Drop Sense75 review 2024: great switches

Drop, formerly known as Mass Drop, is one of the biggest names in the mechanical keyboard world. It has been selling mechanical keyboard parts for years, so you might think that its newest pre-built board, the Sense75, would be a great choice.But even though its Holy Panda X switches and DCX-profile keycaps are great, the Sense75 stands out from the competition at least as much for what could be better as for what it gets right.

That doesn’t mean that the specs of the Sense75 are bad, at least on paper. It is a mechanical keyboard that is 75% gasket-mounted and comes pre-built with Drop’s DCX keycaps, Phantom stabilizers, and Holy Panda X switches. It comes in two colors: “Nightfall,” which is black, and “Polar,” which is white.

Drop Sense75 Specifications 

Drop Sense75: Design

The Sense75 is a gasket-mounted mechanical keyboard with a 75 percent layout, which is basically a squished TKL. It has one column of navigation keys instead of three, and four fewer keys in total. The board is smaller than a TKL. It is 13 inches long, 5.6 inches wide, and 1.2 inches high. The Keychron Q1 is about the same size (12.9 x 5.7 x 1.4 inches or 327.5 x 145 x 34.8mm). The Sense 75 weighs 3.1 pounds (1,406g) when it is all put together. This is a little less than the Q1, which weighs 3.5 pounds (1,600g).

Drop Sense75: RGB

Also, it’s important to know that the Sense75 has both RGB lighting under the keys and an RGB rim that faces down and forms a light underglow around the entire edge of the keyboard. With the default keycaps, which don’t let light through, the lighting is visible but not too much. Still, you can always turn it off or change it by using shortcuts on the function keys or open-source setting apps like Via and Vial. You can buy this keyboard from its official website

Typing and Gaming Experience

To have fun when typing or playing games, get yourself a Drop Sense75 mechanical keyboard. The keyboard is 75% as large as a standard keyboard, so it has all the keys you need to type and play games, but it doesn’t require as much room on your desk. It’s easy to swap out the switches because they don’t require soldering. The tactile and acoustic qualities of your keyboard can be adjusted in this way.

The Sense75 sports a detachable USB-C cord and a sturdy aluminum body. This makes the keyboard feel more premium and portable. The keyboard’s two-layer printed circuit board guarantees accurate and reliable key tracking. 

Drop Sense75: Software

Drop works with key-mapping apps like QMK/VIA, which many fans swear by because they let you change how keys work. But there is a catch: the board needs to be flashed using QMK Toolbox before it will work in VIA. Even though Drop gives clear steps on how to do this, it seems like a board of this price should come pre-flashed.

The Sense75 has enough memory for eight layers, which is almost twice as many as many other mechanical keyboards have. Since my full-time job involves a lot of data entry and using Microsoft Excel.

Drop Sense75: Performance

The box, the Drop75 is not a great keyboard for typing. The keycaps are the same great set we reviewed in May, and the switches feel great. But the typing experience on the Sense75 is stiff, empty, and echoes all through the metal case. 

The fact that Drop paid attention to the custom keyboard group is interesting. Every part of its design seems to have come from other high-quality handmade keyboards. The design of the gasket, the screw-in reinforcements, the support for VIA, and the layers of foam between the keys show that the team knows what it takes to make a great keyboard.

Final Words

The Drop Sense75 is a dream come true for keyboard fans, especially those who are very, very serious about keyboards. Fans will like the things that make it stand out, but they might not be important to everyone. Even if you don’t care about how its structure affects how you type, it looks like a very nice and well-built keyboard. As was already said, there is a price to pay for this luxury. The keyboard is priced at $249 for the pre-built Nightfall model and $279 for the Polar model.

Drop Sense75 review: The good and The bad 

FAQS