DROP CTRL Mechanical Keyboard — Tenkeyless TKL (87 Key) Gaming Keyboard, Hot-Swap Switches, Programmable Macros, RGB LED Backlighting, USB-C, Doubleshot PBT, Aluminum Frame (Kaihua Box White, Gray)

I've been using the DROP CTRL as my daily driver for over a year now and I'm very satisfied with it. It's pricey for sure, but I have some very specific asks from a keyboard and this nailed all of them perfectly and I've had no quality issues to speak of with it.Probably the major reason I wanted this model is the hot-swap keycaps. It's not exactly "easy" to remove the key switches, but after you do it several times, you can get the hang of doing it with the included tool. The Halo True keyswitches I received weren't really my thing, and I suspected that when I ordered. Personally I like linear quiet keyswitches like the Cherry MX silent. I bought some Gateron silent switches of various types off Ebay and swapped out all the switches with those, using lighter keyswitches for modifiers. For me, it's perfect, and the CTRL's hot-swap sockets made this easy.The included keycaps are lovely and a great design, I really like them. The one qualm I have about them is that I keep the lights off on the upper function row because otherwise they'd reflect off my monitor, and with lights off, the stock keycaps can be quite hard to read. This is a very minor nitpick, though, and is probably true for any dark keys with shine-through keycaps.I also love that you can easily customize the keyboard layout, using QMK to do this was fairly easy. I'm a developer so I even coded some specific tweaks I wanted. For example, I have the keyboard start up with a mid-brightness warm-white glow on all keys except the top row and spacebar (to avoid seeing the light from the edges reflecting off my screen). I also customized the Fn layer keys quite a lot and made Caps Lock an Fn key. I turned the "Ins" key into a Media Play/Pause key.I digress but the point is that if you want this sort of extreme customization, you've got it with the CTRL and I'd never buy another keyboard that doesn't have this sort of flexibility because now I'm hooked on my obscure, personalized keyboard layout.

You get a lot with this keyboard. Hot swappable pcb, cnc aluminum case, per key rgb, usb type c connection, and qmk programmability. Sure, its a tkl at the same price level as a Corsair K100 or a Logitech G915, but this keyboard (and the Drop Alt) isn't competing with those gaming models; its competing against custom builds and guys like GMMK Pro. I think the Drop CTRL is a great board, but isn't perfect. If you invest on it, it can become the perfect tkl board.Keycaps are pbt and are ok quality but I swapped them with better ones (worth mentioning that without lights on, legends on stock keycaps are very hard to read). Switches are ok too, Halo Clears feel much better than Cherry MX Browns and I suspect the same holds true for the Halo Trues, and since you can easily swap them I just got the MX Browns at a good price and replaced them with Boba U4s (I'd recommend getting the Halos and selling them if you don't like them). Stabs are the weakest point here, they kind of suck at this price point so you may want to replace them if you want the best experience (oddly enough I have 2 of these boards, in one the stabs are pretty ok, on the one I am reviewing here they sucked and I replaced them). I know many people have custom cables so the stock cable is almost irrelevant, but for this amount of money I expected a braided cable to use on the go.TL;DR: materials are top notch, features are great, out of the box it feels better than most keyboards from Corsair, Logitech, Razer, etc. To make it trully great you may have to invest on new stabs, keycaps and cable (in that order).Note: this thing draws a lot of power on max bright setting. Some custom cables may not provide enough power, specially if they are very long. I use mine with a powered usb hub and so far no issues with cables over 6'. If you use the stock cable you should be ok.

Double key press issues. Beware.

2 usb C ports, RGB, QMK and hot swap sockets, stock highend PBT keycaps, there's literally nothing else to ask for at this price point (maybe some lubing on the stabilizers) -- if only it comes with the actual keyboard loolseriously Amazon you really need to make sure people return the same stuff the buy lol

Es el mejor teclado que he tenido y utilizado, describo un poco sus pros y contras:PROS:-Teclado Mecánico-Interruptores (switch) intercambiables en caliente (no requiere soldadura)-Cable USB-C removible y con dos puertos de conexión.-Iluminación RGB con diferentes patrones programados en el mismo teclado.-Se puede personalizar el RGB, aunque no es nada sencillo (contra también)-Se pueden remapear las teclas en su totalidad (contra también requiere crear un archivo de firmware)-Frame / Housing / Carcasa: 100% metálica.-Incluye las herramientas para intercambiar los switch y las teclas (keycaps)CONTRAS (realmente no las consideraría como tal, pero van):-No es inalámbrico o Bluetooth (si es lo que buscas), por mi, mejor ya que no requerirá nunca cambiar la bateria.-El patrón RGB no es personalizable de manera sencilla, solo los patrones que incluye.-Personalizar las teclas requiere también creación de un nuevo firmware.-Para personalizar patrones de color se requiere entrar al sitio web del teclado y crear un archivo .bin del firmware para después instalarlo al teclado (flashearlo).Los contras, la verdad son a menos que busques algo "facil" a la hora de mapear teclas o RGB, en mi caso me encanta como es.