Preorder information [2022,11,16]
Hello everyone, we are very excited to announced that our Model M SSK Kit is finally available for PREORDER on November 17th 18:00 PM (GMT+8)
It’s our FIRST DIY KIT and supports QMK/VIA/Vial.
Price and Preorder
Preorder Price starts from 199.99 USD (Shipping fee and VAT are not included)
Notice!! After it becomes available(in stock) the price will change to 269.99 USD
(Price may vary from different vendors due to VAT, currency difference and other reasons)
Preorder starts: November 17th 2022 18:00PM (GMT+8)
Preorder ends: December 25th 2022 (for all vendors including us)
It will be available in:
- 4 colors : Black, Blue, Space Grey and Silver
- ISO and ANSI
- 6.25u WK(TKL) and 7u WKL
The kits includes:
- Aluminum Badge x2 (Vortex Logo And "VTK")
*Additional badge-"VTK" is only included in preorders
- Top And Bottom Case x1
- FR-4 mounting
- Plate x1 Hot-swap
- hot swap PCB x1
- USB Daughter Board x1
- Plate Foam:3mm x2 (Main PCB And F-row)
- Poron switch Pad:0.3mm x2 (Main PCB And F-row)
- Bottom Case Sound-dampening Foam:3mm x1 (Main PCB)
- Gasket Set x1
- Scerw Set x1
- Rubber Feet set x1 set
- Carrying Case x1
Does not include:
- Stabilizers
- Switches
- Keycaps
- Cable
- Switch puller
- Keycap puller
Add ons:
- Aluminum mounting plate (Compatible with both ANSI and ISO)
- Brass mounting plate (Compatible with both ANSI and ISO)
- Solderable PCB
- Hot-swap PCB (already included in the kit)
- Foam set (already included in the kit)
- Carrying Case (already included in the kit)
Vendor list will be announced tomorrow
Vendor List[2022,11,17]
Asia:✈️India
StacksKB✈️The Philippines
Rotobox✈️Singapore
Pantheonkeys ✈️Vietnam
Bach Phong ✈️Hong Kong
Keyboard Hell ✈️Korea
Monstargear✈️Japan
Yushakobo✈️Indonesia
mechanicalkeyboards.co.idOceania:✈️Australia
Keebz N CablesAfrica: ✈️South Africa
Control Shift EscapeEurope:✈️United Kingdom:
KeebcatsMechboards✈️Germany:
CandykeysKEYGEM Geekboards ✈️The Netherland
Clickeys.nl✈️Spain
Eloquent Clicks ✈️Russia
Geekboards North/South America:✈️USA:
Mechanical Keyboards✈️Canada:
BlueSCSI of CanadaDeskHero ✈️Argentina:
LatamKeys 2022,7,26
We would like to thank all of you who had responded and gave suggestions to us. Your opinion matters a lot!
Right now, we would like to know WKL or TKL do all of you prefer more.
Don't worry, both layout will be available no matter which layout got more votes!
The link to the questionnaire will be posted down below
(No email required, just one question)
WKL or TKL ?IC is still live, don't forget to check it out and give us suggestions if you want!Thank you all in advance! IC Form | Our Website | Discord
Last year, we shared one of our render, which is Model M
Right now, we are closer to making it come true.
So, are you interest in Model M SSK kit? 
Units, Pricing, Vendors are not yet decided
Since this is still under product development, some information are still unsure and missing
We will update those once we gathered all the information!
And please give us more opinion on this product if possible
All of your suggestions could possibly be in our products' final decisions! IC has started on our website and more renders will be available there
Go check it out and share your opinions if you are interested
IC form is really short, it will take you less than 1 min!
Specifications
-Layout Options: ANSI/ISO
-Hot Swap PCB
-QMK / vial Firmware
-Gasket Mount Structure
-USB-C Interface
-RGB
-Case Material : Aluminum
-Case Color Options: Black/Space Grey/Silver/Blue/Green/Pink/E-Retro White
-Weight: Approximately 2kg
Includes
-Aluminum Case x1 (Top and Botton)
-PCB x2 (Main PCB And Upper Row PCB)
-Aluminum Plate x1
-Poron PCB Foam x2 (PCB and Case)
-Gasket x1 set
-Vortex Aluminum Badge x1
-Screws Set x1
-Rubber Feet x1
-Hex Key x1 For more details, please check the product information on Vortex Keyboard's official website or vendors’ website on Thursday, November 17th
Vendors will be announced on November 17th
Thank you all in advance for joining our IC !
Vortex UPDATE
2022.08.17th
Prototype is here! In the color Black.
Our Model M SSK KIT comes with a carrying bag.
These photo are just for references, switches and keycap are not included in our Model M SSK KIT.
more photos and details will be updated later!
2022.10.21th
Our latest prototype for the case in the color space grey and details of the badge.
Brass and Aluminum plate prototype
2022.8.24th
We would like to know which plate material do you like the most for our Model M SSK KIT
please join our Discord to answer the poll
If you don't have a discord, you can answer it on this Google Form
