Re: to build quality of cherry boards, cherry MX8100 is a floppy board, typing suffers from PCB and case flex, it's not the best board to type on. However, the G86 SPOS is a rock solid board with amazing typing characteristics.
Again, do you type on the keys, or do you type on the side of the keyboard? You type on the keys.
Are you typing, or are you beating off zombies with a keyboard? You type on keys.
Do you need a keyboard that can survive a 4 foot drop onto a hard surface? No, you just need to type on the damn thing.
Do you want a keyboard to function well when you are typing on it, or function well when you are looking at it?
In my humble opinion, some PCB mounted (G86 SPOS) > Plate Mounted (filco) > other PCB mounted (MX8100)