QUOTE(zorbyss. @ Sep 26 2016, 11:53 PM)
What makes a good comparison then? I'm comparing non-mainstream/gaming brands like Leopold and KUL (yeah, we can put Ducky aside from this). For example Leopold, it has that awsomely thick 1.5mm PBT keycaps, removable cable, sound dampening pad (appeal to some at least, not me), some has modded cherry stabs (again, personal preference). Well, at least there's . Don't get me wrong man, I LOVE Filco, in fact I have 2 Filco board. Aside from being a prestige brand, it's just that Filco has to have something right.
Afaik, the only Filco with removable cable is Convertible 2

Was so hyped for Ducky back then when they released the Shine 3. But now, it's kinda meh.
And yeah, they've doing constant "promotion" for their board which makes them a bit like a cheapo brand to me.
i never knew leopold had modded cherry stabs, and they still have a pretty fucked up spacebar, solid wise.. i'd still pick Filco. sure they offer thick pbt keycaps.. but i'd still change them because they are ugly. (same goes for Filco)
i owned a few leopold, noticeably FC750R.
ducky is that keyboard that we should recommend to people on budget before they go for razer, but maybe build wise, leopold and filco is top.
and that is with Filco, they did everything right.
RGB? gimmicky (even those that has rgb usually has problems after awhile, that requires them to desolder, which would mean trying to go for warranty, and sometimes they would get denied, led fail to work - like CM rapid i)
what else.. removable cable? eh maybe i would go for that one, i would really want my own cable, but filco cable has never failed me.
keycaps? maybe that's the only thing for me that they need to improve. god damn those abs shitty keycaps.