Got this for my 10 year old brother for Christmas. Had to introduce him to the mechanical keyboard world young!! All of his friends see his keyboard and have begged their parents for something similar lol. Good quality and value for the price.
For the price, it's a great little 65%-ish keyboard with fun effects and the sound of stacked acrylic vs. an aluminum case with space inside. I personally have discovered that I prefer a higher profile and having a plate with the cutouts for switches to be more secure, but for people who like lighting effects and are still figuring out what kind of switches and keycaps they like, with the exception of the odd-sized right shift which is an eternal problem with these smaller boards with the arrow cluster, this is a really great neutral setup for testing things out and types decently well with a little work as well.
Edited to specify that the right shift is 2U, which is particularly uncommon. A lot more sets include a 1.75U option. You can use other 2U keys, like the 0 from a numpad, but depending on the profile it might not be quite right. Would recommend sticking to a uniform profile like DSA if you change out the keycaps.
Yeah, the Astrolokeys will fit. One thing to note, though, is that the Astrolokeys Windows/System key is 1.25u and it looks like this keyboard has a 1u Windows/System key and 1u function key. In theory, this should not a problem (however personal preference may dictate otherwise) because the base kit of Astrolokeys has enough 1u keycaps left over to cover this 66 board (eg. insert, pgup, pgdn) with keycaps to spare for use on the system and function switches. Since the DSA profile is flat sculpt you can move the keys freely without worrying about the sculpt profile of the board.
so when i press the down arrow it seems to be pressing most of the bottom row according to the key test and im wondering what the possible causes of this are and if its fixable, any help would be greatly appreciated.
So, Drop Customer Support sent me a 3rd K66 after the first two I got had warping issues. I left a negative, 1 star review in the "Reviews" section because of it.
The pics of the first board are in my review. The board with the coloured arrow keys is the 2nd board they sent me, and the other is the 3rd one.
I seriously cannot believe I am THIS unlucky when it comes to the K66!! Don't get me wrong, when completed and in all its RGB glory, the board is a stunner! With lubed and filmed Gateron yellows, lubed and clipped stabs, and new PBT keycaps, the board sounds really, really nice, especially given the price.
BUT...as you can see in all the photos, the warping remains. It was actually worse in the 1st board. These are the only boards I own that have this issue.
So, final thoughts. Board looks good, sounds good (with some mods), but clearly has serious QC issues.
Oh, and Drop CS are fantastic. No gripes about them at all.
Anyone else have a problem with the acrylic layer between the switches and the PCB not actually cut to the right size?
This results in one side of the board having switches that are not flush to the board, noticeably so.
Are there any other keyboard cases that this pcb could fit in to? I love this pcb and the amount of colors I can get out of it but I'm pretty over the layered case it's been in.
I found a brand new in a drift store for $10 is a very unique look and feel very easy to maintain and clean even modify, instructions are not the best but you can always find what you need with a quick google search. I will gladly pay the $70 the asked here for the keyboard. I just hit the jackpot, this keyboard literally replace a My Drop ALT keyboard
Does the black frosted version come with black keycaps or a black base? There are pictures of the keyboard with black keycaps/white base and black base/white keycaps so not sure.