I will ask how much a second pair of more1 would cost? They may be cheaper.
Is that US dollars? Don’t know if we have a zip hearing in canada
I provided hearing test results.
The Phonak nadia luminity has a 675 battery,behind the ear HA. It is much bigger in size , I might give these a test?
I will try the Philips 9040 , as they are probably the closest ha to my oticon more 1. They cost 2000 at Costco in Canada. What a price difference. The only downside is the service is poor. And you need to wait at least 2 weeks for service appointments.
Does anyone have a software program for the Philips 9040 . This would solve the service program. ?
@Tony3 Not sure why you would go with a Phonak Naida?
Philips HeaLink 9040 will be much closer to Oticon More you already have, and much cheaper, me thinking!
Check the DIY section for Philips HearLink program, someone might be able to help you.
Ooops! So you did - my bad! It takes a bit of time, but you can also add your audiogram right on your profile, so folks can click on your avatar and see it every time. 
As for the Costco purchase of the Philips 9040 … think twice about it. You say the service is POOR, and the wait time is LONG. Even with a generous trial time, you may burn through it without having had your aids adjusted to your liking. If you ever have issues with the aids, again, LONG wait for app’t and clueless person tinkering with your aids.
Where are you in Canada? I think that it’s going to be determined by the person you match up with.
I used to think same as you. Now I hear more and more people are happy with Costco hearing aid supply and service.
I’m in Toronto, close to Oakville…I’ve dealt with independent suppliers. Even so they hand out domes two at a time. And supply one container of wax guards.
Not sure if there is any Costco in the Nunavut or Saskatchewan areas.
Tony looks like my hearing loss is about the same as yours. When thru Zip Hearing and they referred me to a Audiologist in OC MD. Currently wearing Oticon S1 witch I have been happy with but wanted something with new technology. My Audiologist who is wonderful, let me try the Oticon Real’s , the Phonak Lumity and the Starkey Genesis over the last 4 months! All were decent, none great with speak understanding! But I am choosing the Starkey Genesis because it gives me more control over back round noise. I thing the Edge setting on the Genesis works great and their App is the most user friendly. Also tried Costco (Jabra’s), cheap hearing aids, but the techs not very good at adjusting aids to your hearing loss and not easy to get appointments. If you can I would try the Starkey’s I think you will like them! As a further note I been wearing hearing aids for about 15 years.
Yes I’m not keen on the poor service, but it’s only a back up pair of ha, and I’m going to ask if the audi could copy oticon more settings?
Thank you for response. I phoned zip. They don’t service Canada. I wanted to try starkey. I called every audi in my area. Unfortunately starkey doesn’t have demos. I contacted them . They want me to purchase a pair to try them. They said I would have 60 days without a penalty to return. But that would mean I would be tieing up 7000 dollars to try them. I’m not impressed that they don’t have demos to try. So I kind of put me off and I stopped trying to try a pair.
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I’m going to leave this here, but its Not an opinion! Its a Fact its my experience!! Sounds like someone works for Costco !
You remind me of Darell Brooks, anyhow, here are some fax for you:
$1499 still not cheap, see below:
They are 2000 in Canada. Unfortunately our dollar is very weak! Thank you for the link
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I don’t work for Costco and have buying my aids there for years. I wouldn’t call the hearing aids sold there cheap. The Bernafons that I bought years ago are still working.
As far as fitting, whether you go to an independent or Costco, folks have had issues with either one.
There is currently one topic when this person has gone to the independent and hasn’t be able to get a good fitting with the Starkey hearing aid.
David had to go to three different independents before finding someone who was able to program his hearing aids correctly.
The key to me is the communication between fitter and the person wearing the aid.
Costco isn’t going to able to help everyone, but if you live close to one, give them a try. You have 180 days to try them.
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Thank you for response. It not the audiologist skills that is my concern. It’s the long wait to see an audiologist to make changes? I was told in the greater Toronto area, it’s about 2 weeks. I can see my Audi in a day or two max
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They may be. But particularly, it’s possible your own provider will be able to give you a deal given that they have your current settings on file and it would not be a full refit. Also, if you are happy with your current hearing aids then the bonus would be that you would be happy with the identical, identically programmed set.
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One word: Ludicrous.
Ok, some more: how are folks to make an informed choice if there’s NO DEMO. That sounds like some kind of scam where you plunk down the money, takes days between fittings, and before you know it, 60 days are GONE and you may never have gotten the aids the way you want them. At that point, Buyer fatigue sets in and you just say, “This is as good as it gets.” The fact that Starkey aids have a reputation among audis as being tricky to get JUST RIGHT is more fodder for their “Buy first, trial next” strategy.
All it takes is for one patient to walk off with a set of demo hearing aids to spoil it for the whole bunch, eh?
But if you consider it from another angle, in what other situation can you trial expensive devices for such an extended period of time without any cost? Why should that be the norm?