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Drop ALT V2 Mechanical Keyboard

Name: Drop ALT V2 Mechanical Keyboard
Brand: Drop
SKU: drop-alt-v2-mechanical-keyboard
Price: 180 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.142857 (7 reviews)

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yonkeltron

Sep 17, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Linear

Keyboards Owned:3

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My new favorite mechanical keyboard

Now that I've had this keyboard for almost a year, I feel qualified to review it properly. This has become my new favorite, and the benchmark against which all other keyboards are now measured. The construction is thoughtful and unobtrusive while the LEDs are just superb. I love my switches in this chassis since the whole thing is easy to clean without being too airy. I'm a huge fan of this keyboard. 7

Recommends this product? Yes

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nickzhang

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Jul 18, 2024

Activities:Work

Paired Switch:Tactile

Keyboards Owned:4

Verified Buyer

Good board!

It's a solid board, although a bit too shiny of a finish for my tastes. It is nice and weighty, which I like, but I would say that it is a bit expensive for what it is.

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PropHeads

Jun 20, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Clicky

Keyboards Owned:3

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Works and love the feel but not as loud as expected

The first keyboard I received didn't work. One of the USB ports had no power, and the keys randomly typed or didn't type depending on how they were feeling at that moment ;). Drop sent me a new keyboard without any hassle and it works great.

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Archered

Apr 20, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Linear

Keyboards Owned:7

Verified Buyer

Really solid Keyboard

I really like this keyboard. Great build quality, good feeling switches, and the fact that you don't need extra software to adjust the rgb lighting is awesome. However, the base modifier keycaps like shift and caps lock have issues shining though consistently. Additionally when it comes to rgb I wish there was more customization, something that should be able to be done through the optional app. Otherwise a very nice keyboard which I would definitely recommend.

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DerYid

Mar 20, 2024

Activities:Work

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Excellent, with room left for improvement

I really like my Drop ALT. It feels super solid, and has the perfect physical switch layout (for me, anyway). It is Linux compatible (a must-have), and VIA compatible (after downloading the correct firmware). The stock keycaps look and feel great, but I had to switch them because I prefer my PgUp/PgDn keys on R2 and R3, an R1 mute key on level 0, and a 1U Fn key, none of which are available in the stock Drop Skylight Series - not even the full replacement set. That's a minor point, but I do wish Drop would offer a more versatile supplementary keycap set, with the extra caps found in most 136 or 140 key sets. I also wish it came with a decent manual - all the documentation is available, somewhere, spread out over the net, if you know how to find it and know how to understand it once you do find it, but a decent User Guide would save newbies a lot of frustration. I wish the keyboard came with VIAL (which is open source). I wish it came with Cherry's latest German-made switches (I use MX2A RGB Browns on alphanumerics, Silent Reds on Modifiers, and a stiff clicky Green on CapsLk). Most of all, I wish it was made in the USA. So there is room for improvement, but it is still an excellent piece of hardware.

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DerYid

Mar 21, 2024

DerYidUpdate: After additional honest comparison, I have to admit that the Holy Panda X are clearly superior to the MX Browns, even hand lubed and filmed MX2A's. So I will switch (pun intended) the alphas to Holy Panda X. I still like the MX Silent Reds though, and the MX Green on CapsLk.

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swoldier

Dec 5, 2023

Paired Switch:Linear

Keyboards Owned:5

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Solidly built, great features and LED lighting.

I prefer the high profile version of this keyboard to this one but regardless they are both great keyboards especially if you're someone that doesn't mod or hasn't taken the stop to start modding.

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Kallen

Oct 20, 2023

Activities:Work

Paired Switch:Tactile

Keyboards Owned:2

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Per Key Lighting Not Available in Drop Configurator

Solid keyboard, small and sturdy. Holy Panda X Clear Switches have a great feel. Overall an upgrade from my old Das Keyboard w/ Cherry MX Browns, but I am quite disappointed the Drop Configurator doesn't have Per-Key lighting (ideally on separate layers). This is something that was available for ALT V1, and support said they have no info on when/if this feature would be added. Tried Vial, but it doesn't appear to have per-key yet either. Tried manually compiling QMK, but the QMK web configurator doesn't have an ALT V2 map, so I'm at lost.

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Aug 20, 2024

Hey this is still under development. We are doing some fun stuff with transparency layers and LED patterns, I think the end result will be very cool. We do need a bit more time to get the UI and everything working well enough for an initial release.

aaron012674

Oct 3, 2024

https://config.qmk.fm/#/drop/alt/v2/LAYOUT_65_ansi_blocker I'm looking into the CTRL v2 and I saw your comment. There does appear to be a layout for the drop v2 on the QMK firmware GUI. Good luck in all your customizing endeavors!!