There are tens (hundreds?) of keyboards but only a handful of different switch types and manufacturers-with some study and preparation you can narrow down the switch feel pretty quickly.

Then it’s a matter of choosing the style, so yes, many simply collect keyboards of their favorite switch type - and often don’t even return the ones they don’t use.

The elites don’t want you to know this but the keyboards are not free you can take them home I have 458 keyboards.

One of the fun type mix the various key switches to have different feel and different locations (easier/lighter switches at the edges for example).