This was my first ever mechanical keyboard build.
purple came in the correct colour but the stabs are horrible and im having a really hard time removing them.
they should look into the qc though.
The greatest flaw of this keyboard is its lack of customisability! Screw in stabs will NOT fit (comes with pcb clip in stabs), the plate and top case is one piece of aluminum and there is no space for foam resulting in a somewhat hollow sound. The pcb firmware and rgb keybinds were a nightmare, somehow qmk works (not easy for beginners), but the backlights (not underglow) are broken. Built sturdy and well finished, but greatly flawed in design. Had lots of potential.
The keyboard feels solid. It is hefty and has a nice sound profile to it. There can be issues with the LEDs but Drop Customer support can assist with that. Overall I love the build quality, but the QC needs work.
The "purple" case I received looks very off from what was pictured. It's like a magenta color, and the per key white LEDs were red. After flashing the firmware, I was able to change the LED colors, but it was not per key, and the backlight color could not be changed independent from the underglow LEDs. While the build quality is nice, I'm not very happy with what I received. I could deal with the stupid LEDs if only the case was actually purple...
Like other reviews say, much more magenta than the images show, like nowhere even close to what the product image shows. Much more pink than it is purple really. This was the first of the issues I found. As soon as I plugged the keyboard in, every per key LED is red not white as advertised, and given it’s the ID87V2 PCB, I know it doesn’t have per key RGB so I can’t just go into software and change that. Additionally the modifiability of this keyboard is extremely low, the extremely thick integrated plate makes it so you can’t put any dampening material between the plate and pcb, and the acrylic backing fills in all the space behind the PCB so you can’t put any dampening material there either. The result is a ping keyboard with little to no solutions for its awful sound profile. To top the cake of this nightmare, it has extremely limited options for stabilizers, a majority of screw in stabilizers won’t go in without serious modification, and only works stock with clip in PCB mounted stabilizers. The ones it comes with are some of the worst I’ve heard
I was able to get a full refund for mine, thankfully. I really wanted it to be purple. I have the same issues unfortunately. A magenta case with red LEDs. Although I found out how to change the color of the LEDs, it's not per key and only 6 of the key LEDs work half the time.
I have a lovely, deep purple Drop CTRL case. It is the Drop Signature Series Sea Urchin Keyboard. The Cyber Siege and the Laser wave also come with the purple case. Before you get stunned by the Signature Series prices, add up the components and the price looks pretty good - especially when they are on sale.
Has hollowness issues, stabs weren’t fitting on the aluminum top case and led light programming is limited based on default, only white per key led. But would still recommend for first built.
Ordered the purple, and I'm somewhat disappointed. The keyboard is really nice, but loses a star because the finish is much more magenta than it looks like in the product photo.
This is my first mid-range keyboard that I have fully modded, and it was such an easy and enjoyable process. It looks great and although it is a bit pingy, that can be overcome with a bit of silicone or foam. I have got lubed Alpacas and it has a very soft sound. A bit disappointed that screw-in stabs don't fit, but well modded PBC stabs do the job just fine too.
Cracking looking keyboard, really happy to have it on my desk. Looks very impressive!