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Drop ENTR Mechanical Keyboard - Refurb
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Drop ENTR Mechanical Keyboard - Refurb
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This Refurbished Sale is for pre-production Drop ENTR Mechanical Keyboards that exhibit a specific issue. For more information, please refer to the Refurbished Details & Guidelines below.
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Sep 10, 2023
Activities:Work
Paired Switch:Clicky
Keyboards Owned:12
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Solid for the price
As time marches on and production. Gets better at a lower price, this board may not stand the test of time. As it is now, though, $50 is a really good price for this board including switches and caps. If you have the ability to desolder, this board is even more worth it.
Recommends this product? Yes
nessMINI
3
Jun 10, 2023
Activities:Work
Paired Switch:Tactile
Keyboards Owned:3
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Save a little more and buy something with a hotswap board.
I initially bought this board to replace a stock keyboard that came with my PC. My thought was- I just want something quality that works. I didn't know any better honestly. I just saw "mechanical keyboard" and "$50" and I was like, "SOLD!"
The model I bought was have the "Halo True" switches which require SO much force to actuate and typing on this board gets tiring VERY quickly. The board is tray mounted so it is very stiff. The switches are soldiered on which you can't remove unless you have a de-soldering iron and tools. The switched themselves are bone dry and are pingy as hell. The stabilizers have ZERO lubrication and tick. The overall experience is... not great. And that is putting it nicely.
There is also no way to remap keys if you don't like the built in shortcuts for volume, mute, etc. (no VIA support). This is basically the most unfriendly keyboard you can buy for 50 dollars.
But if you didn't know any better then you would think this was normal.
Save your money and buy something else.
Recommends this product? No
RenoDelNorte
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Keyboard Club Member
May 9, 2023
Activities:Work
Paired Switch:Tactile
Keyboards Owned:6
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passable typing feel
Bought cheap to simply have a place for some keycaps, does that job well.
Recommends this product? No
Giffman157
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Apr 25, 2023
Activities:Gaming
Keyboards Owned:4
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Great keyboard
So far a great cheaper end keyboard that doesn’t feel cheap! The keys are a little basic feel but work, I upgraded key caps. Overall it works, looks good and that’s what matters!
Recommends this product? Yes
Pennultimate
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Keyboard Club Member
Apr 22, 2023
Activities:Work
Paired Switch:Tactile
Keyboards Owned:8
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Like new, great entry board
Bought this for a friend who was curious about my keyboards and wanted one of his own on a strict budget. Great option to save money to spend on keycaps.
Recommends this product? Yes
BaronVonPoopsie
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Keyboard Club Member
Apr 20, 2023
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Decent keyboard
Has aluminum frame and decent build. Good value
Recommends this product? Yes
MagiKat
3
Keyboard Club Member
Mar 4, 2023
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First mechanical keyboard
Was very impressed with shipping time and the appearance of the board. Didn’t noticed any issues. Great price for a refurbished board!
Recommends this product? Yes
zac_in_ak
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Feb 23, 2023
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Slow delivery but good keyboard
The shipping was weird. Shipped from ups with an arrival date then handed off to usps with a much longer date of arrival. It finally did arrive. The keyboard itself seems well built the keys are a little heavier then i would prefer but overall a really good deal. I find no problems with the space bar making noises over the normal from usage.
Recommends this product? Yes
MaverickShotPro
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Dec 7, 2022
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It is Not Friendly For Modders!
I bought this refurbished keyboard because it was cheap and it was an entry-level keyboard to start modding. Boy was I wrong, I opted for the Halo True switches because I already had Gateron Yellow and I wanted something different. The Halo Trues right out of the box sound pingy and heavy AF. Every release of the keypress resulted in pinging coming from the unlubed springs. Combined with the hollowness of the case and the metal plate being soldered to the PCB, this keyboard sounds terrible. To be able to lube the springs you would need to de-solder the switches. YES this PCB is soldered and every switch is soldered to the board. It is not friendly for beginners to start modding and it was tedious even for me to desolder all of the switches just to lube them. Lubing the switches with 205G0 and the springs with Super Lube Synthetic oil helped a lot and eliminated pinging from the switches and smoothen out the keystrokes. I still did not like the Halo Trues, probably due to that 100g actuation endpoint. I ended up swapping to Akko CS Silvers linear switches hand-lubed. While I had the switches desoldered from the PCB, I bought some Mill-Max sockets which convert the PCB into a hot-swappable board. This made disassembly and reassembly a lot easier when trying to change mods around. However, the Mill-Max sockets raise the switches about 2mm above the normal seating which made the switches not mount to the metal plate. The switches would mount at an angle and cause interference with the stabs causing them to get stuck at the bottom and not come back up. I was able to get over this hurdle by putting the keycaps on and pressing extremely hard down to force the switches to mount to the metal plate.
My mods for this keyboard include:
PE foam for the case
Tempest Tape mod for PCB - 1 layer
PE foam in between plate and PCB - desoldered the plate from PCB and used the PE foam to avoid direct contact between the two
Holee Mod lubed with 205g0
Band-aid mod
Akko CS Silver switches lubed with 205g0 and Super Lube oil on springs
Overall sound: In between Clack and Thock but loud!
I would not recommend this keyboard to people who plan to mod it out of the box just as I had intended. I'd spend the money elsewhere such as the Akko 5075S kit, which is gasket mounted and uses a polycarbonate plate to sound quiet and thocky. However, for this price, you won't be able to find a hybrid keyboard that has an aluminum case and metal plate anywhere else. Had I known all of this, I would not have bought this keyboard in the first place. Although I am content with how the keyboard sounds after all of the modifications, I would've chosen something else. If you've read this review and are thinking of buying this keyboard as one of your first keyboards then I'd at least recommend you get the Gateron Yellow switches. The yellows are all around a solid choice amongst the modding community.
Recommends this product? No
Hangtooth
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Sep 10, 2022
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Best $50 I ever spent
Arrived in pristine protective packaging, plugged it in and it works flawlessly. I type like a gorilla, and am loving the Halo True switches. Backlighting is great, shines through the keycaps and best KB I have ever had for use in the dark. 100% satisfied, thinking of ordering another for my wife.
Recommends this product? Yes
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