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

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Style: Halo True


Color: Space Gray


Features

  • PUT YOURSELF IN CONTROL: Our flagship, the CTRL combines quality construction with feature-loaded functionality. A versatile tenkeyless (TKL) keyboard designed with input from the Drop community, it raises the bar for mechanical keyboards.
  • PREMIUM ENGINEERING: Constructed with a solid aluminum frame with a built-in switch plate and magnetic legs, the CTRL is rock-solid and ready for any setup.
  • HALO TRUE SWITCHES: This CTRL model comes with Halo True switches, which are medium weight and provide smooth tactile action. Halo True switches have a light preload to reduce jarring impact and a heavy spring to discourage bottoming out.
  • HOT-SWAPPABLE SWITCH FUNCTIONALITY. Want to switch your switches? Customize the CTRL with ease thanks to hot-swappable switch sockets, which allow you to swap switches in secondsno soldering required.
  • OPTIMIZED PER-KEY LIGHTING WITH MILLIONS OF COLORS: The CTRL is illuminated with fully customizable RGB backlighting and under-lighting. Set your millions of LEDs to a single color or light them up with custom rainbow wave patterns.

Brand: DROP


Compatible Devices: Laptop, PC


Connectivity Technology: USB, USB-C


Keyboard Description: Mechanical


Recommended Uses For Product: Multimedia, Everyday Use, Education, Gaming, Business


Special Feature: Lighting, Backlit


Color: Space Gray


Operating System: Windows NT, DOS, Windows 2000, Linux, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 8, Windows 7, MacOS, Windows 95, Windows 10, Windows 98 See more


Number of Keys: 87


Keyboard backlighting color support: RGB


Brand: ‎DROP


Series: ‎CTRL Mechanical Keyboard


Item model number: ‎MDX-21292-18


Hardware Platform: ‎Laptop, PC


Operating System: ‎Windows NT, DOS, Windows 2000, Linux, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 8, Windows 7, MacOS, Windows 95, Windows 10, Windows 98


Item Weight: ‎2.12 pounds


Product Dimensions: ‎14.5 x 5.5 x 1.4 inches


Item Dimensions LxWxH: ‎14.5 x 5.5 x 1.4 inches


Color: ‎Space Gray


Manufacturer: ‎Drop


Country of Origin: ‎China


Date First Available: ‎August 9, 2019


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    • opinions after a couple of years of constant use
Style: Cherry MX Brown RGB Color: Black
I bought this keyboard because I liked the TTY keycaps and was interested in cherry brown switches. I meant to order the high-profile case style, but got the low profile instead, which turns out to have been a happy accident. I'm not really a keyboard enthusiast, but when I was fortunate to get to work on many of the classic 90s unix workstations with mechanical keyboards and a number of now-classic terminals, Lears, VT100s, and so on. When I saw the Drop TTY keycaps, I had to have a set. The reason I decided to write a review is that today my idiot cat knocked over a mug of coffee on my desk and it went straight into the keyboard. So I figured-- now we'll see whether this thing is made well or not. Although it's a bit tedious, the fact that a person can pull all the keycaps and switches, take out a few screws, and have the thing completely disassembled is amazing. There was coffee everywhere inside, but the printed circuit board is coated in some kind of plastic so it wiped right off. A few of the keyswitches had coffee inside, but it was easy to blow it out with some compressed air, and worst case if the switch goes bad, I can just pop it out and replace it. In this case, the wet switches were on my arrow keys, and even though they seem to be working fine, I swapped their positions with some rarely used keys on the board. In fact, being able to reposition the keyswitches when reassembling the keyboard is nice since it allows you to spread the wear on the switches. As I mentioned, I wound up being really fond of the low profile case style, because all of the horrific debris that winds up under the keycaps doesn't make it down to the interior of the case, so it's relatively easy to pull the keycaps, blow the junk off, and then stick the caps back on. Finally, I don't really care about the LEDs, so it's nice that you can disable them with a firmware flash if you like. I type on this thing all day every working day, so although it's not an inexpensive option, as long as the PCB keeps working, any keyswitch failures would just involve swapping out a switch, so I suspect I may have this thing for a long time, and its kinda nice to have something that lasts when it comes to computer work. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2022 by Raymond A. Bailey
    • Nice keyboard
Style: Barebones Color: Black
Be careful with the key caps
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2023 by It was pretty sick
    • UPDATED. Great keyboard, bad company.
Style: Cherry MX Brown RGB Color: Black
UPDATED: Due to personal reasons, I was unable to return this keyboard within the return window. That means I had to live with an expensive keyboard with issues. I found that if I used the QMK firmware that is provided on GitHub and flashed that the problems I was experiencing disappeared. So, the online configurator that DROP provides delivers flawed firmware, which was causing the issues. Why they are behind an active open-source communities modifications baffles me. My best guess is that it is due to the generic online QMK configurator not supporting every lighting configuration that the DROP keyboard supports (e.g., keyboard edge lighting) they are having trouble merging their customizations or just don't care. Since I am a veteran programmer, I was able to download the QMK firmware and modify it to do what I want with different layers and colors. Now it is a great keyboard from a crappy company. I would definitely not recommend this keyboard to anyone who does not want to fiddle with firmware. I have grown fond of the keyboard now that it is stable and is very configurable using my custom firmware. It is great to type on with the Cherry-Brown switches and is very well-built. DROP has a lot to learn about customer support. ORIGINAL: If you want to flash customized firmware to this thing, it will cause you nothing but trouble. The firmware that the DROP configurator creates has bugs that prevent one of the USB plugs from working and prevents the keyboard from powering on when you start the computer. You can use the old firmware but then it will not remember your RGB settings every time you power on. There is also a noticeable lag while typing. As soon as I switched back to my Ducky keyboard, it was night and day as far as key press response goes. When I contacted support about the USB and power on issues, and they told me they could not help me and I should ask in the community forums. It was at that point that I boxed it up and plugged in my Ducky One 3 TKL. I will be giving up the QMK customizations but shedding a company that does not care to support their products, which is a fair trade in my book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2022 by Andrew Kunkel

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