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Dec 13, 2023
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Super well made and great value
I really like this keyboard. I got into keyboards with Drops LOTR run and decided to make my own. I got some Holy Panda X switches and MT3 Cyber keycaps in a Mystery box which I used for this!
Only thing is the this desperately needs stabilizers. Without, the spacebar needs to be hit dead center or it just tilts like crazy.
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Recommends this product? Yes
Inwards
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Oct 30, 2023
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Very minor upgrade over v1
It was nice that this came with some of the improvements that many CTRL owners like myself have performed on our own V1 kits over the last few years. I have added the internal foams from Stupid Fish and Keyboard Kustoms, as well as painstakingly applying IPXE or Poron pads to the PCB to my other CTRL's so I had some ready-made comparison units ready to go when I received this version.
The good news is that my unit sounds and feels pretty close to those upgraded versions, at a much lower total price. The bad news is that the only real difference in engineering is the slightly upgraded PCB (which is sort of frustrating as it includes support for screw-on stabilizers, while the case plate does not). This isn't CTRL v2, it's v1.1. It's still solid, heavy and easy to work with. But it is very much showing its age at this point. If anything, it's an advertisement for the CTSM80, which is priced similarly but has options for weights, better case colors/covers, gaskets, different plate materials, etc, etc....
I can't think of a reason to buy this in late 2023. There are so many better options for the price, including those from Drop itself. It's not a bad board, anymore, thanks to the foam, but it suffers by comparison and half a decade of tough competition.
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spiritofjerry
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Jan 29, 2024
InwardsUnfortunately for those of us that prefer north facing RGB, there aren't many options out there anymore. This is still very good if you require shine through legends.
Inwards
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Jan 29, 2024
spiritofjerryTrue enough, if you want a heavy, aluminum case, with North Facing LEDs, I can't think of any modern alternatives.
Is is possible to make your build sound decent in this case, but it used to take a lot of work. With the foams and Tempest Mod, it's...satisfactory.
BeefMan
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It’s fine if it’s on sale
Which it seemingly already always is. I had a CTRL high profile v1 in purple with stupidfish foam I sold to upgrade to a black V2. I wasn’t happy with the look of my old build, and wanted to use some different keycaps I had, so black matched better. It’s not much of an upgrade from V1 to V2 since I had the foam in V1.
The south facing RGB is an upgrade to some, but I wasn’t using shine through keycaps, so it was moot for me.
I found it odd that the barebones V1 purple is currently listed with a weight of 1.9kg. I figured the V2 would be the same since it doesn’t have the weight included on the product page. I weighed the V2 built at 1.8kg. Pretty disappointing there.
At $200 for the barebones at full price, you can get much much better value elsewhere. I purchased it when it was at $179, and I had my DKC coupon at $40 off and Drop rewards of $35, bringing my total to $104+tax. If I could only have one TKL keyboard and that amount of money, I’d still get a Monsgeek M3.
This isn’t a bad buy, as I’m happy with it, it’s just a bad price for most. It doesn’t even come with stabilizers. Which isn’t that bad in hindsight as bad stabilizers for free is worse than good stabilizers for a price in my opinion… If you have the money to burn and it’s on sale, go for it. If you only can get one keyboard, I’d look elsewhere.
Recommends this product? No
BeefMan
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Mar 8, 2024
PPManJust a few: Monsgeek M3 for budget, Neo80 for mid range, KBD8X MkIII for higher end. Could even go with Drop’s own CSTM80. I don’t own a Monsgeek M3, but I do have an M2 and M5, so I can assume the quality of the M3. All but the KBD8X are less expensive, and all of these options are readily available (Neo has 2-4 week waiting period).
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