In this thread Redux Home Dryer a user mentions that the heat generated in the recharging process might take care of moisture issues. Is that just a wild guess or is there any proper research on this?
I have been wearing rechargeable aids for 6 years and every since then i haven’t used a dryer for my aids. I haven’t had a failure. I live in Arkansas and it is humid. I also walk a lot in the forest and i am a heavy sweater.
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Need to look at their max power consumption, but I doubt very much these chargers generate much heat.
Water resistance is one of the great features of rechargeable aids. If you like to walk in the rain, without a hat, then you should definitely consider getting them. But, still a good idea to have battery backups just incase.
I bought the commercial grade Redux a couple years ago - before the “home” version came out. I was told that even if aids get “moist” the Redux can often restore them to working order again.
After every session at the gym, I put my aids in that Redux, and have never had an issue with the heat being too high, the aids being damaged or any issue. I’ve transitioned from rechargeable Phonak aids to their 312s, and never an issue.
But! A caveat here for folks who bought Phonak’s Lumity Life so-called “waterproof” aids a few years back? They’ve stopped calling them “waterproof”. I actually wore my Phonak Lumity Life rechargeables in the pool for a short, 20-min swim. The entire time I was in water (never submerged below 4" or so) the aids freaked with BEEPS and DING-DONGS. Got out of the pool and sure enough, one aid was just static. I put them in the Redux for 2 runs to no avail. That one aid was cooked.
So I’d just say that typically the Redux will not have any negative impact on the aids, but don’t expect this dryer to fix a drowned aid.
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