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Drop Signature Series Space Race Keyboard

Name: Drop Signature Series Space Race Keyboard
Brand: Drop
SKU: drop-signature-series-space-race-keyboard
Price: 349 USD
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Rating: 4.090909 (44 reviews)

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Your keyboard is more than just a tool—it’s a form of self expression, an extension of your fingers. Part of our Signature Series, the Space Race keyboard features a celestial bronze look in a compact frame that will elevate any space Read More

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copperhead81

Apr 12, 2022

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Lovely kb with heft!

Over all, it's great for someone to start out with a full kit. But I definitely added some foam insets from Stupidfish Designs, changed stabs to durcoks and lubed everything. The key profile was wild, coming from regular caps. LOVE the weight of this thing.

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wecutourvisions

Feb 1, 2022

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Great look, not a fan of the switches.

I absolutely love the look of the keyboard and the keycaps. In fact, these are now my favorite key caps. My problem with this keyboard is while the switches are okay to type on, after about a year or so, I have a lot of issues with duplicate keystrokes. Swapping the keys on it soon to some standard cherry reds!

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bobissupercool

Feb 1, 2022

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I love this keyboard

This is the one item on my desk that you couldn't convince me to swap out. I considered building a custom board, but then Drop created this board, which is almost exactly what I would have pieced together if I were to make a custom board. Yes, what people say about the stabilizers is true, but once those are modded or swapped out you have a near perfect keyboard.

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dq122020

Feb 1, 2022

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Great looking board, needs modding

I give this 5 stars because modding it I feel like is a fun part of this hobby and this board is a great one to do your own personal tweaking with. The keycaps are amazing, switches are fantastic too. However, the stabilizers need work, the case could use some foam, and the switches are better lubed. Once you do all that though, you got a pretty solid board! Looks fantastic too.

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RobynAdAstra

Feb 1, 2022

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Nostalgically Beautiful Look and Sound

Just the right amount of non-invasive look, sound, and size to use at home or bring with me. Love the extra heft of weight and inset styles of keys. Someday I hope to swap out or paint on hjkl to include ←↓↑→ hints on the side. A word of caution that I ended up buying an extra set of switches to swap quite a few (~12 so far) to prevent repetitive missed/double strikes. Maybe I'll take them apart to clean and relube per numerous comments I've read elsewhere once I've run out of spares.

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marvthegrate

Jan 31, 2022

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Almost perfect entry to premium boards

The Signature Series Space Race board is a very good entry into the premium side of custom mech boards. The case is solid and attractive, the MT3 profile caps are great to type on and sound good. The Holy Panda switches are a great tactile switch, yet the only down side to the product for me. The switches needed lubing to remove noticeable spring ping. If these came pre-lubed it would have been the perfect board to get the premium experience.

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badswimmeriam

Jul 29, 2021

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Its a fantastic beginner board

Would definitely recommend to those starting out, honestly its got everything just not sure if this combo will ever run again.

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sephr

Jun 5, 2021

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Perfect drop alt high profile

As my first mt3 profile keyboard, this is awesome. The build is pretty solid and heavy. Stabs are lightly lubed so you have to relube them to eliminate pings.

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davaloseven

Apr 2, 2021

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Exceptional build quality, some switches failed.

This was the best built keyboard i've ever used. It's built like a tank, but I had a lot of issues with the switches themselves. There were a handful that didn't work, and even the enter key needed repeated hitting before it would work. If you get one that works, it's probably the best keyboard ever.

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sephr

Jun 5, 2021

davalosevenHad issues with switches as well. After few months of using my enter and spacebar started to actuate twice. Its annoying but solution is to switch it to less used switch

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tpr92

Mar 26, 2021

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Great board overall, but like most other reviewers mention it is CRUCIAL to replace stabs

This is my first higher end board, although I have experience with a pretty wide range of enthusiast builds through my friend. The Space Race has a very nice weight and finish to it, which I was instantly impressed with. The Holy Panda switches feel perfect (for me), although not quite the same as the original Holy Pandas which was to be expected. The caps feel incredible. My first time using MT3 profile and I really do love it. Each key feels perfectly sculpted for its position and my typing has been more accurate overall. The lights are a nice extra. I mostly just use plain white, sometimes breathing, but will occasionally use green and blue which look very nice in the dark. Not too much to say about this part, but I'm very pleased with it. My one gripe is the truly awful rattling of the stabilizers. My god are they bad... They shift, they rattle, and they make the entire board feel much cheaper. For the price paid - $350 - this was nothing short of a disappointment. Thankfully this is easily fixed with some genuine plate mounted cherry stabs and krytox 205g0 lube. I highly recommend clipping these too btw. It was frustrating having to spend more money for this, but if you're already spending this sort of money on a keyboard you might as well make it worth it. Also note, I ordered KBD Fans spacebar foam, but it does not fit due to the MT3 profile. I've been too lazy to cut it down as of yet, but in order for it to work that will be necessary. After fixing the above issues, the board is close to perfect. I LOVE the feel and can't get enough of it. As long as you look at this as a partial DIY job, you'll be very happy. Without the mods, you'll probably be happy if coming from a lower end board but there's a good chance you will be wanting more. Next up I'll probably be ordering some case foam to see what that difference makes, as well as possibly lubing the stems.

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