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
@OverKill: BTW, great job Input Club! 2500+ orders is pretty amazing for a niche product like this, and I'm glad people are so excited to buy an open source hardware/software/firmware product (even if the openness didn't factor into their reasons for buying). That goes to show that open hardware or hardware with open source firmware/software can be successful in the marketplace.
I don't know whether some Chinese outfit will try to build a cheaper, low quality K-type to be sold on eBay or an Aliexpress/TaoBao type site, but I hope Input Club will still be successful with the K-type in the future because of an attention to detail and a focus on delivering quality. I want regular manufacturers to learn that Open Source is the best way to serve their customers (Can you imagine how amazing an open source software and firmware would be for a product like the Corsair K70 RGB? There would be a ton of interesting community firmwares and software mods).
Good luck, though! Maybe you'll be able to get a lucky serial!