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.

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

My Pok3r still works as well as the day I got it.

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

The Monsgeek M1 family are splendid, as is the MK pro 75 from Microcenter's house brand Inland. The M1 has better stabs, the Inland has a much better gasket mount. I would have said that you can't go wrong with Keychron but I have been seeing reports of abusive customer support lately. The Yunzii AL

I have an old Realforce 87U TKL 55g Topre and still love it. It’s my daily driver. Am interested in an HHKB. I have an old programmable Vortex Pok3r 60% w/ soldered Cherry MX Greens. I still have a hard time with the 60% layout, and get frustrated. But I’m hoping the HHKB will be more intuitive and

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.

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

gave my old pok3r to my dad. god that things such a piece of shit to type on compared to even my unlubed, unmodded boards and i’m not even a keeb elitist

Board: CIDOO V65 V3 Switches: Kinetic Labs HMX Latte Linear Switches Keycaps: EPOMAKER AquaShift (Dye-Sublimation, PBT) My introduction to mechanical keyboards (and my first board) was the Vortex Pok3r with Cherry MX Blue switches. Pretty standard fair. I acquired that one ages ago on Massdrop. Fast