Take that last negative point with a grain of salt since I am not sure whether the lack of a Cherry MX2A Brown switch is valid throughout. This was the case in the US via Ducky's distributor at least. Likewise, nothing else above is necessarily a dealbreaker for everyone but the first point is the real stickler. There have been a lot of excellent keyboards coming out of Asia in the last few months, many of which cost less than the Tinker 75 and can do more. In many cases you get a very similar gasket mount with plenty of dampening in addition to hybrid wireless connectivity too. Some also have open source firmware support in a small form factor, others go for features that used to be dismissed as gimmicks but have matured enough to be useful including multi-functional wheels/knobs, onboard OLED displays, even swappable knobs and switches. You may not need many of these add-ons or even end up using any of them either, but it's still likely that you can find some of these for less than what the Tinker 75 barebones kit costs, let alone the pre-built version.

This is not to say the Tinker 75 is a bad keyboard though—far from it! It's more a case of the general standards of the mechanical keyboard marketing being much higher in 2024 to where going past $100 doesn't automatically guarantee you a much better experience anymore. A lot of this cost from Ducky's perspective can be attributed to Cherry switches costing more than pretty much any other switch maker but then the kit going for just $20 less somewhat negates that argument too. At the end of the day, the Tinker 75 is a solid keyboard that will please most people who are in the market for a nice mechanical keyboard. It will almost certainly meet the needs for anyone who specifically wants a 75% keyboard. Open-source firmware support is also nice for anyone wishing to, well, tinker with the keyboard. I am just not convinced it does enough to merit a recommendation for itself unless you happen to be in a country where this is a far easier product to purchase locally than it would be to purchase a competing product from China.