If you can cop ortho, ID75 format.

It has a 60% footprint and can accommodate a numpad in orthodox, southpaw, or unibody split. No stabilizers too, if you hate tuning stabs.

Clickiez are stupid expensive yes, but you try buying Alps click leaf switches lately?

That's entry in the same way your first nice watch or knife is entry level: only irredeemable dweebs will try and gatekeep you, everyone else is either mad impressed or rolling their eyes.