I’m done. I’m fucking done with this hobby. I’m taking a step back from the keyboard hobby and it’s (mostly but not entirely) because of this keyboard. This is the LuminKey LX60 Copper Edition. It’s a beautiful keyboard and I’ve really enjoyed using it but the whole experience was a nightmare.

The Luminkey LX60 went into group buy in October of 2024. My “local” vendor, Loobed, also happened to be the main vendor of the project. “Cool”, I thought, having purchased from Loobed in the past with mixed results¹. I decided to make a purchase of the Black PC Copper Edition of the LX60. This isn’t the most expensive keyboard I’ve purchased but it wasn’t cheap either. Whatever, I wanted it and it seemed like a nice 60% to round off my collection. Fast-forward to the beginning of 2025. Luminkey posts an announcement in their Discord regarding the LX60. Here’s the post:

Chris from Loobed has also been posting updates about the situation on their Discord:

I’m not entirely sure the whole story of this or who is to blame but it was the last straw for me. I’ve just been burned too many times in this damn hobby and I’m done, at least for now. I’m hoping that the community can get it’s shit together in the future because there really are some wonderful people and projects in this community but I’ve just been ripped off too many times for me to want to be part of it anymore. That being said: I did end up buying the LX60 in the exact config I originally wanted; this time directly from Luminkey. I’m still waiting on a refund from Loobed. But I have a feeling I won’t ever see it. Just like from Mechs & Co. I think someone else ripped me off but I can’t remember right now. Oh well.

Update

So I paid for my order using Affirm payments because I didn’t want to pay all at once. What a terrible idea that was. Affirm denied my chargeback stating that I did not give them enough edvidence. I sent them the screenshots and all the other information they asked for. At least I know not to use Affirm again.
On a happier not; I recieved my Techbear TB8. I’ll post some photos of that in the future. But that only leaves one last keyboard order until I’m done. Just waiting on that sweet sweet PAL.

But yeah. Here’s some more photos of my LX60.

Specs: