Royal Kludge A72 HE vs Keychron K4 HE
Get the Royal Kludge A72 HE for the 7,500 mAh battery and the 8,000 Hz polling rate.
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Which one should you get?
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Royal Kludge A72 HE
Battery
Build quality in the bottom 45% of 65% boards under $100.
- Magnetic switches only. Standard MX switches will not fit.
- No ISO layout. ISO-DE, UK, and other ISO variants are not offered.
- 65% layout. No function row and no numpad.
Get the
Keychron K4 HE
Build quality in the top 10% of 96% boards under $150.
- Magnetic switches only. Standard MX switches will not fit.
- North-facing LEDs. Cherry-profile keycaps can hit the switch housing.
- Compact full-size layout. The numpad is present, the gaps of a full-size board are not.
The differences that matter
Skip the 40-row spec sheet. These are the specs that change how each board feels, sounds, and fits your desk.
Royal Kludge A72 HE
Keychron K4 HE
Layout size
65%
96%
Connection
Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
Bluetooth, Wired, 2.4 GHz
Wireless for several devices and wired for lower latency
Battery
7,500 mAh
4,000 mAh
A larger battery means fewer cables during the day
Ergonomics
Alice
Standard
Max polling rate
8,000 Hz
1,000 Hz
Higher polling helps competitive FPS and does nothing for typing
- Royal Kludge A72 HE
- Keychron K4 HE
- Performance
- 9392
- Build quality
- 6087
- Productivity
- 8394
- Customizability
- 7389
- Portability
- 9456
- Hall effect (magnetic)
- Rapid trigger
- Hot-swappable
- Sound dampening
- Keycaps: PBT
Royal Kludge A72 HE vs Keychron K4 HE specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
18 of 28 specs differ
Royal Kludge A72 HE
Keychron K4 HE
Switch options
Hall effect (magnetic)
Rapid trigger
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Knob
Display
Connection
Max polling rate
Battery
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Weight
Dimensions
Typing angle
Backlight
QMK
VIA
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
ISO layouts by store
Which stores sell ISO-DE, UK, and the other regional layouts.
Royal Kludge A72 HE
No ISO layout at the stores we track.
Keychron K4 HE
Keychron
ISO-DE, ISO-UK, ISO-Nordic, ISO-CH
In stockShips to you
Keychron (DE)
ISO-DE, ISO-UK, ISO-FR, ISO-ES, ISO-CH
In stockDoes not ship to you
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