Drop Mech Keys Meetup Recap - Thanks for Visiting!
As you may have seen, we just hosted our first meetup in quite a while here at Drop HQ (Corsair HQ, but they seem to like us enough :) )! It was a blast to get to meet so many enthusiasts local to the bay area—it had been 10 years since I was last hanging out with keyboard nerds in the bay, at KeyCon 2014. We had a great time hosting everyone at the offices, checking out all the very nice boards y'all brought, and sharing some of our own projects/spaces! I knew it would be fun to host in the Game Room when I first saw it in person, but seeing it come to fruition was still so cool. Alright, I'll stop blabbering on now. xD Picture time! (Oh, real quick - there will be more of these! Stay tuned for more info and to catch the next one!)
May 15, 2024
Sorry, I'll have to pass. Someone is ripping us off here.
So... Who's ripping you off here? And this is way too expensive compared to what? If you have any argument to be made I look forward to reading it.
Made in China doesn't have the same reputation like made in the USA (SP) or made in Germany (GMK). New profile, new producer, reputation not known or well enough explained. So far no given drop points which is uncommon for a gb this scale. Betas had been made in a "hurry", because people were not happy before.
I'm not judging, just trying to understand!
Regarding China, there are so many good Asian businesses/individuals out there when it comes to keys/keyboards nowadays that I feel almost as confident purchasing something made by Master Control than I do SP (whose DCS caps are terribly thin for example, whose SA caps start to shine fairly rapidly, etc). Same goes for other people like Kin25 who makes all the TX keyboards which are of ridiculously high quality, Oddforge, Varmilo, the creator/manufacturer of the ZZ96 and other ZZ boards whose name escapes me right now, etc.
I agree that there isn't much known regarding the profile yet as it is brand new and I agree that it may lead people to feel flaky, totally understandable. Same with how quickly Betas kit had to be whipped up, I haven't looked into that at all because I'm not interested in the centre legends but you're right regardless.
Drop points would be awesome but in my opinion the prices are already decent, I'm personally in for Alphas, Icon Mods, Dieter Rams, Bauhaus Icon mods, Mono Kit, Spacebars and Small Spacebars and that's setting me back around $160 with shipping. Comparing that to the $170 I spent on Alphas, 40s and Novelties/labs ONLY (didn't even buy modifiers because mixing and matching Novelties and 40s I have enough keys to cover all my boards) when Godspeed came around a few months ago I'd say the prices here are reasonable. Who would say no to drop points, though?
edit: fixed a number that I misplaced.
Just for the record, i'm in with 11 kits since hours, seems to be i've no problem at all.
Welcome to a new age where the majority of products are now all made in China and their keyboards and key-caps far out number any other countries production. The quality of Chinese manufacturing has been elevated from the old years to match Taiwanese construction. I have no qualms about buying Chinese products now because on average they will last as long as any other product coming from either Germany or US.