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
The squeak mentioned by an earlier poster is definitely audible on my keyboard, though it works in concert with the clicking sound made by my Gateron blues. I actually like the effect.
Typing only seems problematic if you're bothered by the shape of the keys. Personally, I've enjoyed typing on this set. For one thing, the keys have a texture.
Backlighting is completely irrelevant to a keyset like this one; you see the reflections of the LEDs on the sides and bottoms of entirely different keys. This becomes especially noticeable if your WASDs and arrows use different colors. Ideally, I'd use these keycaps on a board that didn't feature backlighting at all.
If ever I tire of my typewriter keycaps or they become too smooth to use, I'll substitute one of my backlighting-friendly sets. Until then, these look and feel fun.
Black keys against a black case with white LEDs definitely give your board a clean retro look, but silver/black against a silver case also works. Silver works especially well if you don't want it to seem as though you're trying to be old fashioned. You won't look like you want people to think you've modded an old typewriter.
Then again, I'm no one to talk. I actually own a functioning candlestick telephone that dates from the 1920s.