Anyone tried the Rexton BiCore R-Li T ? just purchased by friend at Costco. Rexton is a sister company to Signia and Widex.
Clip from Costco Hearing Aid List;
2022-Q1 Rexton BiCore Rechargeable / Signia Pure Charge & Go AX
2022-Q1 Costco Rexton BiCore Rechargeable / Rexton BiCore R-Li
“Rechargeable behind-the-ear (BTE) models including the first rechargeable high power BTE”
Geeze, is this a knock off of the Signia pure charge and go? How much does it cost? I have the Signia Ax7. I think this would be a good pick up for Costco! I got the Telecoil and am happy that I did. Good long lasting charge. Telecoil batteries last longer on a single charge.
edit; I went to the costco site. It doesn’t appear that these aids are Signia Ax knock offs, but hard to tell.
From personal experience, if you have an iPhone, avoid Rexton.
I currently have Costco KS8 that are Rexton aids. Years ago, after the iPhone 12 was released, compatibility broke and Rexton has not released updated firmware.
Can you be more specific? My KS8’s work fine with my iPhone XS using whatever version of the Rexton app is current.
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There are comments about this on Signia 7AX - Costco Equivalent
The conclusion there seems to be that they are essentially the same.
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I switch quite a bit between the phone clip for my laptop meetings and the aids. Many times the audio does not return to the aids. My Costco HIS called and asked Rexton about it and their only solution was to re-pair the aids to the phone.
I tried remote hearing sessions a few times with no success. When I tried to use a different location as a test, they refused to try because of known compatibility issues between my iPhone model and the aids.
Can’t compare to the Rebranded AX from Signia, the BiCore runs rings around KS8.
Well they are owned by the same company, so if you look at the spec’s plus the Connexx software is the same (bar the name) Rexton don’t make their own HAs, everything is supplied from Signia (WS Audiology)
They aren’t popular for whatever reason
I purchased the Rextons from Costco and got them about a week ago. Can’t beat the price (I would have considered the KS10s but those are no longer available).
Extremely pleased with the bluetooth streaming on my Apple iPad. I’ve seen reviews where people complain about the Bluetooth range, which I’m surprised about - I have walked away from my iPad 50 feet or so and haven’t had any interruption in the streaming audio.
My Android phone can be glitchy with certain apps like MS Teams with no sound coming through but not a dealbreaker for me. I still need to troubleshoot it - I haven’t referred to the manual yet to verify the setup.
Also the lack of hands-free operation via the hearing aids mics isn’t a dealbreaker for me as the iPad mic works perfectly fine (so it is essentially hands free there), and I’m ok having to hold up the phone to my ear to use the phone’s mic when it’s connected - I rarely make phone calls.
The battery lasts a really long time - I got the one with the telecoil that has a larger battery than the standard model (same price as the standard model). Costco provides both a regular charger for home and a travel charger in the bundle.
Right now I notice background noise like the a/c and other appliances. I’ll have the HA’s adjusted in another week when I have my check in with the hearing dept at Costco. The Costco professional was excellent - better at explaining things than the fully accredited audiologists I’ve had.
Overall I give these HAs 4 out of 5 stars.
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Nice review, I’m glad your getting the results you needed, yeah the hands free isn’t a deal breaker for me either, those soft sounds can easily be adjusted out, the fridge is one that used to bother me the most.
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Yes, the telecoil version is a good idea! It adds a good number of hours to each charge.
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I purchased the Rexton Bicore from Costco last week. I have been very happy overall with my KS9’s for the past four years. I was looking for long lasting rechargeable BIC’s and an update on Bluetooth tech. My Bi-core’s satisfy both of those desirables: battery life is excellent and Bluetooth connects easily and reliably to my Android Pixel and iPad. But… I’ve been having several issues. Hearing doesn’t seem to be any better with these Rextons than it is with my KS9’S. It’s more tinny and a little chirpy. Also, I do a lot of streaming, both voice and music and the sound quality is a huge step down from the KS9’S. It’s tinny , and can easily be heard by those around me even when I have the volume down! (deal breaker). As has been mentioned by others, phone call volume is way too low.
So… unless streaming and sound quality issues are resolved at my follow up visit at Costco, I won’t be keeping these. I’ll keep putting new batteries in my KS9’S, and hope Costco will resolve it’s issues soon with Phonak will come out with KS11’s.
Welcome to the forum, all these issues are very easily adjustable within the software, your Costco fitter will be able to this no problem, they may never sound “exactly” the same as those older Phonaks, as they are quite different in the way they go about this, but one thing that can help is using the same formula and domes/molds, unless it’s the proprietary fitting formula been used, obviously you won’t get those the same.
Since it can be heard by people around you I’m assuming they’re fitted with open domes? You need something more closed or earmolds for a decent streaming sound. The range of volume (how loud they can get) can be changed by the audi (as well as streaming sound which has a separately adjustable equaliser).
My fitter did send me home with cones that are more closed but they feel too tight in my ears.
Did Rexton buyers consider Costco’s other HAs? Why were Rextons bought instead of the others? When I got my Philips 9040s, these Rextons weren’t available yet. My wife will soon get HAs, so I’m curious to know which Costco HAs are better, particularly because a Costco fitter told us that she prefers the Philips. I thought she could have more experience with Philips 9040s, but plan to ask more about the differences when we can spend more time. These glowing reports about the Rextons reinforce my view that these companies keep leapfrogging each other with their tech, so is it better to get only the latest because it is the best?
It is not. Usually it’s best to get a brand with which you’re comfortable with. Or one that provider knows well and knows how to use their tech to a full extent.
Both Rextons and Jabras are going to get upgrades soon, yes they’re leapfrogging each other constantly, which is good for us. But that means that very knowledgeable and up to date fitter is quite important.
Rextons are the exact copy of Signias, just differently coloured and branded.
In my honest opinion, at the moment, they’re technically superior to other HAs that Costco offers.
But it doesn’t matter if the fitter doesn’t know what to do with that tech.
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I wonder how often people switch brands when they get new HAs. I am very satisfied with my hearing improvement. I think my Philips are basically rebranded Oticons, which are very highly rated. But I think I would want to consider other brands when I need new HAs. This could be because Philips are my first HAs so I have not developed a brand loyalty.
Philips are not rebranded Oticons.