Tonopen purchasing

Re: Tonopen purchasing

Rob Loxley — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:49:50 GMT

Tonovet (http://www.kruuse.com/ecommerce/userfiles/kno/9617%20TonoVet%20brochure.pdf) is another option, a bit cheaper than a Tonopen IIRC

Re: Tonopen purchasing

Anonymous — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:50:52 GMT

i'd second the shiotz tonometer. It isnt great if you are doing lots of eye work but they are cheap but you do have to look after it by keeping it clean. The tonopens are expensive and I would have thought hens teeth comes to mind second hand.

The shiotz will give reliable results with practice and will as previously mentioned be able to tell you if it is high or low but it must be kept clean between eyes as it relies on free movement of the plunger and if any gunge gets in there it will give you wild results. I think new they are around the £100 mark, probably a good place to start.

otherwise look on the bravo website they have some secondhand stuff on there but dont think they have any tonopens at then moment. New I found Eikemeyer (spelling?) to be the cheapest.

e. bay, animalcare.

Re: Tonopen purchasing

John Flynn — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:26:30 GMT

For all I use it I've got by with a Schiotz tonometer I purchased new for approx. £70 - bit of a fiddle but I've found reliable for differentiating low vs normal vs high IOP, which is probably the main thing.

I had worked in a clinic with a tonovet/tonopen previously and I don't think my current case outcome is any worse.

Re: Tonopen purchasing

Michael Woodhouse — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:20:18 GMT

Go to ebay and search "tonometer".

Not many about, fairly obviously.