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I know there have been a few mentioned here, but it’s not something I’ve seriously considered so I can’t recall the names mentioned with happy customers.
I think one was

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What are others?

I’m currently in Phoank Marvels, and I’m having issues. Multiple repair attempts and they still aren’t right…+ I don’t feel that they are set up as good as they could be lately.

I just recently got set up to self program but I haven’t gotten into the weeds of that yet. Buying an unsupported set online isn’t ideal for me but it doesn’t scare me either.

My wife is pestering me to try Costco…even it they only just evolve into a backup set of aids. I have an appointment next week for a hearing test, but I have no idea yet how their trials work or if I’ll even move forward with it. With things like this I tend to think there is some truth in the idea that you get what you pay for and since I use these things every waking hour I want the best…or at least pretty close to it. I just don’t know how much better the latest and greatest from the audioligists (phonak, oticon, etc.) will compare to what I’ll get from Costco

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I definitely think it’s worth giving Costco a try. If you want to truly try the aids you purchase them for about $1500 for the pair. You have up to 180 days to return them for full refund. (Price and return info is for the US) Experiences vary but I’ve had better service from Costco than I’ve had from several audiologists selling $6000 a pair hearing aids.

Costco is certainly a good place to start. Their prices are good and they offer only the premium models which are basically the same as the latest big name models, except for the Sennheiser, which may be similar to the the Phonak Lumity 90 model rather than the Infinio, the latest model. If you go to Costco, since you are a Phonak user, you may want to wait to see if their trial with Sonova is successful and they upgrade to the latest model in four or five months.
ZipHearing is a good go to if you want to be fitted by a local audiologist. FitHearing is a source if you can deal with remote fittings. I have have used all of these options, usually with good results. If you become comfortable with self fitting, all of these options are possibilities, including Costco.

Costco offers a six month, money back trial period. Plus they will give you a three year warentee period, and two years of replacement for lost or damaged hearing aids.

According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, Costco supplies 17% of all prescription hearing aids in the country. They are only exceeded by the V.A.

They also gave me a very through hearing test, and follow up visits. They offer three hearing aids that are top of the line from three manufacturers, Jabra, Philips, and Rexton.

My Jabra Enhanced Pro 20 hearing aids were $1,599 for a pair.

The philips 9050, look to me to be the same as Oticon. If I’m reading the info correctly they won’t work well with my older android phone without a second box (just like the Oticons I tried several years ago).

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