What is your favorite keyboard?

I switched to TKL last month and love it.

Definitely Keychron Q1 — build quality is unbeatable for the price

Whatever fits my hand for what I'm doing. For heavy coding: Keychron Q3 with a 65% layout, Hotswap, and Lubed Gateron Yellows on Cherry MX switches — solid build quality without the enthusiast tax. If I'm writing long-form or email all day, something with proper palm support matters more than anything else.

For gaming: TKL at minimum to keep the mouse area clear. The Logitech G Pro X Superlight is fine for FPS but not a keyboard recommendation — just worth noting because too many threads merge those categories into one.

Honestly had to go through a long learning curve on this but right now it's my Keychron Q1 with Lubed Gateron Milk S. The tactile bump is subtle enough that you don't notice it after a few days but it makes typing feel... good? Weird word but accurate. I did the lubing myself which was surprisingly therapeutic and definitely worth the hour of tedium.

My daily driver right now is a 75% TKL with HMX linear switches — those are the smoothest budget switch I've found in years. The keycaps are PBT doubleshot so they hold texture after a month of typing.

If you're still on a membrane board, the jump to mechanical is worth it for two reasons: tactile feedback (or smoothness with linears) and the fact that every key has its own physical switch instead of one rubber dome shared by a whole column.

I've gone through probably every enthusiast brand in the last five years and kept landing on the same recommendation: a 65% layout with hotswap PCB, custom switches, and good stabilizers. The specific build matters less than getting those three right because you can swap everything out later when your preferences change.

Honestly this is such a rabbit hole question because my answer depends entirely on what I'm doing.

For heavy typing / coding, it's always going to be something with Cherry MX Browns or Akko V3 Blues — tactile enough that you know each key press but not loud enough to annoy everyone in the office (though after a few months of 60-hour weeks 'loud is fine'). My current setup is an Epomaker TH80 which has been solid for about six months, though I did end up modding the stabilizers with Dieht lube because the stock ones were rattling badly.

For gaming, it's different. Speed matters more than feel there and so optical switches or 36mm low-

I'm currently loving my Keychron Q2 with 75% layout and Gateron Milky Yellows — there was nothing wrong with what I had, but I needed to make the jump from a membrane board on this setup and honestly it changed everything for me. If you haven't tried lubing your switches yet that should probably be your next move regardless of which board you choose.