I just found your channel and my wife and I really enjoy watching your content. We both wear HAs. I'd like share a story, yes rather recent, with you and your viewers ... Now onto the 'meat and potatoes', my story ... I should preclude that I've watched a handful of videos and have done a little research into new HAs because I need another pair of HA and didn't feel like going back to my 'Audiologist', whom I felt were way out of line with charges. I think it's awful how much AuDs charge for their services and hearing aid products. And for all the times I had to 'initially' go back to get my 1st pair right ... well, I'd be OK with that if I didn't pay so much. And then once they were 'dialed' in to my liking, I only got 3 more 'free' visits (more like included with my $6K). Any visit afterwards, even if remote, I would be charged! This is mainly why I was seeking alternatives and ready to try OTC HA, if I had to. ..... After my $6k 'Brand Name - Pho***) HAs failed (left just under 2 years and replaced under warranty & other side out of warranty - @4 yrs) I decided to try Costco vs my 'Audiologist';l and yes I do take very good care of my HA's so failures most likely to poor product / manufacturing defect. Each time they began making constant hissing / scratchy sound. OK - on to Costo. I was very impressed with the hearing test; very similar to what the 'Pro's' do, except it was FREE! Then the Costco HA 'tech' got out a pair of the 'demo' (working) Philips 9040s HAs initially for me to try (not sure why that model was picked to start with). My initial response was 'wow' I can hear and it seems very 'crisp' and also had a very low constant hiss. Then a few more seconds went by and I thought the sound was a bit 'too' crisp and a bit 'artificial'. It just did not sound 'normal' - best way I can describe, and the 'hiss' was slightly annoying; but I was in a sound booth/office, so I did think it might not even be noticeable once out in public. The tech made some tweaks and attempted to lower the sound level to removed the 'artificial' and crispy sound, but wasn't able to. I was disappointed as I really wanted these Philips to work. Next pick were the Jabra 20s. The background 'hiss' was hardly noticeable with these AND they sounded much more 'normal' to my ears. The sound was not 'crispy' and artificial as the Philips. But due to the hardly noticeable 'hiss', the tech tried the 3rd and final Rextons, which sounded just as good as the Jabra 20s. Seeing I was having a hard time deciding, I got to walk around the store some with each of the 3 pairs of HAs. The Philips were just not doing it for me. The 'artificial' sounding, low level 'hiss' (again very hard to notice, but if I concentrated on it, I could hear it), and crispiness made these a definite NO for me. I did struggle a bit between the Jabra and Rexton, but eventually decided on the Jabra 20s. The only thing I didn't like was the single button the Jabra 20s have. However, IMO, I really should not ever need to use the button. I very rarely, hardly ever, used the buttons on my Pho**** and believe a HA should have but one function ... to allow a person to hear as though they had a new pair of ears. So, I made the purchase and am waiting for my new HAs to come in so I can go to my already schedule appointment to be 'fitted'. AND after watching more of your videos, I'm really glad the Jabra 20s wound up my choice of HA. Sort of joking, but not. I'd really like to see a real world test of the latest Jabra 20s go through a wash, rinse, and then drying cycles to see if they hold up as well as the previous Jabra 10s. 😄. If I had a KZfaq channel with 100k subscribers, I could probably justify the expense, but I'm not quite there. Keep up the great videos!

Missed you bro. Glad to see a fresh (squeaky clean) vid. Love my Jabra 20’s, thanks to your recommendation. I won’t test their IP68 rating, tho. I have limits!

51 years of hearing aids, I've never had that happen! LOL. My current one is 10 years old, and waiting for my Phillip to come in a couple of weeks!

Thank you!

Maybe now you should try swimming with them like the phonaks! This was a very good presentation. Thank you!

Enjoy your videos. About a month from now I have my first appointment at Costco for the test. Never had hearing aids before. If I may ask you do Costco hearing centers have the equipmentto do a diagnostic test on the aids to ensure they work properly? And are the Costco hearing aids locked? Thank you for helping so many people in this difficult process know where should we go to get good care for making aids work to there full potential

That's amazing

Brian, does Jabra or Phillips have a 'mini' mike type mic that can be placed on a podium or the front of a larger room to Bluetooth to hearing aids?

New way to keep your hearing aids clean!

I have a hard and fast rule… my hearing aids are either in their case, or in my ears. Nowhere else. Period.

I accidentally wore my Jabra 20 into shower and noticed right away and took them off they are working fine I couldn’t find any information about weather they are waterproof or not does anybody know.