I'm thinking of giving my fullsized Leopold w/ Cherry MX Red switches to someone who's openly a klutz when it comes to spilling stuff on keyboards. She has been using the damn econokeys silicon keyboards for the last 7 or 8 years and they're crap. The operator of the keyboard just said that in the past year, "50+ cups of coffee have been spilled, along with [all of the nasty crap like] ashes, food crumbs, cat hair, etc.". Even though I never use the silicon keyboards, I get annoyed when reading anything typed on them. Usually missing letters, other typos, etc. etc.
So I ask you, fellow keyboard geeks...
If the Leopold isn't going to hold up to this sort of abuse (I'm not confident it will), any other recommendations? Looking for something sturdy, won't get killed by a single cup of liquid getting spilled on it, easily washable/cleanable.
Mechanical or non would be fine, but I'd prefer going mechanical if it will hold up. Light key presses are preferable, other feature requests (LOL) are backlit keys and/or a "tabletesque touch screen" (like the cool leaf I'm guessing)
Thoughts and recommendations? What keyboard would you get a slob?
Thanks!