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May 21, 2023
Activities:Work
Paired Switch:Linear
Keyboards Owned:6
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Flat Base.
I was looking for something that did not have a large incline so I didn’t have to use a wrist rest. This keyboard allows me to do that. Haven’t seen anything else like this that’s not low profile.
Recommends this product? Yes
Florianski
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Apr 15, 2023
Activities:Work & Gaming
Paired Switch:Linear
Keyboards Owned:2
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Not much to not like
(except the stabilizers... these are pretty bad)
Recommends this product? Yes
SummerRayneGrl
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Mar 28, 2023
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Bigger Brother!
It’s the same as my low profile CTRL and ALT but larger! I put StupidFish foam in it and clipped and lubed the stabilizers. Solid and now I have a board with a number pad for one of my friends as a gift. This board fit into their list of requirements plus things they liked after trying some of my other boards out.
Recommends this product? Yes
Spenserg12
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Jan 18, 2023
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Durable keyboard
Great layout but hard to find keycaps for the layout.
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nullard
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Nov 12, 2022
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Beautiful well designed board, but 1800 keycaps can be hard to find
Out of the box, its a great keyboard, but a lot of the value for me comes from customizability. I've started tinkering with QMK, it's a bit of a hassle getting the tooling set up, but quite powerful once you have the compiling and deployment figured out. From earlier comments, it looks like the road to get here was a little rough, but the kinks seem to have been ironed out.
Taowulf
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Mar 11, 2023
nullardWhat I have found with looking for keycap sets for 1800 keyboards (I own 3 with two more on the way) is that you need to ignore the 104 or 105 keycap sets, and of course anything made for 75% or lower. Look for sets with the extra caps for the top row especially, for example the Shift has the PgUp and PgDown above the keypad, and most sets default to those on the 2nd or 3rd row from the top. Watch for the 0 on the keypad as well, most sets will have a 2u or larger 0 cap instead of the 1u that the Shift needs. If the site you are looking at does not clearly show what is on each row of the set, I would recommend passing. Some of the sets I've found recently are 130 keycaps or more (I think one set I have coming has over 150) and that is the only way to ensure that you get the correct caps. Or as is the case with many of the sets here, make sure you go through the "a la carte" sets to make sure you get the correct ones.
BlooQazoo
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Nov 2, 2022
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Solid Keyboard
Its a solid keyboard... with a little work. i ended up upgrading the stabs and adding foam. now it looks and sounds great.
Recommends this product? Yes
CoryCobra
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Oct 23, 2022
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Solid Foundation to build on
I like the convience of a built in numpad, but I also like the convience of a smaller keyboard. This 1800 layout is absolutely excellent for my needs and has some really nice "luxury" features in the aestetic department.
Recommends this product? Yes
K001AIDMAN
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Sep 16, 2022
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Plan to mod the board
Love the layout, the height, and especially the weight of it. Shipped out 2 weeks early which is very nice, the only thing is that it has some terrible stabs. If you're planning on modding it is a fantastic board to mod, but if you're planning on just using it as is hope you like a hollow sounding board with terrible stabs. Yes, I am planning on modding it.
Recommends this product? Yes
c.bubbz
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Jul 10, 2022
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Works great!
Really easy to program. Glad it has the reset hole on the bottom for flashing.
Recommends this product? Yes
dingus_khan
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Jul 7, 2022
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Worth. It.
My K4 was sacrificed to the coffee gods and I was in the market for something that could house a full set of my existing switches and keycaps (after a thorough cleaning, of course). I almost got a Q5, which has the same 1800 layout as this one, but the shipping cost was outrageous while similarly priced as the Drop. Drop's shipping was free, so it was an easy choice. I'm very glad to have gone this direction.
The aluminum frame is heavy. I love it, doesn't bunch a millimeter and the included magnetic feet are a great touch. It also seems to add a little bit of extra treble to the sound of my Gateron greens, just a little bit clickier than before.
I've never had a QMK-based keyboard before so I can't really compare it with anything, but I love Drop's interface for programming the thing. I'd like more lighting options in the configurator but maybe that's something I'll have to program myself.
The lighting is really nice and bright, my current keycaps don't have any transparency at all, but the LEDs on this keyboard are bright enough to still make a glowing halo around the bottom of each cap even in daylight, I love the effect.
As far as layout goes, I wish it had one more key to the right of the spacebar. I rarely use these modifiers so I turned them into fn key toggles, but there's a weird gap leftover around these that I wish was filled with another key.
I never wanted to pay this much but overall I'm quite happy with the purchase, if I spill coffee on this one I'll probably buy it again.
Recommends this product? Yes
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