# Eurocircuits

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/eurocircuits/

6 people recommended Eurocircuits in Hacker News comments and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

3 of the 6 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “39c3: In-house electronics manufacturing from scratch: How hard can it be? [video]”.

**Verdict:** Recommended for a smooth ordering process, excellent customer service and useful boards. Critics agree it costs far more than cheap overseas board houses.

Summary written by Claude from 13 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 12 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Good ordering setup and service (2 comments in the sample): "They have a good setup for dealing with the most common causes of ordering faff" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49203049)) "they are excellent, great customer service too" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48892498))
- Comparable to other PCB services (2 comments in the sample): "does the same kind of service (bar the parts library) but has the DRC" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46586632)) "Not quite as big, but similar kind of thing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46586268))
- Useful and well regarded (1 comment in the sample): "expensive but are present and perfectly useful such as Eurocircuits" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46598043))

## What people warn about

- Much more expensive than cheap fabs (3 comments in the sample): "Changing that gets you to $14 for 5 boards, which is still way cheaper than Eurocircuits." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46594805)) "5pcs 2 layer default settings 80x100mm boards ($4 vs EUR 124) is pretty much 30x." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46591710)) "Order of magnitude more expensive for hobby-grade boards." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46586640))
- Prohibitive pricing for hobbyists (2 comments in the sample): "Problem is that they are prohibitively expensive." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46588444)) "the pricing is a bit disappointing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46742700))

## Other PCB manufacturing services people recommend

- [JLCPCB](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jlcpcb/): 68 recommend, 7 mixed, 11 criticize
- [PCBWay PCB fabrication](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pcbway/): 22 recommend, 5 mixed, 5 criticize
- [OSH Park](https://hackerapproved.com/p/osh-park/): 14 recommend, 2 mixed, 7 criticize
- [The Grid by CircuitHub](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grid/): 7 recommend, 7 mixed, 15 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.eurocircuits.com/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Eurocircuits", https://hackerapproved.com/p/eurocircuits/ (6 recommend, 0 mixed, 5 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.