Exactly. this is what I’ve been assured as well, although I was also given the option to send them in at two years if I felt I needed it, and them again at three years, all under warranty. So far my batteries are holding up remarkably well. It’s been about a year and eight months.
I have had my current Starkeys for 2 years this month. The left one is just starting to show possible battery degradation. It gets about 16 hours now, which was the rated time, but it is down from when new. I too was assured by my AuD that Starkey would put in new batteries at the end of 3 years. Time will tell.
I hope so, US$75 x2 batteries is getting expensive. That said the picture Tenkan posted shows the battery is just 20 mAh - it’s very impressive they can get 3 years x 365 days x ~16 hrs out of them, that is some mighty impressive chip power management (And battery management). As a comparison the current iPhones have batteries with 3-4,000 mAh capacities.
I pay $30.00 for two boxes of 10 packs of batteries, or 60 batteries each of 675s, and 312s for the CROS unit (now Oticon). Half of which lasts me for 6 months. So, depending on use I only have to spend $30.00 every 8-12 months. Basically $15 each.
I sure don’t regret my decision sticking with real disposable battery hearing aids. 
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I’m not sure what you mean about checking the charging level on your batteries. I didn’t realize you could do that with batteries. I have Phonak Marvels. I only seem to get 3 days out of the batteries. I do use the Bluetooth for the phone and tv but don’t use either that much.
If you use a hearing aid app, or if your aids are MFi and paired to an iPhone (not the case for Phonak), then there may be a charge level indicator. For conventional batteries you can’t take the number literally, as in figuring that 50% after 3 days means you have another 3 days left. But the number will drop below 100% before the level gets low enough to trigger the warning beeps. How long is dependent on the hearing aid and model, so you’d have to learn about yours. My Oticon Real’s can run all day when showing 90% charge, and 80% charge gives hours before running out.
Thanks, having Phonak is why I have never seen this on the app.
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Not even a little battery graph?
i just can speak for Naida M SP (Marvel) with 13 battery.
MyPhonak app does not show batterie status for the hearing aids with replaceable batteries.
Only if you have rechargable Phonak hearing aids then you can see the battery status level in the MyPhonak app.
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This is not the case with Oticon. My new Xceed 1 + CROS with disposable batteries are viewable in their app just fine. At least, my right hearing aid is.
I don’t think a battery app for replaceable batteries, would be of much use, zinc air batteries, tend to hold their voltage well, then there is a rapid decline… I have had physical battery checkers in the past, but if I am being honest, they could give me a voltage reading, but not the amount of juice still left in the cell… My Phonak Naida Lumity & Paradise aids, with 675 batteries, give me a ample warning beep, approximately 1 hour prior to them dying, I always have a spare 6 pack on me, I will sometimes just let them die, if I am working on my own or there is no one else around… I normally get 11 to 12 days runtime from the 675’s, I usually keep an eye on the batteries, normally I will mark my iPhone calendar, so I am aware when they are about to die… In the UK, most hospitals have a, disposable hearing aid battery recycling facility, where you can drop off your used batteries… Occasionally, if I have something on, I will preemptive a batteries change, especially if I am around 11 days since my last batteries where changed 
Cheers Kev 
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I honestly never think about my batteries running out - I get a tone about an hour before they are going to die (usually I find I have more like 2-3 hours) and either I change them or ignore it if I’m not doing anything that needs uninterrupted hearing. But I’ve had pretty severe and profound hearing loss my whole life so I’ve been managing and passing for a long time. With or without my HAs I need captioning to consistently understand others in a meeting or presentation so if my HAs die I always have the captioning in place anyway. Prior to live captioning becoming readily available in the last few years and reasonably accurate everything was a lot more challenging and I really relied on my HAs always being on.
I also have no qualms changing my HA batteries in public if I really need to though usually I step away if possible - I’m always surprised at how little other people notice.
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I accepted that common knowledge until I started paying attention to the battery gauge in my Real 1 312 aids. There is information to be gleaned from the numbers it shows. Two posts of mine earlier in this thread:
https://forum.hearingtracker.com/t/should-i-be-skeptical-about-rechargeable-hearing-aid/83786/296
https://forum.hearingtracker.com/t/should-i-be-skeptical-about-rechargeable-hearing-aid/83786/365
An unloaded voltage reading, perhaps, which is useless. The app-reported (or MFi-reported) charge level, while admittedly not linear, is based on voltage under actual load.
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Guys, if my Signia Pure 7 IX doesnt lie, then after 7H of non-stop streaming i still have 90% of battery
I appreciate @x475aws, you might pay closer attention to a 312 battery, as opposed to a 675, the runtime is vastly different… I just wouldn’t use a battery gauge, even if it where highly accurate, it wouldn’t float my boat, but each to their own… Zinc Air, just works, and it works well… I am highly interested in LiFePO4 Lithium Batteries though, I have literally thousands of pounds worth, and because they are extremely expensive, replacing them is cost prohibitive, so I like to take care of them, I have approximately 21kw of of LiFePO4 rechargeable battery bank, with 4kw of solar on my house roof, on top of that, all my Dewalt tools run on either 18 volt, or 54 volt rechargeable batteries, I have at least 6 chargers, and about 20 batteries, between 4ah & 6ah, you could say, I am am a lover of all things rechargeable, with one extreme omission, I do not (as yet) rate Lithium batteries worthy of my hearing care needs, but I am certain at some point in the future, they will make an “Ultra Power Hearing Aid”, with an excellent runtime, (Perhaps 2 to 5 days) with easy access to replace a Lithium rechargeable battery, so we can hot swap out, with a replacement recharged battery… When that day shines, I will be first in the cue, Cheers Kev
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100% my experience as well. I have zero issue with changing my disposables.
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Guys your all kidding yourselves, let’s get real, with this new technology I’m all in for the rechargeables, how about “never” needs charging and could potentially last 50 years!
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That’s what today’s rechargeables will need to do to get me to accept them: make them last 50 years between charges. At 44, I have probably 25-30 years left on this earth, statistically speaking. I am not sacrificing my hearing for the hours it takes to recharge.
They might be fine for retirees who don’t have a career anymore and don’t care about that aspect. But they are not for me until they can guarantee no downtime with my hearing.
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even 1 month would be nice
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