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Is it likely or even possible that a Costco employee would have advance knowledge of a new Siemens/Rexton release? Also, as Padzy points out, the current Siemens/Rexton models have only been out for a few months. I thought most manufacturers release a new model about every 18 months. This sounds too good to be true. The current Siemens/Rexton ’s already have technology that allows a user to focus in on a speaker in a crowd, don’t they? Has anyone else heard about a new Siemens/Rexton release in October?

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@mjd2k said:

Hmmmm. One issue already. Thanks to this forum I have now discovered the Bluetooth requires the necklace thing. Kinda PO’d as the gal at Costco told me the aids were Bluetooth already. Another $275 for the Bluetooth.

Rejoice my friend, Siemans has this little gimi gimi for 450.00 and the battery only lasts 5 hours.

@wide_track said:

Rejoice my friend, Siemans has this little gimi gimi for 450.00 and the battery only lasts 5 hours.

I have no clue what you’re talking about ? Ive reconciled the smart connect price issue. The unit has it’s place and I use it occasionally.

More on TRAX 42 312 battery life and new version with size 13 battery.

Lived with the TRAX 42s with 312 battery for about 3 weeks. As I posted before, performance of the aids is excellent, at least for me. Love 'em except for battery life. I prefer the re-chargeable batteries and, as some others have posted, they haven’t been getting me through a full day. I use my aids about 16+ hours a day and they have been dying after about 14 hours.

If you prefer the zinc/airs, my experience with them has been 7 days, 7 hours, 45 minutes with the first set and 6 days, 21 hours, 45 minutes with the second set. I would guess most people would be happy with that and simply change out the batteries on the 6th day. Monthly battery cost would be about $2.00 (4.5 wks/mo * 2batt/wk * $0.225/battery using Costco batteries). If you choose to get the free remote with your TRAX 42s and still want to use the re-chareable batteries, the charger will cost about $90 or 45 months worth of batteries. By then the aids will be obsolete! Check my reasoning and math. So, you can make a good case for using the zinc/airs and sticking with the aids with the 312 batteries. I’m a little weird and still prefer the re-chrageables.

On August 14 Ruxtonvet posted that he was told the TRAX 42s would soon be available with the size 13 batteries. I checked the Costco web site a few days later and confirmed Ruxtonvet’s info. Called Costco and asked about the procedure for swapping my 312 battery aids for the 13 battery aids. I was told to bring the aids, re-chargeable batteries, and charger in and they would be sent back to Rexton and exchanged for the version of the TRAX 42 with the size 13 battery (essentially the Costco version of the Rexton Emerald M 80 4C, close cousin of the Siemens Pure Carat 7bx). Took my 312s in and am currently waiting for my 13s.

I’m guessing the new size 13 aids will be slightly “fatter” than the 312 version but still quite small (about the size of my old KS 4.0 aids with the size 13 battery). My old aids are quite unobtrusive.

Let you know how this turns out.

Oldprof. If it works you can just pay for the new aids and return the old when the new ones come in. Depending on the cutoff date of your credit card, you would never need to use real money.

Is the battery the only diff with the new version?

@mjd2k said:

Oldprof. If it works you can just pay for the new aids and return the old when the new ones come in. Depending on the cutoff date of your credit card, you would never need to use real money.

Is the battery the only diff with the new version?

@mjd2k said:

Oldprof. If it works you can just pay for the new aids and return the old when the new ones come in. Depending on the cutoff date of your credit card, you would never need to use real money.

Is the battery the only diff with the new version?

Hi mjd2k

As far as I can tell the aids are technically identical, differing only in size to accommodate the larger battery. The two TRAX 42s are fraternal twins of the Rexton Emerald S 80 4c (312 battery) and the Rexton Emerald M 80 4c (13 battery) which are close cousins to the Siemens Pure Binax 7bx (312 battery) and the Siemens Pure Carat Binax 7bx (13 battery). The spec sheets from Rexton for the two Emeralds are identical except for the battery size.

The Costco people have been superb. They called Rexton and arranged a simple swap. They didn’t require me to put up any money (I had already paid for the TRAX 42s with the 312 battery). They just took the 312 battery aids back and will mail the new 13 battery versions to me as soon as they arrive at the store (I live 110 miles from my nearest Costco). I was well within the 90 day return window.

Until they get here I’m using my three year old KS 4.0s. I used to be pretty happy with them until trialing the TRAX 42s. Now I’m spoiled and the KS 4.0 just don’t cut it any more…

Excellent service.

Hi On my Resound Linx2’s the traffic programme suppresses a lot of the top end background noise, tyre road noise wind whistling by etc., and mainly clips the top end. Bit like turning the treble down on your stereo, only better.

@Trees said:

Maybe an UPDATED list of all the standard programs and what they do. Directionality attributes of each, etc.

TV has been inaudible to me with the trax.

I finally realized I was getting a “chi chi chi” while watching tv. It was distorting a lot of the speaking

Yesterday I had the Audi “flatten” my aids in the noise and tv mode. Took out some of the high freq.

It immediately removed a lot of the chi.

Last night I used the stereo for tv. I lowered the bass and put it on movie mode which utilized the front speakers more. I then used the noise program.

Much much better tv experience!

Now I have a question.

Is the “chi” a result of too much gain or too much high frequency?

I had her bump down the gain on my automatic mode. It hasn’t made much diff in that mode.

Just fitted yesterday with a pair of Trax42XM (size 13 battery). These are my first ever , and I am already seeing a huge difference in hearing and speech comprehension. I tried the Television mode last night, but found that it was too loud, and also amplified other sounds in a strange way. But, the Automatic program allows me to watch TV with no problems, and my wife is happy that I have turned the TV volume down.

So far so good, appointment in 2 weeks to tweak things, which will include a reevaluation of the Television program.

Hi, I am new to this group. I have used KS3 ’s since Nov 2011. Recently while filling up a friends Bike Tire it exploded and I lost all hearing in my only good ear (right). put me on Prednizone for two weeks and gained some hearing back (my results posted below).

Anyway, first I wanted to thank all of you who have posted to this thread - lots of great information. I know I need to change my HA because I basically can hear people but can’t understand 40% of what they say. One thing I noticed in these posted were that the Trax 42’s seem to reduce background noises better than the KS 6 model.

So my first question is for those of you using TRAX 42 who tried the KS 6 - is this true? All the background noises distract me terribly.

Second question - one of my biggest problems now is that everything sound tinny, and voices seem to buzz, like an AM station off station a bit. I get the impression the Trax 42 works better at improving this because of their more channels/bands? Anyone experience this ?

Last question. I have the Rexton charger/dryer that came with my KS3 HA (Rexton Cobalt 16+), can I use this for the Trax 42’s? They both use 312 batteries.

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Ratzo - I can only respond as to the one of your questions concerning background noise of the Trax 42 vs. the KS6. For me there is a very big difference. The Trax simply makes all the overdone background noises I disliked with both the KS6 and the Widex I first tried disappear. I had both the KS6 and the Trax at the same time for 3 weeks and during that time did everything I could to compare. As best I could determine, both aids did about the same job of helping me hear conversation, but the Trax were much better at handling background noise. To give you an idea, I found that I had to up the volume 3 levels on the Trax with the remote before the background noise approached the level of the KS6 at its regular level.

@brianric said:

I wonder if the Smart Connect App will have a problem with my iPhone & Apple Watch? I’m going to be tested next month at Costco and I’m looking at the Trax 42.

The OP’s iPhone was connected to his car stereo system, so it couldn’t be connected to his Smart Connect at the same time. That’s why the app wasn’t working. Your Apple Watch won’t conflict with the Smart Connect because it uses a separate low-power version of Bluetooth.

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Outdoor/Traffic turns off the adaptive directional microphone system and forces the microphone mode to be omnidirectional rather than automatic. While running this program, the hearing aid won’t focus on finding a speech source and reducing noise from other directions. It has the same wind noise reduction setting as the Automatic program.

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