Drop ALT High-Profile Mechanical Keyboard 65 67 Key Gaming Keyboard Hot-Swap Switches Programmable Macros RGB LED Backlighting USB-C

This is a DIY keyboard of course. I took it a few steps further. You may also consider doing the following. Bringing this into the realm of a truly world class board at not much additional cost. As it stands, this now very well may be my end game. First of all, all these mini keyboards do not weigh much. So slip and slide on your desk. How did I remedy that? I laser cut out the entire bottom of the case. I replaced it with a machined to fit brass billet. Now it weighs a whopping 18 pounds. That took care of the movement issue. Next I made some interesting Panda switches for it. Halo True with Box Black. Very similar to the True but a little more forgiving. I am a touch typist and do not bottom out on any MX switch anyways. Then I added top of the line PBT KAT 1.75MM key caps. Of course the light does not shine through, but again I am a touch typist. I hardly mind. I actually keep the backlight on 1 for longevity. A little tidbit: if the backlight is left on 1 theoretically it should last 75 years. Unlikely however. Although with Hot swap who cares. Finally I built a custom wood "rocker" wrist rest to match this boards 1.75" height. I built it out of rare Lemon wood. In closing it came out to about 600 bucks. Still less than the least expensive completed Korean. I feel it is better than most any board with MX. I have 5 Korean's. Until I got this my daily driver was a HHKB Pro 2. I have not touched another board since I got this. Honeymoon? I doubt it. This is right for me. Sure, the switches are different than Topre. I like them better in fact. Even if you do just a standard build of this board it is top quality. I would instantly choose it over the KBD67 or other such boards. Even though this is made in China. That hardly matters here. The quality is proven. Even though mine is beyond a regular build of this board I doubt I look back anytime soon. Caveat: I think Amazon states I bought a full board. I indeed purchased the barebones. I am not sure how that occurred. Obviously I did not pay more to rip apart an entire board. I forgot to mention they must have updated the stabilizers everyone complained about. Mine has no stabilizers at all. It just has "dummy" switches on the sides of the larger keys and spacebar. These do not seem to be hot swappable. They are not actually switches with a spring. they are just a slider to stabilize the key. Also if you buy the complete board I would not be afraid of Tai Hao key caps. Even though they are not thick they are Double shot POM and very sturdy with a very nice feel. They are a good $60 set. KAT they are not however. Although if you want the shine through they are a very good choice. As good as anything else shine through. This is a very good board and priced accordingly. Read more

This keyboard has a top-notch build quality. I'm familiar with the custom keyboard community, and have done a great deal of research about keyboards before buying this one. I have a custom keyboard already, and I'm fairly aware of the build quality you can get for this type of money. While you could theoretically get a keyboard of similar quality for less money, this is an excellent option for anybody looking for custom build quality without the difficulty of actually building a custom. While it isn't that hard, it can take a great deal of time to individually order all of the parts that you need, since they're often parts of group-buys or are out of stock. This keyboard has a fantastic case build from aluminum and it weighs a great deal, which keeps it steady on your desk. The lighting is fantastic, and it comes with PBT key caps, which are what you should be looking for. The milling is smooth and the finish gives it an attractive aesthetic. It has a 65% build, which means that while it doesn't have a number pad or a function line, it still has directional arrows and a couple other useful keys. It's a fantastic keyboard, and the only downside is that you have to use the QMK software, which is not so easy to use if you not are tech-savvy. If you don't want to use that software, you can simply use the existing configuration of the keyboard, so if you want to customize, you have to figure that you. The only other complaint I could have is that the stabilizers are not good, but they are also not particularly bad (at least the stabs on my keyboard), but, it's very easy to replace them and you can do that for less than twenty dollars. I'd say buy it, if you want a keyboard that will last you pretty much forever, you should get this. You can change the switches any time that you want and you aren't limited in your selection. While this keyboard may cost a lot, it is made of excellent materials and allows you to continue customizing down the road if you want to. Read more