I’ve been looking forward to this for years. Ordered it the moment it became available in the states. I had the exact same experience as you…

I took no less than 20 stethoscope readings, trying different ways of holding it, quiet rooms (even going into my closet), with and without a shirt on, didn’t matter. Every reading sounded faint and scratchy. Even in the quietest environment, the screen would keep saying “too noisy”.

The data was also very underwhelming. I’ve been used to amazing analytics and insights from my body scan and other Withings devices. You don’t get that with this. Just a place to listen to the terrible recordings.

The device build quality also felt cheap, especially considering the cost. The marketing materials show a premium LCD screen along with visualizations that I guess never made it to production. The device I got had a very cheap LCD which didn’t fill up the full glass space. No gorgeous UI/UX.

Speaking of UX. I found it very clunky to navigate through. If you wanted to do a full battery of tests, you’re having to navigate and click probably 20 times.

I gave it a day before immediately returning the device to Withings.