Hey everyone,
I’m considering getting the REXTON REACH hearing aids, but I’d love to hear from anyone who’s used them. How’s your experience been? Are they comfortable to wear, and do they provide good sound quality?
Additionally, does anyone have any information if REXTON might release a version of the REACH with disposable batteries?
It would be really helpful to know before I make a decision.
Thanks in advance for any insights or advice you can offer!
I don’t have the Reach yet. I’m still waiting for it to get to Costco, but its predecessor the Bi-Core is excellent and the reach is built on its technology
The Rexton Reach is a rebranded version of the Signia Pure Charge&Go IX. Identical. Another poster who has the Signia IX loves it. Check comments from Morgan1946 in the link.
The previous generation of both the Rexton (Bi-Core) and Signia AX did have a battery version, which is encouraging. However, the Signia Pure C&G IX has been out since last September and so far no battery version. So, I wouldn’t expect anything soon from Rexton since they always lag behind Signia.
have always been anti rechargeable but since I get my aids from the VA we agreed they would be returnable for the 312ax if recharging was a problem. I’ve kept a daily log and I average between 16 and 18 hours with lots or TV via their TV connector or Bluetooth from my Fire. Never have been lower than 60%. I get 3 full recharges from the mobile chargers before it needs charged.
Trialing Signia Charge and Go IX. Quite good. Same as Rexton Reach?
Ye, they are the same as Rexton Reach.
I was fitted with the new Rexton Reach last week. I had been using Phonak HA aka KS10, but Costco dropped Phonak. I really loved the Phonak HA, but they are 5 yrs. old and had battery issues. I tried out the Jabra HA at Costco. I returned them because they had horrible Bluetooth connection problems. As HA they worked for me. The Rexton Reach has better Bluetooth for my devices. But sadly, Phonak had the very best Bluetooth and it’s hard for other companies to work as good. I am not happy how my Rextons were fitted. I don’t have very good phone control and I think that may be because of the fitting session. I am trying to locate a copy of the fitting software and try out some of the HA options and programs. The audiology part of the fitting is fine The Rexton App is ok but doesn’t access any options of the HA. It has AI which will tweak the HA settings. AI in my opinion is a very green banana.
So this will be my third set of Rexton HA as I have used them twice over the last 25 years.
After I get my hands on the fitting sw and can tweak the available options I will post more info. BTW, you don’t need your own fitting sw to tweak the options, you can have the audiologist do that for you. But it’s my nature to try and get as much as I can from electroinics.
Additionally, if you have a wireless charging mat or pad you can just throw the mobile charger/case on (I have mine on my nightstand) and be done with it. To basically never think about the charging again.
In the first year of using my AX Signias I’ve never heard the low battery jingle, and when it finally happened I was very confused because I couldn’t figure out what was going on…
Got my Rexton Reach today replacing KS10 s and so far I’m impressed, interested in Wayne1 results with fitting software
1st full day with Rexton Reach, great battery life 14 hours with 4 hours of audiobook streaming 60% charge remaining. I find I have better speech understanding then my KS 10’s. I have not been to a noisy restaurant yet, that will be the best test. The bluetooth sound for audio books and phone calls is a little better than my KS 10’s but just like my KS 10’s I get a little signal interruption when my phone is in my front pocket and the signal has to pass thru my body. With the KS 10’s some games on my IPhone 14 Pro would interrupt the bluetooth streaming sound of audio books this does not happen not with the Rexton’s
I got the Reach only a few days ago so I am not speaking from much experience as yet, although as far as my experience as a wearer of hearing aids I have been at it, unfortunately, for about 20 years having lost much of my hearing in a single event many years ago. In a month or so I will provide a longer review of my experience with the Reach.
Today I went to a restaurant and tried the HAs out for the first time in a noisy environment. I was only with one friend so I cannot speak to how well it works in a larger group setting around a table. I set the directional setting in the automatic program to focus the narrowest beam directly in front of me as I faced my friend. I was able to hear him speaking with fantastic clarity in part because most of the substantial background noise was eliminated and also due to the exceptional voice sound quality I’m getting from these aids.
I’ve gone through 6 or 7 hearing aids over the years and improvement has always been incremental with Oticon. These Rextons are a dramatic step forward for me personally.
I can also say that the Bluetooth connectivity has been fine so far, but it would be premature to come to any definitive conclusion in that regard.
Again, this is only a very preliminary impression so keep that in mind.
First party with my Rexton Reach about 40 people outside. Mostly used automatic with no problems. When setting at a round table with 8 people I found that front focus 180’ worked very well and blocked out sounds from other tables. Indoors at breakfast table of 6 again front focus 180’ worked very well. Overall much better than my KS 10’s. Bluetooth streaming sound quality is also better than the KS 10’s I still need to get into a noisy restaurant that is where I had most of my problems with KS10’s. As for a replicable battery hearing aids I found that sweat would block the holes in the zinc air batteries and shut down my aids, sweat is not a problem with rechargeable aids
Olive Garden with Rexton Reach, fairly full restaurant setting on the same side in a booth wife to my right. Turned on right only for direction and all was good the Reach turned down every one but my wife. So far I haven’t found any thing I don’t like about the Reach.
What phone are you connecting to? Thanks.
What phone are you using? Thanks.
I am using a I phone 14 Pro and IPhone SE 2nd Edition
I wonder if the new Reach owners could comment about use for phone calls with an android phone such as disconnect problems, etc. Thanks
I would love to hear too. I just decided to return my Jabras because of the BT connectivity issues with my Samsung Galaxy S23 phone, and I ordered the Rexton Reach. Fingers crossed.
Karyn, please keep us updated on your Reach ha and bt connectivity. Like you, my s23 and the Jabras just didn’t work well together. I would like to try either the Reach or the Philips 9050 ( if it ever becomes available???). Good luck!
Will do! I pick them up on Friday. I hope I’m not making a big mistake, but my 180 days ends in a couple of weeks. This was a tough decision, since the Jabra Enhance Pro 20s have been fine other than the BT going wacky all the time, causing me to have to turn the Bluetooth and/or the phone on and off, and/or re-pair the BT (which is an absolute pain with Jabra), and/or sometimes even uninstall and reinstall the app, on a very regular basis.
Interestingly, the HA rep discouraged me from getting the Rexton Reaches. She said her patients had had nothing but problems with Rexton, including the Reaches, particularly with Bluetooth. She instead encouraged me to get the Phillips 9040, if I really was unhappy with my Jabras, which didn’t make sense, since it seems that they both have the same android BT issues, and the 9050 it’s coming out anytime now. She also strongly suggested that I should get an iPhone instead. (No, I’m not changing to an iPhone, even though I know that it has fewer issues.) However, in contrast, on the various HA forums/sites, I’ve read that people who have Androids have been happy with the Bluetooth on the new Reaches.
When I started walking around Costco with the Reach demos, I immediately tried to stream music, and I could barely hear anything. I walked back over to the rep and told her, and she said, “See? That’s what patients are complaining about.”
Well, I continued to trial them in the store, and I loved the way I could distinguish conversations around me. I also called a Costco senior rep in another state who I’d made the acquaintance of online, and I could barely hear her. She told me how my rep can going to the program and increase the volume of Bluetooth streaming.
When I went back after the trial walk around, I got a different rep, who uses an Android phone and wears hearing aids. I felt immediately more at ease because of that! He was not aware of that fix (Other fitting page/BT/headset/volume) and went ahead and made the adjustment. It worked! And I ordered the Reaches.
I will look forward to your report. I get so tired of people telling me to get an iphone. I will never own one (don’t appreciate apple telling me what I can and can’t do with a product I paid for. Better shut up or the apple fans will kick me off the site). Anyway, good luck! Hope the new HAs work great.