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We don’t know if this is more sustainable than AirPods without an actual supply chain analysis.
by wilg 3y ago
We don’t know if this is more sustainable than AirPods without an actual supply chain analysis.
- Lio 3y agoQuite right. Hopefully they’re canny enough to provide that. I love my AirPod Pros. They may not have the best sound but having noise cancelling headphones I can keep my pocket is transformative. I love that there’s no cable to pick up mechanical noise as it catches on things. What I don’t love is buying more Apple stuff or knowing their batteries can’t be replaced. When my AirPods break I’ll be in the market for these.
- Rinzler89 3y agoYou need a analysis to tell you that products with user replaceable batteries are more sustainable than those with glued in batteries?
- jdietrich 3y agoI'd wager that a small single-digit percentage of Fairbuds customers will ever buy a replacement battery. Very few earbuds will reach the end of the battery's useful life before being lost or damaged beyond economical repair.
- Yodel0914 3y agoIndeed. I go through a pair of TWS every 12-24 months - so far that has never been because of battery life. It's 20% dropping/damagingand 80% losing one of the earbuds.
- aix1 3y ago> 80% losing one of the earbuds Given that Fairbuds would sell you a single earbud, that's already an improvement over buying a new set, right?
- Rinzler89 3y ago>I'd wager that a small single-digit percentage of Fairbuds customers will ever buy a replacement battery. We're talking about the sustainability of the products design since that's what the manufacturer can control, not the behavior of the customers which the manufacturer can't control.
- kaba0 3y agoSmaller batteries have less ways to go wrong.
- wilg 3y agoYes! Especially because that’s not the only factor in sustainability.
- hot_gril 3y agoThe Fairbuds retail for more, and I'd wager they have smaller margins, so the cost is much higher. That alone implies a higher environmental cost upfront.