r/mechanicalkeyboards was basically the custom Pok3r sub for a long time. I bought a used Pok3r a couple years ago for $30 and have it as a back-up. Still solid devices. The most noticeable difference is how much we were going for the bezel free look then.

Ducky, Pok3r, and Anne Pro 2 were the gateway drugs when I started looking into Mechanical keyboards. There are better keyboards out there but those 3 are still great.

The Pok3r is what made me be interested in mechanical keyboards.

Kits were definitely starting to become more popular around 2019, but hotswap had barely started to become the standard. I remember the DZ65RGB and Tofu65 combo getting some decent traction. I already didn't see people talking about or recommending the Pok3r much when I got into the hobby in 2017 th

I used a Pok3r for a couple years, then gave it to a coworker. Great board. Was relatively inexpensive too, IIRC.

This post makes me feel old - I remember back when the Vortex Pok3r was a huge deal, and when RAMA was still seen as one of the best vendors in the hobby.

I have a set of 1976 caps on my pok3r! fun set.

I think he was suggesting you start using vi/vim/nvim or emacs with evil mode for any typing you need, so you don't have that problem (hjkl is the vi way of moving the cursor, no fn key required). But anyway, I also thought in the beginning that the hhkb way of using arrow keys was weird (I was comi

These new cheaper ones are shitting all over my old boards. Pok3r with MX Clears feels so bad compared to some of these new gens lmao. I still have love from my completely soldered Box Navy SP SA Grab Bag board. First one I built. I wrote a lot of great essays/stories in college with that thing. I s

2014 is when I started out too. I was between the pok3r and a Filco. Ended up going for the Filco and still have it, though it never gets used anymore.