Black and orange, a match made in heaven. And in MT3 profile as well, my favourite.
If you feel the same you’ll probably buy this whatever I say.
But I can’t help feeling that there was a missed opportunity here. All of the keys are black with orange text. A few the other way round would have made it a bit more interesting. You could have bought the accent kit, already sold out, but that didn’t really add much. Just some enter keys, esc and perhaps some function keys would have been nice. I think that there is a strong case here for Drop to create another set that is the exact opposite of this one, then we can all buy that one as well and mix and match to our hearts content. Also I don’t like the fact that you have to spend $45 on the hobbyist kit to get the few extra keys needed for 980 boards such as the Drop Shift.
I’m still giving it five stars though because it looks so good, especially on my burgundy Alt.
I'm a 40% ortholinear noob, going from standard DSA caps to MT3... I immediately fell in love with the profile feel. This color way is wonderful and I really only had 2 complaints. 1) The absence of the "RSE" and "LWR" keys for the standard ortho-set. B) The accent-set felt lacking. I personally wish they included a "scooped" orange "F" key so I could option to have only the two home-keys versus what's currently offered. I truly desired for a reversed color "Enter" on the Ortho-set and possibly a "blank" orange key, if not two. Build quality overall is fantastic.
I used the MT3 keycaps on the Kichron K2.
The R0 keycap matching is not perfect, but it seems to be solved with the Accents keyset.
I hope the Accents keyset is back in stock.
I got a set of spacebars to go with my Ortho WOB set, as this was the closest to black available at the time. I'd like to see more spacebar sets of all the different colors for MT3 sets. preferrably sell them as individual keycaps so I don't have a bunch of caps I'll never use...
They look sort of like a very dark gray, they feel very nice to type. It would be nice if the numpad keys were part of the standard set but aside from that, I love them...
Nice keycaps, more orange options would be perfect.
The keycaps are good quality, the profile is nice and hugs your finger. The dark-grey base in certain light tend to a more blueish look, so with a black case can look a bit off. A few more orange accent with the base kit would fit very well.
Vibrant colours. Nice texture. Sculpting is fantastic, with nice scooped tops and that shaped MT3 profile. I stuck them on a black Durgod K320 and they look and feel great!
About my only critique is I wish there was a few more orange accent keys. I would've loved an orange Return or Backspace key, or maybe a set of orange for the F5-F8 cluster.
Edit: BTW, as I've been seeing the caps in more daylight, they definitely have a bluish cast and aren't a straight black. Now, I happen to think that works well with the orange, but it's definitely not a match to the black keyboard chassis. I don't mind, but be prepared for that!