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Drop CTRL V1 Mechanical Keyboard

Sep 27, 2018

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Double-pressing returns, even with other switches

UPDATE #2: The double-tapping returned, and came back again even when I switched switches. I switched from Halo Clear to Kailh Pro Purple due to personal preference, and they also have specific (i.e.: not random) keys occasionally repeating. For some of them, cleaning the switches fixed it entirely, for some temporarily, and for some not at all. Thankfully when I ordered these I already experienced this switch failure with my previous unit, so I made sure to order extras in case some of the switches I get are bad. At this point, I thought it was just poor Kailh QC since the Halos are Kailh-made and my work, Cherry Brown keyboard hasn't had a single double-press (despite running at the same polling rate and response time). But from reading this string of comments I'm starting to believe it's something to do with the debouncing code of the keyboard, being extremely picky for common switch deficiencies. So yeah, this 4/5 review is becoming a 2/5 until Massdrop get to the bottom of this. ------------------------------------------------------------------

ORIGINAL: A solid keyboard. (Almost) everything about it is great: from the hefty board, to the nice keycaps & lighting effects, down to the feature set and QMK support. UPDATE #1: One advanced RMA later (with easy shipping back), and the replacement keyboard seems fine. I'll keep a close eye on it for the next month, but it passed my Switch Hitter tests and seems to have no visual defects. Even got a replacement serialized keyboard (to replace my own serialized unit of course), complete with a replacement first-run keycap. I'm impressed. Upping it to 4 stars for now, but if the problem doesn't return -- it's definitely a 5/5.

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ORIGINAL CONTINUES: And up until recently, the switches (Halo Clear). Now however, I'm forced to lower the rating (even more) after they slowly fail, one by one. From just 2, to 4 the next day. Then a few weeks later (today) 4 more spontaneously chatter (and don't stop chattering), and as I type out an email to support, 2 more fail. Then while typing this out, 8 more. So another 10 in the span of an hour.

In total, that's 14/87 switches repeating at a ridiculous rate. (And I can confirm it's the switches themselves, since moving them around "fixes" the issue as seen on Switch Hitter)

Switch failures happen, and I was okay with the initial 4, planning to replace them the next time Halo switches are up for sale. (Moving them to unused keys for now) But since it looks like the entire board is starting to fail due to shoddy switch QC, I have to call this out. I don't know if Kaihua (manufacturer) or Massdrop (design) is to blame, but either way, this is unacceptable. Out of lots of keyboards containing Cherry and Kaihua switches, this is a first. Hell, my $50 budget board -- also with Kaihua switches -- never had chatter.

So until this is resolved, I'm lowering my rating from 5/5 to 2/5 because -- unlike RGB issues and the like -- this made it literally unusable.

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