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Unity Community vs Nuphy Halo96 V2

Get the Unity Community for knob. Get the Nuphy Halo96 V2 for hot-swappable.

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Knob

from$180at Apos

Hot-swappable

from$135at Nuphy

Quick verdict

Which one should you get?

Get the

Unity Community

Knob

Build quality in the bottom 50% of 40% boards under $200.

Rules this board out

Switches are soldered. Swapping them means soldering.
Compact layout only. No function row, dedicated arrow keys, or numpad.

$180 at Apos

Get the

Nuphy Halo96 V2

Hot-swappable

Build quality in the top 20% of 96% boards under $150.

Rules this board out

South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
Compact full-size layout. The numpad is present, the gaps of a full-size board are not.

$135 at Nuphy

What actually differs

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.

Unity Community

Nuphy Halo96 V2

Layout size
40%
96%
Hot-swappable
No
Yes
Switch changes without soldering
Ergonomics
Split Spacebar
Standard
Case material
Aluminum
ABS, Aluminum
Knob
Yes
No

KeebFinder scores

How we score

Unity Community
Nuphy Halo96 V2

Performance: 57
80
Build quality: 72
81
Productivity: 50
88
Customizability: 74
89
Portability: 63
56

What they share

QMK
VIA
Keycaps: PBT

See every spec side by side

Full specs

Unity Community vs Nuphy Halo96 V2 specs

Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.

12 of 26 specs differ

Spec

Unity Community

Nuphy Halo96 V2

Typing & switches

Switch options

—

Mechanical

Hot-swappable

Yes

Mount style

—

Gasket Mount

Sound dampening

Yes

Layout

Layout size

40%

96%

Layout standard

ANSI

Ergonomics

Split Spacebar

Standard

Knob

Yes

Display

None

Media keys

Yes

Connectivity & battery

Connection

—

Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired

Max polling rate

—

1,000 Hz

Battery

—

4,000 mAh

USB-C

Yes

Build & materials

Case material

Aluminum

ABS, Aluminum

Plate material

—

POM

Keycaps

PBT

Weight

—

1,150 g

Dimensions

—

33 x 377 x 135 mm

Typing angle

—

12°

Backlight

RGB

RGB, south-facing

Firmware & software

QMK

Yes

VIA

Yes

N-key rollover

Yes

Mac & Windows

Yes

Extras

Released

2024

2023

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