Fairbuds XL: Should you go Green?

The fairbuds XL from fairphone are a new set of noise cancelling bluetooth headphones with a big difference.

They are designed to be 100% user serviceable with *gasp* a user-replaceable battery.

They are manufactured ethically and sustainably, but do they sound any good?

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[Pro-gressive]

Good to see you back with a new video. Hope you're well.

[peterjackson]

Nice review! Fair and well balanced, thank you 😊

[nathanwashington]

I’m definitely interested in picking a pair of these up but whenever I hear about them companies like Fairphone always sound like a BIT of a double edged sword because yes, if the company continues to stay around and manufacture replacement parts they are fully repairable down the line, but if they go bankrupt they may no longer be able to provide those service parts.

In those cases, I wonder if the companies would make the parts open source or provide some way for the community to manufacture themselves…

[dackjaniel]

Welcome back. Are those the IE 600s at the back? Would love to hear your thoughts on them.

[nazarkandel]

Hi! Thanks for the review 😊 how’s the mic quality? Is it good for doing virtual classes, what do you think?

[thomasgaertner]

Thank you, got them before watching your video.
I had SONY WF1000x--MX4 phones where the battery died and Sony's repair guys demanded the same price for replacing two headphones as it would cost brand new with loading case ...

Long story short, I'm glad I made the compromise of buying a replacement with changeable parts 🙂Goodbye Sony, you lost me as a customer.

[rushi]

I only ever bought one pair of earbuds and the 2 year l got out of them feels too short.

For a while I've been meaning to replace both my 10 year old Logitech G430 headset and those mostly dead earbuds.


I didn't believe it when I first heard about these headphones, as I had been waiting for something like this for a while.

However, the poor sound quality for instruments and vocals etc might be a deal breaker for me as I like classical music quite a bit.

Really sad.

[DaMu]

I respect Fairphone and Fairbuds, but I cannot support them because they cannot ethically ship their products to US.