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The discussion came up at work today about mechanical keyboards, and when I got home I started wondering about the various models I’ve tried over the years while searching for the ones that fit my needs best. I also wondered how much money I’ve spent and that led me into my email archives to find old order receipts.

in some cases, boards have been discontinued and delisted from the OEM site, in these cases the best effort has been made to link to the product on a merchant site (e.g., Amazon)

• brand/model: Monoprice Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
  • purchased: 2013.06
  • switch/layout: Cherry MX Blue, 104-key
  • sku/product: 9433
  • link: Amazon
  • price: $45.94
  • current status (at time of posting): Fully working
• brand/model: Ducky Shine 3
  • purchased: 2014.04
  • switch/layout: Cherry MX Brown, 104-key
  • sku/product: 90658
  • link: Ducky
  • price: $139.99
  • current status (at time of posting): Died after 5 months
• brand/model: WASDKeyboards V2
  • purchased: 2014.06
  • switch/layout: Cherry MX Green, 104-key
  • sku/product: WASD-V2-104-MXG
  • link: WASDKeyboards
  • price: $170.00
  • current status (at time of posting): Fully working
• brand/model: Razer Blackwidow Chroma
  • purchased: 2014.10
  • switch/layout: Razer Green, TKL
  • sku/product: RZ03-01220200-R3U1
  • link: Razer
  • price: $169.99
  • current status (at time of posting): Fully working
• brand/model: Razer Blackwidow X Tournament Edition Chroma
  • purchased: 2017.05
  • switch/layout: Razer Green, 110-key
  • sku/product: RZ03-01770100-R3M1
  • link: Razer
  • price: $99.99
  • current status (at time of posting): Fully working, but cosmetic logo panel fell off
• brand/model: Corsair K95 RGB Platinum
  • purchased: 2018.08
  • switch/layout: Cherry MX Speed, 110-key
  • sku/product: CH-9127014-NA
  • link: Corsair
  • price: $198.89
  • current status (at time of posting): Fully working

final damage: $824.80 before taxes and shipping