My lad keeps me pretty poor at the moment so I’m not buying privately at this time - but there are loads of great devices appearing currently. And they are getting far smaller.
My loss means open fittings are essential so Lyrics etc just won’t work for me. Anything with a size 312 battery or smaller is pretty discrete though. And the tech is leaping forward at the moment.
Glad to hear your loss is stable - that means those devices should be a great backup pair for you for a good while. And they genuinely are good devices if programmed correctly.
You mentioned mini-moulds? - and I guess your audiogram looks like you stand a great chance of finding those occluding mini-moulds work very well for you. Possibly you may consider getting some of the temperature sensitive ones done privately to improve comfort?? I was once forced to try mini-moulds, however alongside that fitting being completely wrong for my weird loss type I did find the firmer NHS plastic was a bit harsh.