Zebra killed her Paradise Lifes with a few swims in the pool.
That said, they took a few swims in the pool.
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I thought it was a bluejay user, not Zebras.
WH
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Look for a write up from blue Jay, I think it was very early in this thread. She tested them in water…
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Yes, my mistake. 
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Well DAZE later … still wearing my Phonak Lumity Life aids that I picked up two weeks ago. Yes, it was ME who drowned the trial pair of Paradise Life aids after just a couple short swims in the pool. Turned 'em in 4 days before the trial was over (whew!), so I basically exchanged them for these Life aids on the newest platform. Here’s my experience after 2 weeks of wear:
Waterproof? I’m older, wiser and more jaded after the “waterproof” test I gave the previous Life aids. I won’t even test these Lumity Lifes in the shower. And forgetabout ever taking them for a proper swim in the pool. I’d wear them if I I kayaked or jet skiied in the water, but NEVER to snorkel or swim. The best I’d hope for now is that if I got caught in the rain or my hair was a bit wet from a shower, they wouldn’t DIE on me.
That said! I put on a pair of little plastic shower caps over my ears and had my hair gal rinse me out after a coloring. She was really worried, cuz water got IN the stoopid ear covers. The sound was distorted when I sat up, but in several minutes seemed to “normalize” so I didn’t panic. I’d probably never do that again tho. 
Noise Management - Overall I’m happy with the Lumity Life aids and will keep them. I plan on getting the phone app so I can manipulate them a bit more cuz the Noise Management is still too aggressive. They seem to do quite well in noisy places if I sit across from the person I’m talking to. But in a car? Not so good! I can’t hear people in the front seat that well if I’m in back. That’s where I’m hoping that Speech in Car will help out? So far, I’ve only used Speech in Loud Noise program once - and it was identical to what the aids were already doing! That’s a big improvement over my backup Marvel aids.
Rechargeable Battery Life - HOWEVER. Heads up to ANYONE who travels or puts in a long day of socializing like I’m doing on this trip. The Lumity Life rechargeable aids last 14 hours TOPS (with NO streaming). I need a good 16-18 hours when traveling. Hubs & I were up at 3:30am to catch an early flight to the airport. Aids were DOA before 5pm later that day. Good thing I had my battery Marvel aids to put on.
Every day this trip I get up and put my old Marvel aids in. By 10-11am I swap them with the Life aids. That keeps me going till about bedtime - but it’s NOT ideal to require TWO sets of aids to get through every single day on a trip. (At home, my days are not as long, so no probs.)
Connectivity/Streaming - I DO love that both my Lumity Life AND the Marvel aids are actively paired and connected to my Samsung Galaxy Flip4 phone! That was not the case with my Marvel and Audeo-B aids. So I can seamlessly stream on the phone with either set of aids, and no fussing around connecting one pair or “forgetting” the other. 
I will report in after downloading the phone app and trying that out in the weeks to come.
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Battery life sounds worrying. Which version of Android is your phone on? Android 12 is known to drain the battery quickly. Any chance it is Android and not the aids that is the problem?
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Samsung Galaxy Flip 4 still runs Android 12, so is affected from the bluetooth battery drain issue. Android 13, which fixes this bug, is expected to be rolled out to the current Samsung Flagship phones incl. Flip 4 till end of 2022.
Thank you so much for your detailed reviews @JordanK . Can I ask whether your aud performed REM when fitting your Lumity devices?
Hi @Louie
Yes! I have an amazing audiologist and he did a full Real Ear Measurement test as part of the fitting process for these Lumity hearing aids. He used an Aurical Freefit REM device. He first placed tubes in my ears and ran a bunch of sound tests using the device. He then followed that up with more tests with both the tubes and the hearing aids in my ears. He then adjusted the hearing aids based on the results from the tests. I think he then made a change to the dome on one of the hearing aids and repeated some of the tests again. He is extremely good and that is why I have been going there for many years.
Jordan
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That’s excellent! I’m very pleased to hear you’re getting good results with the Lumity.
Android 12! I also have to use Mobile Hot Spot for my laptop when on the road, so YES, rechargeable battery life is a BIG ISSUE.
For those concerned about battery life with Lumity, here is some data from a typical work day (today) for me using Lumity L90-RT with my iPhone 11 Pro Max.
- Put the hearing aids in my ears at 7:30 EST am this morning.
- I attended 4x Microsoft Teams meetings at work and took some phone calls on my mobile for a total streaming time of approximately 3 hours.
- It’s now 2 pm EST and the Limity’s are showing about 65% battery remaining.
- So total time on is 6.5 hours with 3 hours of streaming.
- So 35% of the battery got chewed up in 6.5 hours = approximately 5.4% per hour.
- 100% divided by 5.4% burn rate per hour = 18.5 hours to consume the whole battery.
I know this is a bit of a rough calculation but 18-24 hours (with 45% streaming) sorta lines up with my experiments over the weekend too. Difference is…on the weekend I do more video streaming of video clips (Youtube, Facebook, etc) vs in the week which is mostly work related Teams meetings and mobile phone calls.
This estimate also assumes 45% streaming which is kinda high. I stream quite a bit in the day but tend to read books and watch TV in the evening so I’m guessing the battery life will be closer to 24 hours.
Just throwing this out there for discussion. I can’t comment about Android cause…I’m an Apple snob…haha.
Other thing I will say…the Bluetooth connection is rock solid on these hearing aids. This is a big relief when you are using the hearing aids for work related Teams Meetings. Nothing worse than losing sound in the middle of a discussion with a senior exec or a customer.
Jordan
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I assume you mean BT streaming here. The extra battery decline rate for TV Connector or Roger should be about half that extra that BT uses. In case you find you need more battery in your day, this is a way to stretch.
WH
Correct. I can only stream right now using Bluetooth Classic. I don’t have a TV Streamer or a Roger yet.
Jordan
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Thank you for this!!
Just wanted to add one more thing…
Having the ability to have two live Bluetooth connections active at the same time is an incredibly useful and powerful feature that I don’t currently have with my Resound Quattro’s using MFi. I think people are overlooking this feature. What this means is that you can have the Lumity hearing aids connected at all times to two nearby devices. In my case this is my work Dell laptop (Windows) and my iPhone. Both connections are live at all times and the hearing aids can receive sound input from both at the same time. I’m quite surprised how useful this is and how reliable the connections are. With the Quattro’s, one device grabs the connection and then then releases it after the streaming is done. They don’t both work at the same time. Sounds like such a minor thing but you would be surprised how annoying it is when you get a call on your iPhone during a Microsoft Teams meeting on your laptop and you have to hang up from the laptop meeting and then wait 5 - 10 seconds before you can get the phone call on your iPhone.
Jordan
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Thanks for this, @JordanK – I always wondered why I’d need two simultaneous connections.
VERY much appreciate, too, your “Apple Snob” perspective in reviewing the Lumity! I tried KS10s (rebranded Phonak Paradise) and hated the Bluetooth connectivity after being spoiled by MFi (opted for Jabra Enhance in spite preferring Phonak’s “sound”).
I’m THRILLED that the Lumity bluetooth implementation compares well to Resound’s MFi. Gives me lots of hope that I won’t feel limited to MFi hearing aids for delay-less connectivity in the future. THANK YOU AGAIN!!!
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@Baltazard I added a couple of words to my post to be clearer that I especially appreciate @JordanK’s Lumity review since he’s an iPhone user comparing Lumity bluetooth to MFi.
HTH!
-kate.
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