Hi, @SpudGunner
One can always say that Consumer Reports didn’t do their survey with the proper controls, etc., but here from 2020 is a post that I made that said Consumer Reports found in a survey of 17,000 readers that rechargeability was one of the top features that users were looking for when buying new hearing aids. To me, that sounds like a bit more than anecdotal evidence. Rechargeable versus battery hearing aids - #11 by jim_lewis
Two things make me think about actually going with disposable batteries in my next set of HA’s.
First, when I got rechargeables, I didn’t factor in the intense summer heat in Texas with increasing global warming. Probably not good to wear rechargeables outdoors for long periods when it’s 106 deg F or more outside (in 2011 we were hitting summer highs in the one hundred and teens!). Second was my experience in getting “refurbishment replacements” (an HA exchange from ReSound) that had not so great Li-ion batteries in the replacements compared to the ones that I turned that still had great batteries after 3 years use by keeping SOC between about 35% and 70% charge (easy to do with ReSound). Going disposable would avoid those two shortcomings. But other than those worries, I do like knowing how much charge I have at any time and being able to start out each day with a fresh charge and know that I won’t run out any time during the day.