This is a really solid keyboard. Like all of the so-called 'mechanical' keyboards using Cherry "blue" clicky switches, it's a joy to type on. I also like that it's a sleeper -- it doesn't look like a gaming keyboard, with flashy graphics and gaudy styling and back-lit keys; it looks like a no-nonsense piece of working hardware that belongs on a grown-up's desk. Looks great, feels great.
I wanted a mechanical keyboard for two reasons: first, I do transcription part-time, and the membrane keyboards were driving me batty with their mushy feel. I can type faster and with fewer errors on this keyboard, no question about it. This alone makes it worth the price. My only problem has to do with the second reason I bought it: the OTHER reason to buy a keyboard that uses individual switches for each key is that usually they also throw in the little bit of extra circuitry needed to give them N-key rollover, meaning you can press as many keys as you like, and it will catch all of them. I wanted to experiment with some software that uses combinations of keys as shortcuts to speed up typing even more, and none of my membrane keyboards would do this, because once you have two or three keys pressed, in many cases they will not recognize any more keys until you let go of some of them. Unfortunately, I didn't notice what was missing from the product description: this keyboard does NOT do N-key rollover. IOne doesn't claim that it DOES, so I can't really complain, but if you're using an application that has you pressing several keys at the same time, you should know that all mechanical keyboards are not created equal, and this keyboard won't work for you any better than your average $10 white-box special. So while this was $20 to $35 less than most of the mechanical keyboards out there, it turns out NOT to be what I needed. I should have sprung for a little more.
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