Me and My Keeler: David Wilson, Boots Opticians

I fondly remember my first ophthalmoscope. Having ‘test driven’ various makes in the student clinics at Aston University I decided I wanted a Keeler.

The Specialist was the best, but sadly out of my price range so I went for the Practitioner. In a further effort not to plunge me into debt I elected to go for a combination set with the two heads sharing one handle. Big mistake, as it was a real pain having to keep unscrewing and changing heads, and I instantly regretted not going for the Specialist with its sleek narrow head.

The combination set came in a little black box and the lid used to override the base when it was squashed into my bag and soon caused the metal trim to fall off.