Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic vs Drop Alt

The Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic 5KV-00001 has done great in a couple of roundups conducted by highly trusted sources that perform objective in-depth testing, like PCmag, TechGearLab, Laptop Mag, and Wirecutter - it earned the "Best Ergonomic Keyboard-and-Mouse Set" title from PCmag, "Best Palm and Wrist Cushion" from TechGearLab, and "The best ergonomic keyboard" from Laptop Mag. Any product that's held in high regard by such reliable sources should be considered by anyone that's looking for a Mechanical Keyboard at this price point.

Moving on to the Drop Alt: it was loved by Popular Mechanics and reviewgeek.com - two reliable sources that conduct their own in-depth testing. In fact, it was named "Ranked 2 out of 9" and "Ranked 2 out of 8" in their respective roundups, which points to it being a product worthy of consideration.

We also performed a thorough Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic 5KV-00001 vs. Drop Alt review score analysis - it turns out that all of the sources that have tested both Mechanical Keyboards, including Rtings, preferred the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic 5KV-00001 over the Drop Alt.

Out of all the sources that reviewed them, the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic 5KV-00001 turned out to be most loved by Lifewire, which gave it a score of 8.8, whereas the Drop Alt got its highest, 9, rating from reviewers at reviewgeek.com.

Finally, we also compared their review scores to the rest of their competition - the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic 5KV-00001 earned an average review score of 8.0 out of 10 points and the Drop Alt received an average of 8.7, compared to the 7.4 average of Mechanical Keyboards in general.