# Fairphone Fairbuds

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Fairphone Fairbuds and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Repairable Fairphone earbuds, praised for repairability and a 10/10 iFixit score. Main caveat: replacement parts have been out of stock.

## Why people recommend it

- Praised for repairability (2 comments): "FixIt Fairbuds are the best ones for repairability, not just battery" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49566475)) "with a 10/10 iFixit repairability score" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48442724))

## What people warn about

- Replacement parts out of stock (1 comments): "all the Fairbud parts seem to be out of stock defeating the entire purpose" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49352215))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Apple AirPods](https://hackerapproved.com/p/airpods.md): 257 recommend
- [Apple AirPods Pro](https://hackerapproved.com/p/airpods-pro.md): 115 recommend
- [Pine64 PineBuds](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pinebuds-pro.md): 7 recommend
- [Sony WF-1000XM5](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sony-wf-1000xm5.md): 5 recommend
- [Anker Soundcore earbuds](https://hackerapproved.com/p/soundcore-earbuds.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Fairphone+Fairbuds+XL&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.fairphone.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Fairphone Fairbuds", https://hackerapproved.com/p/fairbuds/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).