DROPDrop CTRL High-Profile Mechanical Keyboard - Tenkeyless TKL (87 Key) Gaming Keyboard, Hot-Swap Switches, Programmable, Backlit RGB LED, USB-C, Doubleshot PBT, Aluminum (Black, Halo True)

Don't get me wrong, this is still a step up depending on where you are coming from, but there are better options at this price range for custom mech boards. The orientation of the switches is a negative, along with a power hungry design, and not having a QMK profile outside of mapping your board on Drop's own website. Also, a bitter taste was left when I found that Amazon had stock before preorders by customer made directly from Drop's site. If you are outside of U.S., check here so you dont get the chance of paying duties since its already... here. Stabs like other boards do need work (clipping, lubing, band aid mod).

Bought the barebones variant for my work from home set up. After getting it set up, performing a few basic modifications, and installing my switches and keycaps, the keyboard is amazing. I had previously heard of this keyboard having issues with repeated keypresses but after using this for a few weeks I have not encountered this issue so it appears to have been resolved.Pros: - High quality, thick, aluminum frame. - RGB looks great - Multiple USB-C ports to use depending on desk set up - Hot swappable PCB (I hate sodering)Cons: - Expensive - Stock stabilizers rattle a lot (I swapped mine with authentic cherry stabilizers which have been great) - RGB settings reset each time the keyboard is plugged in; I have heard there is firmware mods that can fix this so I will be looking into that.Overall, the keyboard is amazing and I do not imagine needing another one for quite some time.

I opened the package and it seems like someone used it already. The spacebar switch and 2 other switches doesn't register when I press it. I expected a new product when paying a premium price for this. I'll be returning this back and stick to my cheaper TKL keyboard for now.

Three of the hot swap sockets did not work. Had to return it because of this. For the price point this seems lazy. Aside from that the construction was quite nice, LED's were very bright and colorful.

This hefty slab of aluninum alone is enough to crush your enemies. Your annoying co-workers are easily drowned out by the clack of premium keyswitches under bargain bin keycaps.You can land a fighter jet with the programmable per-key RGB,BUTYou can't set a macro. No sir, not when Drop is involved. If you want that functionality you'll have to buy a 60 percent, 60 dollar board made almost entirely out of the F's (keycaps) that Drop didnt give when developing their software.In Minecraft.