AL80

This is a perfectly fine entry-level keyboard. You can get it on sale regularly and, when purchased for around $60, is a decent deal. Banana switches are great, and the sound is very nice, stock. Obviously it is mostly reliant on the switches for the core sound. At an MSRP of $85, it is a bad purcha

Given all the great QMK-based keyboards it's a shame to go for proprietary firmware with restrictive drivers. Monsgeek M1 v5 * ($80 barebones) Akko 5075B VIA * ($60 barebones) YMDK YMD75 * ($64-$110 diy) Womier RD75 ($95 w/ coupon) Womier WD75 * (wood! $90) Glencreag WK84 * (wood! $95 w/ coupon) Redrago

the G75 uses a plastic case and doesn't have QMK/VIA, id honestly not recommend it for a cheaper keyboard who features both of those things id recommend the Yunzii AL80 (75% even though its called AL80 lol), although there are many alternatives and you should just look up keyboards with all those fu

Now I am of the habit of ripping out the switches on every board I get and replacing them with silent tactiles because regular "percussive" non-silent switches hurt to type on for me, so with that disclaimer... Here are 75% boards under $100-ish, and a set of decent tactile switches if they have lin