@anon85228692, honestly, if you’re happy with your set up avoid threads like this. I think a lot of it is self-fulfilling, expensive hype… but it is easy to get sucked in.
This is my low profile Drop (née Massdrop) Alt. The Alt has hot-swappable keyswitches, so under the modifier keys are clicky Kailh Bronzes and under every other key is a tactile Kailh Copper switch. The space key is a Hako Royal True, just for fun. I installed MK Ultra foam inside, too. Oh, and those novelty keys in the corner are Deep Fields from PrimeCaps—Canadian made!
A quick review: for the price the build quality isn’t what it should be. I can hear an infinitesimally faint buzz from the LEDs when they’re on full blast, and the keyboard suffered a bit of ping before I installed the foam.
But now that it’s all set up, I love it. It takes up such a small amount of real estate and it’s a joy to use. Someday I might switch up the keycaps but it’s hard to find a set that isn’t too tacky.
I previously had a Blademaster Pro, which was incredibly functional but too gamer-y and took up too much space. I also had a Varmilo VB87M, which was nice but I still wanted something smaller. The Planck EZ I briefly owned was wonderfully small, but I couldn’t get used to the ortholinear layout:
I don’t usually have this kaleidoscopic lighting on, but I might as well make it a party:
All of this is actually Logitech’s fault. I was so excited to get the Logitech Craft a few years ago, and it really was a much better experience than the Magic Keyboard I had been using before—but the damned spacebar chirped. I returned three before I gave up, but it was too late. I wanted something different from the Magic Keyboard. Thus began this woeful journey.
Edit: before anyone asks, the leather+walnut wrist wrest is from Grovemade.