lol in a nut shell, I bought one I really wanted, enjoyed it and said never again because it just didn’t feel worth spending that much. The experience is great but not $700 great. Then the original keyboard I wanted but gave up on because there was pretty definitive information from the creator saying there wouldn’t be a second run, suddenly did a second run. So I went for that one and said I’ll stop buying keyboards. Here we are today.

the point of diminishing returns is around the 350-400 mark imo.

that’s where you have a great keyboard from an excellent maker in the layout you want with the design, features, materials that you want. something really unique with low MOQ and high demand might put you in the 500-550 range but that’s demand and supply driven, I’m not convinced you’ll have a much better keyboard at that price.

as someone who owns 6 keyboards, 2 of which cost more than $700 I can tell you I would not spent that much ever again even though I love those keyboards to death. I’m a TKL guy and the Geon Frog TKL is still one of my fave workhorse keebs

this take is so hot I don’t even want to touch it, ultimately you do you bro.

one thing I do want to point out to you since you like low travel, MX Choc switches exist. Maybe you should build a keeb that uses those and see if it’s for you.

my s/o is supportive but neutral. She even went to a keyboard meetup with me last year and had fun because she was faster at typing than most of the dudes there lol. now she’s taken a liking to my frog TKL and refuses to use anything else when she plays League. That said, she still judges me every time a new keyboard arrives.