bigclivedotcom YouTube channel
Shares rank 32 of 48 YouTube channels by recommenders
Free YouTube channel that explains how electronics and circuits work, including teardowns of bad chargers, with no clickbait.
Free YouTube channel that explains how electronics and circuits work, including teardowns of bad chargers, with no clickbait.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Explains how electronics and circuits work
“listening to his discussions and explanations of how these things worked gave me a fairly decent understanding”
Comment from 26 Jul 2026 in “I learned PCB design, 3D printing and C just to listen to music” “Educational, entertaining, and zero of those YouTube cliches and clickbait that everyone hates”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Wax motor” “Genuinely underrated way to understand circuits.”
Comment from 23 Sep 2026 in “Fixing the Portobello Police Station Clock” Entertaining teardowns without clickbait
“Educational, entertaining, and zero of those YouTube cliches and clickbait that everyone hates”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Wax motor” “There's a youtuber called BigClive that delights in tearing down the bad chargers.”
Comment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?”
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| bigclivedotcom YouTube channelThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Check out "bigclivedotcom" on YouTube if you want to see this in action.”
“Genuinely underrated way to understand circuits.”
“Educational, entertaining, and zero of those YouTube cliches and clickbait that everyone hates”
“listening to his discussions and explanations of how these things worked gave me a fairly decent understanding”
“There's a youtuber called BigClive that delights in tearing down the bad chargers.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.