Thanks for this first review, even if it doesn’t sound exciting. 
Thanks for the first experience report. Greetings from Germany. 
Your experience in noise are consistent with HearAdvisor tests:
What diameter of vent does your cShellI have? It’s AOV?And which receiver - P? I am interested in the new titanium, but not sure if I want to spend a lot of money. Could you add a photo of your earmold if you don’t mind?
Great review anyway 
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Wow, I don’t particularly like grays, but honestly, they’re beautiful! 
They have a rough surface for a better grip on the ear canal, right?
And quite a big vent they have in relation to your audiogram — I assume 2.5 mm?
Great review though anyone considering Phonak Audeo Sphere might be better off testing/buying say six months plius from now since its new technology and there’s noted battery drain issues. Though lots of media attention I think roll out will be bumpy with users seeing hearing improvements in certain areas and set backs in others. With 2025 just around the corner we should be way beyond 16, 18, 22 hours of rechargeable battery life. AI noise reduction could be big step forward but if only 3 hour of usage a big step backwards. For what ever reason it seems HA manufacturers keep taking baby steps improving aids, where you would think every decade there should be “Huge” changes. Like night and day.
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My cShells have 3.1-4.5mm vents and it has the M Receiver / AV. I’m not entirely sure if they are AOV, but if I had to guess, I’d say yes they are?
The cShells are awesome because there’s no itch (as @wkroeger mentioned), they’re durable, and I get better audio experience with them. The rough surface and because of how deep the mold are where it continues past the first bend, allow the receivers to stay in my ears and have better grip.
For the new Sphere RICs, I will have to get new titanium cShells that are compatible as the new ones have 8 pins as opposed to the traditional 3 pins.
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can you take a photo of that 8 pin socket.
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You can also refer to the latest Phonak video that walks you through how to remove the receivers from the Sphere RICs. You’ll notice you won’t need a special tool to remove them - a small tug does the job.
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I just tried to see if the titanium cShells (lumity life) can fit in the new Sphere case, and at least mine do. I’m sure the experience may be a little different for others with larger molds.
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Will follow this with interest, as I’m not sure of Dr Cliff’s level of loss, wheras yours is similar to mine, so a comprehensive review will be good
Dr C flashes up his audiogram from USMC days in his video about cookie bite hearing loss (he has a cookie bite in his right ear I think).
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Likely he’s right handed, and from shooting?
If I recall, it emerged from a boot camp medical. He aced the recruitment examination and apparently didn’t even know.
(Rather stupidly I did mention my hearing loss during a conversation with a recruiting officer and me trying to say ‘it’s not that bad actually’ didn’t cut it. My navy career sank right there and then…)
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I will mention it in jest. if someone has larger molds, then they will have to have 2 chargers. one for the left hearing aid and the other for the right hearing aid.
As for the charger that is not in the form of a box, I don’t think there is one on offer.
That’s not a bad idea, at least for home charging. The chargers tend to be available pretty cheaply on ebay, though of course these are still too new for that.
But couldn’t you just leave the lid open so the molds hang over the outside?
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Or to keep one earmold close to the bottom and the other one a little bit higher?
would love to see photos of them on ear 
if you can share at some point?
And thank you for the excellent details in your review!
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