The keyboard may be good, maybe not. I don't know. But without actually trying it out and feeling it first-hand I wouldn't plop down that kind of money for a keyboard. How many of the people who pledged money for it actually understand the typing experience and tactile sensation of typing on this type of keyboard, and how many just like the cool color LED feature and the "Macintosh" keyboard look?
I see lots of keyboards on Amazon ranging from $15-35, same for BestBuy and others. Yes there are some high-end ones like Microsoft Surface which are in the $100 range, similar to this X-1 keyboard. So this keyboard may actually be worth it if made from metal. However, I would want to test it out especially if it was using some new switches or something I have no familiarity with at all. I just don't have enough experience with various keyboard manufacturers but I do know that keyspacing and travel and "click" versus spongy landing do make a difference, as well as springy-ness of the keys returning. All of these I would want to feel first-hand before buying a keyboard.
How do you manage to judge whether the X-1 is worth it if you can't actually use it? Does anyone else buy keyboards without testing, or do you prefer hands-on demo at a store? I see these guys tried to provide different key types and also graphs showing the reaction and some "layman" explanation.... Kudos to them for doing that! But I would still want to play around with a sample of each as I have no "calibration" mentally of what any of those mean at the moment.