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[QUOTE="ihatepants, post: 3710283, member: 909"]
It's all about the THOCC. But yes, as was pointed out a lot of people use keyboards every day and it's all about what looks and feels comfortable to them. I have multiple keyboards and mostly just have them on display, and have some that I prefer for gaming or to use as daily drivers. I'd say it's similar to how some people collect or enjoy sneakers, watches or bags/purses. The resale market on custom mech keyboards is just as crazy as they are for sneakers. For example, Keycult 1/65 boards are going for around $2500 right now when they originally cost $500.

For me, it's also a hobby. I buy custom machined cases made out of a variety of materials like polycarbonate or aluminum or acrylic and then a PCB and then I solder the mechanical keyboard switches into the PCB myself. Lots of the PCBs nowadays also support QMK which runs as the firmware and you can also program that yourself. After using Space Cadet Shift (where tapping shift ctrl or alt will do brackets () [] {} for you) I don't want to go back to a board I can't do that with, so I program that functionality into all my keyboards nowadays.
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