http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/ Engadget Comments for Ear Scope turns wax removal into primetime entertainment http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 1st 2007 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 1st 2007 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 1st 2007 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 2nd 2007 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/
^ I hope you aren't kidding because this could potentially double your hit count to engadget.com]]>Mar 1st 2007 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/ ;-)]]>Mar 1st 2007 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 1st 2007 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 2nd 2007 1:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 1st 2007 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 1st 2007 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/
Ok, so this seems like the perfect time to ask: What kinds of implements do Engadget readers use for ear wax picking?

My tools of the trade:

- End of eyeglasses (always handy!)
- ballpoint pen cap (contoured edge)
- Less frequently: scissors (don't try at home); screwdrivers (flathead); paperclips

Need something more gadgety? Ok, my Sony in-ear headphone pick up a bunch of stuff sometimes. It's gross, but an interesting window into the dynamics of your ear canal.

If I had one of these cameras, I could put together a pretty nice Flickr stream of the relative merits of each implement.

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I try mostly to stick to Q-tips, but I've occasionally had to resort to toothpicks. Once I had to use a small stick I'd stripped the bark from when a bug flew in my ear while I was out hiking.]]>Mar 1st 2007 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/]]>Mar 1st 2007 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/
Paper clips if I am desperate.]]>Mar 1st 2007 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/
And don't use Q-tips, the doctor told my friend (before he professionally flushed his ears with pressured hot water) that q-tips push most of the stuff, instead of pulling it.]]>Mar 1st 2007 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/It's basically a long thin metal prong with an angled bit on the end that's brilliant for scooping and excavating that troublesome wax!]]>Mar 3rd 2007 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 1st 2007 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 2nd 2007 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 1st 2007 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 1st 2007 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/
Must I use this for the ear canal only? Or, can I put it into service for any bodily orifice?

I'm going to have to go in for a colonoscomy this year, and I was hoping to avoid that embarassement of getting it done at the doctor's office.]]>Mar 1st 2007 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/
Actually something like this would be fantastic for anything... I have a 'something" up on the inside of my nose (in that cavity right behind the tip) like an ingrown hair, plus I have a coupe errant hairs in my ears which make a "thwapping" noise that I'd like to pluck but can't see (obviously). Plus being able to look inside your own mouth would be much cooler than having the dentist do it for you (and trust he's honest in what he sees).]]>Mar 1st 2007 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/
This device has hundreds of uses for a technical person.
Come-on people, think outside the box, it's not just for
looking in your ear!

Is anyone from Thinkgeek.com listening?

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This is a cool gadget to have around the house, but at $140 dollars... pass...

Scooter
http://www.gadgetgrid.com/]]>Mar 1st 2007 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 1st 2007 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/
Ladies and Gentlemen, someone on the internet has a girlfriend.]]>Mar 1st 2007 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/
Can anyone read Japanese?
http://www.coden.co.jp/earscope.htm

Here's a few videos of it in use:
http://www.coden.co.jp/Apercu1.mpg
http://www.coden.co.jp/Attentions1.mpg]]>Mar 1st 2007 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 1st 2007 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/
My grandpa used to use the mouthend of his thin Asian little pipe thingy... sick... I'm pretty sure earwax doesn't work as well as Blistex or Chapstick... :Op]]>Mar 2nd 2007 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 1st 2007 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 2nd 2007 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 1st 2007 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 25th 2007 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/
I got one a few months ago.]]>Mar 1st 2007 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 1st 2007 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/
http://www.myauctionfeedback.com/]]>Mar 1st 2007 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/Mar 2nd 2007 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/01/ear-scope-turns-wax-removal-into-primetime-entertainment/
there is no need for ear digging. your ear has its own hairs that can remove the wax that it produces. ever remember a point of time when wax just drops out of your ear without any digging? when digging, especially using cotton buds, just pushes the wax deeper into the ear where there is no hair to sweep it out. essentially u'd be packing your ear canal like how u pack tabacco into a pipe.. that is when u'll have to head down to the docs for an irrigation..

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