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CTRL V2 Mechanical Keyboard

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CTRL V2 Mechanical Keyboard

Name: CTRL V2 Mechanical Keyboard
Brand: Drop
SKU: drop-ctrl-v2-mechanical-keyboard
Price: 149 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.5 (12 reviews)

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usox

Oct 25, 2024

Activities:Gaming

Paired Switch:Tactile

Keyboards Owned:3

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Robust simple board

The Panda X switches feel a bit heavy for finger fatigue but nonetheless a very nice tactile feel. The default keycaps set feels a bit rough on the surface but have very crisp shine through legends. Swapped for CXA Sugarplum caps. The magnetic feet risers leaves more to be desired, wished it was flip out feet. At this price point at 150 there are other options but I needed a new chassis in TKL and wanted to try out the switches

Recommends this product? Yes

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shukero

Aug 6, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Tactile

Keyboards Owned:10

Verified Buyer

Great switches and overall build, not so great stabilizers

Coming from v1, the new PCB, USB-C 3.2 ports, and overall construction is great - however; the new stabilizers are very disappointing. (Especially the spacebar stabilizers) The v2 stabilizers do not allow me to replace the "default" keycaps with even ones I've previously bought from drop. (Matt3o MT3 keycaps) I had to go back to my v1, and transplant the spacebar stabilizers into the v2. (which although wasn't "difficult" was still an un-needed pain) Although the quality is much better, after taking apart the keyboard; it feels like Drop made it very difficult to put the keyboard back together again; as there are a lot of "free floating" pieces in the back of the keyboard with no easy way to hold them in place as you put back together. I believe the best upgrades from the v1 to the v2 would be the PCB - from only 3 switch support to 3 & 5 switch support, the addition of more "foam support" making the sound of keystrokes sound much more satisfying, and the USB-C port speed increase. With that said this keyboard feels like it's "two steps forward, one step back". Would I recommend this keyboard to other people? "Yes" if I thought they would have enough know-how to replace stabilizers / switches / take apart the keyboard.

Recommends this product? Yes

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Max722

Apr 28, 2024

Paired Switch:Tactile

Keyboards Owned:6

Verified Buyer

Case slightly warped but love the keyboard

The case came slightly warped out of the box, it was wobbly on every surface I put it on, a few pieces of tape on the foot fixed the issue.

Recommends this product? Yes

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Key2key

Mar 21, 2024

Activities:Work

Paired Switch:Tactile

Keyboards Owned:5

Verified Buyer

Perfect for my needs

I like the look, the feel. I use this for work 10 hours a day. The feedback with the holy pandas really made a difference.

Recommends this product? Yes

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zogato

Feb 14, 2024

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Build is okay but stabilizers on the integrated plate is horrible

I like the build but the stabilizers are anything but stable. They rattle around on the integrated plate and cause the spacebar, shift, enter, etc to just sound like shit. No amount of foam that you add is going to fix that. I can lightly tap on my spacebar and see the stabilizers move up and down, side to side from its mounting point. Absolutely horrendous for a V2. You would have to invest more time and effort into fixing the stabilizers but its just not worth it. Why even make a V2 if you are still using plate mounted stabilizers. Don't waste your money on this and get a GMMK or Keychron instead. Edit: Forgot to mention. LED lights around the base of the keyboard have horrible diffusion. You can see where each individual LED sits.

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geofforylee

Feb 13, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Linear

Keyboards Owned:4

Verified Buyer

Poor quality

There seems to be a issue with the switches HPX or the firmware. Any and all keys are affected with this issue, and I have even reflashed to the stock QMK's XAP firmware. Out of ever 1-5 key presses the key will be stuck and stay pressed until a key is pressed or unplugged. The keyboard will also disconnect at random times and be unrecognized regardless of PC or USB ports it is plugged into

Recommends this product? No

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shroombear

Feb 11, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Linear

Keyboards Owned:7

Verified Buyer

Cheap build and overpriced

Build felt cheap but I liked the kinda low profile the case has, but for me this causes the keyboard to wobble. Overall, no matter what switches I put in plus the foam mods, it also sounded pretty bad. The keyboard also initially refused to work with VIA or anything out of the box and required me to install Drop's software to flash the bios and overall annoying experience. First keyboard I've bought from drop, with no knob and and a $169 price tag though this just isn't a good buy to me. Nice RGB though.

Recommends this product? No

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D_TheHeretic

Jan 12, 2024

Activities:Work

Paired Switch:Clicky

Keyboards Owned:5

Verified Buyer

Love it so far

It's my daily keeb, I use it when every I can for work

Recommends this product? Yes

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VIIIVIIIXCI

Nov 24, 2023

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Bottom ring LED aren't very diffused and broke in exactly 29 days after usage.

It is, and rather was my main keyboard I've ordered recently and really enjoyed the feel and sound up until the LEDs no longer worked at ALL even after resetting via the button under the space bar, configurator, and fn key reset. The LEDs turned off completely, and when I messaged DROP about it they said nothing they could do until I sent in my keyboard now, but I'd be without a keyboard at my current location. I could understand possibly holding a deposit or charging me full for another board if I didn't return the broken keyboard after a set amount of time, but at this point they are basically saying the inconvenience of not having a board at all is the only solution when they sent me a broken item. Unfortunately as it stands I can't recommend this at all with how poor of a build quality it is, and well there are plenty of other custom keyboard websites popping up this encounter has left a pretty poor taste in my mouth and will probably be my last time purchasing from DROP since there is no other solution then to buy a new temp board (which to some might not be a feasible solution since this board is $170-200 pre-tax.) However for me it's more the principle of how this was handled.

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Nov 24, 2023

VIIIVIIIXCIHave you tried Boot Magic? You can do that by unplugging your keyboard and hold down the ESC key. After that re-plug in your keyboard and see if that fixes the LED issue.