Alright, I suppose that I have to weigh in on this.
First, I love buckling springs and I cannot lie.
I also like Alps a lot, even the dreaded blacks found in the Dell AT101 family, although those can (1) last for years and still feel great, or (2) become gritty and dreadful. I keep a couple of AT101s around although I have not used them much in recent years.
Although I have never owned an Alps blue board (on my wish list), I have been very satisfied with whites and pinks, when in good condition, as above.
And I particularly enjoy the Monterey blues, which could probably be thought of as an Alps variant.
After trying hard to like the AEK2 with dampened creams, I just cannot get behind them. I still own a very nice specimen which I drag out every once in a while to re-try.
I have several rubber dome boards that I consider acceptable, always with the stipulation of good overall condition and no excess dirt or wear.
The IBM KB8923/7953 line is solid and crisp. The original Dell Quiet Keys (with colored domes, not the later China models) have proven excellent, and I got lots of good service out of late-1990s-early-2000s Compaqs such as the SK2800 but grew tired of the layout. I have a Cherry at the office which is pretty decent, but I can't remember the model line.
I have owned Apple Design Keyboards and considered them horrible. My daughter uses the one pictured at the top and likes it ("because it is white and girlie") but it is another genuinely dreadful-feeling board, in my opinion.
My Acer laptop with scissor switches is always very annoying to me, but when a Model F is your daily driver, anything is a big step down.
My wife is an Apple-worshiper and considers the newest thin metal boards with hair-width key travel to be the best boards of all. I don't enjoy them, but she is a professional writer and types thousands of words per day, so it is hard to argue with her.