As I can see, the battery inside Oticon Connectclip is much smaller than free space inside of Connectclip. What was Oticon trying to achieve with this? So that we must throw out Connectclip more often and buy a new one? With such a high price, it becomes a problem. The deaf people rarely earn decent money. Oticon cannot make a business out of our problems.
And please solve a problem with Connectclip self volume lowering.
P.S. Second photo is Phonak mic with much bigger battery.
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I applaud your guts at speaking up.
Not sure exactly what it means?
How does the battery capacity relate to size in this case?
Without knowing the voltage and current capacity of each, and the load of each radio, I could not evaluate.
How many and what size of cells are in each, and how are they wired.
The smaller battery might in fact be more powerful.
Or the smaller radio might be more efficient in use of power.
BUT having had THREE Connect Clips, and NEVER EVER being able to find satisfaction in using them, I can say that I hate them. The phonak, I never handled.
My reason for responding is so that you may find some reason to be less upset, if being upset is not a good feeling you enjoy. Otherwise… carry on!
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Thanks for the nice photo. Does the Connectclip has a battery problem? or it only "self-lowering volume " problem.
In Ebay, the lowest price for CC shown is USD150 ex-USA.
If it is battery problem, then you can buy LiPO battery and get a electrician to install it for you. Take note of teh size and 2 wire LiPo battery. The photo shown in EBay is 601730 (indicating the measurement of teh battery). Below are the photo for your info.
Can buy from Ali Express:-
@IGZO With above photos, could you evaluate the voltage and current capacity of the gadget. As the LiPO battery of CC has a 300 times cycle (charging), it is good for approximately one year usage.
Then most of the assisted hearing device of hearing aids is good for 1 year usage and then you need to change the battery or need a power bank to supplying the power. Take a look at this forum:-
Phonak Roger On switch repair guide - Hearing Aid Forum - Active Hearing Loss Community
Your comments or advice would help a lot to those using assisted Hearing device.
The CClip I got when they 1st were available with the OPN series is still working 12 years later!
I have a total of 3 CClips, and all have a full day of battery life on a full charge.
For reference, I get my aids through the VA, and they gave me another Clip with the OPN S, and the MORE.
I’m using the Intents now, and haven’t really needed the Clip with LE Audio.
Wow! you have 3 CClips. As you have move to Intents, the hearing is much much better than the last 3 generations. HA’s have improved a lot in their technology. Your hearing loss is not as bad as mine. Mine is steep skid slope and lucky the left ear is a bit better. I am using a Roger InOn with Phonak Naida UP at the moment. Rotation to Oticon Xceed every 3-4 months. It is very messy and complicated to connect Roger On with Xceed. Changing the shoe and removing the pins…
Have you any intentions of selling1 CC. I don’t mine paying for the postage to Malaysia.
Your kind reply by PM is highly appreciated. Have a nice day and take care.
You can message me.
I really am not trying to sell… but if it would be a big help.
May consider it.
Have to look up what I paid for them… I don’t think it was a lot.
More importantly, I never use them.
So actually I would not feel good selling something where the battery may be unusable or something else.
IF there was a way I could just give it to you, without paying for shipping… I would just do that…
The silver one says it is a larger capacity.
The problem with all these batteries, is you never know how the charging chip, the management chip in the battery, that I see in the lower unit, how that is working.
Plus the battery source and history are important.
Is the a quality product. or a left over. That is what affects the price.
The promise of how many times it can be charged - from my real world experience is very meaningless and unreliable.
But I have zero experience in evaluating hearing aid batteries.
I have a HUGE amount of experience evaluating rechargeable batteries in
Audio, photo, video, computer, and from BUILDING various battery banks for RV, Truck, Lighting, and WaterGuns haha!
Battery connectors can be moved from the old battery to the new one, if the wiring is obvious or figured out.
Also, if you are very handy, even a poor fit can be made to work, sometimes…
You may need a Dremel or a file. Maybe some crazy glue and diluted baking soda.
But I have no idea if the item is really so costly where you are, that any of this is worth trying. Here in the states, in January, the Roger In On 2 was crazy low price on eBay. I would NOT want to open up the precision build of that, due to microphone placement gasket cushioning etc. Unless there was a very good reason to do so.
Let’s make this a relay rant. So, with all of that free space inside there was always enough room to include- say- a 3.5mm jack, so we could have plugged in our Connect Clips to our computers and TVs? That way, we wouldn’t have had to buy our separate, expensive TV transmitters? Oh, wait…
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ConnectClip was introduced in 2017. And it was stopped for 1,5 years before worldwide sales. So it is impossibIe to own them for 12 years.
Either 3,5 mm audio input or bigger battery for longer battery life. A battery the size of a fingernail becomes a trash after half year.
If it is easy to open then changing the battery is not a major problem. China has a lot of various size LiPo batteries.
Of course, it’s quite natural to disassemble the case every six months, patch the wires, and reassemble everything.
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I also recall that when I bought the Oticon mini-rite OPN there was NO ConnectClip available for that device!! I waited NINE frustrating months for the “heralded” device to hit the market. Finally GAVE UP. I turned those Oticon aids right back in to my audiologist, who completely empathized with my plight. He gave me a discounted price on the Phonak Audeo-B, and the rest is history: I got BOTH feet planted in the Phonak camp now.
You have my empathy! I also had to guffaw at your observation that hearing aid makers don’t make money off us, but then Phonak forced me to pay for TWO Roger mic licenses cuz I wanted them cross-licensed to my TWO pairs of Phonak Lumity Life rechargeables. PILE OF DOUGH spent right there.
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