WOBKEY - Rainy 75

Rainy75, standard or pro version. I have the standard version.

Rainy75 pro all day

Hey! I'm a huge mechanical keyboard girlie, so I love questions like this! With the caveat that I can't really comment on how well any of these keyboards work wirelessly for gaming, here are some thoughts. Personally I recommend these—they're all hot swappable aluminum 75% or TKLs with no obvious branding and white and/or cream options, and one (Zoom75) can have a knob depending on which one you order. 1. [**Evoworks Evo80**](https://divinikey.com/products/evoworks-evo80-keyboard?variant=41718476013633): this is my personal daily driver keyboard. I have the version with the oat switches and the sound and typing feel are to DIE for (sound test comparing the two switches [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7hkH0mAX3w) for reference). I will say not all the colorways are my favorite—I like the cream one a lot but YMMV. It's incredibly easy to take apart and mod—you literally just press down on it and the top case pops off, you can play with the configuration without a screwdriver! I'm not sure where Evoworks is based, but they're definitely not a budget company—and they have great and responsive customer service. 2. **Meletrix Zoom75**: With the caveat that I think it's overpriced—especially since you'll have to buy your own keycaps and switches and put it together yourself—it's undeniably a solid option. If you don't know what kind of switches you like, WS Morandis are a general crowd-pleaser, and I once again adore the [Keygeek oats](https://divinikey.com/collections/switches/products/keygeek-oat-linear-switches) (from the Evo80, just sold separately). Still, there there are much better and cheaper pre-built options on the market. Meletrix is not a budget company, might be based in China. 3. [**Wobkey Rainy75 Pro (with a BIG caveat)**](https://www.amazon.com/KEEBMONKEY-Mechanical-Acoustics-Connectivity-Pro/dp/B0D87CW7TS/?th=1): The Rainy75 kinda blew the Zoom75 out of the water in terms of affordable-ish keyboards. It's very well and widely reviewed, decently fun to type on, the RGB is nice and vibrant, it sounds great. THAT BEING SAID, Wobkey as a company has horrible customer service and a bad returns policy, so while the Rainy75 is generally considered to have pretty good QC, I would HIGHLY recommend not buying it from them directly and using Amazon or another third party vendor. Wobkey is based in China iirc. As for your questions about brands: * Leopold: I don't know much about them but cursory googling suggests they're a solid brand. * Ducky: I have no idea what their reputation is. * Zoom75: See my above recommendation. * Keychron: Solid, solid keyboard brand. Very newbie friendly. I will say there's a ton of options and some of them are overpriced for what they are * HHKB: Can't speak to them personally. * Nuphy: I thiiiink they're Chinese, but a pretty solid brand from what I hear. * Tofu: Part of kbdfans, not sure where they're based. The overall opinion on them seems pretty meh. * Keydous: I've literally never heard of them before.

I just got the ilovbee b87 for $40 on Amazon, and it's the best sub-$50 keyboard I've tried. If you want higher-end, the rainy 75 is wonderful. If you want to build it yourself, I just did the neo 70 and it was easy and I'm absolutely in love with it. (I added gateron milky yellow pro switches and thick pbt XDA keycaps, and lubed the stabilizers by dabbing some dielectric grease on each end of the wires.)