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Drop ALT V1 Barebones Mechanical Keyboard

Drop ALT V1 Barebones Mechanical Keyboard

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Product Description
The Drop ALT mechanical keyboard is just like the CTRL, but with 67 keys instead of 87. Absent of function keys, it wastes no space—but it still has a full set of arrows and numerals Read More
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Amazing keyboard
Keyboard is hefty and feels very sturdy. I bought the barebones kit since I saw you could purchase it with the GMK Red Samurai keycaps and I also wanted to use different switches than the ones you could get with the pre-built set. It's very easy to get into the board if you want to band-aid and change the stabs. I went with sakurios from zeal pc and keyboard feels amazing. I love the look of the Red Samurai caps and I'm pretty fond of the mx profile. I haven't yet messed with flashing the board but I like the options that are preset on the board for RGB. I highly recommend this keyboard, definitely the best keyboard I've ever had.
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Would recommend to a friend.
Awesome quality! I love how it sounds, looks and feels. Top notch.
I've assambled mine with Zealios V2 and DROP + MATT3O MT3 /DEV/TTY KEYCAP SET. Its like driving a Bugatti - or at least what I can imagine it would be :)
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Would recommend to a friend.
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What kind of switches can I use with this - PCB mount or plate mount?
Plate mount will work best, but if you happen to have PCB mount switches you can mod them to allow them to fit (involves clipping two plastic bits off the bottom of each switch).
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jakub_s.priv
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Nov 11, 2024
Activities:Work & Gaming
Paired Switch:Linear
Keyboards Owned:3
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Great keyboard had it for 3 years now
lovely keyboard i paired it with holy panda switches and its great
Recommends this product? Yes
Activities:Work & Gaming
Paired Switch:Linear
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better keyboards out there
could get a better keyboard for 75 bucks on amazon. high quality but only supports 3 pin layout and overall could just be a better board. definition of mid.
Recommends this product? No
Klondeik
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Apr 6, 2024
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Hit or miss
Second time buying this board only because I was able to get it at a heavy discount due to being apart of the keyboard club. Definitely cool but I'm still iffy about these boards because of how lack luster they are for their price point.
xgg34
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Apr 4, 2024
Activities:Gaming
Paired Switch:Linear
Keyboards Owned:2
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Not very budget friendly but not premium
Not a great value for dollar. The profile does not look great in person :/
Recommends this product? No
jbradforddillon
6
Mar 18, 2024
Activities:Gaming
Paired Switch:Tactile
Keyboards Owned:10
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My kid's a big fan
Bought this for one of my kids. It's a hit.
Recommends this product? Yes
ichigo15
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Dec 24, 2023
Paired Switch:Tactile
Keyboards Owned:2
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First Custom Keyboard
For my first custom keyboard I really enjoy it, the stabilizers are very rattily though and I feel like for this price I shouldn't be getting that. But asides from that, very solid choice for a beginner with good build quality.
Recommends this product? Yes
Activities:Work
Paired Switch:Linear
Keyboards Owned:4
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rgb lightshow
this thing is bright, and it flaunts it too. the biggest difference in sound is from what you put it upon more than anything you can mod on the keyboard itself.
Recommends this product? Yes
Activities:Gaming
Paired Switch:Clicky
Keyboards Owned:0
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First Barebones Keyboard
After finally caving into going for a m&k setup I reached out to a friend who's big into the custom keyboards and asked for some recs. He said despite all the keyboards he has, he always seems to go back to his Alt keyboard. Without hesitation I went ahead and bought the Alt V1 and fell in love with it right away. I have mine with the Cherry MX Blue switches as I wanted all the clicks when I typed and gamed. I love it so much that I'm upgrading the PCB to the V2 that was recently dropped. As this was my first ever custom/barebone keyboard I was a little anxious diving into the via software. Despite not diving into macros or adding more layers, I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to use once the PCB was recognized. Highly recommend this keyboard if you're in the market.
Recommends this product? Yes
joefitz
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Sep 15, 2023
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Nice case, flexible hot swap, overall an excellent keyboard
I really appreciate the looks of the case. Although I prefer understated RGB, it's cool to have some lighting and I can turn it off if it bothers me. Hot swap switches was a must-have for my purchase. I wasn't sure what kind of switches I would want and didn't want to have to desolder and solder to make that change. I like the Halo True switches that I bought, but I could see trying out some lighter tactile switches because these are pretty stiff. I used drop's configurator to customize the keyboard but it was really slow to build new firmware and then it required installing the new firmware. So I switched to VIA. This was not straightforward because when I used Drop's configurator to install VIA compatible firmware it wasn't recognized by the VIA configurator. So, I had to find the firmware on VIA's own site https://www.caniusevia.com/docs/download_firmware then and use Drop's configurator to install it... Finally, the board was recognized by VIA. I liked using the VIA configurator a lot more because my key mappings were immediately testable on the board. This made configuring Mac specific keys much easier to troubleshoot... specifically I mapped these: brightness down: F14, brightness up: F15, mission control: macro ctrl+up. I tried connecting a portable SSD (Samsung T7) as well as a thumb drive to the second USB-C port and was unsuccessful on both counts. Disk Utility detected the thumb drive but didn't mount it, and the SSD was not detected. I'm using a dongle to connect the keyboard because the cable that came with the keyboard is USB-C to USB-A. I'll be switching to a C-to-C cable soon. I'm a little sad that V2 came out right after I bought this, but after switching to the VIA firmware I don't feel like I'm missing out too much. I bought o-rings from a 3rd party and tried them out... it felt mushy and so I removed them within hours.
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Activities:Work
Paired Switch:Linear
Keyboards Owned:2
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Great build quality; dual USB-C
First barebones I’ve purchased and it’s a great place to start! It’s a slim board and the light strip that wraps around is a very nice way to add an accent.
Recommends this product? Yes
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