Thanks everyone for the replies. I’m still on the fence.
I think if the hearing aids with the replaceable batteries were smaller than the rechargeable batteries or if the replaceable battery was larger than the Opn S, I would go for the replaceable batteries. Neither is the case, so it’s as easy a decision.
My use-case is a lot of streaming through the day, because I work at home and use Teams to talk with colleagues. I also tend to stream on youtube or watch a movie in the evening, so I probably stream more than most people.
When I’m at home, it’s trivial to replace the battery when necessary. I tend to leave the batteries in until they go dead, because I don’t like to waste the charge. At home, it’s very easy to deal with this.
The times when it’s not convenient is when I’m not at home. If I’m on a trip, I am usually in a place where it’s not convenient to recharge. I could probably work around this by replacing the batteries before they go dead and just accept that I have to occasionally waste some charge.
Has anyone noticed the rechargeable battery capacity diminish over the time that you’ve had the hearing aids?
I was informed by the audiologist that they are only offering one “free” device now, so I would have to pick which charger I wanted. I would lean toward the battery powered charger, not the plug-in charger.
I was also informed that ConnectClips are not available, due to the “global integrated circuit shortage”. I’m currently on my second ConnectClip. The original one stopped holding a charge a few months ago, so it lasted about 2 years of daily use.
I’m happy that the Oticon More hearing aids support ASHA, but my current android mobile doesn’t. Unfortunately, as far as I know, Oticon doesn’t have a device driver for Windows, so I will still need a ConnectClip for my laptop.