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
What exactly makes this board worth 200$? Save your money and spend it on one of the many boards that cost half the price with better specs and more customization options. WASD has very cool ABS keycap printing options, but that's about it. Not sure why so many people buy their boards.
They are solid, well built boards made with grade A materials (ABS isn't bad itself, it's that a lot of companies use thin, shitty ABS, WASD doesn't). I agree there are a lot of cheaper options, but WASD delivers for the price.
Zeal switches, whether you like them or not, are expensive, no way around that, but WASD offers a lot of options without them. Mine doesn't have them, and it wasn't $200.
As for 60%, just go for a poker. If you want a poker with an alum case, get the poker 3.
Of course this is just the cheap-but-quality, surface level, pre-built stuff. There's a whole world of kits and korean boards which will be all around higher quality and cooler looking, but the prices get insane.