and got my new hearing aides at Costco. I went through the process feeling very well taken care of...very comprehensive hearing tests. I got the Costco brand (Kirkland) which the gal told me are currently made by Phonak. They were less than half what I paid for my old pair about 8 years ago. I think they work better too. Plus, they do a lot of tricks my old ones didn't do.

Glad to hear it!

LOL, no pun intended.

Great info, thanks... my mother needs new and this sounds like the ticket.

What did they cost??

Plus one on that, I need to look into some myself. Were you able to use your flexible spending account there?

Can you program them to play bulls bugling in the background - as you drift off?

About half of what he had paid for his original ones...........

This place ought to be good for something other than fights. Good.

Seems like a good deal.

My old ones were around $3000 - $3500, I don’t recall exactly. The new ones were between $1400 and $1500.

If you aren't in the VA system, Costco is a very good provider of hearing aids. Excellent audiologists, current technology aids, quite reasonable cost. Good support.

I would not buy dog food from those commie bastards at Costco.

I have heard of $6000, and up.

I wouldn’t either, Sam, but I’m a lot choosier about dog food than I am about hearing aids. I spend more money on it, too.

Why?

There are those who would disagree, you know.

I prefer to do my fighting when, and where it may do me some good Doc.

I just got my first hearing aids August 6 from Costco. They didn't mention a Costco brand but the ones I got are Preza 861 and they came with rechargeable batteries and a ReSound charger system. These are top of the line hearing aids that other sellers will charge you $6000+ for, I paid less that half that. To charge the hearing aids you just in them into the charger (the batteries aren't removable). The batteries will recharge in about 3 hours and the charge lasts 30 hours.

There is a phone app for the ReSound system that lets you control your hearing aids with your phone and to monitor the batteries. What I really like is the Resound app connects directly to your phone and you hear the phone ring and hear the caller in your hearing aids. You control these hearing aids with a little button on the back of them but the app control is much simpler. I was pretty much deaf until 40db and had moderate to profound hearing loss at frequencies above 500 Hz.

I LOVE THESE HEARING AIDS! I can hear my Grandkids again without them having to talk directly into my ear and music sounds much better. The crowded noisy room feature works great and you can enhance the voice of the person near to if you need to. They gave me some stuff to read about how old people might have problems adjusting to hearing aids because they might not be able to recognize some sounds due the brain atrophy. I didn't have any problems adjusting because I'm a young man of just 76 and I love being able to hear the sounds I haven't been able to hear in a long time. It's kind of weird to hear your own voice clearly again at first but I got used to it in just a few minutes. The good thing is I don't talk as loud as I used to.

I'm in the VA system and I need hearing aids badly which they admitted to. Yet, they won't give me any because it wasn't service connected. I'm current deaf in my right ear and only have about 50 percent in the left. So screw tie F'ing VA.
Paul B.

The campfire saves you money!!!

I think I'm going on 4 years with mine. No complaints. $1800 then.

the local Costco tech told me that when they choose a new line, they don't choose a product and ask for bids. They set a price then tell the manufacturers to bring the best they can sell for that price. Because of the guaranteed huge volume, the manufacturers bring much better stuff than you'd get from a bidding process.

I have had my hearing aides from Costco for about 2 years now. I have been satisfied with them. Hope you get get use with yours.

Costco's warranty is hard to beat. 5 or 6 years ago, I lost one out in a pasture. The next day, I was out there working on a fence and, incredibly, I found it. However, it had been nicely chewed up by a goat. It was a mess. I took it back to Costco expecting a large repair bill. No bill. Their warranty covered it completely.

enlighten me on Costco and recommend an alternative?

There is no "opinion" on the 'fire; only absolute fact and truth are ever stated.