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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 HNBOLTR: Juicero, Cold Press Juicer for Rich Weirdos
AvE
6 HN recommender · 2017–2026
7 mo on HNLonger-lasting light bulbs: it was complicated
Technology Connections
9 HN recommender · 2023–2026
6 mo on HNThe REAL Reason McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken
Johnny Harris
8 HN recommender · 2021–2025
5 mo on HNA Look Inside Apple's $130 USB-C Cable
Adam Savage’s Tested
6 HN recommender · 2023–2026
5 mo on HNBOLTR: DYSON HAIR DRYER. Is it WORTH the MONEY?
AvE
4 HN recommender · 2017–2023
5 mo on HNThe lamps you're not allowed to have. Exploring the Dubai lamps
bigclivedotcom
5 HN recommender · 2021–2026
4 mo on HNTearing Down the Model T of Our Time - Autoline After Hours 284
Autoline Network
6 HN recommender · 2015–2018
4 mo on HNThis is why we can't have nice things
Veritasium
4 HN recommender · 2021–2024
3 mo on HNTesla Model 3: Inside & Out - Autoline After Hours 417
Autoline Network
5 HN recommender · 2018–2026
3 mo on HNWhat is Right to Repair? An introduction for curious people.
Louis Rossmann
4 HN recommender · 2020–2024
3 mo on HNApple's Independent Repair Program is a useless PR stunt.
Louis Rossmann
3 HN recommender · 2020–2021
3 mo on HNEEVblog #186 - Soldering Tutorial Part 3 - Surface Mount
EEVblog
3 HN recommender · 2012–2020
3 mo on HNHow I Upgraded My iPhone Memory 800% - in Shenzhen, China
Strange Parts
3 HN recommender · 2018–2021
2 mo on HNHorrific USB power supply fault. (Electrocution risk.)
bigclivedotcom
2 HN recommender · 2016–2024
2 mo on HNTSP #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 HNWhy I don't use Apple products
Louis Rossmann
2 HN recommender · 2017–2021
2 mo on HNBOLTR: KitchenAid Mixer. SURPRISE!
AvE
2 HN recommender · 2017–2022
2 mo on HNReballing flip chip GPUs is BULLSHIT - the truth about dead laptop GPUs & repairing them.
Louis Rossmann
2 HN recommender · 2018–2019
2 mo on HNWe need to talk about failing keyboards on these new Macbooks.
Louis Rossmann
2 HN recommender · 2018–2019
2 mo on HNProfessional SMT Soldering: Hand Soldering Techniques - Surface Mount
John Gammell
2 HN recommender · 2016–2023
2 mo on HNThe horrible truth about Apple's repeated engineering failures.
Louis Rossmann
2 HN recommender · 2018–2023
2 mo on HNTractor Hacking: The Farmers Breaking Big Tech's Repair Monopoly
Motherboard
3 HN recommender · 2018–2018
2 mo on HNUpdate on my Brain Injury & the Future of Strange Parts
Strange Parts
4 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HNDemo and teardown of an X-ray fluorescence gun (measures chemical composition)
Applied Science
2 HN recommender · 2020–2024
2 mo on HNTeletype Model 19 - Part 1: A Teletype Arrives for Restoration
CuriousMarc
2 HN recommender · 2019–2020
2 mo on HNFixing Apple's GOOD Engineering - M1 MacBook Air thermal pads
Linus Tech Tips
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNEEVblog #854 - B52 Bomber Automatic Astro Compass Teardown
EEVblog
2 HN recommender · 2016–2017
2 mo on HNHow I Made My Own iPhone - in China
Strange Parts
2 HN recommender · 2017–2023
2 mo on HNThe IBM 1401 compiles and runs FORTRAN II
CuriousMarc
2 HN recommender · 2018–2021
2 mo on HNTOTAL teardown of a lithium phone battery.
bigclivedotcom
1 HN recommend · 2016–2024
2 mo on HNTeardown of an IKEA Koppla USB power supply.
bigclivedotcom
2 HN recommender · 2017–2021
1 mo on HNA COMPLETELY Upgradeable Laptop? - Framework Laptop Review
Linus Tech Tips
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
1 mo on HNEEVblog #822 - World's Worst Tablet Computer Teardown
EEVblog
3 HN recommender · 2016–2017
1 mo on HNTake a look inside Steam Deck™!
Valve
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
1 mo on HNApple uses spite to force planned obsolescence.
Louis Rossmann
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNAwesome flesh-burning death lamp. (Germicidal UV)
bigclivedotcom
1 HN recommend · 2018–2024