FILCO Majestouch Ninja TKL Mechanical Keyboard - Cherry MX Blue Switches - Tenkeyless Design for Gaming & Typing - Perfect for Esports, Programming & Office Work

First off, I'm reviewing the Ninja Majestouch-2, Tenkeyless "Click Action", which entirely use Cherry MX Blues. This means they have an audible click and a tactile feel when they actuate at 60cN (about 61 grams or 2.1 ounces) of direct pressure. If you need to know more about the switches and how they work, do a quick search on whatever engine you prefer or buy some samples from WASD Keyboards and feel them out for yourself. Think a kit is somewhere like $15. Not bad to figure out which switches are for you, instead of dropping $80-160 on a quality mechanical keyboard only to find out you don't like the switches. Most gamers will like the "speed" and relatively quieter reds or blacks. I hate them, but the consensus is that they are "gaming switches". Brows are a middle ground of tactile--feel the bump as it actuates, but little sound unless you are bottoming out hard while typing. Blues tend to be the loudest of the easily found switch types, and have the tactile bump of browns. Greens are beefier actuation resistance switches with the bump and click of blues. Not going to go into clears, whites and the rest as I have little experience with them. I like the blues the most because the feedback seems to make me more aware of my typing and key actuation, so I tend to type faster and more accurately. When gaming, I know the key registered before I see the visual feedback due to the sound and feel. It's just my preference, though and everyone's varies. Reminds me more of the buckling spring switches from back in the day. One of the good points of mechanical keyboards--options for just about everyone.I digress...to the review!I borrowed my friend's Filco "Tactile" (MX Browns) Tenkeyless to see why he spent $150+ on a keyboard that had no features and not even a numpad. I was currently using a Logitech G19, which are pretty pricey but have an extremely long list of features. And an LCD screen. And millions of color options for backlighting. Filcos do not come standard with any of this. Not even dedicated media buttons or volume controls. They are just keyboards, and this model doesn't even have a numpad.So why did I buy it? After a week I found that I was typing faster and more accurately, I had all but stopped using the numpad and had become faster using 8 fingers for numbers instead of 3 on the numpad, realized that without the numpad my mouse was more ergonomically aligned and my desk space was more efficient. I didn't miss a single one of the bells and whistles of my G19. Even the volume controls. I had quickly learned all the hotkeys and shortcuts for most of my programs/games that I would have to use without the extra buttons and features, and was faster it without them.The biggest difference was when I went back to the old rubber-dome topped light-show that was formerly my favorite gaming toy. It felt cheap. It was $30 more than the filco, but it felt cheaper by far. It wasn't nearly as sturdy (Filco's feel like they could be used to break down a door, exceptionally solid and a little heavy). The Filco never budged while typing or resetting my hand position after grabbing paperwork. The G19 is made of plastic and it felt very flimsy after using the steel back-plated Filco. The G19's keys felt squishy and likely to fail. It felt huge, bulky, gimmicky and why did I need back-lights? I know where the keys are. When using the filco, I pretty much didn't look down at all. I just knew that everything is where it was supposed to be, and there was never a need to check my work. I only had 87 keys to keep track of--only regularly use 70 or so. I think the G19 has 136. I soon realized that I preferred the essentials. Though my typing did retain it's accuracy, I did lose some speed without the mechanical switches.This was a few years ago. I finally ponied up and dropped some dough on the last keyboard I may actually need. Mechanical keyboard switches are rated up to 50 million keystrokes each. Rubber dome are 1-5 million keystrokes.All in all, I'd say Filco's are expensive, but justifiably so. They are made to last, and sacrifice bells and whistles for reliability and ergonomics. I've had mine for 2 months. I gave my wife my flashy other keyboard. She prefers the soft-feel of the rubber domes and how quiet they are, but thinks the LCD screen and extra keys are silly. Now I'd say I agree with the latter.If you know someone who has one, see if you can borrow it for a week. Try before you buy. But for me, this is the greatest keyboard made since the IBM Model M Keyboard. Which--if you're too young to have used or never had the pleasure--was a true pleasure to type on.