Oticon More Battery Life with heavy streaming

[Luga]

This past Friday i wore the More 1’s for 15 hours and 25 minutes and did probably a total of 7 streaming hours (phone plus TV adapter). Went to bed with one HA having 14% and the other 15%.

I have thought about the spare rechargeable and have to agree that there is no practical way to keep them charged because you can only charge them inside of the instrument. For me, this would make it unworkable in practice because you need the HA’s in the charger longer to charge two sets of batteries. I would also have to store them safely given they are Lithium-ion and presumably a (small) fire risk if they shorted out against each other somehow.

This suggestion from Volusiano is what i will end up doing if i run into issues. It’s what i do for my Apple Watch which i wear during the day and at night for sleep tracking. A small inconvenience and its all about routine.

Will keep tracking usage and the 16 hours still seem reasonable so far… It will be interesting to see what happens as the batteries age. I understand replacement is under warranty so we’ll see.

[Luga]

@Um_bongo Also considered a second charger and just amazed at the cost! I dont think there is much going on in there

It’s definitely an option and something i will need to eventually do for travel…

Oticon Charger 1.0 - Hearing Aids 365

[cvkemp]

I have the OPNS1 rechargeable aids and I have 2 chargers, and it comes in handy when traveling. My wife and I are retired and have a camp trailer and the second charger is always in the go pack for quick packing for trips.

[orient8443]

Thanks for sharing. I got my Oticon More 1 about one week ago and feel quite satisfied now comparing with my previous Oticon Opn 3.

Since I am quite often using streaming with my iPhone or ipad, I would like to know the time I spent on streaming. May I ask where do you know the time of streaming? From the Oticon on APP? Or other way I could find it out?

Thank you for your reply in advance.

Alex

[cvkemp]

The ON app is a best guess. But it is fairly close as long as the hearing fitness site is working, but it doesn’t show streaming phone calls. I can only see that from my iPhone call logs

[Luga]

Yeah, that is what i did… added the TV streaming time from the Oticon app to the phone call logs. It’s an approximation.

[orient8443]

Thanks for reply. From the HearingFitness on Oticon On App only showed the daily total time used and time for each program, not the streaming time. I think there is no place to show the time of streaming in the App.

[Luga]

I got the streaming time to the TV adapter (which i use on my computer) from the Hearing Fitness portion of the app which you found. As noted earlier, phone calls are not recorded here and that time came from the phone “recents” log.

In this example the 2h 54m is the time on the TV Adapter

[orient8443]

Got it. Thanks for the explanation.

[Luga]

Just an update here.

So far I have not run into a situation where the More 1’s run out of power early.

The closest I’ve come was yesterday after a long day at work on calls, some TV watching and streaming the Apple keynote…

15 and a half hours of use with over 9 hours of TV streaming (I use a TV Adapter on my computer for MS Teams calls).

Right before going to bed i got the chime for low power for the first time. When i powered them down the left HA was at 6%.

Not bad at all so far…

With respect to the sound quality, i still hear “more” sounds than with the S1’s so i can feel an improvement that may not be “Wow!” but its definitely there. Speech understanding over road noise (my main challenge) is better after several adjustments but maybe not significantly better.

Looking forward and hoping that true hands-free can be delivered via a firmware update as some have suggested after the MFI announcement from Apple last month and the update from Oticon posted elsewhere in the forum.

Thanks!

[cvkemp]

Thank you for this post, I now have the OPNS1 rechargeable aids and will be getting my More1 aids on the 18th of this month. I wear my aids about the same amount of time each day as you are showing but not near as much streaming, at least not in good weather. I am retired so I stream, personally calls, listen to audiobooks, and stream Tv with the TV adapter. Normally about 3 to 4 hours a day. With my OPNS1 aids I have normal over 40% of the batteries at the end of the day. My Audiologist did tell me that the More aids would use more of the batteries.
Find my OPNS1 aids are doing much better than any aids before them, so I do hope the More aids give a little more still.

[SpudGunner]

FWIW: I regularly wear my More1s for 17-18 hours a day, with 2 1/2-3 hours of streaming in that. That usage usually leaves me with a 22-27% charge.

I have never heard the warning tone yet.

[SpudGunner]

These are the screenshots of a longish day that included about 3.5 hours of streaming … FYI

[philip.lipetz]

I just streamed for 10.5 hours and one hour of normal use. Oticon Mores (brand new) have 33% left. So i figure it will stream continuously for slightly more than the 16 hours Oticon promises.

[SpudGunner]

A typical day for me with perhaps 2.5-3 hrs streaming (More1s).

[Blacky]

Since we expect that rechargeable batteries will lose their capacity over time, my rule of thumb would be - if they can cover up my realistic daily needs with having 40-50% left by the end of the day now when they’re new, then it’s safe shopping. With 30% or less I would not be happy, because my usage now probably won’t be the same when I start working, or change something else in my lifestyle. And 2-3 years along the road I definitely don’t want to be anxious about charging. Plus, unlike with mobile phone which works when it’s charging, HAs don’t.

So, your lifestyle is a big factor - how much you’re outside, how critical is that your aids work non stop and so on. Also, S and P receivers eat differently. More noise vs quiet environment eats differently.
I went classic battery route with my aids, phonak, because regular BT streaming there eats like 10% of rechargeable battery :shock: plus I just resent charging things - when HAs will be able to hold their charge for a week or more, I’ll reconsider.

However, it’s hard to make realistic/worst case of usage unless you’re measuring systematically.
Or you can do a stress test, like they do with testing phones and such - put continous streaming and see how many hours they work. Then do without any streaming, ideally put in some noisy place. Measure how long until the battery is empty. Then extrapolate.

[cvkemp]

Did all kinds of stress test while I was still working, I am retired and all of that is behind me. I am up normally anywhere between 6 and 8am, and in bed anywhere from 10 to midnight. I read and stream audiobooks, and the TV, any where from 3 to 6 hours a day, and that doesn’t count any phone calls. I am not having any issues now, get a hearing test each six months, and my Audiologist checks, cleans and does what needs to be done to the aids. I assume that would include changing the batteries, for he has said the batteries can be changed at the clinic without sending them to the repair depot.

[SpudGunner]

These are yesterday’s screen shots, and are the norm. When end of day charge hits 10%, then my audi will be asked to replace the batteries in situ, on warranty.

[If one is working long, unpredictable hours in some demanding line of work like espionage, where it would be impractical to give the HAs a 1/2 hour top-up charge (25%), rechargeable devices might not be the best option.]

(Sorry, but I couldn’t think of a line of work off hand in which you couldn’t swing a top up with the charger and a power brick.)

[cvkemp]

I have a friend that is an investigator, he has a charger in his vehicle and 2 sets of hearing aids. Like he said it isn’t uncommon to be on the go for as much as 3 or 4 days with little to no sleep. He is a Veteran and the VA provides him with 2 sets of aids due to his job. His hearing loss was also due to his military service. He left the service due to feeling he couldn’t do his military job fully and wouldn’t except as he said a desk job.

[SpudGunner]

Okay, Chuck, remind me never to be dishonest with you! LOL.