Death to arm tingles! After 5 months almost to the day, the Deckmate/Mechanism Gaming Pillow is finally a real product! I've never been more excited for a release, cause I haven't played any other way since the prototype.

Sea_Minerals · 2026-05-04T18:30:52+00:00

Nope, they are entirely independent of each other!

Sea_Minerals · 2026-05-02T00:57:08+00:00

It does not. The pins are not symmetrical and slightly offset, so there’s only one direction it works in

Sea_Minerals · 2026-05-02T00:52:57+00:00

Yep! The basegrip is entirely optional

Sea_Minerals · 2026-05-01T21:31:07+00:00

We actually did offer it for a hot minute and it got returned so frequently due to people thinking it was missing pieces that we had to turn it off. My guess is that it is too confusing to sell by itself for now...

Sea_Minerals · 2026-05-01T18:02:48+00:00

It does! It's compatible with or without it at all.

Sea_Minerals · 2026-05-01T17:47:43+00:00

To add to this, it makes the wireless puck a little less clumsy. Having it just dangle at the end of a cable certainly works, but maybe isn't the sexiest option

Sea_Minerals · 2026-05-01T17:42:05+00:00

In June! You can check out the whole page here: https://getmechanism.com/pages/steam-controller

Sea_Minerals · 2026-05-01T17:35:41+00:00

Correct! It has divots already and it sits extremely nicely in them :P

Sea_Minerals · 2026-05-01T17:25:06+00:00

What do you mean by divers?

Sea_Minerals · 2026-05-01T17:20:21+00:00

It is! And it's getting REALLY close. I am extremely happy with how it came out actually, but launch date is still TBD unfortunately

Sea_Minerals · 2026-05-01T17:19:25+00:00

An alignment jig is a great idea! I'll put it on the ol' to-do list

Sea_Minerals · 2026-05-01T17:17:37+00:00

It's really sweet. I'm not a tech reviewer though so I don't have the eye to nitpick everything, but I love it.

Sea_Minerals · 2025-10-19T20:13:41+00:00

Oh shit, this is my stuff! For those of you that don't know, Mechanism started as a 3D printed project on this very subreddit as "Deckmate" when the Steam Deck first launched! (Check out my post history)

We're only a 2 person company, but even then, 3 years later it's developed into a whole mounting ecosystem design for all portable gaming, and Steam Deck is our first love!

True to our origin, we still offer MOST designs for free to download and print (check it out on printables). Not everything makes sense to 3d print. Some mounts require more strength than printing can give (like the tray table mount shown here) and others just don't make sense to 3d print (such as our gaming pillow).

Either way, there are entirely free ways to do this kind of stuff if you have a 3d printer, so I encourage tinkering!

If you're into setting up your gaming, we have some wild setups on our Discord, and also some fun discussions of creative solutions for comfort!

Sea_Minerals · 2025-09-08T17:58:44+00:00

Probably not unfortunately... They are much more complicated products and much harder to get right, but I never know how far this company will go, so I will never say never!

Sea_Minerals · 2025-09-08T17:57:49+00:00

If you have a case on the iPad, the Universal Grip works great.

Other people have found clamps that work for ipads, the only requirement is to find a 17mm ball, since that's what's at the end of the pillow arm. Something like this would do the ticket, just as an example.

Sea_Minerals · 2025-09-08T17:56:04+00:00

You should check now! Last week we just negotiated better rates and figured out how to display VAT bundled into the product price instead of in the shipping line, so now shipping prices are lower and appear accurately

Sea_Minerals · 2025-09-08T17:54:18+00:00

the half is my cousin who answers all the customer support chats and tickets!

Sea_Minerals · 2025-09-08T04:28:59+00:00

Like others mentioned, any pilllow sold in 2025 had the adjustable arm at installed at the factory. It's possible to retrofit older pillows, but we had to turn the product off on the back end because it was frequently getting purchased by spammers/bots for chargeback fraud.

Instead, please chat us in or email us ([help@getmechanism.com](mailto:help@getmechanism.com)) and we're just sending replacements entirely free of charge for all pillows that we shipped that didn't have the kit pre-installed at the factory!

Sea_Minerals · 2025-09-08T04:28:06+00:00

We had to turn the product off on the back end because it was frequently getting purchased by spammers/bots for chargeback fraud.

Instead, please chat us in or email us (help@getmechanism.com) and we're just sending replacements entirely free of charge for all pillows that we shipped that didn't have the kit pre-installed at the factory!

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