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-[* black] Nothing broke during our disassembly of these transparent fellas and no harsh methods were needed to reach any components.
- [* black] However it's not like the disassembly was a piece of cake and we're kind of disappointed to see a couple of components, that technically would have been easily replaceable if they weren't soldered to boards.
-[* black] At the end of the day there are a few repairs users might be able to do by themselves like a motherboard or a battery replacement within the charging case. But it's very unlikely to reseal those clear see-through cases without any optical evidence or worst case—clogging components in the ear plug stem.
- [* black] Repair-wise Nothing kind of shoots itself in the foot with their main design feature.
+[* black] Nothing broke during our disassembly of these transparent fellas, and no harsh methods were needed to reach any components.
+ [* black] That said, this wasn't exactly a piece of cake compared with some other earbuds we've encountered—and once inside, you'll find some critical components that ''could'' have been easily replaceable if they weren't soldered together.
+[* black] There are a few repairs within reach of a determined DIYer, like a motherboard or battery replacement within the charging case. But you're unlikely to reseal those see-through bits very tidily—and in the case of the stems, re-gluing them might actually clog up the works.
+ [* black] Repair-wise, we can't help feeling that Nothing kind of shoots itself in the foot with their main design feature.