Vortex Opens Pre-Orders For Hakos Baelz Keyboard Collection On November 11
COVER Corporation announced a collaboration between hololive talent Hakos Baelz and mechanical keyboard brand Vortex. The collection has three items: a wireless mechanical keyboard, a 2 mm glass mousepad, and a Cherry profile keycap set.
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Why it matters
The tie-in moves hololive merchandise off acrylic stands and into a customizable keyboard kit, sold through a hardware brand's own storefront rather than a character-goods channel.
Key Facts
- COVER Corporation announced a collaboration with mechanical keyboard brand Vortex featuring hololive talent Hakos Baelz.
- Pre-orders open November 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM CST and close January 11, 2027.
- The collection includes a wireless mechanical keyboard, a glass mousepad, and a keycap set.
- The keyboard uses a tenkeyless layout with a separate wireless numpad and ZMK firmware.
- The keycap set is Cherry profile, ABS plastic with dye-sublimated legends.
Pre-orders open November 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM CST through the Vortex official website and other vendors, and close January 11, 2027.
The keyboard is the substantial part. It ships fully assembled in a CNC-machined aluminum case, runs ZMK firmware for wireless, and uses a tenkeyless layout paired with a separate wireless numpad. The hot-swappable PCB takes 3-pin and 5-pin switches and supports JIS, ISO and WKL layouts. Two colorways, red and black, carry custom-printed keycap icons, with a CNC-machined brass cheese emblem above the arrow keys. A WKL option is limited to the Vortex site. The glass mousepad measures 2 mm, and the keycap set is ABS with dye-sublimated legends in Cherry profile, ANSI-based with Japanese characters included.
- Wireless Mechanical Keyboard: CNC aluminum, ZMK firmware, TKL layout with separate wireless numpad, red and black
- Extra Slim Glass Mousepad: 2 mm glass surface with custom-printed design
- Keycap Set: Cherry profile, ABS, dye-sublimated legends, ANSI base with Japanese characters
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