I agree - Amikit is great, very nice, but there is just something about using the real hardware that makes it feel much more like the "Amiga" experience.
Even using Amithlon - which is even closer to a "real" Amiga feeling than AmiKit/WinUAE, isn't the same as using the real hardware.
That is why I continue to keep my classics and also continue to upgrade them. Even though I also have an AmigaONE and a Pegasos-2. I still very much enjoy using my classic machines and acquiring rare hardware such as zorro graphic cards and accelerators. It's just getting harder to find much of this stuff...