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Drop CTRL Barebones Mechanical Keyboard
$109
$150

Drop CTRL Barebones Mechanical Keyboard

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Switches (90 pack)
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Drop Keycap Kit
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The keyboard you need to buy!
Buy a bare bones keyboard and buy your own switches! Totally recommend that, it's cheaper and you'll end up with backup switches just in case one or two get funny years later into use! This keyboard is absolutely stunning in its machined aluminum frame. Everything is sturdy, build quality is astounding. The finish everywhere is pleasing to the touch. The keyboard has QMK firmware which makes it more or less fully customizable! Switches can easily be hotswapped which is awesome if you want to buy different switches or replace them. FYI most switches can be bought for pretty cheap. I love the caliber of RGB brightness, diffusion, and customization on this board. Overall one of my favorite purchases I've made beside buying shares of TSLA!
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Decent quality for the price - Space Grey
This is a great starter board with hot-swap. Great accessories kit including: Keycap puller, magnetic back stands, USB-C cable. Will grab another unit again given the chance.
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What kind of switches can I use with this - PCB mount or plate mount?
They are Plate mounted, but if you get PCB mounted switches you can just cut off the two extra thingys, i forget the words for them
Is there a full sized version in the works?
There is the Drop SHIFT which is a full sized keyboard, but the only barabones version of the SHIFT available as of now is the high profile version.
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gjp2023
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May 17, 2023
Activities:Work & Gaming
Paired Switch:Linear
Keyboards Owned:2
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Exactly what I wanted
My first mechanical keyboard I wanted to mod and customize and it was exactly as described. I did switch out the stabilizers so I'm not sure how they are but I am thrilled with the keyboard.
Recommends this product? Yes
Activities:Work & Gaming
Paired Switch:Tactile
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Customization challenge
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I built it with the keycap and switch I bought here and it works fine and is fine
Recommends this product? Yes
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Stabs Rattle Badly
I did not expect that the default stabs would be so awful. Every stabilised key rattles awfully. For this price I expected better.
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Recommends this product? No
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Good keyboard
Good keyboard but the stabilizer noise is bothering me.
Recommends this product? Yes
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Mar 14, 2023
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Top level build quality
Top quality brushed aluminium with RGB. I also appreciate the magnetic stands and the 2 usb-c plugs
Recommends this product? Yes
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Pretty nice!
I'm kind of new to this hobby, but so far the CTRL has been a perfect beginner's keyboard! Its worked very well, and I think that Drop's items are very reliable.
Recommends this product? Yes
dolarge
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Mar 3, 2023
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View is Perfect
like : Good, fansy dislike : bluetooth x
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BrianB142
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Feb 21, 2023
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Absolutely outstanding.
With 0 flex to it and unreal LED lighting - it's the best option for a reliable, simple-to-use board that'll have you covered day-in-day-out. You don't need to program it anyway to make it work, it's good to go right out of the box, with very useful media key/control functions pre-programmed with a handy cheat sheet of the controls in the box. 10/10 - expensive, but wholly worth it.
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Creaper10
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Feb 5, 2023
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Sleek and Functional
It looks nice, feels nice, and overall, my favorite keyboard. It stays put and is a great height for my hands.
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Ramosunity
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Feb 2, 2023
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Great Board!
First custom keyboard ive built, good quality, easy to add switches and caps to!
Recommends this product? Yes
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