Category: Fixers

We’re inspired by people who put things back together. Meet the crafty folks pushing the boundaries of repair.

The Community Repair Hub Is Live: Find a Repair Event Near You!

For years, Repair Cafés and Fixit Clinics have quietly helped people fix what they already own. Volunteers gather in libraries, community centers, and maker spaces. Someone walks in with a…

June 16, 2026

by Kris Rodriguez - iFixit

Community

When Your Little Helper Needs Help

Robot vacuums are convenient until they aren’t. One moment, your robot is dutifully making its way across the living room. The next, it’s stuck under the sofa, failing to find…

May 27, 2026

by Sandra Hiller - iFixit

Events

Spring, Solder, and Side Quests

What sticks with me from the past few months of events isn’t the number of calendar days or the names of the people I’ve met (I’m terrible with names, by…

April 21, 2026

by Sandra Hiller - iFixit

Events

Tools Are Infrastructure

Have I now found the only corporate booth at the entire congress? The question came from a visitor as she drifted over to our table—curious, not accusatory. It’s a reasonable…

January 9, 2026

by Sandra Hiller - iFixit

Events

Together for a Repairable Autumn

This autumn, we packed up our toolkits and hit the road — from the UK to Italy, from Germany to the Netherlands — meeting repair enthusiasts, tinkerers, and everyday fixers…

October 24, 2025

by Sandra Hiller - iFixit

Fixers

Silo is The Ultimate Repair Ecosystem

If you were designing an underground bunker to house and protect around 10,000 people for an unknown number of centuries, what would be your number one priority? OK, you have…

March 24, 2025

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Women in Repair

How Repairability Gives Computers a New Life In Senegalese Schools

Every year, Clara Gregori gathers up old, discarded laptops from friends, family, and local businesses, stuffs them into a suitcase, and flies from her home in Catalonia Spain to a…

February 3, 2025

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Events

iFixit at Restarters Firenze’s 10th Anniversary in Florence

This past Saturday, October 26th, 2024, Restarters Firenze marked a fantastic milestone – ten years of empowering the community to repair, reduce waste, and promote sustainability. We’re thrilled to have…

October 31, 2024

by Sandra Hiller - iFixit

Events

iFixit Joins Repair Café XL in Den Haag

This past Friday, iFixit had the pleasure of participating in the Repair Café XL event in Den Haag, Netherlands—an event that brought together hundreds of passionate repairers, fixers, and DIY…

October 23, 2024

by Sandra Hiller - iFixit

How To

Soldering Simplified: A Newbie’s Guide to Through-Hole Soldering

Perhaps you’re at the same point in your repair journey as me: I know my way around a screwdriver and spudger, have popped many a cable and swapped my share…

July 25, 2024

by Connor Bassolino - iFixit