Varmilo Beijing Opera vs Ducky Year of the Horse
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Which one should you get?
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Varmilo Beijing Opera
Build quality in the bottom 5% of 100% boards under $200.
- Switches are soldered. Swapping them means soldering.
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Ducky Year of the Horse
Hot-swappable
Build quality in the top 20% of 100% boards under $200.
- South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
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.
Varmilo Beijing Opera
Ducky Year of the Horse
Connection
Wired
Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
Wireless for several devices and wired for lower latency
Hot-swappable
No
Yes
Switch changes without soldering
Switch options
Silent
Linear
VIA
No
Yes
GUI remapping without compiling firmware
Backlight
RGB
RGB, south-facing
RGB for looks and low light rather than speed
- Varmilo Beijing Opera
- Ducky Year of the Horse
- Performance
- 4678
- Build quality
- 3868
- Productivity
- 4559
- Customizability
- 4668
- Portability
- 4052
- Layout size: 100%
- Keycaps: PBT
Varmilo Beijing Opera vs Ducky Year of the Horse specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
8 of 18 specs differ
Varmilo Beijing Opera
Ducky Year of the Horse
Switch options
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Display
Connection
Max polling rate
Battery
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Backlight
VIA
N-key rollover
Released
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