Prestige Babinski Telescoping Reflex Hammer

Great little product, delivered on time and in perfect condition. I had lost my original item which cost considerably more when bought elsewhere and seeing this replacement on amazon at such a reasonable price it was a no brainer to buy it and see. I was not disappointed. It is of a perfect size, looks good and extends smoothly. I have read a review on here claiming that the head is loose during operation. This could be because they are using it incorrectly. The head folds down for easy storage. If you tap the tendon toward the direction it will naturally fold of course it will bend, tap it the other way and it doesn't move at all and works perfectly. I have given it five stars because it deserves it.

Love how the head folds flat to fit comfortably in a pocket or case. It has a good weight to it and a telescopic arm... easily cleaned. After a foldable version for a while and this really is great value.

Folds down very small and easily, great to keep in your pocket rather than a big, whole tendon hammer. Overall very light-weight to carry too. Really nice design, very sleek silver and black design. Handle feels very sturdy and good quality, with a good weight to it. Yes, as others have said, the head sometimes collapses when you strike the hammer on one side, as seen in the video. However, this is easily fixed by just tightening the screw at the top with a normal screwdriver every once in a while, which makes it become very stiff/solid again.

Good solid tendon hammer. Easy to hold and use. Good build quality. Telescopic so folds done for storage. I carry mine in by stethoscope case. The heed folds too so has a flat profile when folded. Bit for pricey than the plastic ones but it looks great and very professional.

I bought this product as a medical student to provide a compact, easily portable tendon hammer for practising for OSCEs and clerking patients. Within the first ten uses of this telescopic hammer, the uppermost part of the telescope came out of the telescope system. It had been evident it was going this way for days, the separate poor quality pieces of metal used to anchor it being pulled through the telescoping of the previous segment whenever the hammer was extended. In addition to swiftly being broken, I also found this hammer not to be very useful clinically. The head of the hammer seemed quite hard compared to contemporaries I have used in clinics resulting in very little bounce, and pain for the patient/my buffering fingers, and the shaft of the telescoping was very rigid making it generally ineffective for eliciting pendular reflexes; notwithstanding it breaking I quickly abandoned it for other conventional tendon hammers. Given the high cost of this item, I would warn anyone against purchasing it - high cost, poor performance, breaks very quickly.

Seems good quality, lightweight and easy to use and carry around. Will see how it goes with use.

Nice and small so convenient to bring along. But very flimsy - you do need to find the right angle to use it at, can be frustrating. I did read the reviews saying the same thing, but the convenience ultimately led me to choosing this one.

It’s too light and I struggled to elicit good reflexes. The rubber head ius attached too loosely. Not impressed. The folding and telescoping mechanism work well.

Great product, portable and practical. Does exactly what you want it to, which is be extendable within a moment right before seeing a patient and folded immediately afterwards before slipping it back into your scrubs. Solid design, good thickness metal. Huge shout out to Dave for helping with the shipping, thanks to his help, we managed to change the destination from Canada to a local UK address I use and saved me almost a month in having to wait for it to arrive. 10/10 service.

High quality product

This works quite well, haven't had the problem of the screw coming loose or anything like that. The only thing that happened that wasn't ideal was that the writing rubbed off of it, but it didn't matter much to me anyway. For a medical student who doesn't need to use a reflex hammer every day for the rest of their life, this is a great purchase, much better than the cheap orange hammer you would otherwise get. However, from what I read in other reviews, may not tolerate someone who uses their reflex hammers very regularly.

Perfect reflexes illicited. The only thing is, it's head moves on a screw, so you'll have to tighten it from time to time. Apart for that, a perfect tool.

Use it on the daily and it's great so far. Very ergonomic design.