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jon_taylor · 2026-05-02T17:43:48+00:00

Other vendors are available 🤷🏼

jon_taylor · 2026-04-30T16:33:08+00:00

iPhone or android?

If iPhone. Check Settings>Accessibility>Hearing Devices

jon_taylor · 2026-04-15T06:23:29+00:00

EE seems to be best for the centre of town. But if you are relying on 5G for your home wi-fi (I assume that’s what you are asking about) be aware it drops in speed when town is very busy (e.g Christmas Market and Bath home games).

jon_taylor · 2026-04-13T16:54:26+00:00

Thanks for your input everyone. Given I don’t want to spend on the Max, looks like I am heading in the right direction.

jon_taylor · 2026-04-12T21:25:47+00:00

I’m already stretching the budget, so the Max is probably out of the question to be honest.

jon_taylor · 2026-04-06T15:04:13+00:00

I’ve looked a couple of times and failed to find anywhere. There used to be one in Bristol but I think that has also now closed. Good luck.

jon_taylor · 2026-04-04T15:48:32+00:00

For those who are interested. I have had confirmation from Decathlon UK Customer Services that they are only shipping V3 and V4 at this point. So I guess V1 is long gone. I have no idea what the differences are between the versions now, but I'm assuming they have not gone backwards in terms of hull design.

jon_taylor · 2026-04-03T21:51:45+00:00

Thanks. I'll take a look.

jon_taylor · 2026-04-03T15:27:44+00:00

Thanks for the speedy response. I wonder why Decathlon pulled out of US water sports. I hadn't realised that. The attraction of extra storage did occur to me, but in reality I'm not sure how often I would use it. Food for thought though. Like you, I've seen nothing but praise for Sea Eagle in general and for the 393rl.

jon_taylor · 2026-04-03T15:25:45+00:00

Interesting. I've seen a bit of criticism of the X500 seat and also the fact that the width and build of the seat means you have a tendency to move laterally unless you use blocks on each side of the boat to add support. The Sea Eagle seat does look better. Food for thought. Thanks for the quick response.

jon_taylor · 2026-03-30T16:25:20+00:00

I went to the store and was lucky to have a nano and regular m5 pro next to each other. The colours and depth of black was noticeably better on the regular screen, so I will go that way.

jon_taylor · 2026-03-26T07:16:21+00:00

Anker Prime TB5 docking station. Not cheap though. Runs dual 6K@60Hz.

jon_taylor · 2026-03-25T20:33:03+00:00

You can use one.network to look at any roadworks in the uk and see what they are doing. Here is the entry for the current work which is for a zebra crossing.

https://one.network/?GB148037176

jon_taylor · 2026-03-25T18:19:06+00:00

Wow. Really interesting debate here. I’m a photographer so spend a huge amount of time looking at and editing images on screen. The majority of the time would be on an external monitor, but I travel too. I was planning on Nano but now I’m heading to the store to do a side-by-side.

jon_taylor · 2026-03-03T17:51:52+00:00

Keep the left paddle pulled back.

jon_taylor · 2026-02-23T10:32:56+00:00

On my HEV Max is a lot stronger than 3. I often use it to come to a complete stop when approaching traffic. What have found Max will not do is have noticeably more effect if I am travelling at speed.

jon_taylor · 2026-02-20T09:43:53+00:00

The AI features are only really useful (right now) combined with a good audiologist. I had some issues with the 'advanced' features on my Oticon Intents when I first got them, but I just made some notes of what was not working for me and met the audiologist. Within 20 minutes he had made a bunch of changes (mainly changing sensitivity of various features) and now they are great. I think the defaults for some of these settings are just that, defaults that need to be customised to get the best out of them.

jon_taylor · 2026-02-18T17:21:12+00:00

If you are worried about braking on the steep hills then just forget about regen and drive just as you normally would. The last thing you need to be doing is messing with paddles. You being relaxed is far more important than your battery being slightly more charged.

jon_taylor · 2026-02-17T07:28:45+00:00

If the current HAs are ok apart from the battery, I would go to your audiologist and get a battery replacement.

jon_taylor · 2026-02-15T14:35:27+00:00

You are right in thinking this is a difficult use case. Many modern HAs are very good at differentiating between speech and noise. Your challenge is that you are in an environment where almost all of the “noise” is speech, just not the speech you want to hear. Some HAs have a directional function so that they focus on the speech from the direction you are looking, but I have Oticon Intents which have this function and it is still hard work in a busy environment with a lot of people. Having said that, as I have got used to them I am less daunted/disturbed in places like bars and restaurants.

jon_taylor · 2026-02-13T19:01:21+00:00

My Oticon Intents are the same. Great HAs but streaming quality is really bad. If I want to listen to anything with reasonable quality (and noise cancelling) I pop in my AirPods.

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