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
Right now my main feedback is that the front row could probably do with more tapered keys (although I don't know whether this is something that could be done with commodity parts), and that the firmware (which I'll be upgrading to latest tomorrow) seems to just stop responding after a while of inactivity. Other than that I'm pretty happy as whilst the top plate is jagged in places, this doesn't seem to affect the end product in my case, and whilst the anodised aluminium isn't quite the texture and finish I was expecting, the colour and heft is still pretty satisfying. Maybe the instructions and default layout (especially the keycap profiles for each row) could be a little easier to find?