Jodi Pro Vacuum Mini-Review

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I finally bought myself a brand new Jodi-Pro Vacuum and received it yesterday.
It was from the auction site, and paid what I felt was a fair sum for $180.00 total with free shipping.

Comes in a simple white box, instructions, three vacuum attachments of various diameters, the smallest being quite slender, two cleaning “needles” which are in essence Pins like you’d use to hem a Dress perhaps, and two Filter Cartridges.

Assembly is straight forward, simple. The machine operates very quiet, and suction was quite good I felt.

I had my older, re-cased spare Phonak Perseo ITC on hand, my every day pair of Phonak Virto V-90 312 ITC have been sent to Phonak for re-furbishment, and currently await their return.

While I had cleaned these pair of Perseo ITC fairly well I thought just a couple days before with Brush, and cleaned the vent tube with a piece of plastic line, I was pleasantly surprised to see some ear wax in the new filter cartridge! This little machine works very well!

The Jodi Pro is said to have a bit more vacuum suction that the entry level Jodi-Vac, but I’m guessing that the standard Jodi-Vac would still be a excellent tool to have on hand as well, able to clean much better, without risking impacting waxes and dirts with lesser methods.

I currently been seeing the standard model under $100 on the auction site with free shipping included.

I wanted one of these tools for many long years, only regrets are not buying one of these sooner. Now realizing better that such a tool will help me maintain my HAs more like a professional dispenser would.

What I also used to compliment my cleaning efforts, were a cheap $10 pair of magnifying Eyeglasses with LED lights to enhance my vision.

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I have the regular JV and like it a lot. I use it 2 or 3 times a week. And, as I mentioned on a different thread, I have found it very useful for some different precision cleaning tasks.

But, I am sorry I didn’t get the Pro version. I know I am a bit of an obsessive nut with always needing the best and latest gadgets. But, that is the way I am so if it is only a little bit better then I want it.

PS: my obsession drove me to get the new M90-RT thank goodness for that.

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@Psych1
Hi. I’ve also got the M90-RT on order after trying the standard M90-R. They’re the same price, and I wanted to try the t-coil facility. How do you find yours?

Also, the vac gadget sounds interesting. Do you use it for cleaning the surface of the mics? I ask because with my previous Starkey Halos, they became blocked at intervals, and that affected the aids’ characteristics greatly. It wasn’t a problem, as the mic covers were removable and cleanable or replaceable. I can’t see that this is possible on the Marvels.

Thanks
Mike.

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How I regret that I hadn’t bought a Jodi Vac sooner.
My Phonak Virto V-90 312 ITC have such little Mic Holes, two per faceplate, and they are just about impossible to clean.

Brushing at them, only probably further impacts dirts and ear wax into them, furthering a degradation of performance to a point that is non-correctable by an end user, or trying to pick at them with a needle would be liable to cause damage to the plastic faceplate, or worse, damage to the Mics themselves.

As my Virto V-90’s are at Phonak at the moment, I do hope that they can find a way to clean these Mics and/or replace both on both HAs.

The Virto V’s and other ITC commonly have those replaceable Cerustop Wax Guards. There’s been a number of times that the Virtos would cease to transmit sound, and the cause was the Cerustop Guards being plugged with ear wax.

At that point when such happens, it is possible that ear wax still can bypass the Cerustop Guards and enter the HA internally. Again, not good for performance.

The online vendor with whom I bought my Virto V-90 ITC originally stated that Phonak had a 3 year factory warrantee with the option of 2 additional years that could be paid for per year through the online seller at $350 per year for both HAs.

I recently learned that is no longer the case, that Phonak has changed these allowable policies. Thus, my warrantee for the Virto V’s ends this coming month. They are now coming up on 4 years of age.

I’m going to now be on my own, or go through the online seller to seek 3rd party companies, or others in the event of a HA failure and needed service. Not a comforting thought.

And as some of you might know, 3rd party repair businesses might likely not use authentic Manufacturer’s Parts for the repair, just some generic parts which may or may not be the equal.

All of this was the very reasons why I thought I must step up my game with HA Maintenance, doing the best job of cleaning that I possibly can do. That probably over time, the Jodi-Vac will pay for itself, without a need of costly visits to a vendor-audiologist for proper and more thorough cleanings.

The longer I can make these existing HAs last me, surely the better. While I still saved some decent money by going through this online seller, the Virto V-90 ITC still cost some good money, at $5100 for the pair.

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So far, i like them a lot, and i seem to be one of the few here that actuall use the telecoil. I go to a lot of conferences that are looped.

I use the JV on the mics, the domes, & wax trap.

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I’ve had the original Jodi Vac for many years, love it! When I went for new hearing aids a while back the specialist was surprised how clean such an old set of aids were. I would say a “must have” for any owner to keep your aids in good working shape.

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Just did a cleaning on my Virto V90 312 ITC’s this morning.

Again, cannot say enough what a wise decision it was to finally get that Jodi Vac.
And again, I’d probably be correct in saying that the standard, lowest priced Jodi Vac will be adequate for any user.

I note a variance of ear wax accumulation in my ears and on the HA’s. Thus it sort of becomes a little unpredictable when you need to clean them.

I’m finding that it’s better to err with a periodic time of say at least once per week minimum to clean. It’s surprising how such accumulates quickly. Not only wax, but little hairs, dust, and whatnot gets vacuumed away lickety split.

And again, I cannot stress the importance and better ease to recognize these wax buildups with the aid of using a pair of Magnifying Glasses to be able to better see. With the naked eye, you see almost nothing, but under magnification, the amount of wax is clearly identifiable.

The Glasses, mine are ultra cheap ones bought off of Ebay, only about $8 to $10 they cost, like two Jeweler’s Loupes attached to the Glass Frame, adjustable in width, and angle, and incorporate two Watch Battery LED Lights and can also be aimed-adjusted.

Before for years I was using a singular Mono Jeweler’s Loupe, and it was very frustrating trying to hold the HA with one hand, and trying to keep the Jeweler’s Loupe held in my Eye Socket.

Little HA Tools are good to have, more is better, and the small brushes as well.

Very wise purchases, my only regrets are that I didn’t do such much sooner many years ago.