HLB PoorKoï 2

Second version of our 60% keyboard project, HLB PoorKoï, from stacked acrylic to polycarbonate and aluminium CNC.

Made by DDS, one of the leading manufacturer in the hobby, this second generation of our project offers the same clack and soft feeling through a gasket mount system and brass plate !

You can find all the technical details on my github dedicated page https://github.com/H3lli0n/PoorKoi2

This article will be updated, stay tuned !

My own prototype

• Aluminium top with « Balsam Green » color
• Bottom central part with « Rose Gold » color
• Hotswap PCB made by me 🙂
• Gateron Baby Kangaroo + SW Catmint on first build
• GMK Indigo + Geon artisan
• (Geon feet were received after the shooting)

My own youtube video comparing v1 and v2 with same configuration can be found here :

Polycarbonate prototype

• Top and bottom polycarbonate
• Silver bottom central aluminium part
• HMX Firecrackers
• KKB Retromix

The 7 minutes video of the stream is available here

The prototype owner also made his own build and typing sound test with Gateron Type-R switches :

Purple prototype

• Top with official « Purple » color
• Bottom central part with « Lilac » color

Pretty nice combo !

WKL copper like anodized aluminium

We tried the « Copper » like color that is not part of the selected public colors, but damn !! This is awesome !

Here is a soundtest with a second prototype (Cherry MX Vintage Black)

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