Hey, how's it going, Dave 2D here. So if you follow my channel, you know that I like mechanical keyboards.
Particularly ten keyless mechanical keyboards. So those are the keyboards that don't have the number pad on the side
I like my keyboards small and compact and just to have a particular design aesthetic to it. And I've always been looking for that
Perfect keyboard that keyboard that I just like everything across the board on it and I think I found it
This is the mass drop control keyboard
It's a keyboard that mass trap sent out to me to check out and the thing is I get a bunch of keyboards from companies
99% them don't get a video because most keyboards are pretty boring. But this one I
Like this one a lot. Okay. There's a bunch of features that make this thing special
I'm just kind of gonna go through them real quick
It's got a USB C connection instead of your standard micro USB. And it also has USB C pass through it is use PC 2.0
So you can't connect a drive or anything that needs high bandwidth on it
The casing is this space grey color, which I think looks awesome
It's an aluminum case chamfered edges very well machined, excellent build quality and also has under glow lighting
it's a Space Gray version of the K type case and
It's a design aesthetic that I think looks good with any kind of setup
Like if you have a window set up a really clean Mac setup or if you're a hardcore gamer
I think this keyboard looks good in any kind of environment
I will say though that some of the earlier depictions of this keyboard like the pre-production
Photos had this darker gray color that looked almost matte the final production version is not quite the same as those pictures
But I still think it looks really good on the bottom of the keyboard
There's space for two feet and these are attached by magnets. I don't love the positioning of them
I find that if you move the keyboard laterally like left and right while those feet are installed
There's a chance for the magnet to get dislodged. You have to put it back
I actually prefer using it without the feet, but for people that want feet that is something to keep in mind
You can put them in an either an incline or decline position depending on how you use it
but again
I don't even use the feet at all for this particular keyboard the best part about this keyboard though is
The PCB it has hot swappable switches and what I mean by that is that if you want to ever change the switches on this
Keyboard, you just use the included tool pop them out and just put in a new one. See as someone who has spent many hours
soldering desoldering resolder ensuite onto very keyboards
seeing something like this is
such a godsend see a lot of the times when you're working on a keyboard project and this this is something that only
Keyboard nerds like myself would understand or appreciate it's like you spend hours
just
putting the switches
onto a new keyboard and you do it because you're just like you want to try those new switches on this particular case and
Being able to just remove them and play some a new one on in seconds it
Changes the game it makes this whole process so much more enjoyable
So if you're interested in mechanical keyboards, and you kind of want to do the whole custom experience
This makes it 10 times better
And when you order this particular keyboard, you can choose between some cherry switches chi-wai switches and halo switches
I really like the chi-wah Silver's but regardless of which one you choose if you ever want to change it in the future
It's a 30 second job. The key caps that they're using are some double shot PB T's they're okay
They're not like amazing key caps
I find them a little bit rougher than I'd like, but they're not bad the stabilizers that they're using
They're pretty good. The spacebar has no play at all. Very solid backspace key has a little bit of rattle not much though
I also like the lighting on this keyboard so often with gaming keyboards or
keyboards that have like really extensive RGB lighting you need to install software from the
Manufacturer to be able to play with it. This has it baked into the keyboard
You can just switch it through some key combinations and you have very extensive control if you want through
Qmk, if you're unfamiliar with qmk keyboard configurations, it gives you some very thorough keyboard configurability
So the Massdrop CTRL is obviously not for everyone
It's an expensive keyboard regardless of how you look at it
If you're just looking for any kind of mechanical then don't get this, right- there's some stuff that's 50, 60 bucks or cheaper
But if you're looking for something a little bit higher end and has some cool features,
Definitely check this thing out. This is obviously more for the enthusiast crowd,
but it just has so much stuff that they did right in a really nice-looking package
That's something that just didn't exist on the market until they brought this thing out. I love the color
I love the hot swappable switches. It's a good keyboard.
Now, this is only available on mass drop and the way they work is it's these time limited Windows of when you can purchase it
So if you want to get this if you're interested in this you got to pick up the drop
Right now like if you miss it you miss it. You got to wait like months before they make another batch
I've missed drops before so if you want it check it out now drop the link down below.
Okay, hope you guys enjoyed this video, thumbs if you liked it subs if you loved it. See you guys next time.