Drop Sense75 Review

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Drop has been a mainstay of the mechanical keyboard community for years. Its CTRL and ALT keyboards were some of the biggest recommendations for years, but as time has gone on, they’ve grown long in the tooth. Drawing from the custom keyboard community, Drop is back with the Sense75, a brand new compact keyboard filled with enthusiast features and sleek, minimalist looks.

At $300 for the black version and $329 for white, it’s an expensive buy that doesn’t justify its high price. There’s a promising foundation of something great here, but the Sense75 isn’t there yet which makes the high price even harder to swallow. For now, this is a keyboard best avoided. Let’s take a closer look and find out why. 

The Drop Sense75 is Drop’s latest flagship enthusiast mechanical keyboard. While the CTRL and ALT had their time in the sun, they’ve gotten a bit outdated as the years have passed. The Sense75, on the other hand, feels like a product drawn directly from the enthusiast keyboard community. It’s filled with premium features and, on paper, is quite an exciting release. An in-stock, high-end keyboard that draws in features usually reserved for small runs or group buys? Sign me up.

And I mean that literally. I followed this keyboard from the moment it was announced. As a fan of the CTRL and ALT, I was excited by just about everything the company shared about this keyboard. Visually, it looks fantastic. It uses a minimalist 75% layout with an F13 button (Print Screen) and knurled volume knob. Its case comes together in two parts but is cut in such a way that it almost seems to hover on your desktop. Along each side are bright LEDs hidden behind diffusion strips to add underglow to your desk.

Along with that layout, which has been