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
It seems that this product doesn't quite justify the price in your eyes, which is a completely fair assessment, and in that case, I'd recommend you go with the satan gh60 board. For me, the PCB is expensive, but completely worth it because I'm only going to build so many keyboards, and I really want the most exciting custom components in it. This is the same type of logic that pushed me to purchase the GMK Plum set for my board instead of a, admittedly very nice, $40 PBT Ducky keycap set.
In summary: Different strokes for different folks.
Listen man, maybe I'm still just salty from getting priced out of penumbra r2, but dont tell me that this PCB will make your keyboard any better like upgrading your keycaps would.
If some people are willing to pool resources, group-buy the parts and manage the soldering themselves then yeah, they could probably shave $10-$25 in the end.