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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: Rathmourn on Sun, 21 August 2016, 14:15:50

Title: New to the Site & Mechanical Keyboards
Post by: Rathmourn on Sun, 21 August 2016, 14:15:50

Hey All,

First I discovered I had a weird interest in keyboards. Then I discovered all the gorgeous boards over on Reddit's /r/mechanicalkeyboards. After lurking (and drooling), over the beautiful pictures for a long time, I finally took the plunge and bought a Pok3r, with blues. I've been incredibly happy with it so far, but I'm definitely starting an intense desire to customize and lose more of my money. Further research led me to this site, and here I am. Look forward to meeting new people and pursuing this new hobby.

- Rathmourn

Title: Re: New to the Site & Mechanical Keyboards
Post by: switchnollie on Sun, 21 August 2016, 16:26:44

Welcome :)

What kind of research do you plan on doing?

Title: Re: New to the Site & Mechanical Keyboards
Post by: Rathmourn on Sun, 21 August 2016, 17:36:30

I was originally trying to figure out what keycaps were available and how to go about acquiring them.   ;D

Recognizing your avatar, I was actually looking at your GMK group buy keyset!

Title: Re: New to the Site & Mechanical Keyboards
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 23 August 2016, 06:10:00

Welcome to Geekhack!

Being in the US and having a Pok3r, I'd guess you have a standard US ANSI layout.  This is fortunate, as nearly every keycap set will fit the keyboard :)

So you're completely spoiled for choice really, pretty much any material, any profile, and any colour!

And any price, unfortunately, from, say, Tai Hao for around $30 all the way up to a limited run GMK set for $200+.