[IC] HLB - Poorkoi V2 - A 60% Bottom polycarbonate Keyboard

[thibaud]

Hi, HLB team Here!

In 2024 we ran our first public group-buy with the PoorKoi 1, an acrylic stacked keyboard. 30 happy users were very surprised by the clack of this simple 60% made with love. This was our first project, mistakes were made, but we learned a lot and we got confident that we could push even further: having the same thing in a cnc'd alu/polycarbonate version!
We are aiming for the same clack and feeling with the alu/polycarbonate version – with an affordable price. No brass weight or copper that are expensive if you don't sell 200 units. Simple design with references of the v1.

We had to make a stand between affordability and customization with a trusty and high-quality manufacturer – DDS while upgrading our game: laser cut Poron gaskets, custom carrying case, in house hotswap pcb (as well as new solder one) !


You can find us on Discord










Specifications
•   60% Poron gasket mount
•   7° typing angle
•   WK/WKL/HHKB
•   Polycarbonate bottom with central aluminium part
•   Brass plate
•   Geon feet D7
•   1.6mm HS/Solder PCB
•   RGB underglow
•   Capslock / layers indicator
•   Unified DB C5
•   Compatibility with venom HE PCB (7U only)

Without feet:

•   18mm front height
•   23mm EKH
•   Weight full built (aluminium top)= 950gr


Compatibility

Hotswap Layouts


Solder Layouts




Project's status
First renders => done
Keyboard prototypes => done
PCB prototypes => done
GeekHack IC => estimated december 2025
Group-buy => estimated january 2026

Where
EU: Deltakeyco
US: Unikey
UK: TBD
KR: TBD
CN: Unikey

Estimated commercial targets, not final - we aim between 295€ to 250€ VAT excluded depending on MOQ.

Please fill up our IC

All informations on the project : https://github.com/H3lli0n/PoorKoi2/
More pictures : https://www.oliversphotoblog.com/2025/12/07/hlb-poorkoi-2/

[HoffmanMyster]

Approval

[tavapataor]

I love seeing a split-spacebar 60.

[WiBla]

Proud owner of a prototype here ✋
I can't wait for you guys to put your hand on it; DDS did not disappoint, it's a real collection piece!
GLWIC!

[h3lli0n]

Hello I'm the keyboard designer and proud owner as well. Feel free to ask questions if we missed some details 

[MartinThePolarBear]

Looks good. Hopefully you pick a good US vendor based in the US

[h3lli0n]

Looks good. Hopefully you pick a good US vendor based in the US

Thank you ! We are working on vendors and on the price (all options on the table) that is currently a blocking point of this IC. We added the MOQ 100 price on the form and thibaud will update the first topic post later with that.

[FallonKeaton]

Wow, I love it. I wish I can have one. hehe

[Zahul]

Full poly build is perfect

[AerosolFNTM]

This is a simple, yet awesome project! Hopefully you guys are able to make this happen.

[h3lli0n]

This is a simple, yet awesome project! Hopefully you guys are able to make this happen.

Thanks ! Yeah we really tried to balance between cost and features. With this weight it's also easy to go to work with 

[h3lli0n]

It was reported Bitdefender was blocking pictures from my blog. After digging it was a react-js script version matching a blocked url pattern... I fixed my theme and pictures should now be displayed correctly here. Sorry for the inconvenience I wasn't aware of.

[thibaud]

Hello, so far we have positif feedback to make this project happen. To be fully transparent we are confident to have 60% of sales needed for the MOQ 30.
Main interest comes from :
EU – Vendor added - DKC
US – still looking for vendor
We keep working on our side to make the poorkoi v2 happen !

[thibaud]

Last update :
Venom PCB HE compatibility -> check
Unikey is willing to help us with the project as US and CN vendor
We communicate on MOQ 50 and MOQ 100 and have renegociate our quotation. Still waiting for other manu quotation
As we need to reach at least 50 MOQ -> we are working on Zfrontier IC to gain visibility