I've tried several modern mechanicals, and have one with Cherry blues, and used to have one with Cherry brown, which died after just a few years. My 25 year old

I've tried several modern mechanicals, and have one with Cherry blues, and used to have one with Cherry brown, which died after just a few years. My 25 year old M is still feeling as good as new, and aside from a little shine on some keys looks pretty new too. Most modern ones have plastic that ages far faster. I still pick the M when there's a lot of typing needed. It's about as loud as blues, but a little less annoying (for me anyway) from the slightly less plasticky sound, but has a distinctly nicer typing feel. Partially because it has a back board that's heavy steel meaning there's no flex at all - every modern mechanical has some degree of flex, sometimes lots and partially it feels a little different to Cherry blues. Something hard to describe but probably when and where on the keypress the click and release happen. Having the extra Windows/Cmd key on the base row would be nicer sometimes. I wish I had gone for the one with combined trackpoint though. I fully expect it to outlast my need for any keyboard and still be in as-new condition. :)