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
Thanks :)
Does anyone know how hard/easy it is dealing with stabilizers.
On mine, the spacebar uses Cherry stabilizers - super super simple to deal with. The 4 other keys use costar wires/inserts. On all but one it wasn't TOO hard to handle: remove key from switch, use pliers to carefully remove the wire from one insert, slide off other insert. Then just move the inserts over to the new keys and put the stabilized keys on before any others: slide one side onto the wire, use the pliers to put the other side onto the wire by bending the wire gently, push keycap onto switch.
The bad key (backspace) I was unable to remove the inserts from it - they're stuck pretty well. It might be worthwhile for you to go on to WASD keyboards and buy some extra costar inserts.
Thanks so much for guide and heads up!