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Drop SHIFT V1 Barebones Mechanical Keyboard

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Drop SHIFT V1 Barebones Mechanical Keyboard

Name: Drop SHIFT V1 Barebones Mechanical Keyboard
Brand: Drop
SKU: drop-shift-barebones-mechanical-keyboard
Price: 129 USD
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Rating: 4.294118 (17 reviews)

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Our largest keyboard to date, the feature-loaded SHIFT does full-size right. Now, it’s back in a barebones package that gives you everything but the keycaps and switches Read More

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dingus_khan

Jul 7, 2022

Verified Buyer

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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FinalB3AT

Jun 29, 2022

Verified Buyer

Great choice for 1800

I recently finished this for a commission for my old boss, and she absolutely loves it. 1800's are a great layout, and this is a nice, and very minimalistic choice

Recommends this product? Yes

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Vector357

Keyboard Club Member

Jun 26, 2022

Verified Buyer

Decent board, many other options

Probably the best low profile full size keeb, but has quite a few flaws. There are many other options now, however if you are looking for low profile specifically, this is most likely your board.

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nullard

Nov 12, 2022

Verified Buyer

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.

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Taowulf

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.

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deepfriedavocado

May 26, 2022

Verified Buyer

it's okay.

Drop did a bit of an odd job on this one. Here we have an extremely well built keyboard with extremely easy installation and non tray mounted PCB, and even included stabilizers, but QMK instead of VIA. If they were trying to make an easy to use and easy to program keyboard, then VIA would have been worth the extra work, at least in my opinion. I had a lot of trouble navigating Drop's Github trying to program the board with QMK, which was a bit frustrating (I really have been pampered by VIA). There are a few little things that I'd like to see in this. First of all, as a guy who doesn't mind soldering, at least the option for a solder board. Second, as I said, VIA compatibility. If I could get myself a solderable Drop SHIFT that I could program in VIA? I'd be in heaven. But that's just me. Third, maybe a plate of a material other than aluminum. I know that's unlikely, but that's what makes it a dream, I guess. The included multitools are a good bonus; the keycap puller is so nice I feel like I don't deserve it. If this is your first board, and you aren't a programming person, I would look elsewhere. If you are a QMK wizard who doesn't mind hotswap, then go for it. But since this is a barebones kit, I take it that this is oriented towards the people who have never built a keyboard, and want a one stop shop for the plate and casing. Since it's oriented towards starters, that gives me the idea that the target customer doesn't know too much about custom keyboards, thus doesn't know much about the accompanying software. The difficulty of QMK in a first-timer oriented board leads me to not recommend this. If you are confident that you know how, then go for it. Enjoy. But if you aren't some savant in QMK, then I'd look elsewhere.

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Marsh-707

Jul 10, 2023

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Linear

Verified Buyer

Practical use

Using this for school work, random coding, and gaming with silent red switches and it fo sho is great

Recommends this product? Yes

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Tanatunga

Jul 3, 2023

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Linear

Keyboards Owned:10

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Carefull with the keycaps

Initially i tough this will be the perfect keyboard for me, and then came the disappointment with the keycaps. You have to be very careful which caps you are bying, because most of them doesn't fully support SHIFT. Besides thatit's very nice keyboard. The arrows are not where my muscle memory think, but ill get use to it.

Recommends this product? Yes

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dagobertIX

Jun 16, 2023

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Tactile

Keyboards Owned:4

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Very good keyboard, but also very loud

Generally a very good board. If you're looking for a low profile and flat design in a barebones keyboard, I'm not sure you can do much better than this. Build quality of the board and accessories were excellent. Installation was a breeze (as long as you have 3 pin switches). Unfortunately, this board is very loud and pingy, even with silent switches. If that loudness is a concern for you, I would look elsewhere. There are other barebones 1800 layout kits out there with similar materials, build quality, and upgraded features (5-pin hotswap boards, e.g.) for about the same money, that are much more modable

Recommends this product? Yes

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SF1135

May 21, 2023

Activities:Work

Paired Switch:Linear

Keyboards Owned:6

Verified Buyer

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.

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