You don't have to start with an expensive one. I recently bought a G.Skill K360 for $50: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/gskill-km360-mechanical-keyboard-tenk

You don't have to start with an expensive one. I recently bought a G.Skill K360 for $50: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/gskill-km360-mechanical-keyboard-tenkeyless-cherry-red,40209.html https://www.tomshardware.com/news/gskill-km360-mechanical-ke... It's the first mechanical keyboard I've consistently used and ever owned and it's better than any other keyboard I've used before. I'm sure there a far superior mechanical keyboards, but this one only cost me $50. Frankly you can tell where they cut corners, but it doesn't bother me in the least. I knew I what I was getting and I'm very happy with it. It's cheap enough, light enough, and small enough that I'd buy a second one just to use with my laptop.