# Ploopy Bean

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Ploopy Bean and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a precise, compact trackpoint that keeps hands on the home row. Critics say it lacks a scroll button and suits classic-layout users poorly.

## Why people recommend it

- Long-time loyalty to Ploopy products (2 comments): "Ploopy stuff has been absolutely amazing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48160527)) "Been using them for a long time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48162268))

## What people warn about

- Missing F keys and surrounding keyboard (2 comments): "This is a nice looking keyboard. But not enough F keys for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48167139)) "Nice idea but the keyboard around the trackpoint is missing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158220))
- No dedicated scroll button or wheel (2 comments): "drag-scroll is not in enough places to make this work without a dedicated wheel" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158375)) "it looks really awkward to use for someone used to the classic and there seems to be no button suitable for scrolling" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48157779))
- Demo prints look rough (3 comments): "the fdm prints in those demo photos have some real bad first layer extrusion multiplier/bed/meshing issues" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48157188)) "Never understood why someone would showcase a product printed in (sub)draft mode." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48161315)) "The demo product on the 'site looks really shoddy." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48161834))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Lenovo TrackPoint](https://hackerapproved.com/p/thinkpad-trackpoint.md): 20 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Ploopy+Bean+pointing+stick+mouse&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://ploopy.co/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ploopy Bean", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ploopy-bean/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).