Fairphone Fairbuds
Shares rank 3 of 6 wireless earbuds by recommenders
Repairable Fairphone earbuds, praised for repairability and a 10/10 iFixit score. Main caveat: replacement parts have been out of stock.
Repairable Fairphone earbuds, praised for repairability and a 10/10 iFixit score. Main caveat: replacement parts have been out of stock.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 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
Praised for repairability
“FixIt Fairbuds are the best ones for repairability, not just battery”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “How Fairphone built the Fairphone Gen 6+” “with a 10/10 iFixit repairability score”
Comment from 8 Jun 2026 in “Cloning a Sennheiser BA2015 battery pack”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Replacement parts out of stock
“all the Fairbud parts seem to be out of stock defeating the entire purpose”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Fairphone is now officially available in the United States”
Other wireless earbuds people recommend
The four most recommended other wireless earbuds, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple AirPods | 257 | 229 | 53% | 12 | 3.5 yrs15 owners | — |
| Apple AirPods Pro | 115 | 62 | 65% | 11 | 3 yrs9 owners | — |
| Fairphone FairbudsThis page | 7 | 2 | 78% | 5 | — | — |
| Pine64 PineBuds | 7 | 2 | 78% | 5 | — | — |
| Sony WF-1000XM5 | 5 | 5 | 50% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“FixIt Fairbuds are the best ones for repairability, not just battery”
“I think the fairbuds are their best product”
“all the Fairbud parts seem to be out of stock defeating the entire purpose”
“the head band on their FairBuds XL regularly break for a bunch of people”
“with a 10/10 iFixit repairability score”
“Does anyone have experience with the Fairbuds and Fairbuds XL?”
“have a very noticable latency, giving a dubbed-movie effect to videos of people talking”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.