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Repair, teardowns & right to repair Videos Recommended on Hacker News (80)

Repair, teardowns & right to repair is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 80 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2010 and 2026 — 131 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.

Repair and teardowns: electronics repair, soldering, board-level repair, Louis Rossmann, right to repair, product teardowns, how things are made, planned obsolescence, Apple hardware failures.

Why HN keeps sending people here — on BOLTR: Juicero, Cold Press Juicer for Rich Weirdos: “A beautiful technical / engineering take on why Juicero failed” — an HN commenter, 2017.

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6 mo on HN

BOLTR: Juicero, Cold Press Juicer for Rich Weirdos

AvE
6 HN recommender · 2017–2026
7 mo on HN

Longer-lasting light bulbs: it was complicated

Technology Connections
9 HN recommender · 2023–2026
5 mo on HN

A Look Inside Apple's $130 USB-C Cable

Adam Savage’s Tested
6 HN recommender · 2023–2026
5 mo on HN

BOLTR: DYSON HAIR DRYER. Is it WORTH the MONEY?

AvE
4 HN recommender · 2017–2023
5 mo on HN

The lamps you're not allowed to have. Exploring the Dubai lamps

bigclivedotcom
5 HN recommender · 2021–2026
4 mo on HN

This is why we can't have nice things

Veritasium
4 HN recommender · 2021–2024
3 mo on HN

EEVblog #186 - Soldering Tutorial Part 3 - Surface Mount

EEVblog
3 HN recommender · 2012–2020
3 mo on HN

How I Upgraded My iPhone Memory 800% - in Shenzhen, China

Strange Parts
3 HN recommender · 2018–2021
2 mo on HN

Horrific USB power supply fault. (Electrocution risk.)

bigclivedotcom
2 HN recommender · 2016–2024
2 mo on HN

TSP #133 - Keysight UXR 110GHz BW, 256GS/s, 10-bit Real-Time Oscilloscope Teardown & Experiments

The Signal Path
2 HN recommender · 2019–2022
2 mo on HN

BOLTR: KitchenAid Mixer. SURPRISE!

AvE
2 HN recommender · 2017–2022
2 mo on HN

Professional SMT Soldering: Hand Soldering Techniques - Surface Mount

John Gammell
2 HN recommender · 2016–2023
2 mo on HN

Tractor Hacking: The Farmers Breaking Big Tech's Repair Monopoly

Motherboard
3 HN recommender · 2018–2018
2 mo on HN

Update on my Brain Injury & the Future of Strange Parts

Strange Parts
4 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HN

Demo and teardown of an X-ray fluorescence gun (measures chemical composition)

Applied Science
2 HN recommender · 2020–2024
2 mo on HN

Teletype Model 19 - Part 1: A Teletype Arrives for Restoration

CuriousMarc
2 HN recommender · 2019–2020
2 mo on HN

EEVblog #854 - B52 Bomber Automatic Astro Compass Teardown

EEVblog
2 HN recommender · 2016–2017
2 mo on HN

How I Made My Own iPhone - in China

Strange Parts
2 HN recommender · 2017–2023
2 mo on HN

The IBM 1401 compiles and runs FORTRAN II

CuriousMarc
2 HN recommender · 2018–2021
2 mo on HN

TOTAL teardown of a lithium phone battery.

bigclivedotcom
1 HN recommend · 2016–2024
2 mo on HN

Teardown of an IKEA Koppla USB power supply.

bigclivedotcom
2 HN recommender · 2017–2021
1 mo on HN

EEVblog #822 - World's Worst Tablet Computer Teardown

EEVblog
3 HN recommender · 2016–2017
1 mo on HN

Awesome flesh-burning death lamp. (Germicidal UV)

bigclivedotcom
1 HN recommend · 2018–2024
1 mo on HN

Inside a smart meter, and the REAL problem with them.

bigclivedotcom
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HN

Converting devices to USB Type-C

DIY Perks
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HN

Inside a heated shower head. (suicide shower)

bigclivedotcom
1 HN recommend · 2019–2024
1 mo on HN

Inside a cheap set of eBay digital calipers

bigclivedotcom
1 HN recommend · 2021–2024
1 mo on HN

Ben Heck's Nintendo-Playstation Prototype Pt 1 Teardown

element14 presents
1 HN recommend · 2016–2022
1 mo on HN

EEVblog #388 - Fake Apple USB Charger Teardown

EEVblog
1 HN recommend · 2016–2019
1 mo on HN

EEVblog #1341 - AMAZING $250,000 IBM Processor TEARDOWN!

EEVblog
1 HN recommend · 2021–2022
1 mo on HN

IBM Computing Cheese Cutter [Restoration]

Hand Tool Rescue
1 HN recommend · 2021–2024
0 mo on HN

DYSON ANIMAL BALLS | It blows!

AvE
0 HN recommender · 2019–2023
0 mo on HN

Civilization starter kit | Marcin Jakubowski | TEDxKC

TEDx Talks
0 HN recommender · 2014–2026
0 mo on HN

37C3 - Breaking "DRM" in Polish trains

media.ccc.de
0 HN recommender · 2024–2025
0 mo on HN

EEVblog #1107 - Shocking 4K BENQ Monitor Problem!

EEVblog
0 HN recommender · 2019–2026
0 mo on HN

Bringing BACK The iPhone Headphone Jack - in China

Strange Parts
0 HN recommender · 2017–2024