@drdigital1: FWIW, I would do the same. I can’t wait for my aids to finish charging if there’s a medical emergency in the middle of the night.
Usually, the 1-time loss/damage replacement is not free even though it’s covered under the warranty. At least from my purchase, the 1-time loss/damage replacement would cost me $300 for each hearing aid replacement. But it’s stipulated clearly that it’s going to be $300/each to replace due to loss/damage.
If I were you, I would insist on not having to pay for the rechargeable batteries because they’re part of the whole system and there’s no explicit exclusion stated. But since you already paid and it’s only $65, you may decide that it’s not worth the hassle to bring it up… unless/until it happens again and then you’ll have to fork out another $65 because you’ve accepted their precedence by paying for it before.
If I remember correctly, someone on this forum was trying to ask to see if they could switch to a disposable battery version due to the very issue you’re experiencing, but without much luck. It might even be Jim here (@SpudGunner). I think in his case, the disposable battery version wasn’t available yet so he didn’t really have a choice when he got his More 1 in the first place.
I wonder if the disposable version is cheaper simply because you don’t need a charger and rechargeable batteries.
It costs me about $32/year for disposable batteries for an average of 4 day use per set. If the rechargeables can last me about 2 years at the cost of $65/pair, then cost-wise, it’s about the same either way. Then I’d rather use the rechargeable instead for the convenience of not having to keep disposables around with me and not having to change out batteries in the middle of the day. But that’s just me.
The More1 aids cost the USA VA just under $500 each. To be honest I don’t mind the rechargeable aids but if the VA had given me the choice I would have chosen the disposable batteries too.
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@cvkemp: Chuck, when the Canadian 
Forces starts issuing rechargeable rifle scopes, maybe I’ll feel 92% comfortable with the technology and sign up for rechargeable hearing aids, too!
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I got my aids before the disposable ones had been released
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Cheer up. It could be worse. The other manufacturers require factory repair to replace their built-in rechargeable batteries. I like the rechargeable Oticon More hearing aids!
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Me, too, Chuck. Feb/Mar 2021.
Yep my normal day is between 14 and 16 hours. But I have had a couple of 20 to 24 hour days
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@cvkemp: I seem to recall just one or two of those, myself, and the rechargeable More1s held up through them. But, I don’t like the fact that if we get “caught short”, there’s no option but to use the charger, even though an hour “off-line” will get us going again.
If either of us had to deal with a medical (or other) emergency at the end of a long day, we could keep ourselves going at a loved one’s bedside indefinitely with a pocket full of disposable battery cards. My opinion … YMMV.
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My wife love TV or when we are traveling the satellite radio, I save my batteries by powomy aids off to give myself a rest if I can’t get away to myself.
A very justifiable concern in my opinion. The only thing that can alleviate this concern is if you have a pair of viable backup HAs that can perform well enough which you can fall back on for a day or two. But going with the disposable version only alleviates the concern that’s battery-related. If your More breaks down due to something else that’s not battery-related and needs to be sent in, then without a pair of viable backup, you’re also SOL.
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I have my backups but they will not charge on the smart charger if I get out for two long. The smart charger is good for about 3 full charges of the More aids.
@Volusiano: I have my old pair of *Unitron North Moxi Fit 800" hearing aids that I wouldn’t call “viable”, because they give me such poor speech recognition, they are disreputable.
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Yeah, if I were to upgrade from my OPN 1 to a pair of More 1, then my OPN 1 would qualify as viable backups. But your Unitron wouldn’t qualify like that if they give you such inferior performance compared to the More that you would mind a lot if you have to resort to them. If I were in your shoes, I’d want to have the disposable battery version of the More as well.
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@Volusiano: The thing that miffed me the most was the fact that Oticon couldn’t provide me with any idea when the disposable battery version would be available. Had I known that it would come to market within the year (IIRC), I could have, and would have waited. I feel I was strong-armed into the rechargeable version.
The pitch was “if you want these features, you’ll have to make the “rechargeable tradeoff” and not look back.” I understand that there are technical reasons why marketing the disposable battery version took more time, however, the streaming/connectivity features that I might lose by reverting to the disposable version are of no consequence to me, as long as my hearing remains the same.
I would have appreciated being given the option to decide for myself which version I would wear for the next 4 years.
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Does More 1 with disposable batteries lack any features vs More 1 with rechargeable batteries?
If I remember correctly there is a version with out t-coils and a version with t-could
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If I remember correctly, there was really no functionality trade-off between the disposable and rechargeable versions. You get everything with each version, including tcoil. Obviously the charger doesn’t come with the disposable battery version.
I don’t really know if they’re priced out differently or not. If somebody reading this has pricing knowledge of these 2 versions relative to each other, please share.
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