Co-production is when people with lived experience are involved in research in an equal way with researchers. In this co-produced project, we worked collaboratively as a university and charity to train a group of people living with HIV to carry out and analyse interviews in research. Our study looked at the experiences of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic among people living with HIV in the UK. Experiences were captured through interviewing people either online or by phone between January and September 2021. Conducting a co-produced research project with people living with HIV during a pandemic presented unique and unexpected challenges, which required transparency and continuously adapting to the situation. In this paper, we reflect on what we learned by working together and share recommendations for future co-produced HIV research.