I have the ENTR in silver and white with Halo Trues, and upon first impression is seems like a beefy Apple keyboard. Imagine if you could take the magic keyboard and stretch it out from the table so it’s taller. The board is very solid, the keys are satisfying to type on, and I find it quite easy to get up to speed on it. It’s also much quieter than my other boards, and the switch travel is much smoother. The spring weight is a little heavy for my liking, but I think I’ll get used to it soon enough.
My only concerns are a slightly uneven “W” key with a little backlight bleeding through, and the backlight is a little on the Yellow-ish side, but that’s just personal preference I suppose. I plan on swapping out the keycaps anyways, so the W key isn’t really an issue for me.
This is my first TKL board, so at the moment I do miss the numpad, but on a desk with limited space, I think it’s a welcome trade-off.
I would absolutely recommend this keyboard to anyone looking to dabble in the mechanical world. It would be a great introduction, as it doesn’t carry the sticker shock of most other mechanical keyboards, and it still offers excellent build quality and feel. I just bought a Surface Go 2 and spent more on its detachable keyboard, so I think this has the value proposition in the bag.
Now, time to get to work using this thing!
This board feels ridiculously well built when you consider the low asking price. The White lighting gives a lovely clean effect with the stock caps, but I personally opted to replace them with some solid caps I had in stock. The stock caps. However, are of a wonderful quality and are now happily living on an RGB board I use for gaming.
My unit has the Halo True switches. These differ somewhat from regular tactile switches in that they have a somewhat soft feel. I wasn't sure how I felt about this at first, but I've grown to love them. They don't fatigue the fingers while still having a nice solid bottom out feel. Great for extended use throughout the work day, though they are not my favourite for gaming.
Overall, a solid recommendation from me.
Pros: Great built quality and typing feel. Affordable keyboard.
Cons: the keyboard feet that comes with it are pure trash, both of them have broken off. This is a heavy keyboard with the tiniest and weakest plastic used for the feet. I would of given this a 5/5 if the feet lasted longer than it did. But since both feet broke off with normal day to day use and no abuse, I taken 1 star off per broken foot. so overall is a 3/5. I am surprised Drop doesn't just sell replacement feet for all the users who own this keyboard, because at some point, everyone will require to replace them.
I was new to mechanical keyboards and highly recommend this to office workers or just entry-level enthusiasts. The build is great, and it feels strong. It's got some weight to it, and it doesn't feel like cheap plastic at all. I didn't need the RBG lighting, so this was a great budget option for me. The only issue I had in the beginning was that one of my keys was sticky or decided to not work at all. I brought it up to customer service, and they resolved it quickly! I got a replacement keyboard shortly after. The Halo Trues sounded a lot more high pitched online, but I was pleasantly surprised. As long as you don't mind not being able to change the switches, it's a solid board.
I actually gave it to my brother who got a new job, but before I did I enjoyed using it! Nice keys and they actually stay pretty clean! Nice starter keyboard 🤙🏼
I use this keyboard for work, it's extremely tactile and fun to use with little strain on my fingers. I'm a huge fan of the sound (Halo True) and the tenkeyless design frees up more space on my desk. Since I'm using it for work I do with this came in a tenkey version, but it isn't a deal breaker. It's also pretty durable when gaming< don't ask :^) >
I bought this for work be cause I was annoyed with the standard keyboard provided. It feels great and very solid build. I accidentally split seltzer on this keyboard one day, but this i dried it out as quickly as possible, let it dry, & it still works great. My team tried out my keyboard out of curiosity, and they love the responsiveness too. Solid keyboard for a mechanical keyboard