless otoscope. The DEPSTECH-View app has better image quality, but can't do 720p for some reason. Anyone else have better luck?

The scooper attachments aren't that great as they're all way too far away from the camera itself. They should be allowed to be attached much closer to the camera lens.
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07-18-2021 at 05:37 AM.
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Finally got this in the mail. First thing is that I can't tell if this is new or not, no seal and everything is just loose In the box.

But that aside... the app works just fine in android 11 s21. Image quality is better than expected, and my ears cleaner than expected. no brainer for 10 bucks
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