This DIY kit turned my favorite mechanical keyboard into my favorite electrocapacitive keyboard
TL;DR
The Bauer Lite with DynaCap kit offers a customizable electrocapacitive keyboard for around $250, outperforming pricier options like the Norbauer Seneca and providing more flexibility than Happy Hacking or Realforce keyboards.
For my money, you simply cannot get a better electrocapacitive keyboard than the Bauer Lite with a DynaCap kit.
[Editor's note: Huh?]
You can get a nicer EC keyboard, without having to build it yourself, by simply spending $3,600 on a Norbauer Seneca. Or you can get a Happy Hacking Keyboard or a Realforce for south of $300, also without having to build it yourself, with genuine Topre switches, Bluetooth if you want it, and decent - but not great - remapping capability.
Or, for about $250, a set of keycaps, and a couple of hours of assembly, you can design a Bauer Lite in any of a zillion color combinations and use DynaCap parts to turn …