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Offline PilotChup

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Hello, any knowledge to spare?
« on: Wed, 21 August 2013, 17:22:36 »
Hi everyone! I have recently discovered this whole universe of mechanical keyboards and customization and I have learned so much in the past month. There is soooo much on this forum.

I have never ever used or been able to find a mechanical keyboard to try in a store. I bought one of each Cherry MX switch (blue/brown/black/red) to try and I am torn between the blue and brown. I play games (world of warcraft... i know...) and type an even amount.

Also, as my first keyboard, I really really like what I see from Vortex. However it seems like they are impossible to find on the internet and no one really describes how to acquire one. The company only has a facebook page with cool pictures of products, but no place to buy. Can anyone share any insight on what routes are available to get one of these?

Thanks guys!
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Offline CPTBadAss

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Re: Hello, any knowledge to spare?
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 21 August 2013, 17:24:10 »
Buy Vortex boards used in the classifieds or through vendors like MechanicalKeyboards.com, TechKeys.us, and I think Pexon's site soon.

Oh and welcome to Geekhack!
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Offline PilotChup

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Re: Hello, any knowledge to spare?
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 22 August 2013, 01:38:15 »
Thanks CPTBadAss for the guidance!

I saw mechanicalkeyboards.com before and they seemed to be sold out of EVERYTHING. Guess Vortex are either highly coveted or rarely produced? Also, where is Pexon's site?

btw cptbadass, I see you are from Cincinnati, OH. I used to live there before I moved to AZ a couple months ago ^^
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Re: Hello, any knowledge to spare?
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 22 August 2013, 06:55:32 »
Cool. I just moved to Cincy myself.

Vortex is just weird. They're bad at doing business: hard to get a hold of, weird stock, quality control issues at least on the Poker X. If you really want a Poker 2, get from TechKeys.us. Pexon's site? Just search for Pexon in the classifieds. I don't actually know his address off the top of my head.
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Re: Hello, any knowledge to spare?
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 25 August 2013, 00:59:40 »
Quote from: CPTBadAss on Thu, 22 August 2013, 06:55:32
Cool. I just moved to Cincy myself.

Vortex is just weird. They're bad at doing business: hard to get a hold of, weird stock, quality control issues at least on the Poker X. If you really want a Poker 2, get from TechKeys.us. Pexon's site? Just search for Pexon in the classifieds. I don't actually know his address off the top of my head.

+1 on Votex being bad at business.  Consider a different keyboard? 
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Offline PilotChup

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Re: Hello, any knowledge to spare?
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 03 September 2013, 22:22:05 »
Well Ive since bought a keycool 84 with brown switches and yellow leds from MK.com. I really like it and I am solidly hooked into mechanical keyboards.

About the vortex thing, apparently it is a one man business.. which could explain the issues about the company. However, the pure pro with LEDs is coming out and over at Massdrop they are having a buy for a preproduction run. I have joined that for blue switches. The choices for keycaps are either blank PBT, printed PBT, or shinethrough ABS. I CANNOT DECIDE. I want PBT so badly but I would use the keyboard frequently at night and would really like/need the LEDs to come through. So ive been searching all over the internet for PBT keycaps to fit the pure pro so I can have both. Not much luck so far.
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