Pok3r

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

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

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

AI of course. like I just stare at the keyboard and it types what I was going to type. /s fwiw about a month into my mq80 after using a pok3r for a decade, love this keyboard!

(e.g pok3r) Holy shit I still remember my Vortex Pok3r that I ordered with Cherry MX Blue and came with Cherry MX Black (retooled) and basically kickstarted my keyboard hobby (because the Amazon rainbow keycaps were super tight so the G came out with the switch so I had to repair it, and that did it

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